Daryl Hall gets restraining order against John Oates in shocking legal battle

Say it isn’t so!

Daryl Hall — one half of beloved ’70s pop duo Hall & Oates — is suing his former music partner, John Oates, The Post can confirm.

Hall, 77, filed the lawsuit on Nov. 16 in Nashville, Tennessee, according to court records viewed by The Post.

The rock star and his organization, The Daryl Hall Revocable Trust, is also suing Oates’ trust, The John W. Oates TISA Trust, and its co-trustees in Davidson County Chancery Court.

The documents are labeled as relating to a “contract/debt” suit and are currently sealed.

The following day, the court officially issued a temporary restraining order, to begin Nov. 30.

The Post has reached out to both Hall’s and Oates’ reps for comment.

Fans took to social media to express their disbelief over the news, with one writing: “Daryl Hall is suing John Oates. The documents are sealed so we don’t know why yet. But I’m suddenly depressed.”

“Say it ain’t so?? My favorite artists of all time,” another fan interjected.

A third added: “Oh my god … Daryl Hall is suing John Oates … what is happening.”

Last year, Hall revealed that he and Oates, 75, who met in 1967, would no longer be making music together.

“I don’t have any plans to work with John. I mean, whatever. Time will tell,” he explained to the Los Angeles Times. While they had been recording together “before the pandemic,” he noted that “perceptions changed.”

“Life changed, everything changed,” Hall continued. “I’m more interested in pursuing my own world. And so is John.”

“That takes me back to what I was saying about duos. I had to say, ‘And so is John.’ I couldn’t just say what I think, I had to add what he thinks. That’s the f – – ked up part of being a duo.”

Hall also appeared to publicly disparage Oates, during an appearance on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast.

“You think John Oates is my partner? … He’s my business partner,” he said last year. “He’s not my creative partner.”

During their heyday between 1974 and 1991, Hall & Oates released hits such as “Rich Girl,” “Kiss on My List,” “Private Eyes” and “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do).”

In 2003, the band was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. They were officially sworn into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.

Hall & Oates have scored five Grammy nominations over the course of their career and have eight platinum albums together.