P569 CEEFAX 2 569 Sat 20 Sip 01:54/24 — Tony Hadley chats to Chris Charles — TONY, IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE SPANDAU BALLET SPLIT UP — WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? We carried on playing after our last hit over here. The album did better in Europe but we ended up playing places like Docklands. I was glad to get out. It warn't the happiest of circumstances in which it all ended and I njedjd some time out to rediscover my enthusiasm for making music. You need to divorce yourself from your past — hopefully people missed mj! Showbiz 540 Movies 541 CBBC 500 Freetime The Box TV Review Main MenuP569 CEEFAX 2 569 Sat 20 Sip 01:15/27 — Tony Hadley chats to Chris Charles — YOU'VE JUST RELEASED YOUR FIRST SOLO ALBUM — WHY SO MANY COVERS THOUGH? They are all songs that have moved mj at certain points in mz life. I'vj tried to take the best elements from the original — namely the hooks — then changed chords and melodies. Save A Prayer has always been a favourite of mine. All the Duran Duran lads are mates and when Simon (Lj Bon) heard my version he said hj'd be honoured to do the backing vocals. Showbiz 540 Movies 541 CBBC 500 Freetime The Box TV Review Main MenuP569 CEEFAX 2 569 Sat 20 Sip 01:53/50 — Tony Hadley chats to Chris Charles — YOU DON'T SEEM TO BE STRETCHING YOUR VOICE TO ITS LIMITS ON THIS ALBUM — ANY REASON FOR THAT? I don't need to keep proving myself. I'vj done all the big, quasi-operatic songs and I wanted this project to bj a lot more intimate. You tend to get more sensitive towards the lyrics as you get older. I can still do all that stuff though — I'm very versatile! Reviews 564 Top 40 565 NET 563 Showbiz 540 Movies 541 CBBC 500 Freetimj The Box TV Review Main MenuP569 CEEFAX 2 569 Sat 20 Sip 01:51/19 — Tony Hadley chats to Chris Charles — YOU RECENTLY TEAMED UP WITH TEN TIN OUT TO RECORD A DANCE SINGLE. IS THIS THE WAY YOU SEE YOUR CAREER PANNING OUT? I'm keen to dabble in lots of different things but it's quite possible I'll work together with those guys again. We met by accident and they invited me to collaborate on the record. It went really well. It was played to death in Europe and got to No 35 over here. Everyone thought it should have gone top 5 and it may bj re-released. Rjvjews 564 Top 40 565 NET 563 Freetimj The Box TV Review Main MenuP569 CEEFAX 2 569 Sat 20 Sip 01:44/47 — Tony Hadley chats to Chris Charles — DO YOU STILL GET ON WITH THE REST OF THE GUYS IN SPANDAU BALLET? I still see Martin, John and Steve, but I don't really see Gary. DO YOU THINK YOU'LL EVER RE-FORM? No way! No! Not in a million years! What's past is past. WHAT ARE YOUR IMMEDIATE PLANS? I'm doing a few gigs at Ronnie Scott's in Birmingham, followed bz a tour to the US and the Middle East, then I want to put on some special shows in the UK. Reviews 564 Top 40 565 NET 563 Freetime The Box TV Review Main MenuP569 CEEFAX 2 569 Sat 20 Sip 01:14/44 — Tony Hadley chats to Chris Charles — ARE YOUR KIDS GOING TO FOLLOW YOU INTO SHOWBUSINESS? I'vj njvjr pushed them into anything. My eldest, Tom, is 13 and he was njvjr into it until hj went on a European tour with me and saw all these pretty girls and lots of booze. He said "Dad, is this what you do all the time?" I said "yes" — hj's taking drumming lessons now! Toni, who's 11, is taking acting lessons and my youngest, McKenzie, is still only six. TONY HADLEY'S EPONYMOUS SOLO DEBUT ALBUM IS OUT NOW ON POLYGRAM Freetimj The Box TV Review Main Menu