Duran Duran are reportedly within the strategy of working with former guitarist Andy Taylor on a brand new album.
Taylor – who performed with the band on-and-off between 1980 and 2001 – was identified with stage 4 metastatic prostate most cancers 4 years in the past.
He was set to reunite with Duran Duran final 12 months after they have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame however a setback along with his remedy pressured him to overlook the event.
Bassist John Taylor has now confirmed that the band are working with the guitarist once more. “When he dropped the bomb two days before the Hall of Fame, it was really shocking and terribly sad,” he mentioned (through The Mirror). “We’re engaged on an album proper now that’s going to be popping out on the finish of the 12 months and he’s taking part in guitar.
“There’s a lot of cover songs on the album, songs meaningful to us when we were kids. So having him be a part of that project is great.”
Taylor continued: “LeBon is flying to Ibiza to work with Andy. I kind of wish I was there. I think it’ll be great. It’ll be really profound for them. They haven’t been in the studio together in maybe 10 to 20 years.”
Andy Taylor opened up about his ongoing battle with most cancers earlier this 12 months.
Speaking with 5 News, Taylor defined that he’d discovered of his most cancers shortly after he’d seen “what you would think was an arthritic sort of pain” throughout a jog. “I never thought more of it than that,” he mentioned of the primary signs, assuming the ache was as a result of his age, earlier than he’d begun noticing different signs – comparable to “what felt like tumours” on his neck.
He continued: “I went and had a biopsy done, and I came back for the results – and no-one could be prepared for that mistake. And actually, the consultant was a little late, and he sat down and said, ‘I’m sorry, I’m so sorry’ – and I thought he was apologising because he was late. And he said, ‘It’s prostate [cancer],’ and I’m like, ‘Yeah, well, my dad had that. I understand.’ He said, ‘But it’s stage 4, metastatic… which is a death sentence.’”
Meanwhile, Duran Duran are gearing as much as embark on an area tour of the UK and Ireland on the finish of April. They’ll carry out (with out Taylor) in Manchester, London, Leeds, Birmingham, Dublin and Glasgow.
Scissor Sisters frontman and solo artist Jake Shears can be becoming a member of the band as a particular visitor opening act on the concert events together with Lia Lia. You can discover any remaining tickets for Duran Duran’s 2023 ‘Future Past’ tour right here.