Andy Taylor, former Duran Duran guitarist, has stage 4 most cancers

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Andy Taylor, guitarist with British New Romantic group Duran Duran on the peak of their fame, is battling stage 4 prostate most cancers.

The band made the announcement on Saturday as they had been inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame throughout a ceremony on the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Taylor, who didn't be part of his former bandmates John Taylor, Simon Le Bon, Roger Taylor and Nick Rhodes on the Class of 2022 celebrations because of ongoing therapy, wrote a letter to mark the event.

Within the be aware, components of which had been learn out by frontman Le Bon, Taylor disclosed that he had acquired his analysis 4 years in the past and spoke of his delight at being inducted into the corridor of fame.

“There’s nothing that comes near such recognition. You possibly can dream about what occurred to us however to expertise it, on one’s personal phrases, as mates, was past unbelievable,” Taylor wrote within the message relayed by Le Bon.

Relating his well being points, the 61-year-old Taylor added: “Many households have skilled the gradual burn of this illness and naturally, we aren't any completely different; so I communicate from the angle of a household man however with profound humility to the band, the best followers a gaggle may have and this distinctive accolade.”

Taylor joined Duran Duran in April 1980 and left in 1986 to pursue a solo profession. He then rejoined in 2001 for a string of profitable concert events and their 2004 album “Astronaut” earlier than quitting once more in 2006.

Taylor stated he was “massively dissatisfied” to overlook the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame present, which was set to be his first time performing with the group in 16 years, and that he had “purchased a brand new guitar” for the event.

“I’m so very pleased with these 4 brothers, I’m amazed at their sturdiness, and I’m overjoyed at accepting this award,” Taylor stated. “I typically doubted the day would come. I’m positive as hell glad I’m round to see the day.”

Within the letter later shared in full on the band’s web site, Taylor stated his situation was incurable, however that he was receiving “refined life-extending therapy” that had allowed him to “simply rock on” till latest occasions when he suffered a “setback.”

“Though my present situation isn't instantly life-threatening there is no such thing as a treatment,” he stated.

In accordance with the American Most cancers Society, about one in eight males will probably be recognized with prostate most cancers throughout his lifetime.

Reacting to Taylor’s well being replace on Saturday, Le Bon stated: “It's devastating information to know and discover out that a colleague… Not a colleague, a mate, a pal, one in all our household isn't going to be round for very lengthy. It’s completely devastating. We love Andy dearly and you already know, I’m not going to face right here and cry. I don’t suppose that might be very acceptable however that’s what I really feel like.”

Duran Duran fashioned in 1978 and topped the US singles charts within the Nineteen Eighties with their hits “The Reflex” and “A View to a Kill.”