“A real collaborative relationship - and it’s based on maturity”: Daryl Hall says that his creative partnership with Dave Stewart is “more meaningful” than the one he had with John Oates

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Daryl Hall has seemingly put an end to any hope that he might one day reunite with former bandmate John Oates, saying that that ship hasn’t so much sailed as “gone to the bottom of the ocean”.

The two men became estranged when Hall filed a lawsuit and restraining order against Oates in 2023 after learning that his former creative partner was planning to sell his share of the duo’s publishing company, Whole Oates Enterprises, to Primary Wave Music.