Spandau Ballet Plans Reunion Tour with Original Line-Up

They were the British New Romantic pin-ups who sound-tracked a generation.

And now, after years of bitter feuding, court battles and very public bust-ups, Spandau Ballet are set for a sensational comeback.

The Mail on Sunday can reveal members of the band are in talks with agents and a deal is closer than anyone could have imagined.

After Oasis's major comeback tour last year, which generated more than £400 million in ticket sales, insiders say Spandau Ballet are set to follow suit.

And fans will be thrilled to learn that it appears the reunion will feature the full line-up – guitarist Gary Kemp, bassist , saxophonist Steve Norman and drummer John Keeble will be joined by the brooding lead singer more than a decade after they last performed together.

A music industry source said: 'Talks have gone better than anyone expected, and it looks like the reunion is on. Time is a great healer and the boys seem ready to put past disputes behind them.

'The final details still need to be signed off, but a tour could be announced very soon.

'They have been looking at the kind of money they could make and it could obviously be huge. Martin and Gary just love performing – but most of all they love their fans, and that is what is at the heart of the project.' 

Spandau Ballet, whose hits include Gold, True and Through the Barricades, last performed together in 2018 – but without Hadley, who had quit a year earlier.

Revealing his exit on X, he said it was 'due to circumstances beyond my control'. 

Hadley was replaced for the tour by Ross William Wild, who had previously performed with Martin in the West End musical Million Dollar Quartet.

Wild quit in 2019 and was later charged with a series of sex offences. He was convicted in 2024 of voyeurism, raping a woman and sexually assaulting two others, and in January this year was found guilty of a further count of rape.

Following Wild's departure, Martin said the band would not return unless Hadley joined them. 

Last August, Hadley told Classic Pop magazine: 'I haven't seen Gary, Martin or John in eight years. I don't think it would work.'

Gary has been more optimistic, telling NME this year: 'Will there be another Spandau Ballet reunion? I hope so.'

The band was formed in London, in 1979 and split acrimoniously in 1990. In 1999 Hadley, Norman and Keeble launched a High Court case against Gary Kemp – who had written every one of the band's songs – demanding a share of his song-writing royalties, which they lost.

The Kemp brothers went on to carve out acting careers, most notably playing the Kray twins in the 1990 gangster film The Krays.

The band reunited in 2009 and again in 2015 for sell-out tours.