After some 53 years together, we may have been forgiven for assuming that the musical partnership between Daryl Hall and John Oates was one of the most solid in show business. But this week brought the astonishing news that the mega-selling duo are embroiled in litigation, with Hall filing a lawsuit and a restraining order against his lifelong bandmate for reasons as yet unknown. Maybe life has finally imitated art for a band who most famously sang: “I can’t go for that, no can do” but this is far from the most acrimonious of musical creative partnerships.
