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Spandau Ballet: Shout To The Top

Neil Tennant, Smash Hits, 31 January 1985

When they started out, at the dawn of the '80s, Spandau Ballet were determined "to do something different". They said they'd never end up like the pop stars of the '70s - endless tours in huge arenas, limousines, meeting royalty, collecting antiques, making pots of money and no bones about it. But they have. "I don't know how to escape that," says Gary Kemp. Neil Tennant's saying nothing.

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