Gary Kemp

Starman … David Bowie. Photograph: Roger Bamber/Rex FeaturesThe first time I fell in love it was with a man. It happened one Thursday evening in the bedroom of a flat in King’s Cross. I was a wide-eyed boy of 12 and the object of my passion had dyed orange hair and white nail varnish. Looking out from a tiny TV screen was a Mephistophelean messenger from the space age, a tinselled troubadour to give voice to my burgeoning sexuality. Pointing a manicured finger down the barrel of a BBC lens...Read Full Story

Ziggy Stardust wore nail varnish and platforms, and he changed Gary Kemp’s life for ever. The Spandau Ballet guitarist recalls his love affair with glam The first time I fell in love it was with a man. It happened one Thursday evening in the bedroom of a flat in King’s Cross. I was a wide-eyed boy of 12 and the object of my passion had dyed orange hair and white nail varnish. Looking out from a tiny TV screen was a Mephistophelean messenger from the space age, a tinselled troubadour to give...Read Full Story

I Know This Much: From Soho to Spandau Review I Know This Much: From Soho to Spandau Overview I Know This Much -- written and read by Gary Kemp - Spandau Ballet's prime mover -- is simply the freshest, most exciting and best read memoir to arrive for years Gary's story begins in North London, where the Kemp family rented a home with no bathrooms and chickens in the yard. After a couple of failed attempts to kill his brother Martin, his parents gave him a guitar for Christmas. From...Read Full Story

Spandau Ballet are reforming. Fellow bloggers, club punters and football fans who are aware of my heritage and musical tastes expect me to be whooping with joy at this news. I'm actually rather nonplussed about it, as when you look at their back catalogue, it's remarkably characterless. If I were them, I'd go on stage, do extended versions of all the songs on Journeys To Glory , chuck in Chant No.1 and Gold as an encore and then, if the crowd persuades them on a second time, do Through The...Read Full Story

British 1980s band Spandau Ballet are to become the latest ageing stars to hit the comeback circuit, two decades after their bitter split, their singer said in comments published Monday. The New Romantic icons, whose penchant for eyeliner and smart suits were seen as an antidote to the drab fashions and anarchic music of the 1970s punk revolution, will release new material and embark on a world tour. "The boys are back in town and we can't wait. It's going to be brilliant, we're very excited...Read Full Story