LOS ANGELES – Authentic Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor was not in a position to attend his band’s induction into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame Saturday, revealing that he has been identified with Stage 4 most cancers.
Duran Duran lead singer Simon Le Bon broke the information onstage, studying parts of an open letter from Taylor, 61. The viewers on the Microsoft Theater gasped audibly on the information.
“Simply over 4 years in the past, I used to be identified with Stage 4 metastatic prostate most cancers,” Le Bon learn from the letter. “Many households have skilled the gradual burn of this illness and, after all, we are not any completely different. So I communicate from the angle of a household man however with profound humility to the band, the best followers a bunch might have, and this distinctive accolade.”
Le Bon learn one other portion describing Taylor’s “large disappointment” at lacking the Rock Corridor induction ceremony when the band lastly made the lower, after years of eligibility.
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“Let there be little question I used to be stoked about the entire thing, even purchased a brand new guitar with the important whammy! I am so very happy with these 4 brothers,” the letter mentioned. “I am amazed at their sturdiness, and I am overjoyed at accepting this award. I am certain as hell glad I am round to see the day.”
The complete letter, “A Word From Andy,” has been posted on the band’s web site.
Within the letter, Taylor writes that he has the most effective docs and life-extending medical therapy “that till very lately allowed me to simply rock on” till he “suffered a setback” a few week in the past that prevented his journey. “I needed to be sincere in that each bodily and mentally, I’d be pushing my boundaries.”
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“Though my present situation will not be instantly life-threatening, there is no such thing as a remedy,” Taylor wrote.
Duran Duran opened the Rock Corridor ceremony Saturday with an introduction by Robert Downey Jr.
Le Bon, guitarist/bassist John Taylor, drummer Roger Taylor and keyboardist Nick Rhodes performed a medley of songs with their present touring guitarist Dom Brown.
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This text initially appeared on USA TODAY: Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor shares most cancers prognosis from Rock Corridor occasion
