Eighties pop group sensation SPANDAU BALLET are the first band to be announced as one of the music acts for the summer evenings of racing at Sandown Park Racecourse for 2010.
Live on stage after a full card of racing, the British band will be performing on Thursday 3 June as part of their Reformation reunion tour which will focus on their greatest hits as well as a selection of songs from their new album 'Once More'.
Spandau Ballet had their first hit in November 1980 with 'To Cut A Long Story Short'. They went on to release six studio albums and had 10 UK top 10 singles, topping the charts with 'True' in 1983. The band lasted ten years, a career arc that spanned the Eighties in perfect symmetry, from the nightclubs of Soho and Ibiza to Hollywood and the stadiums of Europe and Australia. Along with the other bastions of New Pop, Spandau Ballet defined the decade – proving, perhaps, that eyeliner, tartan capes and the variances of the Linn drum are not necessarily mutually exclusive. They came, they saw, they partied. After 25 million record sales, six multi-platinum albums and 23 hit singles, Spandau Ballet split in 1990.
The surface smarts and radio-friendly sheen of Spandau Ballet’s biggest, most pervasive hits are familiar to anyone in possession of a radio or a laptop, anyone who was born in the last 50 years or indeed anyone who regularly goes to the movies or watches television – the group’s songs have been used in the Simpsons, Spin City, Charlie’s Angels, The Wedding Singer and Ugly Betty, as well as in advertisements for Coca Cola, Sony Ericsson, Caixa, Nissan, Nescafe, Pils and dozens more – while the band’s songs have been covered by everyone from the Black Eyed Peas and Nelly to Paul Anka and Lloyd & Lil Wayne.
And now they’re back for one more dance!
