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The Herald Scotland
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Is Daryl Hall too tied to his past tunes?
Three Stars On a Saturday night in Glasgow - when half the world is watching Eurovision and the other half seems to be wining and dining in Finnieston - Daryl Hall has brought a skittish, uncertain energy to the Armadillo. Maybe it's first night nerves. This is the first date on a UK tour after all, though he has been recently playing in the States. Maybe there's a bit of 'divorced dad' restlessness at play in the wake of his sadly messy and rather bitter musical separation from his long-time partner John Oates. Whatever it is, it's not really helping. Three songs in, he's sitting at the piano, working his way through a couple of Hall & Oates 1980s hits, Kiss On My List and Private Eyes, but his heart doesn't seem to be in it. The 78-year-old sits at the piano and sings and scats his way through both with the air of a man who might prefer to be watching the Scissor Sisters across the road at the Hydro. On this evidence time has sandpapered some of the sweet edges off of Hall's voice. Always one of the great white soul singers, Hall now sings in a lower register, with less of the punch and power of his younger years. But the real issue seems to be that he feels a little tied to the songs that made his name when he'd rather be singing tunes from his latest album D or solo cuts such as Dreamtime or I'm in a Philly Mood. He even tells his audience he is going to be playing 'something for me, something for you,' at one point. Shouldn't they all be for the audience? 'I've got lots of cool songs,' he adds. He has and the audience is just as welcoming to new tunes such as Walking In Between Raindrops and Can't Say No to You, but the collective thrill that goes through the crowd when an old, familiar tune - Sara Smile, say, or Rich Girl - begins is hardly a surprise. It does help that his band bring a real Saturday night bar band feel to the occasion. They keep pushing forwards even in those moments when Hall seems to be idling. Shane Theriot on lead guitar and Porter Carroll Jr on percussion gussy up proceedings, although the real star is 79-year-old Charles DeChant, bedecked in gold lame jacket and looking like he has just walked out of a Muppets recording session with Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. His saxophone lines are clean and clear and thrilling all night. The Armadillo has been made up to look like the set of Live From Daryl's House online music show this evening, so Hall should feel at home and as the evening wears on he does seem to settle in. There's a fine reading of I'm in a Philly Mood and the whole show goes up a gear on an extended version of the Hall & Oates song I Can't Go For That (No Can Do). Suddenly, everything comes together as Hall and his band retool an eighties hit into something that wouldn't sound out of place on Boz Scaggs's Silk Degrees, before Theriot and DeChant break into a call-and-response duet between guitar and sax. But that's the last song of the main set. Squeeze's Glenn Tilbrook - who had earlier rattled through a support slot accompanied by Hall's band - returns for the encore to sing with Hall on One On One and Squeeze's own Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) - conjuring up incongruous images of Daryl wearing a Kiss-Me-Quick hat and eating a 99 cone on the beach in Ayr - before the evening ends with a cover of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes' tune Bad Luck - a nod to Hall's Philly roots. And then exit stage right, some 90 minutes after the set started. In Argyle Street the night is just beginning.
San Francisco Chronicle
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Hall & Oates singer calls yacht rock a joke created by ‘two jerk-offs in California'
Daryl Hall is not a fan of yacht rock, even if his band, Hall & Oates is frequently classified as one of the genre's most prominent acts. 'This is something I don't understand,' the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee told acclaimed music producers Justin Richmond and Rick Rubin on an episode of their ' Broken Record ' podcast released on Thursday, May 8. 'First of all, yacht rock was a f—ing joke by two jerk-offs in California, and suddenly it became a genre.' The term came up in conversation after Richmond brought up the Doobie Brothers, the San Jose rock band often associated with the genre characterized by its catchy, relaxing tunes. 'It's just R&B, with maybe some jazz in there. It's mellow R&B, smooth R&B. I don't see what the yacht part is,' Hall insisted. The term was coined by J.D. Ryznar, Hunter D. Star and Lane Farnham, who created the mockumentary web series 'Yacht Rock' in 2005 about the West Coast soft rockers of the 1970s and '80s. Decades later, filmmaker Garrett Price was inspired by the project to make his own, 'Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary,' released in 2024. Other major yacht rock artists include Steely Dan, Toto and Christopher Cross. Hall and his bandmate John Oates have frequently been linked to the genre. The Philadelphia rock duo had been performing together since the 1970s and experienced a resurgence in the early 2000s when the term yacht rock first started circulating. But Hall chalks it up to a misunderstanding. 'People misjudged us because they couldn't label us. They always came up with all this kind of crap — soft rock and yacht rock and all this other nonsense,' Hall continued. 'None of it really describes anything that I do.' Oates, on the other hand, doesn't seem to share Hall's animosity. 'I think yacht rock was the beginning of this whole Hall & Oates resurrection,' he said in a 2007 interview with Seattle Weekly. 'They were the first ones to start to parody us and put us out there again, and a lot of things have happened because of yacht rock.' The two former bandmates fell out in November 2023 after Hall accused Oates of betraying him by trying to sell his share of their joint business venture, Whole Oats Enterprises. They haven't played a show together since October 2022.
