\n The 65-year-old rose to international fame as the lead singer of the new wave group, delivering iconic hits including True, Gold and Through The Barricades.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Hadley is renowned for his powerful, expressive vocals and has enjoyed a successful solo career since leaving the band, whilst also pursuing stage work and radio presenting.\n<\/p>\n
\n Now, the singer has opened up about splitting from Spandau Ballet during a new interview with Blue News.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Hadley was asked what it was like for him to leave the group and whether it was emotionally difficult.\n<\/p>\n
\n He replied: “Not really. I just reached the point in 2017 where I knew I couldn’t do it anymore.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I’ve been a solo artist for much longer than I’ve ever been part of Spandau Ballet.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I have great musicians around me, I’m working on a new big band album and touring worldwide – I love where I am today.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Formed in 1979, the original line-up featured brothers Gary Kemp (guitar and principal songwriter) and Martin Kemp (bass), alongside Tony Hadley (lead vocals), Steve Norman (saxophone and guitar) and John Keeble (drums).\n<\/p>\n
\n Their 1983 album True established them as global stars, with the title track becoming a signature song that enjoyed renewed popularity through its use in films, television and advertising.\n<\/p>\n
\n After splitting in 1990, the band reunited in 2009, touring extensively and releasing the documentary Soul Boys of the Western World in 2014.\n<\/p>\n
\n Hadley departed in 2017, and the remaining members later introduced singer Ross William Wild before the group again became inactive.\n<\/p>\n
\n Following Spandau Ballet’s original split in 1990, he pursued a solo career, releasing albums, touring internationally and performing with orchestras and big bands.\n<\/p>\n
\n He rejoined the band for its 2009 reunion before announcing his departure in 2017.\n<\/p>\n
\n Since then, Hadley has continued to record and perform as a solo artist, appearing regularly at concerts, festivals and special events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 65-year-old rose to international fame as the lead singer of the new wave group, delivering iconic hits…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-685590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}