Nile Rodgers is an inspiration to me. This was my 2nd time to see them. The first was at Essence Fest 2014 when they played right before Prince. Both times I've seen him Nile Rodgers has bared his heart on stage, in a good way, sharing from the heart his gratitude for life, love and music. Last night he said how broken up he was about Prince's death but that our smiling faces, seen in the sunlight at the outdoor amphitheater in "Awesome Austin", were helping lift his spirits through the loss. For me, who loves both Prince and Nile Rodgers, and who had seen them on stage together at Essence Fest, this was a serious teary eyed moment. Beautiful and all heart and soul.

Duran Duran dedicated their performance to Prince, starting with purple lights and a dedication message up on the video screen before their first song.

Then for their encore, singer Simon LeBon came out and spoke a moment about Prince. He related how they had heard about Prince's emergency plane landing health scare the week prior, and at that then that night they had dedicated Save A Prayer to him for quick recovery. And now, a week later, he had passed, and so now you nice again they wanted to dedicate the song to him. He talked about how directly Prince had inspired all the members of DD, saying that if not for Prince they would not be playing the kind of music they have done all these years.

Duran Duran dedicated Save A Prayer to Prince in Austin Texas 4/22/16. The spoken intro that Simon gives Prince on this video is very heartfelt. It was a fantastic tribute, fam.

RIP Prince, and thanks to Nile Rodgers and Chic, and Duran Duran for helping us all grieve together and honor his memory together.

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Nile Rodgers

ludwig said:

Nile Rodgers

Thanks

I once had the pleasure of speaking with John Taylor and Nick Rhodes after a Duran Duran concert, and of course I talked to them about Prince.

They had (John told me it was Mark Ronson's idea) looped the SOTT beat and played one of their songs over it. John even told me he had started to play the synth bass line for Hot Thing on his bass guitar.

I'm trying to keep working on creative stuff here. That's what I take from Prince. He was a creative god walking the face of the Earth.

Duran Duran are great!

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Their dedication is truly heartfelt.

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Thanks for posting!!!

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Missing prince badly.

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