In the late 70s and early 80s, British five-piece Spandau Ballet helped drive the short-lived but influential New Romantic movement, which was strongly identified with London nightclub the Blitz. A ...
THEY were dismissed by some critics in the Eighties as “clothes horses and posers” but Spandau Ballet know why they are still playing and touring. Never the critics’ darling in their 1980s heyday, the ...
“Soul Boys of the Western World” is a nice stroll down Memory Lane for fans of Spandau Ballet, the sleek British soul-pop band that peaked in popularity in the early ’80s. Yet, the more-casual ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. Before it became a hit in the U.S., “Tainted Love” had already gone to ...
Not long ago, new wave legends Spandau Ballet, who originally disbanded in 1990 and re-formed in 2009, seemed poised for a major comeback. Their performance at South by Southwest 2014 — their first ...
At first listen, one wouldn’t necessarily draw a line between Spandau Ballet and Lou Reed. One of the premiere bands of Britain’s New Romanticism movement (a group of artists in the late 1970s and ...
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