Andy Taylor, founding Duran Duran member and guitarist, continues his battle with stage 4 prostate cancer in the new year. Taylor, 63, revealed his diagnosis in November 2022, saying that it was asymptomatic after being diagnosed in 2018.

Bandmate Simon Le Bon spoke on Taylor’s behalf in a press conference at the Sanremo Music Festival about Taylor’s condition, calling it “very late, fourth-stage metastasized cancer.” “I am sure he would love to be here,” Bon told attendees, “He’s fighting as hard as he can, and we are with him in that fight.”

Taylor announced his diagnosis through his bandmates, Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor, reading a letter on his behalf at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction speech in Los Angeles. Following the announcement, Le Bon told fans that Andy had been told he would require “palliative, end-of-life care” from his doctor. Le Bon told...