Spandau Ballet Lyrics
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True
Other Songs A Matter Of Time Age Of Blow Always In The Back Of My Mind Be Free With Your Love Big Feeling Chant No 1 Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) Code Of Love Coffee Club Communication Confused Crashed Into Love Cross The Line Emotion in Motion Empty Spaces Fight For Ourselves Foundation Glow Gold Handful Of Dust Heaven Is A Secret Highly Strung How Many Lies? Ill Fly For You Ill Fly Or You Innocence And Science Instinction Lifeline Man In Chains Mandolin Missionary Motivator Musclebound Nature Of The Beast Once More Only When You Leave Paint Me Down Pharaoh Pleasure Promises, Promises Raw Reformation Revenge For Love Round And Round Round Round She Loved Like Diamond Snakes And Lovers Swept The Freeze Through The Barricades To Cut A Long Story Short Torch Toys Virgin (What) In the Name of Love When the Lights Go Out Windy Town With The Pride
Other Songs A Matter Of Time Age Of Blow Always In The Back Of My Mind Be Free With Your Love Big Feeling Chant No 1 Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) Code Of Love Coffee Club Communication Confused Crashed Into Love Cross The Line Emotion in Motion Empty Spaces Fight For Ourselves Foundation Glow Gold Handful Of Dust Heaven Is A Secret Highly Strung How Many Lies? Ill Fly For You Ill Fly Or You Innocence And Science Instinction Lifeline Man In Chains Mandolin Missionary Motivator Musclebound Nature Of The Beast Once More Only When You Leave Paint Me Down Pharaoh Pleasure Promises, Promises Raw Reformation Revenge For Love Round And Round Round Round She Loved Like Diamond Snakes And Lovers Swept The Freeze Through The Barricades To Cut A Long Story Short Torch Toys Virgin (What) In the Name of Love When the Lights Go Out Windy Town With The Pride
Spandau Ballet were an English pop band formed in Islington, London, in 1979. Inspired by the capital's post-punk underground dance scene, they emerged at the start of the 1980s as the house band for the Blitz Kids, playing "European Dance Music" as "The Applause" for this new club culture's audience. They became one of the most successful groups of the New Romantic era of British pop and were part of the Second British Invasion of the Billboard Top 40 in the 1980s, selling 25 million albums and having 23 hit singles worldwide. The band have had eight UK top 10 albums, including three greatest hits compilations and an album of re-recorded material. Their musical influences ranged from punk rock and soul music to the American crooners Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett.
The band's classic lineup featured Gary Kemp on guitar, synthesiser and backing vocals; his brother, Martin Kemp, on bass; vocalist Tony Hadley; saxophonist Steve Norman; and drummer John Keeble. Gary Kemp was also the band's songwriter. Their debut single "To Cut a Long Story Short" reached No. 5 in the UK in 1980 and was the first of ten UK top-10 singles. The band peaked in popularity in 1983 with the album True, as its title track reached No. 1 in the UK and the top 5 in the US. In 2011, it received a BMI award as one of the most-played songs in US history with four million airplays. In 1984, they received a Brit Award for technical excellence and were the first act to be approached by Bob Geldof to join the original Band Aid lineup. In 1985, they performed at the Live Aid benefit concert at Wembley Stadium.
In 1990, the band played their last live show before a 19-year absence. In 1999, Hadley, Norman and Keeble launched an unsuccessful case in the High Court against Gary Kemp and his Reformation Publishing Company for a share of the band's songwriting royalties. Spandau Ballet reformed in 2009 for The Reformation Tour, a sell-out "greatest hits" world tour. In 2014, their archive-only feature-length documentary biopic, Soul Boys of the Western World, was world-premiered at SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. It was officially screened at the Rome, Ghent (Belgium) and NYC Doc film festivals and received its European premiere at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
In 2017, Hadley left Spandau Ballet. A year later, singer and actor Ross William Wild became their new frontman for a series of European live dates and a one-off show at Eventim's Hammersmith Apollo. In May 2019, Wild tweeted that he had quit the band "to pursue my own music with my band Mercutio", while Spandau bass player Martin Kemp confirmed there were no further plans for Spandau to tour without original singer Hadley.
Members:
The band's classic lineup featured Gary Kemp on guitar, synthesiser and backing vocals; his brother, Martin Kemp, on bass; vocalist Tony Hadley; saxophonist Steve Norman; and drummer John Keeble. Gary Kemp was also the band's songwriter. Their debut single "To Cut a Long Story Short" reached No. 5 in the UK in 1980 and was the first of ten UK top-10 singles. The band peaked in popularity in 1983 with the album True, as its title track reached No. 1 in the UK and the top 5 in the US. In 2011, it received a BMI award as one of the most-played songs in US history with four million airplays. In 1984, they received a Brit Award for technical excellence and were the first act to be approached by Bob Geldof to join the original Band Aid lineup. In 1985, they performed at the Live Aid benefit concert at Wembley Stadium.
In 1990, the band played their last live show before a 19-year absence. In 1999, Hadley, Norman and Keeble launched an unsuccessful case in the High Court against Gary Kemp and his Reformation Publishing Company for a share of the band's songwriting royalties. Spandau Ballet reformed in 2009 for The Reformation Tour, a sell-out "greatest hits" world tour. In 2014, their archive-only feature-length documentary biopic, Soul Boys of the Western World, was world-premiered at SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. It was officially screened at the Rome, Ghent (Belgium) and NYC Doc film festivals and received its European premiere at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
In 2017, Hadley left Spandau Ballet. A year later, singer and actor Ross William Wild became their new frontman for a series of European live dates and a one-off show at Eventim's Hammersmith Apollo. In May 2019, Wild tweeted that he had quit the band "to pursue my own music with my band Mercutio", while Spandau bass player Martin Kemp confirmed there were no further plans for Spandau to tour without original singer Hadley.
John Keeble - drums, percussion, backing vocals (1979-1990, 2009-2019)
Gary Kemp - guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, piano, backing vocals (1979-1990, 2009-2019)
Martin Kemp - bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals (1979-1990, 2009-2019)
Steve Norman - saxophones, wind synthesizer, guitar, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals (1979-1990, 2009-2019)
Tony Hadley - lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, percussion (1979-1990, 2009-2017)
Ross William Wild - lead vocals (2017-2019)
From: Islington, London, England
Genre(s): New wave, new pop, synth-pop, blue-eyed soul
Active From: 1979-1990, 2009-2019