Why did Daryl Hall and John Oates split? The Delaware concert controversy explained

John and Oates was one of the best-known bands in the United States. In this piece, let’s look at the reasons behind Daryl Hall and John Oates’ breakup.

Why did Daryl Hall and John Oates split?

The band decided to break up after Oates failed to show up for a show in Wilmington, Delaware, and Hall & Oates (via Daryl Hall) filed a lawsuit against him. Hall referred to Oates as a jerk, despite his claims of being ill.

Why is Hall suing Oates?

Oates sued Hall and the band individually for defamation. Claims made in court documents indicated that Oates had planned to have Hall killed or replaced with the Thai soundalike Chapchai “Daryl” Aphibarnrat. Additionally, it was claimed that Hall had covertly replaced Oates’ guitar playing with that of an unidentified professional set musician.

After their lawsuit was settled in 2007, Hall and Oates decided to go on separate tours: Hall’s Hall & Oates with Daryl Hall, and Oates’s The Hall & Oates Experience featuring the Incomparable John Oates. Due to their new alternative lineups’ poor ticket sales, Hall and Oates were struggling to maintain their opulent lifestyles.

But Oates’s sleeping with Sara Smile and Hall’s public spilling of beer on Oates’s stool at the famed Woody Creek Tavern in Oates’s hometown of Woody Creek, Colorado, allegedly inspired that lyrical act of condescending patriarchy, which caused the two to continue living separate lives out of resentment.

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