In a fight with cancer, time is precious. “Give him a nudge, go get a test,” he tells 5 News. Now that the word is out, Taylor, 61, uses his platform to tell others to get checked, and urges female fans to apply gentle pressure on the men in their lives. On hearing the extent of his illness, “no one can be prepared for that.”ĭue to his poor health, Taylor missed the ceremony in Los Angeles, for which he’d planned to break out a new guitar. The biopsy results confirmed the worst, an illness he describes as “a death sentence.” The diagnosis came when Andy was 56 years old, and presented when he went jogging and felt what he describes as “arthritic sort of pain.” He began to “have these symptoms, and didn’t recognize them for what they could be.” Lumps would appear on his neck, a troubling sign that the cancer had metastasized. TV, and explains how music and creativity has lifted his spirits. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.A post shared by Andy Taylor returns to his health battles for a new interview for U.K. So it was good that it worked.”Īs for their secret to still making it work four decades later, Taylor said, “I kind of feel like if we were to break the band up tomorrow, all of our hair would fall out the next day!” But of course we were so young and naive that there was no plan B. Looking back on Duran Duran’s debut album 40 years ago, Rhodes said, “I think of our closeness growing up together as teenagers with a vision and huge ambition to do something special, to do something remarkable with our lives. He’s still got resentment against me over that, still to this day.” Duran Duran released its 15th studio album, “Future Past,” on Oct. He wasn’t happy about it - and rightfully so. And as it happened, Andy just grabbed ahold of the tender, which is the little boat that sort of is tied on to the back of the yacht. “And the greatest example of cluelessness is that shot where you see me actually kicking Andy Taylor over the edge of the boat, thinking I was being funny, thinking that it wasn’t a big deal at all. “Simon was an experienced yachtsman, but the rest of us were clueless,” said Taylor. Getty Imagesīut it wasn’t all fun and games when Duran Duran shot the iconic video for 1982’s “Rio” on the Eilean yacht in the Caribbean. After making their debut, they went on to become the poster boys for MTV, with classic clips such as “Hungry Like the Wolf,” “The Wild Boys” and “A View to a Kill.” Duran Duran released its self-titled debut album in 1981. Of course, Duran Duran has always been on top of its video game. “And as we got closer to it, we were all like, ‘Hmmm, is it really something that we wanna jump up and down to the world about?’ But at one point we thought, ‘How about a song called ‘Anniversary’?” “A few years ago, when we got this anniversary thing in our sights, our manager was getting quite excited there was an opportunity to do all these sorts of things to celebrate,” said bassist John Taylor, 61, another founding member. Celebrity lookalikes for Daniel Craig, Brad Pitt, Lady Gaga and Vladimir Putin are featured in the “Anniversary” video. It was amazing watching them being transformed.”ĭuran Duran certainly has good reason to have a soiree with the stars: It’s been 40 years since the group’s self-titled debut - featuring the synth-pop classic “Girls on Film” - was released on July 13, 1981. “And since famous people always get booked up and can never agree on the same date, the idea actually came up speaking to Alison saying, ‘Wouldn’t it be fun to do a spoof on one of the greatest parties ever, but with lots and lots of lookalikes?’ So we went to this quite extraordinary castle called Belvoir Castle in the UK, and all these lookalikes turned up. Duran Duran performed at Global Citizen Live in London in September. “We thought it might be interesting, as the song is all about celebration, to have a big party to fill it with famous people,” keyboardist and founding member Nick Rhodes, 59, told The Post. The festivities go down in the video for the band’s latest single, aptly titled “Anniversary.” But if you’re wondering just how they got the queen to do a group selfie at this shindig, well, it’s because they used celebrity lookalikes in the clip, which was released three days before Duran Duran’s 15th studio album, “Future Past,” arrived on Friday. Partying with everyone from Lady Gaga, Elton John and Daniel Craig to Kim Kardashian, Vladimir Putin and Queen Elizabeth II, Duran Duran holds the anniversary bash to end all anniversary bashes in celebration of 40 years in music. Inside Duran Duran’s craziest coked-out exploits and wildest flings Want to see Duran Duran live in 2023? Here’s how you can What’s the cheapest ticket available for the 2023 BottleRock Festival?
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