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Spandau Ballet are a popular British band most prominent during the 1980s. Members are Tony Hadley on vocals, brothers Gary Kemp and Martin Kemp on guitar and bass respectively, with Gary also supplying background vocals, Steve Norman on saxophone and John Keeble on the drums. Gary Kemp also wrote most of the group’s music and lyrics.

Initially formed in 1976 in London they didn’t reach a stable line-up or decide on the Spandau name until 1978. Inspired by a mixture of synth-pop and funk as typified by the track

Chant No 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) which reached No 2 in the national charts and was notable for inclusion of the horn section from the group Beggar & Co, which proved a fruitful collaboration on record.

Immensely popular in the UK, the New Romantic group eventually mellowed into a mainstream pop act. As with their friendly rivals Duran Duran they ‘broke America’, albeit briefly - the title track of their 3rd album

True peaked in the Top 5 of the Singles charts. The song gained a new life in the 1990’s and beyond by being sampled in the songs Set Adrift On Memory Bliss by PM Dawn and

N Dey Say by Nelly.

After a split in 1990 and a court case almost 10 years later involving Hadley, Keeble & Norman suing Gary Kemp over royalties, they announced in March 2009 a reformation.

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80s, new wave, pop, new romantic, british
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1	True full track	2,122
2	Gold full track	1,439
3	Through the Barricades full track	435
4	To Cut a Long Story Short full track	352
5	Only When You Leave full track	351
6	I'll Fly for You full track	210
7	Lifeline full track	195
8	Communication full track	184
9	Round and Round full track	131
10	Highly Strung full track	116
11	The Freeze full track	112
12	Musclebound full track	103
13	Instinction full track	88
14	Fight for Ourselves full track	86
15	Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)	77

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harryscoffin wrote:
last month

when they are on their world tour they must stop off in Singapore :)

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galko00 wrote:
May 2009

See them in Madrid and Barcelone next november! http://mercadeopop.blogspot.com/2009/05/spandau-ballet-actuaran-en-madrid-y.html

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Sacrifise wrote:
April 2009

Gold! love so match....))

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X80sSkin wrote:
April 2009

With Martin and Gary Kemp backing a voice like Tony Hadley's, Spandau Ballet were pure class. Hadley should've gone onto to wider fame here in America. In my opinion, as a vocalist he had few equals.

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collinshumate wrote:
April 2009

80's music = masterpiece

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Mark-Bold wrote:
April 2009

The New Wave-Rock Blockbuster "Flashback": http://www.lastfm.de/music/Mark+Bold

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-METEORO- wrote:
April 2009

Great band!

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indoctrinated wrote:
April 2009

is it wrong of me to wanna bang tony hadley hard

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B-Kaitis wrote:
April 2009

the singer is like a bar singer... he makes some funny faces.. lol

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Albertoctro wrote:
April 2009

Gold n OWYL ´R their best songs

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Scoundrel-Days wrote:
March 2009

I knew that they would come back :]

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G8TORZ wrote:
March 2009

They were very good band. Tony Hadley,use to be a DJ on VirginRadio and I enjoyed his show. But when Virgin was sold and it became AbsouletRadio,he wasn't with them.

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2xdj wrote:
March 2009

best band ever?

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MLJay wrote:
March 2009

Wouldn't mind seeing them live. Chant is my fave of theirs.

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Tr1xx wrote:
March 2009

Looks like they're all friends again. . . I just hope they can come up with some good new songs

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hermanator05 wrote:
March 2009

zomg reunion?

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ravin1968 wrote:
March 2009

feel like to be found in heaven when listening

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RockYourSoul88 wrote:
March 2009

loving Lubjan's version of only when you leave

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[deleted-user] wrote:
March 2009

Eighteen when I first heard this, and I still love.........
menotyouman500 wrote:
March 2009

Top Band... Love the music

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