Daryl Hall has been granted a restraining order in opposition to his former music associate John Oates whereas within the midst of a confidential authorized battle.
The information of Hall submitting a lawsuit in opposition to Oates was first reported by Axios Nashville reporter Nate Rau final week (November 17) who tweeted: “Members of the beloved pop rock duo Hall & Oates are locked in mysterious litigation. Daryl Hall filed a lawsuit yesterday in opposition to John Oates in Nashville Chancery Court. At least for now, all the filings within the litigation are underneath seal.”
He continued: “Based on captions for the filings within the chancery clerk’s system, a enterprise belief is on the middle of the dispute.”
Very little details about the lawsuit is publicly out there resulting from it being sealed. Per Philadelphia journal, who expanded on the report and linked the lawsuit itemizing on the Nashville chancery courtroom web site, Hall filed an undisclosed grievance in opposition to Oates on November 16, in addition to a movement for a brief restraining order. The momentary retraining order was granted by the courtroom and has been ordered to start on November 30.
According to Ultimate Classic Rock, Hall “sued in his official capability as trustee of the Daryl Hall Revocable Trust, naming Oates and fellow co-trustees Aimee Oates and Richard Flynn from the John W. Oates TISA Trust as defendants. Summons have been issued on November 20, after the proceedings have been positioned underneath seal on November 16.”
Per Variety, the Nashville Chancery Court confirmed the lawsuit however didn’t remark additional as a result of lawsuit being sealed.
Neither Hall or Oates have spoken in regards to the lawsuit or shared any assertion with regard to it.
Daryl Hall and John Oates are often called the musical duo Hall & Oates. The two met in a carry on the Adelphi Ballroom again in 1967. They got here collectively to type Hall & Oats and have launched 29 Top 40 hits in addition to eight platinum albums. They are identified for iconic hits reminiscent of ‘I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)’, ‘You Make My Dreams’, ‘Maneater’, ‘Rich Girl’, ‘Private Eyes’ and ‘Kiss On My List’.
They have all the time had a bizarre relationship. In 1985, Rolling Stone described their relationship as “unusual” with journalist Lynn Hirschberg writing Hall and Oates “are a cross between enterprise companions and brothers. Hall doesn’t appear to essentially like Oates, and Oates appears eliminated, even distant, from your entire Hall and Oates group.”
Speaking to The Guardian about their relationship in 2014, Hall stated: “We get alongside simply tremendous. We weren’t — and aren’t — very a lot alike: we’ve got completely different pursuits. But the variations aren’t essential, what’s essential is what we share — and that’s music.”
Oates stated: “Daryl and I are extra like brothers than precise mates. We’re very completely different as folks, however we’ve got this extremely sturdy musical bond. He is creatively unhappy and that drives him ahead. He’s very good, and, for my part, has one of many biggest common voices of all time.”
Elsewhere, again in July, Hall carried out on the 2023 BST Hyde Park competition later this summer season, as opening help for particular visitor headliner Billy Joel.
