Spandau Ballet

Gary Kemp On Touring Costs and Mental Health Issues

Gary Kemp, the legendary Spandau Ballet guitarist and songwriter, has opened up about the financial and emotional challenges facing musicians today in a candid new episode of the I Never Thought It Would Happen podcast, released today (May 13) by music charity Help Musicians.

Tagged as: 80s, Gary Kemp, pop, Spandau Ballet, UK

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Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp Was Inspired To Make Solo Album After Touring with Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason

by Paul Cashmere

Spandau Ballet’s co-founder and principal songwriter Gary Kemp says that the last three years touring the world with Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason in Saucerful of Secrets was the catalyst for his third solo album ‘This Destination’.

Tagged as: 80s, Gary Kemp, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, pop, rock, soul, Spandau Ballet, This Destination, UK

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Gary Kemp To Release Third Solo Album ‘This Destination’

by Paul Cashmere

Former Spandau Ballet co-founder Gary Kemp will release his third solo album ‘This Destination’ on 31 January 2025.

Tagged as: 80s, Gary Kemp, pop, rock, Spandau Ballet, This Destination, UK

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Tony Hadley Adds Three Headline Shows During Australia 2025 Visit

by Paul Cashmere

Tony Hadley has added three of his own shows for Adelaide, Hobart and Perth when he visits Australia in January 2025.

Tagged as: 80s, pop, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, UK

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Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp Named BMI Icon

by Paul Cashmere

Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet and now Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets has been named BMI Icon at the BMI London Awards.

Tagged as: 80s, Gary Kemp, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, pop, rock, Saucerful of Secrets, Spandau Ballet, UK

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Shirlie Kemp On The New WHAM! Movie

by Music-News.com

As streaming giant Netflix release new documentary Wham!, Shirlie Kemp joined Jackie Brambles on her Greatest Hits Radio evening show yesterday evening [Wednesday].

Tagged as: 80s, George Michael, Pepsi & Shirlie, pop, Sharlie Kemp, Spandau Ballet, UK, Wham

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Tony Hadley Gives Australia A 40th Anniversary Party

by Paul Cashmere

This is Tony Hadley’s 40th Anniversary Tour but it covers a lot more than the last 40 years. The oldest song in the set, Frank Sinatra’s ‘One For My Baby’ goes back nearly 80 years. Chuck Berry’s ‘Carol’ is over 60 years old. Yes, it has been 41 years since that first Spandau Ballet album but Tony Hadley is putting this show in context. He is taking it back to where it all started for him.

Tagged as: 80s, Destroy All Lines, funk, pop, soul, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, UK

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Tony Hadley Didn’t Expect Spandau Ballet ‘True’ Would Be A Hit

by Paul Cashmere

Spandau Ballet’s former lead singer Tony Hadley says he never expected their band’s classic song ‘True’ would have been a hit.

Tagged as: 80s, pop, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, UK

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Tony Hadley Has A Complete Story To Tell On His Upcoming Australian Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Former Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley will be playing a few covers and sharing stories when he tours Australia in September.

Tagged as: 80s, Destroy All Lines, pop rock, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, UK

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Tony Hadley Speaks About His Departure From Spandau Ballet

by Paul Cashmere

Former Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley has given a very blunt and honest explanation as to why he left Spandau Ballet to Noise11.com.

Tagged as: 80s, pop, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, UK

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Tony Hadley To Perform Spandau Ballet And Solo Material For Australia and New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

Spandau Ballet’s former lead singer Tony Hadley will return to Australia in September for dates performing his Spandau Ballet hits and his solo material.

Tagged as: 80s, Destroy All Lines, pop, rock, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, UK

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Tony Hadley Announces Orchestra Shows

by Music-News.com

Tony Hadley has added four orchestral gigs to his 40th-anniversary tour.

Tagged as: 80s, pop, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, UK

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Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp Releases Second Solo Album

by Paul Cashmere

At age 61, Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp has put out his second solo album.

Tagged as: 80s, Gary Kemp, rock, Spandau Ballet, UK

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Gary Kemp Releases First Solo Material In 25 Years

by Paul Cashmere

With the demise of Spandau Ballet and Nick Mason off the road with ‘Saucerful of Secrets’, Gary Kemp has been at work on his first solo record in 25 years.

