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Duran Duran and Blondie Bring the Rapture to Cruel World Festival
Duran Duran, Blondie and Simple Minds lit up the Brookside at Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the 2024 Cruel World festival.
Last year’s edition of the goth-meets-new wave flavored festival faced its own snafu when a lightning strike in the middle of Iggy Pop’s set caused the sprawling venue to be evacuated before Siouxsie took the stage. The brilliant Pasadena sun might not be the ideal foil for his darkly industrial sensibilities, but bringing his daughters including newly-minted UK chart-topper Raven up on stage, the L.A. resident seemed at home with the familiar material. Clad in silver jeans and his new wave-errific chartreuse biker jacket, Simon LeBon threw himself passionately into the set, striking a thoughtful note while dedicating “No Ordinary Love” to the people of Ukraine and also Palestine and Israel.
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