Mar. 16, 2025
Duran Duran.Photo: Nefer Suvio
Duran Duranis paying homage toDavid Bowieahead of thefifth anniversary of his deaththis weekend.
On Friday, what would have been the late rock icon’s 74th birthday, the band willrelease a coverof Bowie’s 1972 song “Five Years.” They’ll then perform it live during the global streaming concert,“A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day!”
“When we got theZiggy StardustLP and put the needle in the groove, our first taste of its perfection was the song ‘Five Years,'” lead singer Simon Le Bon tells PEOPLE.
Mar. 16, 2025
Andy Taylor.Photo: Courtesy Andy Taylor
In October 2018,Andy Taylor, a guitarist and founding member ofDuran Duran, had just signed a solo record deal when he received news that made his world come crashing down: he had stage 4 prostate cancer.
He started to notice something was off when he was jogging and felt an “arthritic” pain but decided it was probably nothing. Then, he noticed a pair of lumps in his lymph nodes.
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Andy Taylor.Photo:Andy Taylor/Instagram
Andy Taylor/Instagram
Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor is speaking out about his cancer diagnosis.
The guitarist, 62, wasdiagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancerin 2018 but is now showing no symptoms of the disease, after undergoing treatment that administered radioactive chemicals to target his cancer cells, he toldThe Timeson Friday.
“I was classified as palliative, end-of-life care,” Taylor revealed to the outlet.“Now I’m not; I’m asymptomatic.”
Speaking about Welsh scientist Christopher Evans, who created the cutting-edge treatment, Taylor added, “He’s a genius.
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When Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor wasdiagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancerin 2018, there were two things that kept him afloat: music and family.“I’ve been married for 40,000 years,” Taylor, 61, tells PEOPLE exclusively in this week’s issue of his marriage to wife Tracey Wilson. “I’m old school. Maybe I’ve just seen so many of my friends have four divorces that I kind of always thought it was worth working it out.
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Alix also lists the “domestic disturbance” between the couple, which led to an encounter between the couple and police that was seen inwidely-circulated body cam footage, as a reason he was seeking the warrant.
According to the warrant, the message read: “Can you help Stan, I just keep getting his voicemails and missed calls.”
“The mother was concerned that something was wrong with her daughter,” Alix wrote.
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