Duran Duran @ Jimmy Kimmel Live

"Hold back the rain..."

The month of March in Los Angeles was the month of bi-polar weather. One minute we'd have 90 degree sunny days and the next day it would be cold and pouring rain. LA decided to be nasty that day and give us one of the rainy days, which doesn't work well when you have to sit outside for hours waiting in line to get into a free show.

After a few hours of waiting in the rain, dealing with all kinds of line drama (it was like a Nine Inch Nails meets Justin Bieber line - line cutting mixed in with women screaming and carrying on like a 12-year old at a JB concert), we were let in. I surprisingly got a rail spot and the concert gods must have finally felt sorry for us because the rain finally stopped. We didn't get rained on for the remainder of the time, except shortly after the set ended.

This was my first time seeing Duran Duran live and I was quite overwhelmed by their hardcore fanbase, primarily made up of women. Like I said, it reminded me a lot of the Nine Inch Nails shows, except these people were a bit more... rabid. At one point while waiting in line, one of the band members drove down the street and women were actually trying to scale a fence to get into the parking lot where he was going. That is some crazy shit! It was pretty damn amusing...


The show was really enjoyable and they were solid even after all these years. Simon Le Bon looks crazy good for his age - very Dave Gahan-ish... seems to have stopped aging at a point and still as a good as ever. The whole band was great - I was really impressed and get why people are so crazy about them. Even though it was a short set, I was grateful for my first introduction to Duran Duran live and will probably try to catch a full set of theirs the next time they come around.


Setlist
All You Need Is Now
Notorious
Ordinary World
Girl Panic!
A View To A Kill















Video of "Ordinary World":