Gary Kemp is open to a Spandau Ballet reunion but says it could only work with Tony Hadley

Gary Kemp has hinted that Spandau Ballet could reform and tour again.

The guitarist and principal songwriter for the group said he was open to the band getting back together but it all depended on whether singer, Tony Hadley, would join them.

“Will the Spands ride again? If everyone decided to do it, I’d do it,” he told the Radio Times. “I’m not trying to stop anyone.

“We tried to do it with a different singer a year ago – I didn’t enjoy it, I don’t think it works for us all.

‘It’s a great laugh’

“It’s got to be with Tony singing or not at all. Really, like it always has been, the ball’s in Tony’s court.

“And every bloke in that band knows it’s a great laugh. It’s just that some people take it more seriously than others.”

Spandau Ballet, formed in 1979 and was one of the most successful bands of the New Romantic era. They enjoyed global success, had hits with the likes of True and Gold and sold 25 million albums.

In 1999 they took a break but then reformed in 2009.

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Then in 2017 Hadley announced he was leaving. The group recruited a new singer, Ross William Wild, and played a series of live dates.

In May 2019 Wild tweeted to say he had quit the band to pursue his own music.

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Gary Kemp and his brother, Martin, who played bass in the band, have also had successful acting careers and both starred in the 1990 film The Krays taking on the roles of the criminal East End duo.

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