Duran Duran live in concert.
ON TOUR

Duran Duran

162
critic concert reviews
electronic

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

77
%
Based on 
162
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
78
%
Based on 
33
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

Real Live Certified badge for artists with consistent, high quality live performances and broad critical acclaim.

Critic Consensus

Based on 162 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Duran Duran is rated as an entertaining live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Duran Duran concert reviews describe live shows and performances as fierce, consistent, genuine, anthemic, intricate, rhythmic, and masterful.

ON TOUR

Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland (July 5); Piazza Napoleone, Lucca, Italy (July 23); Henham Park, Beccles, Suffolk, United Kingdom (July 25); Arena, Pula, Croatia (July 30);

Latest Release

Danse Macabre (October 27, 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
electronic
Origin
Birmingham, United Kingdom (1978 - present) (1978 – present) (1978 Рpresent)
Bio
Duran Duran (named after a character in Roger Vadim's sci-fi classic, Barbarella) is an electronic pop rock band that was part of the New Wave movement of the 80s and 90s. Created by Nick Rhodes (keyboards) and John Taylor (bass) in Birmingham, England in 1978, it later add took in Roger Taylor (drums), Andy Taylor (guitar), and Simon Le Bon (lead vocals).
Has Performed With
Nile Rodgers and Chic, Goldfrapp

Critic Concert Reviews

The Orange County Register (USA)

May 12, 2024
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In its first two years, Cruel World, which celebrates mostly the new wave, goth and post-punk music of the ’80s, would close out its day in Pasadena with darker stuff.

The Aquarian Weekly (USA)

October 11, 2023
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Duran Duran at Forest Hills Stadium / September 22, 2023

MAGNET Magazine (USA)

September 23, 2023
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Duran Duran At Forest Hills Stadium, Queens, NY

Glide Magazine (USA)

September 18, 2023
%
Duran Duran’s Future and Past Shine Bright at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena

Mlive (USA)

September 17, 2023
%
Duran Duran, Nile Rodgers deliver powerful night of nostalgia at packed Michigan show

Parklife DC (USA)

September 15, 2023
%
John Taylor and Dom Brown of Duran Duran perform at Capital One Arena on Sept. 13, 2023.

Music-News.com (UK)

September 8, 2023
100
%
The Duran Duran-mania that swept throughout the US in the early-to-mid-'80s was quite a phenomenon at the time. They were the undisputed leaders of the second wave of British invasion bands who were releasing synth-pop gems at a frantic pace.

Past critic reviews published in

The Boston Globe (USA), QRO Magazine, Illinois Entertainer (USA), Music In Minnesota (USA), 1013 Music Reviews (USA) and more

Image Credit

Eva Rinaldi [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons