Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor is “fighting as hard as he can” as he continues treatment for cancer, his bandmates have said, as they addressed his absence at the Sanremo Music Festival in Italy.
Andy Taylor joined Duran Duran in April 1980 and left after six years to pursue a solo career.
Taylor said two symptoms alerted him that something was wrong: bone pain while jogging, which he almost mistook for arthritis after his years of live performances, and erectile dysfunction, which was masked by his use of Viagra.
Adding to his point, bassist John Taylor said chemistry was “so important” in groups and that he felt the “day of the group is almost gone… were there any groups at the Grammys this year?”.
In 2023, he hit back at reports that there was bad blood between him and his former bandmates, pointing to a moving letter read out by Le Bon as the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.
