2017 ➤ Tony Hadley pulls the plug on Spandau Ballet – but the band will rise...
◼ BREAKING NEWS TODAY IN TWO WAVES: At midday 57-year-old singer Tony Hadley suddenly tweeted that he was “no longer a member of Spandau Ballet”, the London band who pioneered the New Romantic movement...
View Article2017 ➤ So who can fill Tony Hadley’s big Ballet shoes?
◼ AFTER YEARS OF HINTING that his career as Spandau Ballet’s frontman was over, both during and after two world tours – all of his bombshells reported here at Shapersofthe80s – today Tony Hadley...
View Article1968 ➤ Why Ogdens was little Stevie Marriott’s ejector seat out of the Small...
➢ As the Small Faces’ Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake turns 50 today, Ron Hart at Billboard invites stars to pay tribute – 24 May 2018: “ There was one album from 1968 that distilled all the bombast and...
View Article➤ Whither Spandau? Expect a bombshell today!
◼ EXPECT A NEWS TSUNAMI TODAY when Spandau Ballet, the New Romantic heroes of the 80s, announce who is going to replace the finally departed Tony Hadley as their singer. AND the date of their first gig...
View Article2018 ➤ The Spandau show must go on and Oh, the Wild voice! Oh, the Wild biceps!
TABLOIDS GET THEIR MAN: ROSS WILLIAM WILD HERE SINGING The Show Must Go On, 2012 ➢ A talented Elvis impersonator has been brought in to sing Spandau Ballet’s hits like True and Gold – Daily Mirror ✭...
View Article2018 ➤ Revealed: The secret role of Shapersofthe80s in the rise and rise of...
◼ FIRST COMES THIS UNAUTHORISED BOOK that tells the world there were two bands called Spandau Ballet back in 1979 and turns over the whole myth about where their name came from. There are a least two...
View Article2018 ➤ Dad band Spandau preen with pride for Ross their newly adopted son
◼ AND WHAT TOUR DE FORCE the entire band made of Spandau Ballet’s rebirth last night to showcase their new singer Ross William Wild who effortlessly filled the space onstage vacated by Tony Hadley. At...
View Article➤ Milan says Ciao to snazzy Ross now fronting the flash dads of Spandau Ballet
◼ LAST NIGHT FIVE STARS WERE REBORN. Spandau Ballet returned to the international tour circuit with a long nostalgic set for an audience of 3,000 in Milan’s vast Fabrique music space. For their rebirth...
View Article2019 ➤ Another Spandau bombshell – Kemp Brothers drive out Ross their...
[UPDATE 28 MAY: SEE RESPONSES BELOW FROM BOTH ROSS AND STEVE NORMAN] +++ ◼ SPANDAU BALLET HAVE FROZEN OUT Ross William Wild, the new vocalist they called a “perfect fit” when they recruited him last...
View Article2020 ➤ Premiering tonight: Spandau’s Parade tour from the Swinging 80s
❚ THIS WEEK 40 YEARS AGO Spandau Ballet’s first single peaked at No 5 in the UK chart three weeks after its release and exactly one year after the unknown band’s debut at the legendary Blitz Club. More...
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