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On Saturday the 30th of April, Duran Duran brought the iconic era of the 1980’s storming back to Altos de Chavón with a concert which blended their best and most well known hits with their newest songs from their latest album ‘This is now.’
Opening the show and warming up the crowd for Duran Duran was local Dominican band NINECIRCUS, who played a short set of a few of their best songs; their first single ‘Don’t Sell Out’, their latest track ‘Beautiful Mistake’ among others – we’ll be publishing photos and video of NINECIRCUS in action soon. In the meantime if you’d like to read more about them, click here.
At about 10pm, nearly exactly 10 years after their first performance in the Dominican Republic and Altos de Chavón, Duran Duran burst onto the stage and began their show with the exact same song they started the concert with a decade ago; ‘Planet Earth’, the band’s very first single released in 1981, which only reached the #12 spot in the UK charts – but has since become a Duran Duran classic and the crowds went wild for it!
Duran Duran thrilled the crowd of more than 4,000 fans with their most famous hits; “Hungry like the wolf”, “Notorious”, “Save a prayer”, “The Reflex”, “Ordinary World”, “Fashion” “Sunrise”, “Careless memories”, “The Wild boys” and of course “Rio”; songs which had everyone up out of their seats, dancing, jumping around and waving their arms in the air. It was a concert which, in my experience, turned into a party – revellers in the ‘Special Guest’ area during the second half of the concert used the area directly in front the stage as a dance floor, dancing and singing along with the band as if we were experiencing the concert in our own private nightclub! (Photos of this scene to be published soon…..)
As well as their most well known tunes, Duran Duran demonstrated that for them time hasn’t stood still, playing a selection of their newest songs “All you need is now”, “Blame the machines”, Leave a ligtht on”, “Safe” and “Girl panic” from their newest album “All you need is now.”
And after more than 2 hours of non-stop energetic entertainment, for their encore performance, Duran Duran brought the concert to a close with “Come undone”, “Girls on film” and “A view to a kill” from the James Bond film. It was an incredible show, one that certainly lived up to their performance more than 10 years ago – and it left us all hoping that we won’t have to wait another 10 years before we see the boys again!
During this incredible concert, Duran Duran performed no less than 20 songs, so for you fanatics out there, here is the complete set list: 1. Planet EarthHere are our best photos of the concert – photos of the front row ‘bonche’, the crowd, fans and fanatics to follow soon, as well as photos of Duran Duran’s after-party at the Marina Casa de Campo.2. Hungry Like the Wolf 3. All You Need Is Now 4. Is There Something I Should Know 5. Notorious 6. Safe (In The Heat Of The Moments) 7. Leave A Light On 8. Save A Prayer 9. The Reflex 10. Blame The Machines 11. The Chaffeur 12. Ordinary World 13. Girl Panic! 14. Careless Memories 15. Reach Up For The Sunrise 16. Wild Boys 17. Rio 18. Come Undone 19. A View To A Kill 20. Girls On Film (Pokerface)
