05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Inside the Spandau Ballet feud: ‘That was a very hard meeting'
Singer Tony Hadley has described the short-lived Spandau Ballet reunion as "bloody difficult" due to his feud with lead guitarist Gary Kemp.
The new-wave band originally split in 1987 but reunited from 2009-2015, when Hadley quit, citing reasons beyond his control.
The former frontman said differences between himself and Kemp could not be resolved, saying: 'There's always two in a band that have a fallout and that was a very hard meeting between the two of us.'
After Hadley's departure, Spandau Ballet hired Ross Davidson as the new lead singer.
Kemp has expressed a desire for Hadley to return to Spandau Ballet, to which Hadley said: 'You should have thought about that before, mate.'
