Duran Duran to Return for Italian Tour After Four Decades

Rome: Four decades after their first historic performance in Italy, at the Sanremo song fest in 1985, British synth-pop band Duran Duran are set to perform again in three Italian cities in June.

According to Ansa News Agency, the pop group that rose to fame in the early 1980s through a series of flashy music videos that portrayed its young members will hold a concert at Rome’s Circus Maximus on June 15-16, at Bari’s Fiera del Levante on June 18 and at the I-DAYS Milan at the Ippodromo Snai San Siro on June 20.

The band, who celebrated their long-awaited induction into the ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’ in 2022, have sold over 100 million records throughout their career. With 18 singles making the top US charts, 21 Top 20 hits in the UK and several hits in Italy, Duran Duran consolidated their spot as one of the most influential and enduring bands in the history of music.

They also wrote “A View to a Kill,” the only James Bond theme song to have topped the US Billboard Hot 100 and worked with creatives in film including David Lynch, who directed one of their most successful film-concerts. Formed in Birmingham in 1978, Duran Duran boast timeless hits including “Hungry Like the Wolf,” “Ordinary World,” “Rio,” “Girls on Film,” “The Wild Boys,” “The Reflex,” “Ordinary World,” and “Come Undone.”

Their performances in Italy are set to include songs from their latest album “Danse Macabre,” released in October 2023.