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May 2007 - Gary Kemp is the presenter of a documentary on Radio 4 called Berkley To The Bronx -Roger Linn's Drum Machine. The programme goes out at 1:30pm on 29th May on BBC Radio 4. This can be listened to at a time to suit you using the Listen again feature on the Radio 4 website. |
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May 2007 - Tony Hadley is amongst the participants in a Radio 2 documentary "Talking Bout My Renumeration" about salaries in the music industry. The programme goes out at 10:30pm on Tuesday 22nd May. You can listen to this online using the "Listen again" feature at the BBC Radio 2 website up to a week after the show. |
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March 2007 - Martin Kemp is to star with Pauline Quirke the the BBC Radio 4 production of the play "Loving" by Henry Green. The play will be broadcast in two parts starting Sunday 18th March at 3pm. The BBC press release describes the production thus: "While war and social disruption echo from the "real" world, a tale of bickering, spying, scheming, anxious and unsettled servants and declining aristocracy unravels". This can be listened to online using the "Listen again" feature at the BBC Radio 4 website. |
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February 2007 - John Keeble's band I Play Rock are
currently in the studio recording their second album. |
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September 2007 - Spandau tribute band Highly Strung
are to play a gig in the Memorial Hall of Sheffield City Hall on 20th September
2007. Ticket details to follow. |
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March 2007 - Martin Kemp's movie "Back In Business" will be released on DVD on 19th March 2007 in a Special Edition format with many extras. Please note this is a Region 2 release. It is available from Play.com
For more details click
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January 2007 - Tony Hadley has now opened in
Chicago playing the lead role of Billy Flynn. For more details click
here. |
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February 2007 - Martin Kemp's film "Back In
Business" will get a limited cinematic release on the 9th of February in a
number of ABC cinemas in England and Wales. For list click
here. |
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January 2007 - Gary Kemp has co-written a song
called "A Long Way Down" with Dido song writer Paul Stratham for new artist
"Roxanne Yarnold" |
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November 2006 -
Tribute band Highly Strung will be doing a gig at the Royston Civil Theatre
Royston, Barnsley on Saturday 11th November open at 7.30pm and tickets are �5
advance or �6 on door. |
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December 2006 - According to his official site,
Gary Kemp will appear in the second of a two-part episode of "Casualty" over the
Christmas period. |
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September 2006 - Celebrity Masterchef which will
feature Tony Hadley starts on BBC Television on Monday 11th September. Further
details
here. |
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August 2006 - Tony's Fan Club has announced that
his album "Passing Strangers" will be released on 2nd October. On 17th November
Tony will be on Radio 2 with the BBC Orchestra performing songs from this
album. This can be heard online (normally for about a week after it) the
Radio 2 website. He will also be
on Sky News with Adam Boulton on 10th September. |
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July 2006 - Cloudfish's 5 track CD is
available for �4.99+ P&P online from each of their sites. Please
email
for details. |
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July 2006 - Quintessenza's album which Steve
produced and played sax on some tracks and which Shelley took some of the vocals
on is now available for download
here. It can also be purchased from
Amazon.com on import. (Info on Amazon from Shelleypreton.co.uk) |
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June 2006 - I have recently received some
background information on Martin's new movie from the screenplay writer. Please
click here |
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June 2006 - A press release from
De Naray Sothcott
Entertainment states that Martin Kemp will star as Paul Martin in a
remake of House On Straw Hill. Filming will take place this summer on location
in Norfolk. |
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June 2006 - Dates for Tony's Big Band tour have
been announced as well as some concerts through the summer. See his fan club
site for details. |
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September 2006 - Tony will be performing in Manilla
in early September (info from fan club) |
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September 2006 - Tony and John will take part in
the Brussels to Budapest Car Rally in September. More details
here (from fan club) |
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June 2006 - Steve Norman and Shelley went to see
old buddy Mark Shaw at a concert in London last week and they performed a couple
of numbers on stage. |
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May 2006 - Tony Hadley has signed up to appear on
the new BBC show "Celebrity Masterchef" along with Paul Young, Sheila Ferguson
and Marie Helvin. - (Source Daily Express. ) |
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May 2006 -According to the film's
website, Tony's short film "Gas" will
be screened at the Cannes Film Festival, Palais G on the 20th May at 13:30. |
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April 2006 -According to the website of Newlight
Films, the production company behind "Back In Business" due to the interest
shown in the first movie, talks are at an early stage to making a possible
sequel to Back In Business. If this comes off, it is hoped that the original
cast will be reunited for Back In Business II.
