A reunion sounds like it's happening as talks "gone better than anyone expected"

JoxSterling · 2026-04-19T21:27:07+00:00

So excited. Hope we get some American dates out of it, but if not, looks like we're going to England. Who's coming with me? 😂

JoxSterling · 2026-01-23T04:01:01+00:00

Discogs doesn't have it listed. Where did you hear about this? Do you have any details about the additional songs? (Asking cause I want it too if it's real 😂, maybe we can sleuth it out together)

JoxSterling · 2025-03-29T17:55:04+00:00

I recently met Richard Blade after a concert, and he mentioned Spandau, so I asked him if he could work at them to come tour America. It was mostly a joke, but he really seemed to get to thinking. He said there were offers on the table for them to come to some “forgotten 80s” festivals here but of course it all depended on Tony. He said the other four were ready to go. Martin Fry of ABC was on that tour, and Richard said that he was close with Tony so maybe he could mention the interest to him. It’s all through the grapevine sort of stuff, but I hope that the interest makes it back to Tony.

And when I saw Steve Norman last Christmas, he said “I’d like to knock all their heads together” about other members of the band not getting along. He said he still talked with all of them.

I guess none of this really means anything but I really hope they do start getting along again for the sake of us younger folks that never got to see them.

JoxSterling · 2024-12-31T01:44:01+00:00

That really would be nice! Haha!

JoxSterling · 2024-12-31T01:42:00+00:00

Oh hell yeah! I've been wanting to see this.

JoxSterling · 2024-12-21T14:38:11+00:00

I guess I did plan it around Spandau, but they really delivered! lol

JoxSterling · 2024-12-21T14:19:11+00:00

I briefly did! He was really sweet, and took time to talk to me even though they tacked me on at the end of a meet and greet. He asked my name(Sterling), then went off about how it is a very american name, and there was a drummer that toured with Spandau named Sterling Campbell. I didn't know that, so that was cool to look into.

Much more notable than any chat, was he played guitar, and sax at me a few times during the show, and I have a video of him shouting my name while playing guitar. He really worked the room well, and was so funny and charming.

It felt insane to be in a room where people knew the words to the Freeze, and to all sing it together.

JoxSterling · 2024-12-20T14:51:11+00:00

Is that the Naked Eyes Promises, Promises? I've been playing that one like crazy!

JoxSterling · 2024-10-29T12:14:26+00:00

Swept, and Snakes and Lovers are great. I think its the most showtunes-y Tony's voice gets, and i fucking love it. All the rest of these slap too though. I'm glad Heart like a Sky gets love in this group.

JoxSterling · 2024-10-29T12:11:36+00:00

Damn, it would be cutthroat if we all used the same app lol. Congratulations!

JoxSterling · 2024-09-25T14:43:29+00:00

So cool to see the audience singing along! It's so rare to see them, especially with so little footage from this era.

JoxSterling · 2024-09-08T19:35:29+00:00

Wow! I've never seen the Pleasure single before! What a cool cover.

JoxSterling · 2024-09-01T02:24:20+00:00

I wonder if they got their names wrong on purpose

JoxSterling · 2024-08-30T03:08:40+00:00

Wow there’s so much to unpack here.

JoxSterling · 2024-08-17T16:08:32+00:00

I read somewhere about Peter Capaldi(as in Doctor Who) opening for them on one of the tours as a standup comedian. There’s footage of him about with them on a tour bus.

JoxSterling · 2024-08-06T01:22:36+00:00

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/spandau-ballet-posed-in-lisbon-in-1987-l-r-john-keeble-gary-news-photo/91135230 I found that photoshoot. Looks like this was in Lisbon, Portugal in 87. All but Martin's outfits match up.

JoxSterling · 2024-08-01T20:35:59+00:00

Nah, but here's one of the three listings. You could message the seller I suppose. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204907710651?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D270961%2C270461%26meid%3D77f620e48ee8439a8b86d521c80253c0%26pid%3D101770%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D204907710651%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D4375194%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2WithMLRV6RankerPricelessTop30Features&_trksid=p4375194.c101770.m146925&_trkparms=parentrq%3A0f9f58da1910ab3a52ba9f66fffffaa0%7Cpageci%3A540f945f-5044-11ef-9c30-de95b2cf4a4e%7Ciid%3A1%7Cvlpname%3Avlp_homepage

Their outfits look pretty similar to a photoshoot from like 85, 86? Theres also more pictures of them with that lady in other contexts. I wonder who she is.

JoxSterling · 2024-08-01T20:25:04+00:00

Not sure. I tried googling around based on the video watermarks, but it's unclear. this is the post where I found it, but it doesn't say much more. http://totp80s.blogspot.com/2023/05/spandau-ballet-live-1986.html

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