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Spandau Ballet (/ ˈ s p æ n d aʊ ˈ b æ l eɪ / SPAN-dow BAL-ay) were an English new wave band formed in Islington, London, in 1979. Inspired by the capital's post-punk underground dance scene, they emerged at the start of the 1980s as the house band for the Blitz Kids, playing "European Dance Music" as "The Applause" for this new club culture's audience.
After Spandau Ballet disbanded, Hadley pursued a solo career, signing to EMI and recording his first album, The State of Play, in 1992. The album spawned three singles, but neither it nor any of the singles achieved any kind of chart success, and after one final single, Absolution , released in the summer of 1993, Hadley was subsequently dropped.
Martin John Kemp (born 10 October 1961) is an English musician and actor, best known as the bassist in the new wave band Spandau Ballet and for his role as Steve Owen in EastEnders. He is the younger brother of Gary Kemp, who is also a member of Spandau Ballet and an actor.
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Spandau Ballet (who also started their musical career in the Blitz Club founded by Strange) dedicated their performance at the Sanremo Music Festival in Italy later that night to Strange. [21] The family held a high-profile funeral in Porthcawl which was attended by many prominent figures from the entertainment industry and was videoed. [ 22 ]
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Shirley Holliman was the fourth child of five, born to Arthur and Margaret Holliman and raised on a council estate in Bushey, near Watford, Hertfordshire. [1] Holliman intended to train as a horse riding instructor, [2] but after she developed hay fever at the age of 18 and with nothing else to do, her then-boyfriend Andrew Ridgeley suggested she come and dance while he and his friend George ...
On Feb. 15, 1961, the entire U.S. figure skating team died in a plane crash in Belgium on its way to the that year's world championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. ... judges and family members ...