{"id":747020,"date":"2026-08-23T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/747020\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T09:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T09:00:12","slug":"80s-singing-legend-breaks-silence-on-split-from-iconic-band-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/747020\/","title":{"rendered":"80s singing legend breaks silence on split from iconic band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\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<p>\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<p>\n  The singer has opened up about splitting from Spandau Ballet during a new interview with Blue News.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Hadley was asked what it was like for him to leave the group and whether it was emotionally difficult.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He replied: &#8220;Not really. 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":"The 65-year-old rose to international fame as the lead singer of the new wave group, delivering iconic hits&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-747020","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\/747020","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=747020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}