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Spandau Ballet to re-form 30 years on with hopes of 'doing a Take That'
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Eighties pop favourites Spandau Ballet are set to re-form, thirty years
after they first launched.
The group, which dissolved ten years ago after an acrimonious court case,
are hoping to follow in the footsteps of Take That and The Police, who have
seen huge success following their recent comebacks.
Manager Steve Dagger confirmed the news today. 'It's true,' he told the
Sunday Express. 'We're not making announcements yet, but yes, basically the
boys are back in town.
'Not just a nostalgic re-run of the old, but a fresh slant on what Spandau
Ballet are all about.'
The reunion, which is expected to include the release of an album and
multi-million pound world tour, is set to take place next month on the site
of the band's launch in 1979, the HMS Belfast, which is moored on The
Thames.
Band members Tony Hadley, Steve Norman, John Keeble and brothers Martin and
Gary Kemp vowed 'never to speak to one another again', following a
Martin Kemp, 47, who went on to star in Eastenders, was the only member to
abstain from the arguments in which Hadley, Norman and Keeble claimed that
they were owed money by Gary Kemp, 49.
Gary, the solo songwriting credit on all Spandau Ballet's hits, maintained
that he had single-handedly created all the songs. Ironically it was he who
later suggested the reunion ahead of the 2005 Live 8 concert.
The timing would have coincided with the 20-year anniversary of the band's
performance for Live Aid in 1985.
The reunion has nonetheless surprised industry insiders. The former boss of
thee band's previous label, Chrysalis Records, said: 'Every band on the way
down is a band on the way up. But I never thought I'd see this one.
'Once, they couldn't stand to be in the same room together, let alone play.
'But now they are older, fatter, poorer, there's every reason to see if the
magic still works.'
Gary Kemp, who was once married to Sadie Frost, went on to star alongside
his brother in the 1990s film The Krays, based on the lives of the East End
criminals.
Martin went on to enjoy a successful career with a role on Eastenders.
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