Andy added: “A little beacon of hope because this stuff just drags you...Cancer just drags you down into the darkness and your family, and I can work as a patient.”
Since returning to work, Andy has recorded a new album called Man’s A Wolf To Man, which is out in September, describing the process as “a hell of a journey”.Duran Duran – previously comprised of Andy, Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor – formed in Birmingham in 1978 and were one of the biggest acts of the 1980s.
Last November’s ceremony for the band as they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame would have been the first time all five members had played together in 17 years. They last reformed for a world tour and the album Astronaut in 2004. During the set at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, that included hits like Girls On Film, Hungry Like The Wolf and Ordinary World, the band read out a letter from Andy explaining his absence was due to his previously-undisclosed diagnosis.