Duran Duran at Mohegan Sun Arena

Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut

Apr

07

Multi-platinum superstars Duran Duran are back with their latest album, Paper Gods and to support the release the 80s heartthrobs will be hitting the road on an extensive North American tour! With very special guests Chic, featuring Nile Rogers, on the tour, the synthpop veterans have a hell of a show in store! Duran Duran come to Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday 7th April!Duran Duran at Mohegan Sun Arena

Formed in 1978, Duran Duran were the handsome face of British new wave/synthpop music in the 1980s. The band were pioneers in the "Second British Invasion" of the US, due to their poster-boy looks and sense of style, which was shown to full effect in their music videos, aired on the then-new music video channel MTV. These sometimes controversial videos, which included partial nudity and suggestions of sexuality, became popular in the early 1980s, and Duran Duran were among the first bands to have their videos shot by professional directors with 35 mm film movie cameras, which gave them a much more polished look than was standard at the time. They also used this video innovation in their live shows. By the late '80s, the group's most commercially successful lineup had divided, and the remaining members found difficulty regaining their previous success. However, the band had a resurgence in the early '90s as a sophisticated soft rock quartet. In 2000, lead singer Simon Le Bon approached founding member and bassist John Taylor with a proposal to reform Duran Duran's classic line-up. The band recorded on and off for a new album over the next three years and also toured sporadically. In 2015, they released Paper Gods, their 14th studio album, which debuted at number 10 on the Billboard 200, the band's highest debut in 22 years. Since the 1980s, Duran Duran have had 14 singles in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart and 21 in the Billboard Hot 100, and have sold more than 100 million records.

Apr

07

Duran Duran

Mohegan Sun Arena

About the Venue

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Mohegan Sun Arena

1 Mohegan Sun Blvd, Uncasville, Connecticut, 06382, United States