Spandau Ballet

Last Dance Of The New Romance: Spandau Ballet’s Diamond

Review by Richard Cook, NME, March 1982

IT SEEMS like Spandau Ballet are having trouble, and they're not sure how to face up to it. The concept of Spandau has grown ...

Spandau Ballet and The New Romantics

Interview by Betty Page, Sounds, September 1980

"INITIALLY 'mod' meant a very small group of young working class boys who, at the height of the trad boom formed a small, totally committed ...

Talking Threads: Spandau Ballet

Profile and Interview by Paul Rambali, NME, November 1980

Five young men from Islington make a short story shorter about the ballet-hoo surrounding the group most likely to – Spandau Ballet. ...

Spandau Ballet: A Revolt Into Style

Interview by Chris Salewicz, Face, The, August 1981

"IF PEOPLE want to find out what is the working class attitude to life," Gary Kemp declares forcefully, leaning towards me over a corner table ...

Journey to Glory: Spandau Ballet

Interview by Mike Stand, Smash Hits, August 1981

OH THE languid suave of it! Oh the sunshine, the street café, the iced cocktails! Oh the elegant beaus and the graceful belles! Oh to ...

Spandau Ballet: A Day In The Life Of Gary Kemp

Interview by Chas de Whalley, Record Mirror, November 1981

Gary Kemp of Spandau Ballet talks to Chas De Whalley sbout one of his working days. ...

Spandau Ballet: True (Chrysalis)

Review by Gavin Martin, NME, March 1983

I CAN'T see Spandau Ballet when I play this LP. I can't see their forced smiles, their indelible pretty boy we-are-and-can-be-a-part-of-the-pop-parade smiles, their Top Of ...

Spandau Ballet: UP, UP and Away

Interview by Annene Kaye, Creem, May 1984

IF WE WEREN'T "AROUND," WHAT WOULD BE? ...

Spandau Ballet: Shout To The Top

Interview by Neil Tennant, Smash Hits, 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 ...

Wild Boy: Gary Kemp

Retrospective and Interview by Paul Lester, Guardian, The, August 2002

Spandau Ballet did more than provide a soundtrack for XR3i-driving Essex casuals in the 1980s. At least that's what Gary Kemp, the band's creative force, ...

Spandau Ballet's Reunion: Once More With Girdles

Report and Interview by Caroline Sullivan, Guardian, The, October 2009

With 10 top 10 hits, Spandau Ballet were the epitome of 80s pop. After much bitterness and a court case, the band are reunited again ...