Simon Le Bon’s agony as it emerges Duran Duran bandmate Andy Taylor is dying of cancer 

Andy Taylor of Duran Duran is struggling from most cancers and will not be ‘around for incredibly long’, his bandmate Simon Le Bon has discovered.

The 61-calendar year-old is getting dealt with for stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer immediately after becoming identified with the ailment 4 a long time in the past.

The band broke the news at their induction into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles.

The guitarist had been due to reunite with singer Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, bassist John Taylor and drummer Roger Taylor but he ‘suffered a setback’ that would not make it possible for him to travel from his dwelling in Ibiza.

Andy Taylor of Duran Duran is suffering from most cancers and will not be ‘around for incredibly long’, his bandmate Simon Le Bon has uncovered

The weekend ceremony was established to be the very first time the 5-piece band from Birmingham had played with each other in 17 yrs, owning last reformed for a world tour and the album Astronaut in 2004.

The band examine out a letter from Taylor in which he uncovered he experienced been through ‘very sophisticated’ everyday living-extending procedure. ‘Just around four a long time back I was identified with stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer,’ the letter study.

‘Many households have seasoned the sluggish burn up of this disorder and of course we are no diverse so I talk from the viewpoint of a spouse and children man but with profound humility to the band, the best followers a group could have and this fantastic accolade. I have the ‘Rodgers and Edwards’ of medical professionals and professional medical treatment that until really a short while ago permitted me to just rock on.

The team, which shaped in 1978, done three songs: Women On Movie, Hungry Like A Wolf and Ordinary Globe

The band read through out a letter from Taylor in which he uncovered he had undergone ‘very sophisticated’ lifetime-extending treatment. ‘Just over four a long time ago I was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer,’ the letter read 

‘Although my existing condition is not immediately lifestyle-threatening there is no remedy.’

Rodgers and Edwards refers to Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, the producers who worked with Duran Duran during their vocation.

Taylor extra: ‘Recently I was carrying out Okay following some pretty sophisticated existence-extending therapy, that was right until a 7 days or so back when I experienced a setback, and inspite of the fantastic attempts of my team, I had to be genuine in that both equally physically and mentally, I would be pushing my boundaries.’

He reported he was ‘truly sorry and massively disappointed’ he could not show up at the ceremony, adding: ‘I typically doubted the working day would come. I’m guaranteed as hell happy I’m all over to see the working day.’

Le Bon, 64, said: ‘It is definitely devastating information to locate out that a colleague, no not a colleague, a mate, a pal, one particular of our loved ones, is not heading to be close to for quite long. We like Andy dearly and I am not going to stand right here and cry. I consider that would be inappropriate but which is what I experience like.’

The group, which formed in 1978, done 3 songs: Ladies On Film, Hungry Like A Wolf and Ordinary Earth.