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- Martin Kemp has claimed he couldn’t buy records for eight years after his band Spandau Ballet split, because it made him feel “physically sick”. The musician featured in the lineup from the English group’s formation in 1979 until they broke up in 1990, after which Kemp pursued a career in acting.
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Feb 22, 2022 · Martin Kemp has said he was unable to buy a record for eight years after Spandau Ballet split up in 1990 because it made him feel "physically sick". Kemp, 60, was the bassist in new wave...
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Everyone from the older generation has interesting stories — they have life experience. It’s very different from working with young kids. Young kids are single-minded. It’s like on The X Factorwhen they say, ‘This is my dream, if I work hard enough for it, I’m going to get there.’ These guys had a more rounded look on life and it’s just lovely. I c...
You have to deal with people’s personalities and they hadn’t worked with other people for years. The most they’d been doing was playing bass in their living room in front of a mirror. So actually having to share the way that you make music was an experience for them and sometimes they clashed.
Imagine five small cogs and they’re put together inside a box to make a big machine called a band. If one of those cogs stops working then it all falls apart. You have to work together to get what you want.
No, that ship has sailed and it’s a real shame. I’ve got respect for everyone in the band, I love them dearly, but people choose their own paths in life.
I was at drama school when I was a kid and I was doing 1970s TV, so for a long time I was already doing television. It showed me how fun it would be and it’s that which drove me on. But I like doing lots of different stuff — presenting, acting, producing, they’re all my hobbies. And that’s why I’m still here!
Do it all again because it’s been so much fun! Rock Till We Drop is on BBC2 at 9pm on Tuesdays. MORE : Tony Hadley sets record straight on bitter Spandau Ballet feud: ‘It wasn’t my fault’ MORE : Rock Till We Drop: Who is Martin Kemp? Band, songs, age and children
2 days ago · In a recent interview, Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp admitted that that touring with the band again would make him "physically sick". Picture: Getty/Alamy. By Thomas Edward. Listen to this article. Loading audio... Fans of the band, look away now.
Mar 2, 2022 · I’ve gone right back to the very beginning and found some pictures of the band just as Martin Kemp had joined, when we were called Gentry, before we morphed into Spandau Ballet and became...
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Jun 28, 2019 · The star used to be part of a band Spandau Ballet. Here’s why Spandau Ballet broke up and the only thing that could get them back together.
On 6 June 2018, after a lengthy audition process Spandau Ballet revealed their new lead singer, Ross William Wild, who had previously performed with Martin Kemp in the West End musical Million Dollar Quartet.