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April 2006 - Martin Kemp's movie "Back In Business"
has now received its classification from the
BBFC. It will be have a PG certificate. The films running time is just under
82 minutes. There is no further news on a release date and if it will have a
cinematic release. |
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April 2006 - Please go to
Garykemp.com to hear the music from
"Terrible Beauty", his musical that he wrote with Guy Pratt and
Shane Connaughton,
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March 2006 Gary has provided further information on his "missing movie" which is viewable at the London Theatre Museum. This is in fact a puppet show. Gary had bought the puppets for the museum from someone who was selling them following an inheritance. To celebrate the acquisition, they decided to put on the show for which they were originally made. |
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Summer 2006 - Cloudfish have announced three more
gigs. These are on 12 May and 14th July at the Maidstone Pizza Express and on
16th July at Ronnie Scott's in London. Info from Shelleypreston.co.uk |
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March 2006 - Tony Hadley will be filming a TV
special on 31st March. This will feature interviews and live performance
footage. The programme will be broadcast in the Autumn. Info from fan club |
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March 2006 - It has been announced via the Steve
Norman mailing list that the Cloudfish gig on March 18th has sold out. They have
also announced the more gigs are possibly in the pipeline, including one in
London. The dates will be available on Steve and Shelley's sites. On
Shelley's site you can currently
hear some wonderful Cloudfish tracks played on rotations.
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March 2005 - Tony's fan club has announced that the
swing tour will be in October/November 2005. The duets for the album are being
finalised before mixing commences. Tony has previously mentioned that Jack Jones
and Curtis Stigers are amongst his collaborators on this album. |
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March 2005 - Tony's fan club has released some
Italian tour dates. These are:
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February 2006 - Steve Norman has said that he will
indeed be writing songs with Gary Kemp in the future. This will not be for
Cloudfish as he and Shelley are concentrating on their own version of standards
for this band. It will be for other projects instead. He said that he and Gary
are both "keen to get creating again together in a writing capacity, it's a
matter of time and focus.
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February 2006 - You may be interested to learn of a
little known Gary Kemp movie. It is called Maria Marten and he plays a character
called Johnny Raw. The film, which was made in 1999, co-stars Joanna Lumley,
Diana Quick and Bill Nighy and was directed by John Caird. Also going under the
alternative title of Murder in the Red Barn and Victorian Music Hall, the film
is only viewable by appointment only at the London Theatre Museum from whose
website
this information has come.
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February 2006 - Steve Norman has asked that people
no longer try to order the Dome CD which contained the Cloudfish track "So
High". The link was previously available through this site and others, as the
company appears to have run into difficulties. He is planning on making the
track available on his website . So do
keep checking back there on a very regular basis. At the Maidstone gig,
Steve and Shelley will perform a selection of new songs and a
selection of standards which will be given the Cloudfish treatment.
Expect these to help shape a future CD release.
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February 2006 - Co-star Claire Goose announced on
Virgin Radio that Martin's two-part drama "Love, Lies Bleeding" will
screen on ITV1 on 27th and 28th February. The production will also have a
special BAFTA screening on 15th February at the Princess Anne Theatre. (source
BAFTA). A reminder that Miss Marple will air on 5th February.
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January 2006 - Tony Hadley has announced on Virgin
Radio that he will now be joining Martin Fry on the Lost World Trek afterall. A
Lost World website will chart their progress during the
adventure.
