Biography Flash: Daryl Hall Cuts Ties with Oates Forever and Champions World Peace with Dave Stewart

DaryL Hall Biography Flash a weekly Biography.

I am your narrator, and here is what has been happening in the ever complicated, always fascinating life of Daryl Hall over the last few days and weeks, with an eye on what will matter in his long term story.

The single most biographically significant development is that the long running Hall and Oates business war is officially over, and the split is now permanent. Entertainment Weekly and court filings summarized by outlets from KOMO News to The Tennessean report that Daryl Hall voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit against John Oates in mid August after an arbitration decision brought their dispute over the Whole Oats Enterprises partnership and the attempted catalog stake sale to Primary Wave to an end. The case was resolved privately, no terms disclosed, but the legal tether binding the most successful duo in pop history has been cut for good. Variety and Consequence note that Hall has been unequivocal for months that he will never play with Oates again, stressing that their creative relationship ended decades ago and that he is finally free to put his solo material front and center onstage. That shift in public stance from polite distance to definitive closure is likely to stand as a major chapter marker in any future biography.

On the business side, finance outlets such as Finance Monthly and celebrity wealth trackers continue to peg Hall’s 2025 net worth in the roughly 70 to 80 million dollar range, driven by ongoing songwriting royalties from hits like You Make My Dreams and Maneater, touring revenue, and his ownership of Daryl’s House Club in Pawling, New York, which functions as both venue and brand platform. These are estimates rather than audited figures, but they reinforce the picture of Hall as a savvy, independent operator whose wealth survived the catalog fight intact.

Creatively, the biggest current headline is global rather than nostalgic. Rock and Blues Muse and Peace One Day announcements confirm that Hall has teamed up with Eurythmics co founder Dave Stewart to co write and premiere a new anthem Peace One Day. The track is being unveiled as the musical centerpiece of the 2025 Peace One Day digital broadcast, with all proceeds routed through Stewart’s SongBits platform to the peace nonprofit. Hall will appear on the worldwide livestream alongside Stewart, Emeli Sande, Basement Jaxx, and high profile activists, a late career move that positions him not just as an eighties hitmaker but as an elder statesman tying his voice to a UN recognized day of ceasefire and nonviolence. That step into overtly global, cause driven music making carries real long term weight for how his story will be told.

Social media chatter over the last couple of days has mostly amplified those two threads the Hall and Oates arbitration endgame and teases or clips tied to the upcoming Peace One Day performance with Stewart. No verified reports place Hall at major public events in the last 24 hours beyond promotion for the peace broadcast and his ongoing solo touring, and there are no credible new scandals or surprise relationship revelations associated with his name. Any rumors suggesting a private reconciliation jam with John Oates, or a secret sale of his remaining catalog interests, remain unconfirmed and, at this point, flatly contradicted by recent interviews on both sides that describe that ship as having sailed.

So in this moment Daryl Hall stands as a wealthy, independent songwriter with a closed door on his legendary partnership, an open door to fresh collaborations, and a very public bet on being remembered not just for Private Eyes but for putting his voice on the side of peace.

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