We love those flamboyant 80’s new wave bands, and particularly Spandau Ballet. It’s delicious to think that guys used to dress up in all that frippery. Spandau Ballet just posted the top photo as a New Year’s greeting to their current fans. The bottom photo is the band in all its new romantic glory. We’ve Continue reading “SPANDAU BALLET – SOME AGED BETTER THAN OTHERS”
30 years ago, Spandau Ballet debuted at the Festival Della Canzone in San Remo, Italy, and they’re back for more. We always remember the group as a bunch of designer-clad pretty boys. After years of squabbling, their sons talked them into getting back together. Martin Kemp, Tony Hadley, Gary Kemp, Steve Norman and John Keeble Continue reading “SPANDAU BALLET: NOT AS FASHION OBSESSED AS THEY USED TO BE”
It’s actually happening. Spandau Ballet band members settled their differences – eighteen years after their last performance together, and they’re about to start their reunion tour to promote their new album. The bustup was painful, Gary Kemp admits “We didn’t know how to handle the end of the 80’s.” (Their New Romanticism became obsolete.) There Continue reading “SPANDAU BALLET DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE END OF THE EIGHTIES”