I’m sure as hell glad I’m around to see the day.”Īlso inducted to the Hall of Fame on Saturday were Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Eminem, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, and Carly Simon. In an official announcement on their website, the band stated that an 'unworkable gulf' had developed between them and Taylor and that 'we can no longer effectively function together'. “I’m so very proud of these four brothers I’m amazed at their durability, and I’m overjoyed at accepting this award,” the letter read. On 25 October 2006, Duran Duran parted company with Andy Taylor once again. He said he was “massively disappointed” that he could not be there with his bandmates - Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor, and Le Bon - and said he had even bought a new guitar to play for the occasion. Duran Durans 10 greatest songs ever, ranked. The ex- Duran Duran guitarist was forced to miss his former bands induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame due to his illness, with the band revealing the sad news from the stage at the ceremony. “We’ve had a privileged life, we were a bit naughty but really nice, a bit shirty but very well dressed, a bit full of ourselves because we had a lot to give, but as I’ve said many times, when you feel that collective, instinctive, kindred spirit of creativity mixed with ambition, armed with an über cool bunch of fans, well what could possibly go wrong?” Taylor reflected in his letter. Andy Taylor has opened up about being diagnosed with metastatic stage 4 prostate cancer. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) Last November, former Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor revealed that he had been diagnosed with incurable stage four metastatic prostate cancer, in a letter read aloud by the band at their. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 05: (L-R) Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor, John Taylor, and Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran attend the 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on Novemin Los Angeles, California.
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