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- The case against Kemp and his publishing company was for a share of the band’s songwriting royalties, which is thought to be the main reason that they parted ways in the first place, but Kemp came away victorious after a judge ruled in his favour.
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Feb 12, 2021 · This is the inside story of how one of the world's biggest bands became the epicentre for one of pop music's messiest public feuds... Spandau Ballet, circa 1985. Left to right: saxophonist Steve Norman, guitarist Gary Kemp, singer Tony Hadley, bassist Martin Kemp and drummer John Keeble. Picture: Getty.
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Mar 8, 2022 · Ex-EastEnders star Martin Kemp, who is in new BBC series Rock Till We Drop, and brother Gary Kemp fell out with their former Spandau Ballet bandmate and a reunion seems unlikely to ever...
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It was a bit strange, actually. There are a few classic poses in the book from the early days but there are a lot of things that even I thought, ‘I’ve never seen that before.’ The weird thing about it was I could identify pretty much every year by the clothes that we wore.
I’ve gone right back to the very beginning and found some pictures of the band just as Martin Kemp had joined, when we were called Gentry, before we morphed into Spandau Ballet and became the leading lights in the whole Blitz ro-mo [New Romantic] thing. It’s funny because in those early pictures we were such serious-looking chaps, dressed like Robi...
Yeah, some from on the pitch where we were having a meeting the day before. Midge Ure is there, Bob Geldof and Elton too. And a cracking picture of me, Simon Le Bon and Paula Yates, which is brilliant.
Yeah, I did an album of mostly covers and I was a massive Duran fan anyway, and Save A Prayer is such a beautiful song, so I phoned him up and said, ‘Do you fancy coming and doing some backing vocals?’ and he said, ‘Yeah, when do you want me?’
Yeah, we did a photo session that didn’t go terribly well with Spandau and there was one shot where I thought, ‘I remember we had a massive row that day.’ As a band we did have a lot of fun, it’s just unfortunate that there were sour moments as well. There are a couple of pictures from the court case.
There was a huge case in 1999 [Tony against Gary Kemp] over publishing, which I lost but I took it on the chin. You think, how did we start off so single-minded, five guys who really wanted to make a difference, and how did it all go wrong? I suppose it’s like any relationship: you start off loving each other and then it’s acrimonious.
Yeah, it could be Paul Young or the Westies [Go West], Holly Johnson from Frankie Goes To Hollywood, and Marc Almond is great. We have a lot of fun backstage at festivals but what you don’t want is three lead singers in a room — it’s the most boring conversation on the planet: ‘What’s your voice like today?’ ‘Oh, it’s a bit rough, dear.’
I met Frank Sinatra — I wish I had a picture of that — when I was 17 and he said to me, ‘It’s really nice to see some younger people at my concerts,’ and that’s what I say to kids these days: ‘Nice to see younger people.’ You meet loads of young people and they go, ‘Oh, you’re the man that sings Gold. That’s our uni bar song.’ But this tour has bee...
I was quite p***ed off that we come so far down the pecking order and I don’t think the last one was such a terrible song. Maybe one day I should do it, get some massive anthemic song.
Things happen in bands and it was never my intention to leave and it’s sad for the fans that they won’t see the band celebrate what is their 40th anniversary as well. But there were certain actions they took against methat just weren’t very pleasant. And it got to the point where I just couldn’t do it anymore. If these are supposed to be my friends...
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But then, in July of this year, lead singer Tony Hadley posted a cryptic and seemingly out-of-the-blue message on Twitter, announcing that due to “circumstances beyond his control,” he was no...
Apr 17, 2023 · Spandau Ballet star Tony Hadley has spoken about leaving the group as a result of his bandmates' behaviour. The 62-year-old said he 'had no choice' when he decided to leave Spandau Ballet, and that he just 'couldn't do it any longer'.
Last year Spandau Ballet lost their frontman, after singer Tony Hadley announced he was leaving the iconic 80s band in July 2017. The man was the voice behind classic hits such as “Gold” and “True,” but after his departure the band pulled together and found themselves a new lead in the form of West End performer Ross William Wild.
Dec 28, 2023 · With Spandau Ballet dissolved in 2019, fans have long wondered what led to their breakdown. But, with hindsight, bassist Martin Kemp, admits that the group hadn't treated Tony fairly.
