![]() He was followed by guitarist Andy Taylor (no relation). In 1986, drummer Roger Taylor quit the band, citing exhaustion after five years of steady touring. Yet, while The Beatles lasted for nearly a decade before disbanding, Duran Duran’s original lineup broke up after barely five years - after an infamously pitch-challenged performance at the televised Live Aid all-star benefit concert - and did not reunite until 2003. ![]() The age of the audience was reflected in a San Diego Union review of the first of those two shows, which referenced “the barrage of teddy bears and panties that showered the stage.” The band’s music fared less well, with the review noting that, while “the group showed itself capable of creating one catchy dance groove after another, (it) too frequently failed to add anything of substance to them,” and surmising that “style is clearly more important than substance” for the then-young band.ĭuran Duran’s initial popularity, especially with young female fans, mushroomed so quickly that the band’s members were dubbed the “Fab Five,” a designation meant to liken them to The Beatles’ “Fab Four” designation in the 1960s. Others in attendance, accompanied by their parents, were younger. ![]() Each performance drew a packed house of screaming young fans. In April 1984, Duran Duran played two consecutive dates at the San Diego Sports Arena, now Valley View Casino Center. Their early hits - including “Girls on Film,” “Rio,” “Hungry Like the Wolf,” “Save a Prayer,” “The Reflex” and the James Bond movie theme “A View to a Kill” - remain staples of the band’s concert repertoire. Duran Duran’s heavy MTV airplay, catchy songs and teen-idol looks made them international sensations. That road started with a slew of hits on both sides of the Atlantic in the first half of the 1980s, many anchored by snappy, disco-inspired beats. It’s all part of the road we’ve taken that got us to where we are now.” Swift stardom, then a split “When I look at photos of us from back then, I think: ‘Yeah! Go there, my son!’” he said, speaking by phone from his home in London. Le Bon himself laughs at the memory of Duran Duran’s fashion high jinks, but he makes no apologies. That was back during the heyday of the English music scene’s short-lived New Romantic movement, which also gave rise to such stylish, synthesizer-heavy acts as Ultravox, ABC, The Human League and Spandau Ballet. His daughters may giggle when they see photos of the rather outlandish clothes and palpable amounts of makeup their dad and his Duran Duran band mates wore in the early 1980s. They have three daughters, Amber, Saffron and Tallulah, who are all in their 20s. Now 57, the veteran vocalist has been married to former supermodel Yasmin Parvaneh since 1985. I think that guy expected to be drinking cocktails now - probably on his second marriage - on a beach, with hookers.” But the ‘1982 me’ would have been very surprised. ![]() “I’m not surprised, now, by our longevity. “It’s a funny thing,” Le Bon said, pondering his band’s durability. Where: Sleep Train Amphitheatre, 2050 Entertainment Circle, Chula Vista Duran Duran, with Chic, featuring Nile Rodgers ![]()
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