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John Oates Has ‘Moved on’ From Hall & Oates Amid Nasty Legal Scrap<!-- wp:html --><p>Axelle/Bauer-Griffin via Getty Images</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-oates-talks-daryl-hall-lawsuit-after-masked-singer-reveal">John Oates</a> has lost that lovin’ feeling. Despite taking pride in the fruits of his decades-long musical partnership with Darryl Hall—and despite their ongoing legal battle—the hitmaker is moving on and looking to the future.</p> <p>Hall, 77, filed <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/daryl-hall-files-mystery-lawsuit-against-john-oates">a bombshell lawsuit</a> against Oates, 75, last month over the latter’s bid to sell his share of their joint venture, Whole Oats Enterprises, without the former’s blessing. Hall was granted a temporary restraining order against Oates as proceedings play out.</p> <p>In a recent appearance on the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/john-oates-on-hall-oates-taylor-swift-the-80s-masked-singer/id1496557812?i=1000639803907">Behind the Velvet Rope</a> podcast, Oates acknowledged that no one could ignore “the Hall & Oates catalog of hits and the 50-year career will always trump almost anything that Daryl does on his own or I do on my own.” He added that he was at peace with that, though, “because I’m very proud of that music.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-oates-says-hes-moved-on-amid-nasty-legal-scrap-with-darryl-hall">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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John Oates has lost that lovin’ feeling. Despite taking pride in the fruits of his decades-long musical partnership with Darryl Hall—and despite their ongoing legal battle—the hitmaker is moving on and looking to the future.

Hall, 77, filed a bombshell lawsuit against Oates, 75, last month over the latter’s bid to sell his share of their joint venture, Whole Oats Enterprises, without the former’s blessing. Hall was granted a temporary restraining order against Oates as proceedings play out.

In a recent appearance on the Behind the Velvet Rope podcast, Oates acknowledged that no one could ignore “the Hall & Oates catalog of hits and the 50-year career will always trump almost anything that Daryl does on his own or I do on my own.” He added that he was at peace with that, though, “because I’m very proud of that music.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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