![]() ![]() “The wonderful spontaneous world of rock ‘n’ roll!” the 64-year-old Le Bon shouted as the band stopped for a do-over. It was a fun if inauspicious beginning to a mostly slick and often triumphant show. The band was all but inaudible other than singer Simon Le Bon, whose vocals were essentially acapella. The shrieking crowd was there for it, but the music wasn’t. ![]() The first act inducted at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles after a memorable speech from a shaven-headed Robert Downey Jr, Duran Duran took the stage and launched into their 1981 breakthrough hit Girls on Film. So are Carly Simon, Eurythmics, Harry Belafonte, Judas Priest and Dolly Parton, who gave the honour an enthusiastic embrace after temporarily turning it down. The four acts found very different ways to celebrate last Saturday, but all can now forever say they’re Rock & Roll Hall of Famers. Duran Duran stumbled but stayed sophisticated.
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