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January 2006 - Steve Norman has launched a new
website. It contains details of the
Cloudfish gig in Maidstone on 18th March 2006. |
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January 2006 Tony made his first public appearance
since his illness at the Plant Hollywood Event. You can see some nice pictures
on the Tony Hadley Fan Site. |
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January 2006 - Tony Hadley was rushed to
Whittington Hospital in North London on Saturday 7th January.He had an emegency
operation to remove his appendix. He is expected to remain in hospital for a
couple of days recovery. He is hopeful that this will not affect his trek in aid
of Action Medical Research later this month. His fan club has informed members
that he will still attend the Planet Hollywood event prior to this, but he won't
be singing. All other January engagements have been cancelled. I wish him a
speedy recovery |
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February 2006 - After too long an absence, Martin
Kemp is set to come back to our TV screens in February. His episode of Miss
Marple in which he plays Jackie Affleck is set to air on February 5th, with his
two-part drama "Love, Lies Bleeding" which co stars Claire Goose and Hugo Speer
also airing later that month.Info from Martin's original
site
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December 2005 - You can hear another version of
Gary's song Devil's In The Detail on the Lowen and Navarro album "All The Time
In The World". Dan Navarro co-wrote the song with Gary and Steve Lironi for
Jacob Young. A sample is available to hear on their
site You can also purchase
this from a number of vendors via Amazon |
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Spring 2006 - Tony Hadley's official
site has announced a number of English
and Welsh tour dates for the Spring of 2005. The dates with venue contact
details is also available on the Tony Hadley Fan Site
here. |
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December 2005 - You
can sponsor Tony Hadley's trek to Venezuela for Action Medical Research by
clicking
here or by sending a cheque made payable to Action Medical Research to
Blueprint Management, PO Box 594, Woking GU23
7YF. Thank you to Melvin from the ABC site for permission to replicate this
information. |
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December 2005 - Gary's performance in "The
Rubenstein Kiss" has earned him a "Best Supporting Actor" nomination. You can
vote for him here |
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November 2005 - At the Ladies' Lunch for Action
Medical Research, Tony revealed some of his plans for 2005. Read the report of
the day here. |
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October 2005 Members of Spandau Ballet are amongst the contributors to a new BBC2 four-part documentary "Boys and Girls - Sex and British Pop" which starts on 23rd October. Further details
here
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October 2005 You can now hear unreleased tracks from Steve Norman's band Cloudfish by going to the Cloudfish section of Shelley Preston's site
here
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October 2005 Steve Norman has been working with the Italian band "Quintessenza" for some time now and the album will soon be available.
Samples of some of the tracks are available here To let you know that although "Everybody's Got ToLearn Sometime" is a Korgis cover, the other tracks
available here were co-written by Steve. "Autumn in the City" he wrote with some other writers and the rest he wrote with Shelley and with other writers. |
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October 2005 - At his fan club weekend,
Tony said that on his swing album "Passing Strangers" amongst the guest
performers will be Jack Jones and Curtis Stigers. Jack Jones won a
Grammy for the original recording of "Wives and Lovers", which Tony now
performs on tour. Thank you to Mary for this information. The album is
due out in the Spring of 2006 and will also feature part of the LSO. |
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October 2005 - John Keeble's new band
"I Play Rock" have released a new CD. You can buy it exclusively from
their website here |
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September 2005 - Gary and Martin Kemp have recently worked on a commentary for a new widescreen DVD releae of "The Krays". Info from Gary's diary on garykemp.com
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September 2005 - On his site, Gary Kemp has said that he is working on a new experimental movie called "Other Lives" with old pal and mountaineering partner, Paul McGann.
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September 2005 - On his site, Gary Kemp has said that he has completed work on a movie, "Poppies" with director Barry Bliss and Paul McGann again. Click
here to find out more.
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September 2005 - On his site, Gary Kemp says that a documentary on Spandau Ballet is planned to coincide with the release of the next DVD and book.
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October 2005 - A double CD of Live At The NEC is scheduled for release on 3rd October.
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August 2005 - Martin Kemp will soon
commence filming an ITV drama, "Love, Lies, Bleeding". |
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August 2005 - Martin Kemp is amongst
the judges at the Vodafone Life Savers Awards. The awards which have now
been runnng for 4 years "epitomise the spirit of all those who work in
the emergency services. They also recognise the courage of ordinary
people who have found themselves inadvertently stepping into the shoes
of the professionals in extraordinary circumstances." They will be
presented at a lunch on 17th November and the event will be covered by
the Daily Express and broadcast on This Morning.
