Spandau Ballet were a popular English band in the 1980s. Initially inspired by a mixture of funk and synthpop, the genre-defining New Romantic group eventually mellowed into a mainstream pop act. As with their rivals Duran Duran they 'broke America', albeit briefly.

Spandau Ballet were a popular British band in the 1980s. Members were Tony Hadley on vocals, brothers Gary and Martin Kemp on guitar and bass, with Gary also supplying background vocals, Steve Norman on saxophone and John Keeble on the drums. Gary Kemp also wrote most of the group’s music and lyrics. Initially inspired by a mixture of synth-pop and funk as typified by the track “Chant No. 1” which reached No 2 in the national charts and was notable for inclusion of the horn section from th