{"id":703976,"date":"2026-07-21T20:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/703976\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:25:13","slug":"80s-singing-legend-from-spandau-ballet-has-heartfelt-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/703976\/","title":{"rendered":"80&#8217;s singing legend from Spandau Ballet has heartfelt message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/26170471.spandau-ballets-tony-hadley-headline-sunshine-festival\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tony Hadley<\/a>, who was the lead singer of Spandau Ballet and delivered iconic hits including True, Gold, and Through The Barricades, will be performing at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/26290445.sunshine-festival-introduces-money-saving-family-tickets\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Sunshine Festival<\/a> in Upton in August.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/26134965.80s-singing-legend-announces-uk-tour-amid-bid-save-pub\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">65-year-old is renowned for his powerful<\/a>, expressive vocals and has enjoyed a successful solo career since leaving the band, while also pursuing stage work and radio presenting.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/26283362.6-celebrities-spotted-unexpected-worcestershire-locations\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">6 celebrities spotted in unexpected Worcestershire locations<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ahead of his performance at Sunshine Festival in Upton on August 30, the singer shared a heartfelt message to fans with the Worcester News.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: &#8220;Myself and the fabulous TH Band will be playing at the Sunshine Festival &#8211; the sun will be shining &#8211; It will be a beautiful day.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;There are so many great acts on.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It is going to be absolutely fabulous.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I am looking forward to the backstage, which is going to be fantastic, but getting on stage and playing to you guys is going to be brilliant.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The members of Spandau Ballet. (Image: PA)\n<\/p>\n<p>  Why did Tony Hadley leave Spandau Ballet?<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Hadley shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/26261565.80s-singing-legend-breaks-silence-split-iconic-band\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">why he left the group<\/a> earlier this month and whether it was emotionally difficult.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: &#8220;Not really.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I just reached the point in 2017 where I knew I couldn&#8217;t do it anymore.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I&#8217;ve been a solo artist for much longer than I&#8217;ve ever been part of Spandau Ballet.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I have great musicians around me, I&#8217;m working on a new big band album and touring worldwide &#8211; I love where I am today.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony Hadley, who was the lead singer of Spandau Ballet and delivered iconic hits including True, Gold, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-703976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703976","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=703976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}