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August 2005 - Tony will appear on "Elvismania"
on ITV1 on 20th August. |
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August 2005 - Tony has contributed a
recipe to a book entitled "Food That Rocks". You can order it
here |
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August 2005 - Steve Norman
has completed his work producing the Italian quintet Quintessenza. They
are a female classical outfit from all over Italy. The work took place
in Ibiza and Sarnano. Steve fused their
classical sensibilities with Ibiza-type electronica. He also played
guitar, sax and some percussion on the CD and Shelley took vocals on
various tracks. The album is due out soon in Italy and he is currently
looking for a UK distributor. He also hopes to start recording
more Cloudfish material in the Autumn. |
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August 2005 - In an interview in the
Independent, Guy Pratt has said that Terrible Beauty has been delayed
due to finding a suitable venue in London. |
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July 2005 - The soundtrack for the
movie "Sky High" which features a number of cover versions of famous
eighties songs in a similar fashion to 50 First Dates is now available.
Included is Cary Brothers version of True. Click
here for further info.
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July 2005 - Further information on
"Sleeping Murder" can be found on Sophia Myles Site. They were recently
filming in Devon, click
here for further info. The cast includes Geraldine McEwan who
will of course be playing Miss Marple. Russ Abbot will be playing
Detective Primer. As well as Martin the cast includes Dawn French, Una
Stubbs, Phil Davices, Geraldine Chaplin and Gary's best mate, Paul
McGann. The project is being directed by Sir Peter Hall's son Edward.
Expect to see this on our screens during ITV's Christmas schedule. |
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July 2005 - Gary Kemp has a new
site. This is an official site as he has endorsed this via the mailout
from Spandauballet.com. Look out for downloads for Little Bruises and a
new "diary" feature, which will hopefully mean he will be writing for
the site. Click here to view. |
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July 2005 - A full range of interviews
and promo has been arranged for the release of the DVD. Click
here for details. |
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August 2005 - Fans in the USA can now
pre-order the US version of Live From The NEC for an amazingly low
price! Click
here for details. |
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July 2005 - In his fan club magazine,
Tony has spoken of plans to tour with a full orchestra and have a TV
special as part of his 25 years in showbiz celebration next year. He
also hopes to tour in America. His tour which will be later in 2006 will
be on his own and not with another artist. |
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July 2005 - Thank you to Dave Martinez
for finding a new cover version of True. Click
here for details. |
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November 2005 - The Rubenstein Kiss, a
play in which Gary Kemp will co-star with Samantha Bond and Will Keen
will be on at the Hampstead Theatre from 23rd November until 17th
December. Previews will be from the 17th November. |
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July 2005 - Thank you to Pav from India
for recommending a remix of "Be Free With Your Love" by the Miami
Dub Machine. Two version are available. Click
here for little previews or to buy the download. |
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July 2005 - The first season of "Murder
Investigation Team" in which Gary Kemp made a guest starring appearance
in the episode "Models and Millionaires" is now released on DVD. Further
details here. The
cheapest deal I can find on this is with
DVD Plus |
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August 2005 - Tony Hadley will
beginning recording his new album on 15th August. Information from his
official fan club. |
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October 2005 - The possible replacement
dates for Tony's tour of Spain are from 6th - 12th October 2005.
Information from his official fan club. |
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July 2005 - Martin's movie with Dennis
Waterman now appears to have the title "Back In Business" Click
here for further details. |
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July 2005 - Martin will be filming
"Sleeping Murder" and Agatha Christie movie for ITV. This will be
screened in the Winter. Sleeping Murder was Miss Marple's final
mystery. |
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July 2005 - To coincide with the
release of the Live At The NEC DVD a new website has been launched.
