"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 5/17/24)
78
%
Based on
33
critic concert reviews
Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have 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);
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 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.