I was lucky to be able to see Duran Duran perform last night at the Lyceum Theatre in Covent Garden. They played a number of nights at the Barrymore Theater on Broadway in NYC but this was their one London gig making it all the more special. For the first set, they played all the songs on their new album, Red Carpet Massacre. It has been critically well-received and involves a collaboration with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake. My favorites are Skin Divers and Falling Down. VH1 was taping the concert and apparently something went wrong during the first set so the band came back on just minutes after the first set to play Skin Divers again. They were good sports about it and the crowd went wild. I'm sure that version had much more energy than the first time 'round. 
There was an all-electronic second set followed by a 3rd set of classics like Rio and Notorious with Girls On Film as the encore. Great stuff and I dare say you'll be seeing more of them in the New Year.
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