Click here This gives
further information on the downloadable tracks. |
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July 2005 - Tony makes a welcome return
to Spandau's spiritual home, Italy. For further information click
here |
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June 2005 - To read a report on the DVD
screening please click
here |
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June 2005 - The rarely seen TV short
movie of Gary's "Take Out The Beast" is now available to buy from
Amazon.co.uk in a box set called "Cinema Collection Volume 3" For futher
info click
here |
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DVD is now Monday 25th July 2005. For further details click
here |
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June 2005 - Sony have issued further
details of the Live From the NEC including information on a a one-hour
TV special on ITV1. For further details click
here |
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June 2005 - Steve Dagger has now
confirmed for me that there will be no public screenings of Live At The
NEC, however the dates for the launch and release on the previous press
release are incorrect and are in the process of being changed. |
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June 2005 - Remember The Eighties
reports that the release date of the Live At The NEC DVD is now August
20th. There will be a launch at the end of June at which Gary, Martin
and Steve Norman will attend, however this screening is for the ladies
and gentlemen of the press only and is not open to the public. |
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June 2005 - As you will have seen on
Spandau Ballet's official site, a new version of True has been recorded
by Cary Brothers for the Disney movie "Sky High". The film is due for
release in the USA on 29th July and in the UK on 21st October. It will
star Kelly Preston and Kurt Russell. |
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May 2005 - Lisa at Aim has informed me
that Martin Kemp is currently filming a lead role of "Lord Arlington
Spencer" in a film called "One Last Time". The film co-stars Dennis
Waterman. He is in discussions to star in another movie called "Dance
With The Devil" although these discussions are at an early stage. Sky
News said that John Altman and a certain Gary Kemp are also in
discussions to appear in this movie. |
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re-issue of Little Bruises has been put back by Sony from their stated
date of 16th May until later this year. EMI have informed me that their
Spandau DVD that was originally entitlted "Gold" is not scheduled for
release at any time during 2005. |
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| May 2005 - There have been updates to
the dates announced for Tony's Spanish tour. Please see this link to the
promoters. |
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with Steve Norman and Tony has been found languishing in a desk
drawer. Hear it
here
on the Dark Neon website |
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Summer 2005 - The Spanish press have
announced some of the dates for the tour Tony will be doing in Spain.
They are as follows:
30/06/05
Barcelona, PABELL�N OL�MPICO DE BADALONA
01/07/05 Murcia, PLAZA DE TOROS
03/07/05 Madrid, MADRID ARENA
04/07/05 Alicante, PLAZA DE TOROS
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April 2005 - The BBC reports that the
movie "The Wedding Singer" is to be turned into a Broadway show. It will
premiere in Seattle in January 2006 before moving to NYC in April. In
the movie version, "True" was the major feature in the movie being sung
at the wedding at the end. Here's hoping the same scene makes it to the
stage version. |
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April 2005 Prior to its re-issue next
month Little Bruises is now available for pre-order from
Streetsonline or from
Townsend |
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May 2005 - A date for
your diary is 16th May. Both the "Live At The NEC" DVD and the re-issue
of "Little Bruises" are scheduled to be released that day. |
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February 2005 - Martin Kemp is
one of a host of celebs that has contributed to "National Doodle Day"
which hopes to raise a pot of cash for epilespy. You can see his Andy
Cap style doodle and bid for it
here. |
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February 2005 - Martin Kemp
attended the NME Awards. Steve Norman accompanied him. You can see some
nice pics of the two of them on
Getty Images. |
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February 2005 - American Daylight, the
Anglo/Indian film in which Gary Kemp had a small role and that was
directed by Roger Christian, was screened the European Film Market which
is part of the Berlin Film Festival on 16th February. The film's
producers are hoping to sell the movie for European distribution as they
already have sold it to most of the South-East Asia markets, including
Singapore and Japan. |
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January 2005 - "Don't Watch This
Space" were Tony's words when asked about the reunion prospects on the
David Jenson radio show. His view on the matter appears to have not
changed since the publication of the hardback edition of his
autobiography where he said there was "no chance of (Spandau) ever
playing together again". At a book signing at the time he said if things
had been done differently, "it might have been different". His interview
with David Jenson echoed this. He also revealed that he has added a
chapter to the paperback edition of his book talking about the recent
negotiations to try to reform the band. |
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Feb 2005 - Online radio station
All 80s Radio is having a "Spandau Week", next week starting from 6th
Feb. Listen here |
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2006 - Gary's official site has
reported that Gary is still hoping to reunite Spandau Ballet and there
is a "slim chance" of a reunion sometime in 2006. |
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April 2005 - Gary's official site has
reported the the release date for "Live At The NEC" is likely to be
April 2005. |
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January 2005 - Despite the best joint
effort from Spandau Ballet sites I have seen in years, the disappointing
news is that "True" didn't make it to the final 5 short-listed songs for
BRITS 25. Thank you again to everybody that voted here and abroad. |
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January 2005 - I have discovered via
the BMI a "lost" Gary Kemp song called "Damage Is Done". I have asked
Steve Dagger about this and he has told me that this was written by Gary
for Eric Clapton, at Eric's request. However the song, although
published, has never been performed nor recorded.
