""I don't think so, no," he explained. "But then, I didn't speak to Graeme Edge either much. I maybe had one call with him, or something like that. What we had in common was the group. That was what we were good at. That was our relationship. It wasn't a group of friends." (Edge died in 2021 at the age of 80 after a battle with metastatic cancer.)"
"Hayward insists that there was "no plan or strategy about falling out" - both he and Lodge frequently toured as soloists in the aftermath of the pandemic, emerging from that era as a "little bit different" - it's just that there was never a basis of friendship to begin with. "I think with certain groups, Bono and Edge, it probably is true," Hayward noted of bands who consist of actual BFFs."
Justin Hayward had little personal contact with John Lodge after the Moody Blues' final concert in 2018 and did not maintain a friendship with him. The band's relationships were professional and centered on their musical collaboration rather than personal bonds. Hayward also had minimal contact with Graeme Edge. Both Hayward and Lodge toured as soloists after the pandemic and emerged somewhat changed, and there was no deliberate plan to fall out. The connection among members was defined by the group and its work, and Hayward does not miss the absence of personal friendships within the band.
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