Daryl Hall and John Oates’ musical partnership resulted in some of pop’s most enduring tunes – but it seems the chances of them ever teaming up again is somewhere between zero and zero.

The pair have hits to their name including Maneater, I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) and Out of Touch, but their partnership hit an impasse in 2023 when Oates set about selling his stake in their publishing company, and Hall filed a lawsuit to prevent him, calling Oates’ move “the ultimate partnership betrayal.”

Now, in an interview with The Times of London, Hall was asked about the prospect of reuniting with Oates, or had that ship sailed? He replied:

That ship has gone to the bottom of the ocean,” Hall says. “I’ve had a lot of surprises in my life, disappointments, betrayals, so I’m kind of used to it.” And he added: “I...