Only when you leave: Tony Hadley quits Spandau Ballet | Music

Only when you leave: Tony Hadley quits Spandau Ballet | Music

To cut a long story short, Spandau Ballet weren’t indestructible. The band, one of the biggest of the 1980s, have vowed to carry on without their lead singer after he quit with a cryptic message on social media.

Tony Hadley, the frontman of the band known for songs True and Gold, seemingly did not find it hard to write the next line, when he posted a message on Twitter and Facebook to say:

He did not explain his sudden exit from the new romantic band, who split in 1990 but reformed in 2009, releasing a new album â€" Once More â€" and hitting the road again.

But the rest of the band suggested Hadley simply did not want to play with them any more.

“Much to our frustration, Tony had made it clear in September 2016 that he didn’t want to work with the band any more. This has not changed and 2015 was the last time we were able to perform or work with him. So we have now made the decision to move on as a band,” the group said in a statement on its website.

As well as his long-running on and off career in the band, Hadley has also had a successful career as a solo artist. He is scheduled to perform in several gigs across the UK this year.

Spandau Ballet â€" True

Spandau Ballet formed in 1979 and through the 1980s enjoyed huge success with classic hits such as True, Gold and Only When You Leave. Their rivalry with Duran Duran was the 1980s equivalent of Blur v Oasis, but with more ruffles and rouge, and fewer tracksuits and trainers.

In 2014 the band â€" whose other members were Steve Norman, John Keeble and brothers Martin and Gary Kemp â€" released a documentary about their rise to fame, Soul Boys of the Western World, and in the same year released a greatest hits album.

Spandau Ballet embarked on a world tour in 2015, and later that year Hadley took part in the reality programme I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!

This summer he is booked on a US tour with other 80s stars including Berlin (Take My Breath Away) and Cutting Crew (Died in Your Arms).

The news of his departure was met with dismay by many fans. Holly Johnson, the lead singer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, tweeted Hadley to say: “You always will be the voice of Spandau Ballet though Tony, and that’s something that can’t be denied.”

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