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December 2004 - Canadian band "New
School" have sampled "True" on the track "Back In The Day" on their
self-titled album. Find out more
here. Steve Dagger has informed me that the track has been played
extensively on Canadian radio. |
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August 2005
Tony will play at gig with ABC at Clumber Park, Worksop on August 19th
2005 Info from ABC mailing list. |
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July 2005 - Tony Hadley will do a
Spanish tour with ABC, Go West and Paul Young. Details are still to be
announced. |
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December 2004 The excellent "Remember
The Eighties" site are running a competition to win tickets for the Tony
Hadley/Martin Fry concert of your choice. One the same site you can also
submit questions for either Tony or Martin. The best questions will be
used in a future interview and the people that submitted them will be
credited. Visit the site
here |
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November 2004 - Tony Hadley
picked up an award for Best Live Performance at the Forth Awards for his
performance at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. At the awards ceremony
former Duran Duran employee, Jimmy Devlin admitted that before the
famous Pop Quiz duel in 1984, he has acquired the answers in
advance and had rehearsed them with Duran Duran. Read the full story
here |
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October 2004. - In his fan club
magazine, Steve Norman has said he is now a columnist for "Ibiza Now"
magazine. |
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October 2004 - Steve Norman's band
"Cloudfish" have contributed a track called "So High" to a Ibiza chill-out album called "Dome" . Thank you to Garry from Shelley's site for this info. |
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October 2004 - In his column for the
fan club magazine Steve Norman said that he would be happy if the
rumours of a Spandau Ballet reunion became a reality. |
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October 2004 - The official Spandau
Ballet site revealed that work is nearing completion on the official
biography of Spandau Ballet. The book is due out sometime in 2005. I
have made enquiries about foreign language editions of this publication,
but Steve Dagger has informed me that it is too early to say if the book
is likely to be published outside the UK. |
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March 2005 - The paperback edition of
To Cut A Long Story Short will be published for which Tony, according to
his fan club magazine, is writing an additional chapter. |
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October 2004 - In the latest edition of
the HNK fan club magazine, Tony Hadley has revealed that he has changed
his mind on the releasing the album of new material, which once had the
title of "Lobsters and Limousines" and has instead decided to
concentrate efforts on releasing an album of jazz-swing standards. This
should be out sometime in 2005 |
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October 2004 -Congratulations to Tony
for picking up the Gold Medal from the British Academy of Composers and
Songwriters on 27th October. Thank you to Remember the Eighties for
highlighting the story. You can read more at the Academy's
website
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November 2004 -Tickets for the DVD
recording by ABC and Tony Hadley at Milton Keynes Stables on December
13th will go on sale on 3rd November 2004 from Tony's official site and
the ABC mailing list. They will be priced �25 and are limited to 200 in
total. Info from ABC mailing list
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October 2004 - Gary Kemp's latest movie
"American Daylight" will feature as part of the London Film Festival.
Details of screenings of this movie can be found
here |
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October 2004 - Sony have informed me
that the planned re-issue of the CD of Through The Barricades with
additional material has been put on hold as they are concentrating
efforts on the production of the DVD which fans are certain to enjoy.
The release date for the DVD has still to be confirmed although many
sites are advertising it for sale later this month. The item is still
being finalised and may not be released until 2005. |
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October 2004 - It's Martin Kemp via
Linda Barker in the "Battle of the Sofa Ads". ScS Sofas have signed
Martin to appear in a series of adverts, commencing 1st October. For
further info click
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November 2004 - Good news for Tony's fans
in Australia and the Gulf. He is set to play some dates there along with
ABC and Go West
- November 24th, The Irish Club, Dubai
- November 25th The Club, Abu Dhabi
- November 27th Luna Park, Sydney.
