Can We Still: Last News

Daryl Hall performed a string of Hall & Oates hits during a concert in Japan on Thursday (November 23), despite his ongoing legal battle with bandmate John Oates.The concert, which took place at the Tokyo Garden Theater, comprised mainly of songs from the Hall & Oates repertoire, including ‘Out of Touch’, ‘Everytime You Go Away’, ‘I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)’, and ‘Private Eyes’. ‘I Saw The Light’ soloist Todd Rundgren was roped in during the encore, joining the singer for covers of Hall & Oates’ ‘Wait For Me’, The Delfonics’ ‘Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)’, and Rundgren’s own ‘Can We Still Be Friends’.Reportedly, Hall has been performing the duo’s songs in his concerts since filing a lawsuit against Oates on November 17.

Jonathan Cohen Daryl Hall will put the spotlight on his 40-plus-year solo career outside of Hall and Oates with the release of a new compilation and a solo tour with special guest Todd Rundgren this spring. The 30-track “BeforeAfter” will arrive via Legacy Recordings on April 1, the same day Hall returns to the live stage at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre.“I picked the songs I thought were right and significant and meaningful throughout this whole body of work,” Hall tells Variety of “BeforeAfter,” which spans his 1980 Robert Fripp-produced solo debut “Sacred Songs” up through 2011’s “Laughing Down Crying,” which was co-produced by Hall and Oates’ longtime associate, the late T-Bone Wolk.