British band Duran Duran, who pioneered the New Romantic movement in the 1980s, will reunite with guitarist Andy Taylor for a new project.
The group said Taylor, who was diagnosed with stage four metastatic prostate cancer last year, will join them "for a few pieces".
Taylor, whose rock and funk-inspired riffs were hits on the dance floor such as "Girls on Film" and "Rio", left Duran Duran in 1986 to pursue other projects.
He was supposed to be reunited with his former bandmates as they were inducted into the US Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last November.
Instead, lead singer Simon Le Bon read a message announcing Taylor's cancer diagnosis.
Duran Duran, Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, bassist John Taylor and drummer Roger Taylor said they were "excited" by the announcement.
They said on Twitter that the new project will be released later this year.
“The new recordings will include Duran Duran's extended family and friends old and new, including our old bandmate Andy Taylor, who will be joining us on guitar for a few tracks,” they said.
Formed in 1978 in Birmingham, central England, Duran Duran enjoyed great success in the UK and the United States, and was seen as innovators in the then-new music video landscape.