All of the above shows are open to the public (i.e. not members only)
and tickets go on sale weekend of 25th September. Info from official ABC
site. |
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September 2004 - As reported during the
Summer, Nelly's album "Suit" contains a track that samples "True". The
track in question is called "N Dey Say". This is now available and you
can hear a sample of it and download it for a small fee
here |
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October 2004 - Many fans will have
noticed that the online DVD shops are selling a DVD entitled "Spandau
Ballet Gold" for pre-order. Please note this is NOT the Greatest
Hits DVD which is due out from EMI next year which will be multi-region.
It appears to be another re-issue of the 1989 tour which most fans will
already own. It is not one of the releases endorsed on Spandaubalet.com.
The Sony release Through The Barricades tour DVD will be entitled
"Spandau Ballet - Live At The NEC" and will also feature the promos for
the singles they did on CBS. The catalogue number for the "Live At
The NEC" DVD will be 2012589
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February 2005 Tony's tour with
Martin Fry will run from 1st February until 10th May. Opening night will
be in Bradford. A few dates are also available on the
Tony Hadley Fan Site. There will also be a live album recording from
this tour with tickets only available from both artists' fan
clubs/mailing lists. This recording will be in December 2004. Initial
info from the ABC mailing list. Tickets for all gigs should be available
from the end of September. |
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August 2004 - Those who have seen
Boogie Nights 2, the Eighties musical starring David Essex which
has just started its marathon tour around the UK tell me that the
musical features a host of your favourite songs including "True" which
is sung by the entire 20 strong cast. For details of dates click
here |
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August 2004 - The lyrics to Gary's
musical "Bed Bug" can been found on the excellent Little Bruises site
here. |
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Jul 2004 - In the Ultimate Number Ones
poll on VH1 "True " reached Number 19. Thank you to everybody that
voted, especially those using the link provided on this site and
elsewhere. Thank you also to Emma Bennett who also publicised the poll
on "Instinction". |
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July 2004 - Gary Kemp is a father
again. His wife Lauren gave birth to their son Milo Wolf Kemp on 14th
July 2004. |
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| November 2004 - A 4 DVD set
of Live Aid will be released worldwide on 1st November on Warner
Vision. Further information
here. |
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| September 2004
- Look out for Nelly's CD "Suit" which is released on
13th September. It is reported to contain a track with an
excellent sample of "True". Read more
here |
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May 2004 - In the BBC Sold on Song
Poll, True reached its highest ever position in recent years for
favourite songs, that of 21. Over 150 people linked to the BBC site from
Spandaupages. To all those that voted to get it to that position, a very
big thank you! You can see the whole list at the BBC Sold On Song page
and read background info on True
here |
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June 2004 - According the the Shelley
Preston Yahoo Group owner, Shelley and Steve Norman are now working with
an Italian band called "Quintesensa". Their Cloudfish project also
continues. |
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May 2004 - At his book signing in
Glasgow, Tony informed me that he will be touring with Martin Fry from
ABC and that Shelley Preston has now left his band "to do other things". |
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March 2004
- Michelle Collins has been named as a possible co-star in Martin Kemp's
new TV drama "Can't Buy Me Love". No news yet on when they are to start
filming. Info from AIM |
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March 2004
- Report in the Sun on Friday 19th March that has since been replicated
in a number of web-based news sites and on local radio, of a Spandau
Ballet reunion have been firmly denied to me by Martin Kemp's agents. At
a concert the same night, John and Tony also denied this to fans from
the stage of their concert that night. |
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March 2004
- Online music magazine "Side-Line" reports the sad death of John
McGeoch, who worked with many of the great artists of the eighties and
at one time planned to form a band called "Pacfic" along with our own
"John Keeble". Read the story here. |
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February 2004 - Tony Hadley's official
site has been updated with news of an upcoming DVD with Peter Cox and a
new track that he has recorded for a Kool and The Gang Greatest Hits
album. See his site for details. |
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March 2004 -
The soundtrack to the movie "Suzie Gold" which features a cover version
of "Gold" was released on either March 8th. Read All about
it here. |
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