Duran Duran have offered a fresh update regarding the health of their guitarist Andy Taylor.
Taylor have been battling stage four metastatic prostate cancer since 2018. The guitarist had played with the band on and off between 1980 and 2001.
Now, Taylor's bandmate Simon Le Bon, has offered a new update regarding his health, during a press conference at the Sanremo Music Festival in Italy.
"As you probably know, he's got prostate cancer", he said. "I'm sure he would love to be here".
Le Bon also added that the group often use humour as a way of coping with Andy's illness.
"We make each other laugh, and I think that's very important in a long relationship," he explained. "When we are under stress, we laugh all the way through it, and it keeps everything light and fun".
Elsewhere, Simon Le Bon also feels that the group have stayed together for the love of music, not money.
"There is something between us that keeps us together. First of all, we love the music we make together. Nobody else makes music like we do. We've all tried to do things on our own, and it just doesn't seem as exciting as when the four of us get together and work," he said.
"And the other thing is, we split all the proceeds equally. No one takes all the publishing. We all share the finances equally".
In August 2023, Andy Taylor had hailed the impact of a new nuclear drug that he been taking, crediting it with giving him an extra five years in his battle with cancer. More on this from Nova here.
