Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor Skips Rock Corridor Induction for Well being Causes

Unique Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor is unable to attend tonight’s Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame induction ceremony (Nov. 5) in Los Angeles honoring the group, because the guitarist has been battling well being points associated to Stage 4 metastatic prostate most cancers. 

Throughout their induction into the Rock Corridor on the Microsoft Theater, Duran Duran revealed that Taylor, identified with metastatic prostate most cancers 4 years in the past, suffered a setback from the prognosis that might not permit him to journey to L.A. from Ibiza, Spain. The band honored Taylor through the ceremony studying parts of an acceptance speech letter.

“Simply over 4 years in the past I used to be identified with stage 4 metastatic prostate most cancers. Many households have skilled the gradual burn of this illness and naturally we aren’t any totally different; so I converse from the angle of a family-man however with profound humility to the band, the best followers a gaggle might have and this distinctive accolade,” Taylor wrote in his speech.

“I’ve the Rodgers and Edwards of medical doctors and medical remedy that till very not too long ago allowed me to simply rock on. Though my present situation shouldn’t be instantly life threatening there isn’t any treatment,” he stated. “Not too long ago I used to be doing okay after some very subtle life extending remedy, that was till per week or so in the past once I suffered a setback, and regardless of the distinctive efforts of my workforce, I needed to be sincere in that each bodily and mentally, I might be pushing my boundaries.”

Duran Duran — named for a personality within the Jane Fonda movie “Barbarella” — was shaped in Birmingham in 1978 by keyboardist Nick Rhodes and bassist John Taylor, including drummer Roger Taylor a yr later. The lineup, accomplished in 1980 with the addition of guitarist Andy Taylor and singer Simon Le Bon, went on to mainstream success with its 1982 album, “Rio,” adopted by a slew of MTV video hits together with “Planet Earth,” “Is There One thing I Ought to Know” and “Hungry Just like the Wolf” dominating the music channel. Andy Taylor’s funky guitar work was a driving drive behind the band’s reputation, with tens of tens of millions of albums offered, together with the Golden Globe-nominated track, “A View to A Kill,” from the James Bond movie of the identical identify. 

The unique five-piece band reformed for a sold-out world tour and album ‘Astronaut’ in 2004 and tonight would have been the primary time that they might have performed collectively in 17 years, the assertion learn. It was to be a particular deal with for the band’s “Duranies” fanbase, answerable for Duran Duran incomes its spot as the highest vote-getter within the public vote, tallying 934,880 in its first-ever nomination.

In 2019, Le Bon and bassist John Taylor have been available to induct Roxy Music into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame. In his letter, Andy Taylor acknowledged the affect of Roxy Music, writing, “All of us grew up on the identical vinyl data and reside gigs, from David Bowie to Roxy Music, rhe Intercourse Pistols and naturally CHIC. I might go to all these locations as a participant and developed a hybrid guitar type that fitted this superb idea OF A BAND…”

The thirty seventh Annual induction ceremony is honoring Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Eminem, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, and Carly Simon together with Judas Priest and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for Musical Excellence, Harry Belafonte and Elizabeth Cotten for Early Affect, in addition to Alan Grubman, Ji