Duran Duran: Rum Runner, Birmingham
Chas de Whalley, Record Mirror, 12 December 1981
THERE WASN'T a lot to see, for a start. When Duran Duran returned to their old stamping ground in Birmingham's trendy but tiny Rum Runner Club the best part of 400 people crowded in through the door and for all but the lucky few only the top of singer Simon Le Bon's head remained visible.
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