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WE’RE GOING TO DO IT AS A FULL BAND. WE’RE GOING TO THROW IN A COUPLE OF
CHRISTMAS SONGS AS WELL SO WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO REHEARSE.
Umm, I was chatting to Midge Ure a few weeks back... He’s a lovely man! He is! He’s heading out on a tour with his Vienna album. Despite the acts that are around today, there is a huge growing desire for acts from the eighties, what do you think it is about artists and music from that era that is so appealing? I think it’s been going on for some time now. I think every decade goes through a period of not being very well remembered or liked by the public. I was doing an interview about ABBA the other day and there was a time when you would never admit you were a fan of ABBA! [laughing] There was probably also a time when you wouldn’t have said you were a fan of Spandau or Duran Duran, but then enough time goes by and then people reflect in a different way. I suppose with the eighties people realised actually there’s some really good music, some great bands and great singers. It was an interesting time both economically, politically and in terms of charities, the bringing down of the Berlin Wall, the end of apartheid and that kind of stuff – it was a very interesting decade. Personally I don’t do nostalgia, people say oh you do an eighties style of show, yes I do, but I don’t just do eighties, I do new stuff as well as classics, but I never go back and listen to my old albums and I never go back and watch myself on the TV – I just don’t do that!
Tony, a lot has happened since we last met and chatted, to include you leaving Spandau Ballet. You haven't stopped since, are you enjoying being master of your own ship and the freedom that gives you? The funny thing is Katie, if you look at it, I’ve been a solo artist for a lot longer than I was with Spandau Ballet, so although after 20 years we got back together again, during those 20 years I was doing solo albums and touring, but things seemed to have escalated I have to say! It was quite a sad decision to make to say, “That’s it, I’m gone, I can’t do this anymore” and I think people are starting to realise oh ok – he’s serious this time! Up until the moment that we got back together again there was so much speculation as to whether we would; anyhow we did get back together on two occasions, but I’ve officially resigned from the band. The guys know why I resigned as well, and I’ve never said publicly why, but it was something that was pretty, pretty bad and certainly affected me and my family and I just thought, well who needs enemies…I think you just reach a point in life where you don’t want all that grief and stress. I enjoy music and love music and that’s all I want to do is play music and I don’t want to do that under the umbrella of something like that. They know what they did, and it wasn’t very pleasant. They’ve gone on the TV and said, “Oh, we don’t know why he left” – they know why! Interestingly, when Ross William Wild was royally sacked live on television, I think a lot of the fans started to realise, “Oh, maybe there is more to this than meets the eye…”
You do a lot for charity; we first met via your support of the NSPCC, then via Jaguar. You lend your support to so many causes, to include being Patron of the Lichfield Festival, what was it about the Festival that caught your attention? Well my daughter Genevieve went to school with Arabella, the granddaughter of Helen and Vic who own Swinfen Hall. We know Arabella’s parents really, really well and coincidently Ali (Tony’s wife) lived in the Lichfield area and her birth parents lived in the area and she said it would be a really nice connection not just for me and my family, but also for those we know back in Buckinghamshire – and well it’s just giving a little back really! I’ve had an amazing career and it still gets busier year after year, which is quite incredible. Most people in the arts – musicians, artists, actors, actresses – we all do what we can for charity, as we all think we’ve been blessed with such a successful life, and by giving back to the arts it helps young talent coming through.
You've played at some impressive venues around the world, but Lichfield Cathedral is quite magical, awesome even, have you performed their before? No this is a first! I’ve seen a couple of acts there. I was debating whether to just do it acoustically or use the full band, but we’re going to do it as a full band. We’re going to throw in a couple of Christmas songs as well so we’re going to have to rehearse. [laughing] I’m a guest of Helen and Vic, so I can’t wait! Ahh great! We’re going to do some of the classics. You know one thing that people do ask me since I resigned officially, is, “Are you still able to sing the classic hits such as Gold and Through the Barricades etc?”
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