Daryl Hall, best known as one half of the iconic duo Hall & Oates, has shared that he recently underwent a kidney transplant.
The 79-year-old musician revealed the news Tuesday in a post on Instagram, telling fans that the procedure was made possible by a “kind and generous” living donor.
“I thought you should know that I recently received a kidney transplant from a very kind and generous living donor,” Hall wrote.
He added that the operation took place “a couple of weeks ago” and said he is already beginning to feel stronger. According to Hall, his doctors described the transplant as “a complete success.”
“I should be back to normal in a few months, so get ready for more music and lots of Daryl’s House shows. You all take care,” he told his followers.
Hall, who was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2005, did not identify the donor or disclose additional details about the medical circumstances that led to the transplant.
Hall & Oates legend Daryl Hall has revealed he underwent a kidney transplant earlier this month – pictured 2019
The musician, 79, announced his surgery in an Instagram post on Tuesday, in which he detailed how a ‘kind and generous’ living donor had donated their kidney – pictured with estranged former bandmate John Oates in 2003
Most kidney donations come from deceased donors. Living donors, who can offer a kidney or part of their liver, are usually close family.
Hall has faced public health battles over the years – revealing his battle with Lyme disease in 2015 – which he described as the ‘worst thing that has ever happened to me’.
Lyme disease is caused by a bacteria that is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected black-legged ticks.
The most common symptoms of the disease are fever, headache, fatigue and a skin rash called erythema migrans.
The disease can typically be treated by several weeks of oral antibiotics.
But if left untreated, the infection can spread to the joints, heart and nervous symptoms and be deadly.
He said in a 2017 interview, ‘In February of 2015, at my very sickest from chronic Lyme and Bartonella, after it was missed by eleven NYC doctors, I was homebound and in heart failure.
‘Getting Lyme Disease is no fun, I’ll tell you that right now.’
‘About ten years ago, I started getting tremors, especially in my left hand and arm, with twitching, and I didn’t know what that was.
‘I’ve always had food allergies and spring allergies but then I got this very serious celery allergy. And that came out of the blue. And then finally I came down with this raging fever and really stiff neck and body.
‘They told me it was the summer flu and all this nonsense. So I started talking to my family about it and my ex-wife, who has Lyme, said it sounded to her like Lyme.’
The musical pair, pictured here in 1980, first joined forces in Philadelphia in 1970
‘He gave me two weeks of Doxycycline only, and of course, old story, nothing happened. Except that the bull’s-eye suddenly appeared. But I was not getting any better.
‘And then my sister found Dr. Joseph Burrascano for me, who was one of the few Lyme doctors practicing, and he was out in the Hamptons.
‘He was the first Lyme-literate doctor that I went to and he gave me my diagnosis and started proper treatment. That went on for about a year.’
Hall and Oates first joined forces in Philadelphia in 1970 and achieved huge success throughout the 70’s and 80’s with singles such as Rich Girl, Maneater, and You Make My Dreams.
In 2003, the duo were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and in April 2014, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and went on to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in September 2016.
Most recently, the two men were inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame Class of 2023 – but their success has been marred by a monumental rift between the hitmakers.
Hall obtained a temporary restraining order against Oates, 78, in November 2023 after his musical partner attempted to sell his share of the duo’s Whole Oats Enterprises to music publisher Primary Wave Music without Hall’s permission.
In 2024, Oates said he had ‘no communication’ with Hall and ruled out a Hall & Oates reunion.
The Times asked Hall in February 2025 if the ‘ship had sailed’ on mending the pair’s relationship – with Hall responding, ‘That ship has gone to the bottom of the ocean.
‘I’ve had a lot of surprises in my life, disappointments, betrayals, so I’m kind of used to it.”
Hall and Oates resolved their legal dispute through arbitration in August 2025.
