{"id":117992,"date":"2024-07-08T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/07\/08\/daryl-hall-on-new-single-the-hits-hes-required-to-play-and-current-tour-people-are-digging-it\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T12:00:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:00:14","slug":"daryl-hall-on-new-single-the-hits-hes-required-to-play-and-current-tour-people-are-digging-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/07\/08\/daryl-hall-on-new-single-the-hits-hes-required-to-play-and-current-tour-people-are-digging-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Daryl Hall on new single, the hits he’s “required” to play and current tour: “People are digging it”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daryl Hall<\/strong>‘s currently touring with Elvis Costello<\/strong> in support of D,<\/em> his first solo album since 2011. The set list includes his current hit, “Can’t Say No to You<\/a>,” solo songs and many of the classic hits he scored with John Oates<\/strong>. While Daryl says he doesn’t really have a hard-and-fast set list, there are a few songs he knows he has to give fans every night.<\/p>\n

“I mean, I can’t imagine not playing ‘Sara Smile’ on a show,” he tells ABC Audio. “I mean, it’s one of those things: people just expect it and I want<\/em> to play it. I mean, it’s coming from my desire as well. And [“I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)”] is another one that I always play. They’re the ones that I think are, like, required<\/em>. And then everything else, I just kind of go for it!”<\/p>\n

As for “Can’t Say No to You,” it was the first song that Daryl and producer Dave Stewart<\/strong> of Eurythmics<\/strong> recorded together at Stewart’s studio in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n

“There was something about the enthusiasm of us working together, and it was that environment … it’s kind of a really feel good, summery [vibe]… all those good things,” he says. “And it kind of set the tone for the album.”<\/p>\n

“I’m very, very happy that traditional radio is diggin’ on the song,” he adds. “And that just makes me feel good.”<\/p>\n

Daryl says at first, he “wasn’t sure” if the double bill with Elvis Costello — with whom he collaborated<\/a> in 1984 — would work, given their different fan bases. But now, he says, “People are digging it … so far, it’s been great!”<\/p>\n

As he notes, “We certainly come from the same era. And Elvis is a great songwriter. I think [artists] like that — that’s where we come together.”<\/p>\n