The Herald Scotland
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
1960s survivor returns to Scotland as she hits her ninth decade
SEC Armadillo, May 17 It has long been my contention that the best thing at Live Aid was not Queen or U2 at Wembley, but Hall & Oates in their big-haired pomp - and joined by Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin of the Temptations, if memory serves - over in Philly. (I've never watched their set again in case I'm wrong.) Daryl and John's recent acrimonious musical divorce is one of the sadder stories in pop of late. At their best Hall & Oates were blue-eyed soul in excelsis. (I'd take She's Gone or Out of Touch over Radio Gaga any day of the week). Anyway, Oates, now in his late seventies, is hitting the road on his own (with Squeeze's Glenn Tilbrook as support). So this is a chance to hear one of the great white soul voices up close. Daryl Hall with John Oates before their split (Image: Stuart M Berg) Elkie Brooks The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, May 27 Perhaps we shouldn't get too overexcited about the fact that Elkie Brooks's current live dates have been labelled The Long Farewell Tour. She's already booked in to play the Usher Hall in May 2026. Even so, this Edinburgh show is a chance to hear one of the great British blues singers in her ninth decade. Brooks's career started in 1960 and she made a name for herself in the band Vinegar Joe alongside Robert Palmer before becoming a fixture on British television's light entertainment shows in the 1970s after the success of Pearl's a Singer and Lilac Wine. What has never waned over those decades is the strength of that voice: all gravel and grace. Scissor Sisters (Image: free) Scissor Sisters OVO Hydro, May 17 Meanwhile, on the same night just across the road … It's been 12 years since Scissor Sisters last toured, so it says something that they can book a venue as big as the Hydro for their return; all the more so since singer Ana Matronic will not be joining them onstage. That puts more of an onus on frontman Jake Shears to pick up the slack in the 'putting on a show' front. History suggests it is not something Shears will shy away from. The Eves Liquid Room, Edinburgh May 3 It's a busy month for live gigs, with Erasure's Andy Bell, John Legend, The Flaming Lips and our own King Creosote all on tour. So it would be easy to overlook this more modest gig at the Liquid Room. And a pity. It's still a little surprising that Caroline Gilmour and Marissa Keltie haven't made the breakthrough they deserve. The duo have been knocking on the door for years now, supporting Belinda Carlisle and Sister Sledge, and seeing in the New Year singing on STV. They have even made it onto the Radio 2 playlist. But proper recognition has eluded them so far. Still, this headline gig and a vinyl release of their EP Both Sides on the Last Night From Glasgow label later this year shows that they aren't giving up. This time next year hopefully … Read more China Crisis The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, May 8 Years ago at one of those eighties revival nights I heard the compere describe Gary Daly and Eddie Lundon as looking like a pair of geography lecturers from the local Polytechnic. Which was true enough, but if so they were geography lecturers with an ear for a tune. China Crisis were part of the second wave of synthpop bands who filled the charts in the early 1980s. They had a particular ear for minor-key ballads as evidenced by such singles as Christian, Wishful Thinking and Black Man Ray. Here's a chance to relive some memories. NB, another eighties band, The Christians, are also in Glasgow this month. They play St Luke's on May 18. And they're at La Belle Angele in Edinburgh the night before. Patrick Wolf Saint Luke's, Glasgow, May 11 Sadly, Patrick Wolf never became quite the star his talent deserved. When he emerged at the start of the century he stood out from the musical landscape that surrounded him; a pop dandy in the age of indie landfill. It didn't do him any favours, unfortunately and the last 15 years have not been easy. He's had issues with alcohol and addiction, was the victim of a serious hit-and-run, lost his mother and had to declare himself bankrupt. He even employed an exorcist to cleanse his studio at one point, before finally returning to making music a couple of years ago. He was always a superb live performer so this should be something of a celebration of his resilience if nothing else. Nicola Benedetti plays Perth (Image: free) Benedetti plays Brahms Perth Concert Hall, Perth, May 14; Usher Hall, Edinburgh, May 15; City Halls & Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, May 16 Nicola Benedetti joins conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra to see out the SCO's season with a performance of Brahms's Violin Concerto. Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony is also on the programme. Another chance to see one of Scotland's greatest musicians operating at her peak. Tate McRae OVO Hydro, May 23 Contemporary pop is Auto-Tuned, Trap-influenced and predominantly female. For every one Harry Styles there are half a dozen Taylor Swifts or Miley Cyruses (or Billie Eilishs or Olivia Rodrigos or Sabrina Carpenters or Chappell Roans or Charli XCXs or Dua Lipas or … Well, you get the message). At just 21, Tate McRae is the latest of them. The Canadian singer and dancer has already released three albums, the latest of which, So Close to What, became her first number one in the United States when it was released in February. If she's not as distinctive as Eilish or as outspoken as Roan, she is just as successful. If you want to know what pop looks like in 2025 this is probably the show to see. Kylie Minogue plays the Hydro (Image: PA) Kylie Minogue OVO Hydro, May 16 This is Kylie's 16th headlining tour, apparently. And the UK leg kicks off in Glasgow (with a return visit on June 6 if you are struggling to get tickets for this gig in May). Expect seriously campy dancers, songs from every Kylie era all the way back to the Stock, Aitken and Waterman days. Your favourite Kylie track? I'm saying Better the Devil You Know. Jorja Smith 02 Academy, Glasgow, May 26 It's perhaps a marker of Jorja Smith's appeal that in recent years she has appeared on Strictly Come Dancing and turned up in the Radio 1 Live Lounge with rapper AJ Tracey. With a voice that glides from jazz to soul and an ear for contemporary R&B, Garage and even a hint of Grime, the Walsall-born singer is one of UK pop's best assets as this gig should show. Oh, and her song Little Things is a proper belter.
The Independent
02-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Daryl Hall says he will never perform with John Oates ever again
Daryl Hall is happy to remain out of touch with John Oates – the musician has said he will never mend his differences with his former bandmate. The Hall & Oates stars have been embroiled in a rivalry ever since November 2023 when Oates attempted to sell his shares of their jointly owned company, Whole Oates Enterprise. Hall, 78, responded by suing Oates for what he called 'the ultimate partnership betrayal' and called time on their music partnership for good. Now, more than a year on, Hall has revealed whether they would ever reunite and perform together again. 'That ship has gone to the bottom of the ocean,' Hall said in a new interview, telling The Times: 'I've had a lot of surprises in my life, disappointments, betrayals, so I'm kind of used to it.' Hall also hit out at Oates, 76, when discussing his musical partnership with Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, with whom he worked on his most recent album, D. He described their partnership as a 'more meaningful' one than he ever had with Oates, stating: 'It's a real collaborative relationship – and it's based on maturity.' Hall & Oates formed their double act in 1970 and have released 18 studio albums, including their 1972 debut Whole Oats. Those albums produced a string of hit singles, including 'Maneater', 'Out of Touch', 'I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)','You Make My Dreams' and 'Rich Girl'. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 and their latest album, Home for Christmas, was released in 2006. In May 2024, Oates explained why he tried to sell his shares in the joint partnership he'd had with Hall. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 30-day free trial 'When this whole situation got mired in legality and really complex legal wranglings, I got frustrated,' he told Good Morning America. 'And I said, 'You know what? Daryl has always wanted to be his own man.' I said, 'I'm gonna give him the opportunity to do that. If I sell my half, he can either, you know, he can do what he wants.' 'And it was kinda ruining my life, to be honest with you. I wasn't happy. And I said, 'Well, I'll just step aside.' People do it all the time. I mean, you look at all the artists who are selling all their catalogues, it's pretty common. It's not that big a deal. But Daryl didn't like the idea that I would sell to a certain third party.' In legal filings, Hall accused Oates and his co-defendants of trying to go forward with the transaction 'completely behind my back and without my written approval'. Hall said the attempted transaction was unauthorised because he had not given Oates his consent, which he said was required. Hall also noted in the lawsuit that documents show negotiations between Oates and the third party 'began, at latest, on 2 October 2023 when a nondisclosure agreement was signed'. He claimed that he hadn't learnt about the deal until 20 October 2023. He called Oates's move 'completely clandestine' and in 'bad faith'. When asked if he sees the situation in the same way, Oates said he did not. 'Because we've always looked at ourselves as individuals working together,' he said. 'And I felt like I had the right to do that. But, you know, he didn't.' Oates added that they hadn't worked together creatively in more than 20 years. 'The only thing we did together was play concerts where we just went out there and trotted out the hits,' he said. 'We never really talked to each other very much,' Oates said. 'Over the past 20 years, we'd show up at a show individually, walk on stage, play, and then we'd go our separate ways… it really wasn't as tight as people might, you know, would like to imagine in their, kind of a fantasy imagination of our relationship.' When asked if the pair would ever perform together again, Oates responded: 'Not from my point of view, but you need to ask Daryl how he feels about it.' It seems like he has his answer.
