Tony tight-lipped on Spandau split reasons

TONY Hadley is best known as the face and voice of Spandau Ballet. He fronted the comeback that began in 2009 before leaving the chart-smashing New Romantic group last year – but still performs the hits that made the band famous.

A year after his departure, Hadley, 58, is remaining tight-lipped about his reasons for quitting.

He said: “I’ve never announced a specific reason why I left and I’m not going to. One day I might say, who knows? But I don’t do cheap shots.

“You know, I could increase my social-media standing by saying yes, I’m going to do an exclusive to say exactly why I left. But that’s not my style.” Spandau’s 2009 reunion followed an acrimonious court case. Tony – who released a new album, Talking to the Moon, earlier this summer – said: “Through all that period and the court case, I never actually officially resigned from the band. “We managed to sort of bury the hatchet as much as we could without killing each other. And you know, it was good, everything was pretty hunky-dory, I thought. “It’s never an easy decision to quit permanently. It wasn’t something I set out to do but I felt I had no option.”

Spandau have appointed Scots singer Ross William Wild in Tony’s place but the man himself reckons Marti Pellow of Wet Wet Wet would have been the best person to take over.

Tony, meanwhile, is happy performing 80s revival shows like Let’s Rock Scotland in June, with pals such as Kim Wilde and ABC’s Martin Fry.

He said: “Back in the day, you’re competitive in terms of your chart position and we’re still competitive now but all great friends as well.” ● Talking To The Moon is out now.