What's your view on Spandau Ballet? You've probably heard they're to reform and do a series of gigs. But does anyone actually want this? Who's crying out for the Spands to get back together?
Not me.
I think To Cut A Long Story Short is ace, and when I first saw them do that on TOTP I thought they were so avant garde as to be from another planet. I still think it's a great song, a great slice of turn of the 80s electronica. I've even sung it at karaoke. But that's kind of where it ends. Through The Barricades is nice in a niaeve pop star way, but I've always thought Tony Hadley was a bit of an old ham really, and his vocal histrionics not really my cup of tea.
I met him once at the launch for that awfully misguided Reborn In The USA show. I thought though tall, he was rather stand-offish. Martin Kemp on the other hand is a lovely man - he once bought me a bingo card - so it's sad to see his TV career has well and truly hit the skids. Probably because he's not the world's greatest actor, though I thought that Family series he was in a few years back didn't get the praise it deserved.
So it's got to be all about the money. But while people were panting for The Police or Pink Floyd to get back together, does anyone truly feel the same way about Spandau Ballet?
