Andy Taylor: Last News

Duran Duran are set to play a special benefit concert next month in honour of guitarist Andy Taylor, with proceeds going to a cancer charity.Set to take place at the Guild Theatre in Menlo Park, California, the one-off show will be held on August 19 and held in honour of Taylor, who revealed his own diagnosis of prostate cancer last year.Proceeds raised by the show will go to benefit the UK charity Cancer Awareness Trust, which raises money to fight against cancer and helps develop special treatments that allow patients like Taylor to extend their lives.“We are heading to Northern California to play many of the songs that we wrote together with our dear friend, Andy Taylor, to help him and others in their fight against prostate cancer,” frontman Simon Le Bon said in a statement. “It is the right thing to do.”Drummer Roger Taylor also spoke about the motivation behind the benefit show, and thanked those who have helped make the idea into a reality.

Duran Duran are reportedly in the process of working with former guitarist Andy Taylor on a new album.Taylor – who played with the band on-and-off between 1980 and 2001 – was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer four years ago.He was set to reunite with Duran Duran last year when they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame but a setback with his treatment forced him to miss the occasion.Bassist John Taylor has now confirmed that the band are working with the guitarist again. “When he dropped the bomb two days before the Hall of Fame, it was really shocking and terribly sad,” he said (via The Mirror).

Duran Duran's Andy Taylor is not giving up in his fight against cancer. Nearly five years after initially receiving his diagnosis of stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer, the musician is providing an update on his health as well as revealing new details on how he originally learned the news of his disease. The first symptoms were pain while exercising and some lumps in his lymph nodes, Taylor explained in a new interview with People.

Robert Downey Jr. and his family honored musical icons as he and his son Exton put on a puffed-up blond wig to help pay tribute to one of his musical icons, Duran Duran.The 57-year-old Oscar nominee was over the moon as he gushed about inducting the band into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame over the weekend in an Instagram post published on Monday.Downey Jr.'s upbeat post was in stark contrast to the somber feelings among many Duran Duran fans after the band revealed that guitarist Andy Taylor — who wasn't able to travel to the ceremony — had been diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer.

“Although my current condition is not immediately life-threatening there is no cure.”The legendary guitarist added that “despite the exceptional efforts of [his] team”, Andy was unable, both physically and mentally, to perform at the ceremony.He wrote: “Recently I was doing OK after some very sophisticated life-extending treatment, that was until a week or so ago when I suffered a setback, and despite the exceptional efforts of my team, I had to be honest in that both physically and mentally, I would be pushing my boundaries.”Saying he was “truly sorry and massively disappointed” he could not attend the event, Andy added: “I often doubted the day would come.

Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has stage four metastatic prostate cancer. The 61-year-old was diagnosed four years ago and his bandmate Simon Le Bon fears he will not be “around for very long”. Duran Duran broke the news at their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday (05.

Founding Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has stage 4 prostate cancer, it was revealed during the group’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction speech on Saturday night.

Duran Duran have revealed that former guitarist Andy Taylor has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The band announced the heartbreaking news as they were admitted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Los Angeles on Saturday.

The Induction of Duran Duran into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was supposed to be celebratory night that would also serve as a reunion for the British band who formed back in 1978.And while the evening at the 37th annual ceremony at the Microsoft Theater was still a time to feel proud for original members Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, and Simon Le Bon, the reunion with former guitarist Andy Taylor did not happen after all.During their induction speech frontman Le Bon informed the audience, via a letter on behalf of Andy Taylor, that he couldn't attend the event due to 'a setback' in his treatment for stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer, according to Rolling Stone. Shocking announcement: Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon revealed the band's original guitarist Andy Taylor couldn't make their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday due to 'a setback' in his treatments for stage 4 prostate cancerDressed in a lime-green suit, Hollywood A-lister Robert Downey Jr.

K.J. Yossman Coming of age drama “Purple Beatz” will get worldwide distribution via Trinity Creative Partnership and 101 Films.Described as a “music-driven, romantic drama, set in the underground drum ‘n’ bass music scene of ‘90s London,” “Purple Beatz” is written and directed by Lola Atkins and features a diverse, female-led cast and crew.The feature stars Izzy Jones (“Distant”), Erika Alexander (“Abattoir,” “The Wives in the Attic”), Aron Von Andrian (“Masters Of The Air”) and Steven Michael-O’Hara (“Frenemies”).

Duran Duran are to reunite with their former guitarist for their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.Eminem, Duran Duran, Dolly Parton and Lionel Richie will all be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2022, as will Eurythmics, Carly Simon, Judas Priest and Pat Benatar.When recently asked about Duran Duran’s plans for their performance at the upcoming ceremony, frontman Simon Le Bon confirmed that Andy Taylor, the band’s former guitarist and bassist, would be in attendance.“I’ve already had a definite yes from Andy,” Le Bon told Rolling Stone when asked about the band’s performance at the ceremony.“He’s definitely up for it. I’m pretty sure Warren [Cuccurullo, former guitarist/bassist] will want to do it…We’ve always maintained a decent relationship with these guys.