Tony Hadley
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Tony Hadley (born Anthony Patrick Hadley, on 2 June 1960 in Islington, London) is an English pop singer who fronted the 1980s New Romantic band Spandau Ballet.
After Spandau Ballet disbanded in 1989, Hadley pursued a solo career with considerably less success, signing to EMI records & recording his first album The State of Play. After leaving EMI, Hadley formed his own record company SlipStream records and his first release was to be the single "Build Me up" from the film When Saturday Comes. Shortly after that, in December 1996 Hadley embarked on an orchestral tour of Europe along with Joe Cocker, Paul Michiels, Dani Klein and Guo Yue, playing to 500,000 people in six weeks.
On his return from that tour, Hadley signed a joint deal with PolyGram TV and released his next solo album which included covers and songs that were chosen to match his voice. The album also featured some of his own self penned songs such as "She", the song that Hadley wrote for his daughter, Toni. He is the father of three children, Thomas, Toni and Mackenzie. Hadley split from his wife Leonie in 2003 after twenty years of marriage.
To plug the gap between studio albums, Hadley also released a live album recorded in just one night at the club Ronnie Scott's in Birmingham, called Obsession.
He has also collaborated in the past and present with various dance acts and DJs such as Tin Tin Out, Eddie Lock, Marc et Claude, Reggie Penxton (Milk Inc.) and the Disco Bros., and played alongside musicians such as Alice Cooper, Paul Young, Jon Anderson, and Brian May. Hadley's permanent band line up features John Keeble (drums), Phil Taylor (keyboards), Phil Williams (bass), Richie Barrett (guitar), and Angie Grant on backing vocals. All these musicians will feature on his third studio album Lobsters and Limousines.
In 2003, Tony Hadley was the winner of the ITV reality television series, Reborn in the USA.
Hadley currently has a busy performing schedule and has recently toured with both Peter Cox (Go West) and Martin Fry (ABC). He is currently recording a jazz-swing album to be released during 2006, and travelled on a "by request" tour from March to May 2006. This will be followed by a big band tour in late 2006.
