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Spandau Ballet

May 2024

  • Roman Kemp sitting on Martin Kemp's shoulders outside with a dramatic sky in 1997 and 2024.

    Flashback
    Martin and Roman Kemp look back: ‘I didn’t want a parent v kid relationship. I wanted us to be equal’

    The musician and actor, and the DJ and presenter, on fame, football and dinner party debates with George Michael

April 2023

  • Tony Hadley in a long black coat, black trousers and smart black shoes

    This much I know
    Tony Hadley: ‘People expected super-cool blokes, but we were unbelievably ordinary’

    Spandau Ballet’s frontman, 62, on being bad at maths, an autograph for Ringo Starr and smoking – the ‘stupidest thing I could do’

November 2022

  • ‘Parenting is all about listening …’ Martin Kemp.

    The G2 interview
    ‘I came second in everything’: Martin Kemp on Spandau Ballet, George Michael and stepping out of his brother’s shadow

    The bass player publishes his third book this month, reflecting on life in one of the 80s biggest bands. He talks about recovering from two brain tumours, acting and why he would like to apologise to Tony Hadley

January 2022

  • Martin Kemp (on left) and Steve Norman of Spandau Ballet, November 2021

    Flashback
    Martin Kemp and Steve Norman of Spandau Ballet look back: ‘We were stern young men who wanted to take over the world’

    The bassist and saxophonist recreate an old photo and look back at a mortifying incident in a German sauna

November 2020

  • Spandau Ballet standing in front of Pillars<br>Members of Spandau Ballet from left: Tony Hadley, Steve Norman, Martin Kemp, John Keeble and Gary Kemp. (Photo by Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

    True gold: 40 years of Spandau Ballet style – in pictures

    It’s 40 years since Spandau Ballet signed their first record deal. Their signature dandy look played a key role in defining New Romantic and late 80s style, creating an enduring fashion legacy

July 2020

  • Martin and Gary … ‘I think our parents never thought further than putting food in front of us and love around us.’

    Martin and Gary Kemp: 'Most brothers in music seem to hate each other'

    From their time in Spandau Ballet to acting in The Krays, the Kemp brothers have remained supernaturally close. With a new mockumentary about their lives, they talk about childhood poverty, meeting Ronnie Kray and surviving fame

May 2020

  • Tony Hadley in 1981

    Spandau Ballet star comes to Singapore man's rescue in radio row

    Tony Hadley answers plea for help from quiz player accused of mispronouncing singer’s name

November 2018

  • The artist with his wife and daughter, circa 1748, by Thomas Gainsborough, from the exhibition Gainsborough’s Family Album at the National Portrait Gallery, London.

    Art Weekly newsletter
    Hockney hits a high and Spandau Ballet capture the cold war – the week in art

    Hockney’s swimmer breaks a record, the Spands feel the chill and Fernand Léger imagines a female utopia – all in our weekly dispatch

September 2018

  • ‘We could take this to Ibiza!’ … Guy Pratt, Nick Mason, and Gary Kemp from Saucerful of Secrets perform in Paris.

    Interstellar overdrive: Pink Floyd take Spandau Ballet on a psychedelic trip

    Nick Mason of Pink Floyd is revisiting the band’s acid-drenched years – with Gary Kemp standing in for Syd Barrett. Are they serious?

July 2018

  • Martin Kemp

    The Q&A
    Martin Kemp: ‘George Michael came on our first date’

    The actor on being married for 30 years, meeting Buzz Aldrin and having two brain tumours

July 2017

  • Spandau Ballet (from left to right) Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Tony Hadley, Steve Norman and John Keeble.

    Only when you leave: Tony Hadley quits Spandau Ballet

    Lead singer of band behind hits Gold and True announces departure on social media ‘due to circumstances beyond my control’

November 2014

  • Martin Kemp.

    Watch television with …
    Martin Kemp’s favourite TV

    The actor, presenter and Spandau Ballet bassman on his telly gold and what leaves him cold

October 2014

  • Gary Kemp at Manze's Chapel Market, N1

    Life on a plate
    Gary Kemp: We never say ‘supper’ in our house. That’s the language of the nursery and nanny

    The Spandau Ballet musician and actor on food memories of his London childhood and a meeting with Ronnie Kray. Interview by John Hind
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    Spandau Ballet: We wanted to design the next decade's pop culture

    The songwriter and guitarist from one of the 80s’ biggest bands explains what Spandau Ballet meant for him – and how a new film recaptures those days
  • 'Soul Boys Of The Western World' Film Premiere, London, Britain - 30 Sep 2014

    Spandau Ballet review – return of the shoulder-heaving soul boys

    New Romantics parade their 80s pomp at the premiere of a tremendous biopic of the band, writes Ian Gittins

May 2014

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    Spandau Ballet on Soul Boys of the Western World: 'There's a misconception that we sat around talking about Nietzsche' - video interview

    Spandau Ballet members Tony Hadley, Martin Kemp and Steve Norman and director George Hencken on a new documentary about the 80s new romantic band

August 2013

  • Martin and Gary Kemp

    Kemp brothers to reunite on the big screen 22 years on from The Krays

    Martin and Gary are back, in Danny Dyer gangster movie Assassin

April 2013

  • Martin and Gary Kemp.

    Martin and Gary Kemp: 'We complement each other'

    They went from being new romantics in Spandau Ballet to playing London gangsters in the film The Krays. Now they are about to appear on TV together again. Brothers Martin and Gary Kemp tell Nick Duerden about their enduring relationship

October 2009

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