They spent their heyday on yachts, then rolled up their sleeves in the wilderness years. Ahead of a Halloween show at the O2, pop\u2019s great survivors explain their staying power<\/p>\n
In 2022, Duran Duran were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. It felt like a big deal, a sweet moment of acknowledgment for the band\u2019s five-decades-long career, the 100m records sold, the string of bulletproof hits: Save a Prayer, Rio, Hungry Like the Wolf, Girls on Film. They were inducted by actor Robert Downey Jr; Drew Barrymore, Naomi Campbell and Gwen Stefani were on hand to pay heartfelt tribute and, as keyboard player Nick Rhodes points out, \u201cIt\u2019s a big national live TV broadcast in America that goes out to millions of people,\u201d so the band booked some warm-up shows. \u201cAnd it so happened that there was a date that came up in Las Vegas on 31 October,\u201d says Rhodes. \u201cAnd I looked at everyone and said: \u2018Well, we can\u2019t do a normal show. Las Vegas on Halloween \u2013 surely that\u2019s the opportunity for a little bit of fun?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
They worked up a set of suitably themed material, including covers of Billie Eilish\u2019s Bury a Friend and Talking Heads\u2019 Psycho Killer. There were, of course, costumes involved, because, as Rhodes drily notes, \u201cWhen have Duran Duran ever not dressed up?\u201d<\/p>\n
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