The Independent
01-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Daryl Hall has strong views about reunion with former Hall & Oates bandmate John Oates
Daryl Hall is happy to remain out of touch with John Oates – the musician has said he will never mend his differences with his former bandmate. The Hall & Oates stars have been embroiled in a rivalry ever since November 2023 when Oates attempted to sell his shares of their jointly owned company, Whole Oates Enterprise. Hall, 78, responded by suing Oates for what he called 'the ultimate partnership betrayal' and called time on their music partnership for good. Now, more than a year on, Hall has revealed whether they would ever reunite and perform together again. 'That ship has gone to the bottom of the ocean,' Hall said in a new interview, telling The Times: 'I've had a lot of surprises in my life, disappointments, betrayals, so I'm kind of used to it.' Hall also hit out at Oates, 76, when discussing his musical partnership with Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, with whom he worked on his most recent album, D. He described their partnership as a 'more meaningful' one than he ever had with Oates, stating: 'It's a real collaborative relationship – and it's based on maturity.' Hall & Oates formed their double act in 1970 and have released 18 studio albums, including their 1972 debut Whole Oats. Those albums have produced a string of hit singles, including 'Maneater', 'Out of Touch', 'I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)','You Make My Dreams' and 'Rich Girl'. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014; their latest album, Home for Christmas, was released in 2006. In May 2024, Oates explained why he tried to sell his shares in the joint partnership he'd had with Hall. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 30-day free trial Sign up 'When this whole situation got mired in legality and really complex legal wranglings, I got frustrated,' he told Good Morning America. 'And I said, 'You know what? Daryl has always wanted to be his own man.' I said, 'I'm gonna give him the opportunity to do that. If I sell my half, he can either, you know, he can do what he wants.' 'And it was kinda ruining my life, to be honest with you…I wasn't happy. And I said, 'Well, I'll just step aside,' people do it all the time. I mean, you look at all the artists who are selling all their catalogs… it's pretty common… It's not that big a deal. But Daryl didn't like the idea that I would sell to a certain third party.' In legal filings, Hall accused Oates and his co-defendants of trying to go forward with the transaction 'completely behind my back and without my written approval'. Hall said the attempted transaction was unauthorised because he had not given Oates his consent, which he said was required. Hall also noted in the lawsuit that documents show negotiations between Oates and the third party 'began, at latest, on October 2, 2023, when a nondisclosure agreement was signed'. He claimed that he hadn't learnt about the deal until 20 October 2023. He called Oates's move 'completely clandestine' and in 'bad faith'. When asked if he sees the situation in the same way, Oates said he did not. 'Because we've always looked at ourselves as individuals working together,' he said. 'And I felt like I had the right to do that. But, you know, he didn't.' Oates added that they hadn't worked together creatively in more than 20 years. 'The only thing we did together was play concerts where we just went out there and trotted out the hits,' he said. 'We never really talked to each other very much,' Oates said. 'Over the past 20 years, we'd show up at a show individually, walk on stage, play, and then we'd go our separate ways… it really wasn't as tight as people might, you know, would like to imagine in their, kind of a fantasy imagination of our relationship.' When asked if the pair would ever perform together again, Oates responded: 'Not from my point of view, but you need to ask Daryl how he feels about it.' It seems like he has his answer.
