Casino adds shows from Parton, Duran Duran

There's a healthy dose of '80s nostalgia happening in Spokane this summer.

Northern Quest added to its summer concert series this morning with the announcement of two new shows: Duran Duran on Sept. 2, and the legendary Dolly Parton on Sept. 22.

Duran Duran, who last played Spokane on the 2005 reunion tour, is on the road in support of their latest album, "Paper Gods." They join a summer concert season already heavy on '80s britpop bands, including Tears for Fears on June 15 at the INB and Culture Club with the English Beat and Berlin at Northern Quest on Aug. 12. A non-British icon from the '80s, Pat Benatar, will be at the casino on Aug. 27, with Melissa Etheridge.

Parton, meanwhile, is not really considered an 80s act, but she had some of her biggest crossover hits in the decade, including her Oscar-nominated theme to the film "9-to-5" and the Kenny Rogers duet "Islands in the Stream." The country legend, one of the best songwriters to ever come out of Nashville, is billing this tour as her biggest in more than 25 years.

Tickets to the previously announced summer shows at Northern Quest, which also include Dierks Bentley, the Avett Brothers, Goo Goo Dolls and Big & Rich, are on sale through the casino website, here. Tears for Fears at the INB went on sale Friday, and tickets are available here.

Duran Duran tickets are $65, $85 and $105; Parton's show is $89, $109 and $129. Both go on sale at 8:30 a.m. Saturday through the casino box office, (509) 481-2800, or online.

FWIW, we'd be shocked if Parton didn't play this one when she's here in September. And I'd love it if she sang this one.

(Above: Duran Duran perform at Day 1 of the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Friday, Sept. 18, 2015 in Las Vegas. Photo by Al Powers/Powers Imagery/Invision/AP.)