rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Breadcrumb Trail Links Toronto & GTA Music Published Sep 20, 2023 • Last updated 15 hours ago • 2 minute read Simon Le Bon, right, and John Taylor of Duran Duran perform on stage during Global Citizen Live at Sky Garden on September 25, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Global Citizen) Article content Duran Duran Scotiabank Arena Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. 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Especially when Simon Le Bon, the lead singer of enduring‘80s act Duran Duran, is wearing them. The still boyish frontman — now 64 years old and in great voice — of the British New Romantics band put on a fun fashion display on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Arena as the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees (who still include keyboardist Nick Rhodes, and two Taylors — John on bass and Roger on drums) thrilled a packed house for the most part. It was an hour and 50 minutes of 40-plus years of hits and even a new song, Danse Macabre, from their coming album of the same name, out Oct. 27. “Hello Canada!” said a very chatty Le Bon, who recalled having an apartment in High Park in Toronto early in the band’s career. Advertisement 3 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content “You were there from the beginning.” Your noon-hour look at what’s happening in Toronto and beyond. 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Advertisement 5 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Still, four songs later, the show wasted no time picking right back up with the gorgeous ballads Ordinary World, which Le Bon dedicated to the people of Ukraine, and Come Undone, the latter which he performed with Kiesza, the Canadian singer known for her hit song Hideaway before her career and life was derailed by a horrific car accident in Toronto in 2017. Advertisement 6 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Other crowd pleasers lifted the show to a compelling end like Planet Earth, a cover of White Lines, The Reflex, Girls on Film and the encore numbers Save a Prayer — with Le Bon asking everyone to turn on their cellphone lights — and Rio. Advertisement 7 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Opening for Duran Duran were British band Bastille and Nile Rodgers with Chic, the latter who put on a master class in disco and killer female vocals with such Chic hits as ‘Le Freak,’ ‘Everybody Dance,’ ‘Dance, Dance, Dance,’ ‘I Want Your Love,’ and ‘Good Times.’ There was also a roundup of Rodgers’ collaborations with other artists including Diana Ross’ I’m Coming Out and Upside Down, Madonna’s Like a Virgin and Material Girl, David Bowie’s Modern Love and Let’s Dance, and Daft Punk’s Get Lucky. And since it was Rodgers’ 71st birthday on Tuesday night, the audience sang happy birthday to him in a perfect end note to the set. DURAN DURAN SET LIST Velvet Newton Intro Night Boat The Wild Boys Hungry Like the Wolf The James Bond Theme/A View to a Kill Notorious Lonely in Your Nightmare / Super Freak Is There Something I Should Know? Anniversary Friends of Mine Careless Memories Ordinary World Come Undone (with Kiesza) Danse Macabre Planet Earth White Lines The Reflex Girls on Film/Acceptable in the 80’s ENCORE: Save a Prayer Rio Advertisement 8 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Article content Share this article in your social network Comments Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion and encourage all readers to share their views on our articles. Comments may take up to an hour for moderation before appearing on the site. We ask you to keep your comments relevant and respectful. We have enabled email notifications—you will now receive an email if you receive a reply to your comment, there is an update to a comment thread you follow or if a user you follow comments. Visit our Community Guidelines for more information and details on how to adjust your email settings. 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