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Post by Medazzatrash on Sept 3, 2015 17:33:40 GMT -5
Thought this would be a fun thread to start.
I originally posted this in the live section, but I think everyone should get in on it.
December 2nd 1997 - Houston, TX - Bayou Music Center. Medazzaland Tour.
This was my first Duran Duran show. At 11 years old, I was blown away and became a lifelong fan that day. It was a cold December that year in Houston. My parents had recently divorced, but my dad and I soldiered on and escaped into this wonderful night of father - son bonding. I will never forget it.
I remember on the stage before the show hung a giant curtain with many holes cut into it. You couldn't see anything BUT the curtain. At the start of the show a loud (Oh... Medazzaland....) was uttered. The band began playing the song and strobe lights blasted from behind the curtain, creating an awesome effect as light beams shot into the crowd. The finished the song and dropped the curtain going directly into Big Bang Generation if I recall correctly.
It was an awesome memory, and one of the highlights in a dark time for my family. I will forever thank the guys for giving my Dad and I that. He passed away in 2007, a week before Red Carpet Massacre was released. He would have hated it LOL.
Did anyone go to this show? Any memories or photos? I'd LOVE to see photos... I sadly don't have any.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 17:45:40 GMT -5
This is really touching. I'll post about my first show on the same tour 3 weeks earlier in Boston tomorrow. Great thread, though!
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Post by sb1000 on Sept 3, 2015 18:08:01 GMT -5
Mine is going to be the worst experience EVER!!!
Went to see the Notorious tour in '86 at Merriweather Post Pavillion in MD.My girlfriend at the the suprised me with 2 nd row tickets.We got there about 30 minutes before the opening act which was Eurasure.2 of my friends went with us and he asked if he could sit in my seat for Eurasure.I said no problem.Let me go down there with my girlfriend and when it starts we will switch seats.
5 minutes into Eurasure my friend is walking up the isle with 2 security goons.They ask to see my ticket and kick us both out onto the lawn. I ask why and the Richard flips over the ticket and in small print says tickets non transferable .
I said ok didn't see it let me back to my seat.They grabbed me by the arm and escorted me out.Needless to say I was pissed.
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Post by toehrishuman on Sept 3, 2015 20:17:24 GMT -5
You can just watch "As The Lights Go Down" (minus the staged theatrics). My first gig ever - not just Duran Duran - was Friday, April 13, 1984 at Oakland Coliseum ARENA.
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Post by TRE on Sept 3, 2015 21:17:03 GMT -5
Reunion tour. Cleveland, Ohio at the Agora. General admission, which means waiting in line for approximately 6 hours to make sure we were in close. And, man was it worth it. We ended up about 20 feet from the stage, on John's side. It was an absolutely fantastic show.
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Post by zealous on Sept 3, 2015 22:34:42 GMT -5
The only time I've ever seen them was in 1999. My, then boyfriend (now hubby), got 6th row seats and it was pretty freakin fantastic. Best birthday present EVER!
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Post by Dr Of The Revolution on Sept 4, 2015 1:54:08 GMT -5
30 March 1987, Brussels. I was 16, got my mother to write a note for my absence at school. She just wrote that I wasn't able to attend because I was going to a concert. No lame excuse hahaha. I went in the afternoon, stood in line in the rain the rest of the day. When the doors opened we rushed to the stage. The concert was wild. I remember we were so packed in front that the girl who stood behind me just climbed up and stayed up just by being pressed by other audience members.
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Post by grozzybear on Sept 4, 2015 7:20:06 GMT -5
Saw them for the first time during the Wedding Album tour - they were fantastic.
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Post by jesse9565 on Sept 4, 2015 7:46:36 GMT -5
Malaga Bullring, July 29th, 1989. Aged 17. Electric Theatre Tour The played a couple of non-album tracks. I perfectly recall they played "My famiy".
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Post by ghostjet on Sept 4, 2015 13:05:02 GMT -5
1993 with my soon to be wife, in Phoenix, Arizona. They opened up with 5 acoustic songs including an acoustic Planet Earth. I remember them doing White Lines and I was completely confused....lol
2003 in New Orleans, 5th row. In this kind of warehouse club. The band was gritty. I remember them doing Beautiful Colours.
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