Duran Duran to play rescheduled dates at Echo Arena, Liverpool, and MEN Arena, Manchester

Oct 13 2011 by Mark Smith, Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News

FOLLOWING the recent postponement of Duran Duran’s UK All You Need Is Now arena tour due to singer Simon Le Bon’s vocal problems, the band have announced rescheduled gigs for December.

The concerts mark the band’s first full UK arena tour in seven years, for which they are planning a totally new and spectacular production. Tickets for the original May and June shows will be valid for the new dates.

They include Saturday, December 10, at Liverpool Echo Arena and Friday, December 16, at Manchester Evening News Arena.

The band, famous for hits like Hungry Like The Wolf, Rio and The Reflex said that the concert would be an early Christmas present for their fans.

Bassist John Taylor said: “Given the fact we’d missed the dates in May, we wanted to do something really special for the fans pre-Christmas.

“It’s taken us a minute to clear dates in all of these venues, as this is obviously an incredibly busy time of year, but finally we’ve been able to make it work and cannot wait to get there.”

To book tickets for Liverpool, call 0844 800 0400; for Manchester, call 0844 847 8000.