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World● Low15m ago · Nov 12, 2026, 9:04 PM

Drummer Roger Taylor of pop band Duran Duran stops due to tinnitus

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Roger Taylor is stopping as drummer of Duran Duran. The 66-year-old British musician suffers too much from tinnitus, or a ringing or buzzing in the ear, to continue. "I have reached the point where I have to listen to my body and doctors," Taylor says in a statement the band posted on social media.

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