Tony Hadley (born Anthony Patrick Hadley, 2 June 1960, Islington, London) is an English pop singer who is the frontman for the 1980s band Spandau Ballet.
Born at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, Hadley at school was looking forward to a medical career, but joined his friends in their band. Tony is the eldest of 3 children with a sister Lee and a brother Steve.
The group disbanded in 1989, after their final studio album, Heart Like a Sky, faile...
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Tony Hadley (born Anthony Patrick Hadley, 2 June 1960, Islington, London) is an English pop singer who is the frontman for the 1980s band Spandau Ballet.
Born at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, Hadley at school was looking forward to a medical career, but joined his friends in their band. Tony is the eldest of 3 children with a sister Lee and a brother Steve.
The group disbanded in 1989, after their final studio album, Heart Like a Sky, failed to live up to the critical and commercial success of their earlier albums, such as True and Parade. In fact, Heart Like a Sky was not even released in the United States. In April 1999, Hadley along with fellow band members Steve Norman and John Keeble failed in their attempt to sue Gary Kemp for a share of his royalties, as the band's principal songwriter. However, in recent years Norman is again on good terms with Gary and his brother, Martin Kemp, who used to play bass guitar in the band. In early 2009, newspaper reports claimed that...
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