Tony Hadley, London born and bred thought his future lay in medicine until as ayoung lad he won a holiday singing competition and decided his vocation was to sing…. The rest is history!
Tony went on to front 80s New Romantic band Spandau Ballet, earning himself the accolade ofbeing one of pop music’s greatest vocalists. The band had numerous chart-topping singlesand albums all over the world, including the epic “Through the Barricades” and of course theinternational number one “True” and the unofficial London Olympics theme “Gold”.
By themid-80s they were world-wide superstars however, relationships cracked and the band splitin 1990.
Following two well documented reunions, which generated the critically acclaimed rockumentary film“Soulboys of the Western World”, Tony has now left the band permanentlyand returned to his successful solo career, writing, recording and performing.
As a solo Artist Tony has performed across the world both with his band, swing bands and orchestras.
In 2005 he was awarded a Gold Badge from the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. 2007 saw him win a new legion of fans when he appeared as Billy Flynn inChicago on the West End stage.
Tony is a great charity supporter, regularly performing and raising funds.
He has trekked across deserts & jungles, competed in Who Wants to Be A Millionaire where he did very well, and holds anannual golf day, all supporting childrens’ hospices, campaigns to fund medical research for sick children and degenerative conditions and small personal charities where his name canhelp make a real difference.
