Final 12 months, John Oates stated in an interview that he had “moved on” from Corridor & Oates. Now, Daryl Corridor has confirmed in a sitdown with The Occasions that the sensation is mutual.
Whereas addressing the lawsuit he filed in opposition to Oates final 12 months, Corridor intimated that they’ll by no means play collectively once more. “That ship has gone to the underside of the ocean,” he stated, responding to a query about probably figuring out their variations.
“I’ve had lots of surprises in my life, disappointments, betrayals, so I’m sort of used to it,” he added. Corridor additionally alluded to being “concerned with some fairly shady characters through the years.”
He went on to vent about his underrecognized contributions to Corridor & Oates, declaring, “The songs along with his lead vocal are the songs he wrote, and all the opposite ones, which is about 90 p.c, are those I wrote.”
Final 12 months, Oates dismissed their authorized battle as a “very boring enterprise concern.” Nonetheless, the lawsuit included some robust wording, with Corridor alleging Oates had dedicated an “final partnership betrayal” by trying to promote his stake of their three way partnership.
It was filed in an effort to cease Oates’ plans to promote his share in Entire Oats Enterprises to Main Wave, which Corridor claimed would violate the phrases of their enterprise settlement.
Even earlier than the lawsuit, Corridor referred to Oates as his “enterprise accomplice” and never his “artistic accomplice” on Invoice Maher’s Membership Random podcast. With their enterprise dealings falling aside, their relationship seems to be over.
Each Corridor and Oates have upcoming tour dates. Get tickets for Corridor’s US trek right here. In the meantime, tickets for Oates’ exhibits can be found for buy right here.