After a decisive appearance of Mass attackhis back and back Release Athens 2024 capped off with a larger-than-life performance by the larger-than-life band.
But let’s start from the beginning. Famous DJ, radio producer and above all Duran Duran super fan, Spiros Payatakis, took over the warm-up with a DJ focused on the 80s (eg Human League – Being Boiled) or songs influenced by that decade (eg Boy Harsher – Machina). Soon followed by Irish songwriter JC Stewart, making his first appearance in Greece, who will surely be of interest to us again in the future.
Shortly after 22:00, it was the turn of the great heroes of the evening, Duran Duran. Back Duranis The British giants, who have long packed the Water Square with the air that only a big band can have, delivered a rich set that spanned their entire discography and every sonic phase of their career; from the cutting edge Invisible. ” and “Black Moonlight” to fan favorites “Chaffeur” and “New Moon On Monday” before their first self-titled record had the lion’s share of the evening.
Oh Nick RhodesJohn and Roger Taylor and especially the head Simon Le Bonconfirmed that this is a band that still roams the stage and treated us to a show full of highlights – a stunning rendition of ‘Friends of Mine’, the timeless ‘A View To A Kill’, ‘Girls on Film’ great mix. peaking with Talking Heads’ ‘Psycho Killer’ and of course the chilling singalong of ‘Save A Prayer’ and the finale of ‘Rio’ which they left in awe.Athens 2024 continues with the most anticipated heavy metal show of the year on Sunday July 21st featuring Judas Priest, Bruce Dickinson, Accept & Saturday Night Satan.