Duran Duran Concert

I am a huge fan of 80's music. One of my favorite bands from the 80's is Duran Duran. I got to see them in concert in 2005 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. This past weekend, we saw them at Chastain Park in Atlanta. It was for our monthly date night with our friends.

We bought lawn seats for the concert and found a decent spot to the side of the stage.

Here are Eric & Sue.

Here's a shot of the band. I was a fan of Nick Rhodes (far right) when I was younger. Now I'm a Simon LeBon fan. He has aged quite well.

It was really a nice evening. The weather was beautiful - a little cool, but pleasant. We had rain for the preceding days, so we were thrilled with the dry weather for the concert. Duran Duran played a mix of old tunes and new ones. To be honest, I wasn't very familiar with most of the new ones. I downloaded the new album on i-tunes months ago, but haven't gotten around to listening to it. 

On the way back home, we listened to some of the old songs that the band didn't play.

Here are pictures from 2005 when I saw them in Vegas. My sister was working at the Hard Rock at the time and got me into a small, private acoustic set with the band. Everyone got to have their picture taken in small groups. John Taylor had his arm around me, but you can't see it in the picture.

Here's a picture to show how close I was during the performance.

My lucky sister got to have her picture taken alone with the band.

Then that evening, we saw the regular concert at the Hard Rock. So I guess I've gotten to see them 3 times in concert. Of course, I had to wait until my 30's before I saw them the first time.