the negative stuff first: the tickets said 7:30p.m. but they did not show up on stage till approximately 8:45p.m. and there was no opening act or anything to keep people occupied beside some overpriced booze and people watching. also: parking was a hassle most likely due to the "Fair". :::lastly::: they didn't play "Hungry like the Wolf"!!!! i know that seems crazy.
the Good stuff: everything else was great! they had a lot of energy and there was very little downtime between songs. i thought the opening was great with a great rendition of Wildboys. it was a little more "real" than the studio/video version. they played quite a bit of their classic library. they did Wild Boys, Girls on Film, Ordinary World, a version of "White Lines", Undone, Planet Earth, Rio, a great "James Bond" style arrangement preceding A View to a Kill(Simon looked great in his white "Bond style" dinner jacket), some new stuff, and many other of their classics. i do wish they had done more than one encore.
overall it was a great show! Duran Duran has still "got it!" i would definitely see them again
The Pacific Amphitheatre @
- Costa Mesa @
,CA @
- Sat, Jul 11, 2009 @
Favorite moment: i thought the opening was great with a great rendition of Wildboys. it was a little more "real" than the studio/video version. @
Setlist: Wild Boys, Undone, Planet Earth, Rio, a great "James Bond" style arrangement preceding A View to a Kill, some new stuff, and many other of their classics @
Opening act(s): No Opening act @