Tagged as: 80s, Gary Kemp, Nick Masaon, pop, Saucerful of Secrets, Spandau Ballet, UK

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Tony Hadley Says Its A Shame Spandau Ballet Won’t Celebrate A 40th Anniversary

by Music-News.com

Tony Hadley would be celebrating his 40th anniversary in music with Spandau Ballet if they were still a band.

Tagged as: 80s, pop, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, UK

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Gary Kemp To Release Solo Record

by Music-News.com

Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet has been working on his own music, with a new single due out in March and a solo album set for release in June.

Tagged as: 80s, Gary Kemp, pop, rock, Spandau Ballet, UK

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Tony Hadley Australian Dates Have Been Revealed

by Paul Cashmere

After revealing an impending announcement last week, former Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley has revealed dates for his upcoming solo tour of Australia.

Tagged as: 80s, pop, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, UK

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Tony Hadley To Tour Australia Solo In February

by Paul Cashmere

Tony Hadley will tour Australia sans-Spandau Ballet in 2020.

Tagged as: 80s, pop, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, UK

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Spandau Ballet Present News Singer Ross William Wild in Milan

by Music-News.com

Spandau Ballet are back for a mini tour with three dates in Italy, two in Holland and one in London, primarily I presume to introduce their new singer Ross William Wild after the departure, definitively this time, of Tony Hadley.

Tagged as: 80s, pop, Spandau Ballet, UK

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Spandau Ballet Announce New Lead Singer Ross William Howard

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Spandau Ballet have made a rapturous return to the stage introducing their new singer Ross William Wild at a very special club show at London’s Subterania to prove that as the song goes they no longer ‘find it hard to write the next line’.

Tagged as: 80s, dance, pop, Spandau Ballet, UK

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Nick Mason Forms Supergroup With Gary Kemp To Perform Music of Pink Floyd

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is not letting the early music of his band get overshadowed by their later blockbusters.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Gary Kemp, Guy Pratt, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, rock, Spandau Ballet, UK

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Steve Norman Says Spandau Ballet Will Continue Without Tony Hadley

by Paul Cashmere

Spandau Ballet will continue despite lead singer Tony Hadley’s sudden statement that he was leaving the band this week.

Tagged as: 80s, pop, Spandau Ballet, Steve Norman, Tony Hadley, UK

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Tony Hadley Leaves Spandau Ballet

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Tony Hadley has announced that he is no longer a member of Spandau Ballet.

Tagged as: 80s, pop, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, UK

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Tony Hadley To Release Christmas Album

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet has a Christmas album on the way.

Tagged as: music news, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, Tony Hadley To Release Christmas Album

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Martin Kemp Turns Bad Guy In Age Of Kill #VIDEO

by Paul Cashmere

Spandau Ballet’s Martin Kemp is about to become one of the nastiest men on Earth in the new motion picture thriller Age of Kill.

Tagged as: Age of Kill, Martin Kemp, music news, Spandau Ballet

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Spandau Ballet And Milk Carton Kids Guest On Noise11 iHeartRadio This Week

by Edina Patsy

Gary and Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet were at Noise11.com this week and tried to work out what the very first Spandau Ballet song Gary wrote was.

Tagged as: Gary Kemp, iHeartRadio, Martin Kemp, Milk Carton Kids, music news, noise11.com, Spandau Ballet

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Spandau Ballet, Melbourne, May 19 2015 REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

There is no real secret to the success of Spandau Ballet’s current world tour. They simply have great songs and a killer setlist.

Tagged as: Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Melbourne, review, Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley

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Spandau Ballet Are Having A Great Time In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

After completing a North American tour, Spandau Ballet are now in Australia and having great time.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, music news, Paul Dainty, Spandau Ballet

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REVIEW: Spandau Ballet, Boston, April 30, 2015

by Music-News.com

Spandau Ballet, one of the standout acts of the New Romantic movement of the early 80’s, returned to Boston for the first time in over three decades to a near full house at the House of Blues on April 30, 2015.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, music news, Spandau Ballet

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Spandau Ballet To Play Eden Sessions

by Music-News.com

Spandau Ballet are the latest superstar act to play this summer’s Eden Sessions with ASUS Transformer Book Chi.

Tagged as: Eden Sessions, music news, Spandau Ballet

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