Nile Rogers

Then Duran Duran hit the stage and the dancing just kept going. I took a few video clips but spent most of the time soaking in every precious moment of show. Sadly Nick Rhodes was not there but MNDR did a stellar job of stepping in to the role. They played “Wild Boys,” “Planet Earth,” “Space Oddity,” “White Lines,” “Sunrise,” “New Moon on Monday” and “Save a Prayer” when the venue was lit in purple as a nod to Prince. We had really great seats, Row 20 and I boogied down the whole show.  I am very very short and it is inevitable that the tallest guy at any concert will be sitting/standing in front of me. The Duran concert was no exception. I usually get pretty bummed out or pissed off, depending on my mood, but the tallest guy at the concert in front of me was SO EXCITED to be there and danced, sang and shrieked as much as my friends and I that I really didn’t mind. In fact he, along with the rest of the crowd on the floor, were so full of fun energy that the night was just beautiful all around.

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Today is my birthday and to celebrate we’re heading to Minneapolis/St. Paul to see Duran Duran play Saturday night on their Paper Gods tour. I am meeting up with my Duranie friend, Allyson; this will be our third time together seeing D2 play live and I’m really hoping Nick will be back on the tour to play keyboards. However, even if he’s not there I will dance and sing and maybe shriek a bit to see Simon shake his ass, Roger hit the skins and John play that fucking bass.

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Duran Duran “Paper Gods” released today, September 11th 2015. Double LP, gatefold. AAAHHHH! A new Duran Duran album! My beautiful beautiful boys are back again, enlisting the production guidance once again of Mark Ronson (who did a spectacular job producing D2′s last album “All You Need Is Now”), as well as the legendary Niles Rodgers, who has collaborated with Duran Duran many times in the past. Performance guests are equally as famous (and, in the case of Lindsay Lohan on “Danceophobia,” infamous): Janelle Monae on “Pressure Off” and John Frusciante on “Butterfly Girl,” “The Universe Alone” and “What are the Chances?”

I’m looking forward to many many days of listening and absorbing this album – and, fingers crossed, dancing my butt off when I see them in concert – so far my favorite tracks are the highly danceable “Last Night in the City,” the lovely ballad “What are the Chances?,” the infectiously optimistic “Sunset Garage” and the bass-heavy (“Play the fucking bass, John!”) ass-shaking “Butterfly Girl.”

I’m also loving the cheeky nods to Duran Duran’s past records on this album’s artwork: the iconic images of the “Rio” lips, the “Girls on Film” sumo wrestler, “The Chauffeur” cap, the ragged tiger.

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