Following many years of in-fighting, court battles and public break-ups, on Sunday (4.19,) The Mail in England reported that the original members of Spandau Ballet are in talks with agents about a potential comeback.
Following Oasis’s 2025 reunion tour that generated $540,000,000.00+ in ticket sales, the outlet cites that Spandau are set to follow suit, featuring the full line-up of guitarist Gary Kemp, bassist Martin Kemp, saxophonist Steve Norman, drummer John Keeble and lead singer Tony Hadley, more than a ten years since they last performed together.
According to a music industry source, the talks have “gone better than anyone expected”, and it looks like “the reunion is on”, while the announcement of a tour is expected “very soon”.
Having last performed together in 2018, without Hadley, who had quit a year earlier, the iconic lead singer took to social media confirming that the reason for his departure was “due to circumstances beyond my control”. He was subsequently replaced for the tour by Ross William Wild, who quit in 2019 and was later convicted of a series of sex offenses. Following his departure, Martin said the band would not return unless Hadley joined them.
In a 2026 interview with England’s NME Gary Kemp said,”Will there be another Spandau Ballet reunion? I hope so.”
The legendary British band formed in London in 1979 and broke up acrimoniously in 1990. In 1999, Hadley, Norman and Keeble launched a High Court case against songwriter Gary Kemp demanding a share of his songwriting royalties, which they ultimately lost.
The Kemp brothers went on to carve out acting careers, most notably playing the eponymous twins in the 1990 gangster film The Krays.
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Author: Saul Goode
Photo: See Li from London, UK