![]() ![]() ![]() Was it possible that men of a certain age were starting to experience some of the same %$# as their female peers?Īs we entered through security at Barclays, I was in awe of the crowd. Earlier, I had to delete a few jabs from my Facebook post about going to the concert. I had not even arrived at the concert and I had already heard several ageist comments against my beloved Simon. What? I was having a hard time swallowing that one. T thought she noticed that Simon has had plastic surgery. T had been to a few concerts as well and was disturbed the last time she had seen them in the UK. M shared that at her first Duran Duran concert she was so overtaken with admiration for John Taylor that she rushed the stage and threw her lipstick at him. I told a story about seeing Duran Duran for the first time at 14 years old at the Omni in Atlanta and how I dragged my husband to see them in Central Park a few years ago. We were trippin on nostalgia over Champagne and Caprese. I met my friends M and T at a restaurant right across from Barclays Center for a quick bite before the show. “We ladies like our men to be a little chubby around the middle. As we hung up the phone, his last words were, “I wonder if Simon is still fat? He was getting pretty chubby the last time I saw him.” I laughed at the question and immediately defended my crush. We reminisced how fun it had been and how the boys had rocked the whole velvet jacket 80’s thing again and pink hair before pink hair had made its comeback. On the way, I called my best friend to tell him that I was going to see Duran Duran. I dropped my daughter off at the babysitter’s house and headed for the subway. Duran Duran makes me happy and happiness is worth the effort. Seeing their shows has always made me feel so good. Fond memories of my youth are attached to these men and their music. This band was part of the soundtrack of my teens. Work and parenthood don’t leave much time for evenings out on the town. Adult concerts are just not in the cards these days. I was pumped from the moment I bought the ticket. It was me… me and about 15,000 of my direct peers. I am the demographic that spiked the Manhattan babysitter economy, the sales of Champagne and the uptick in Uber requests about 11:30 pm Tuesday night. I am the demographic that headed to Brooklyn in droves. In case you were wondering what kind of people were at the Duran Duran concert Tuesday night in Brooklyn, I am here to tell you that you’re looking at her. ![]()
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