Spandau Ballet

Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet - British Supergroup
Spandau Ballet were a fantastic British group of the 80s. Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran were Britain's two supergroups, although Spandau Ballet were not as successful overseas as they were in their homeland. As a hot boy band they drove the girls crazy. The blue eyes and sexy smiles of Steve Norman (percussion & sax) and Martin Kemp (bass guitarist) were an important part of the group. Gary Kemp's (lead guitarist) music and lyrics kept Spandau Ballet's sound fresh. Tony Hadley added his dis...

Spandau Ballet Reformation Tour
Spandau Ballet Reunion Tour
Did you see Spandau Ballet's Reformation Tour? Well the moment I heard that Spandau Ballet were reforming I informed my hubby that I was going to go to their concert. He was sooooo relieved when they announced a world tour as we now live in Australia and he had visions of trying to find an airfare back to the UK on top of concert tickets!!!! I'm amazed that he didn't even argue about me seeing them though (he's a good man isn't he?), but then again he knows that I was such a huge Spandau fan ...

Spandau Ballet - Diamond
Spandau Ballet's Second Album - Diamond
Have you heard Spandau Ballet's second album - Diamond? I must admit that I loved the album back in the 80s when it was released, but the general public didn't really buy into it and it was not seen as a success. Trevor Horn was called in to produce their fourth single off of the album - Instinction - and he has received credit for turning Spandau's career around again following the flaying results from their singles Paint Me Down and She Loved Like Diamond. I think this album was about tryi...

Journeys to Glory
Spandau Ballet's Debut Album - Journeys to Glory
Journeys to Glory was Spandau Ballet's debut album and was released in the British spring of 1981. These five lads from Islington, London actually did something unique with their first album - instead of signing with a record label they created their own label - Reformation. Both Gary Kemp (songwriter and guitarist) and John Keeble (drummer) have been quoted over the years as saying that the name Reformation was chosen deliberately as they wanted Spandau's music to be all about change. Fast ...

Spandau Ballet: Gold Lyrics
Gold by Spandau Ballet
Following up Spandau Ballet's international number one True was the single Gold. Gold was Gary Kemp's attempt at a spoof of James Bond theme songs. Spandau Ballet's biggest rivals - Duran Duran - actually got to record a Bond theme song in 1985 with A View to a Kill. Spandau Ballet's single Gold, however, became the unofficial song of the 1984 Olympics with the BBC using it during their coverage. The video that was shot for Gold carried on the Bond theme with Tony Hadley playing 'Bond, James...