spandau ballet
80s rewind festival heading to Australia
The UK-based 80s Rewind Festival is heading to Australia later this year, with the 2 day event being hosted near Wollongong (just south of Sydney) on Oct 28-30.
The line-up is amazing for all you Retro fans, including artists such as The Human League, Kool and the Gang, Sister Sledge, Bananarama, ABC, Midge Ure of Ultravox, Ross Wilson, Mental As Anything, Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet, Nik Kershaw, Go West, John Paul Young and Pseudo Echo.
80’s rewind is a relatively new concept(?), having started only in 2009, but it has become a hit with fans in it’s short life.
Ticket and pricing info is as follows:
BLUESCOPE FIELD, KEMBLA GRANGE
OCTOBER 28-30, 2011
Artists appearing:
Headline Act – The Human League
Support Acts – Kool and the Gang, Sister Sledge, Bananarama, ABC, Midge Ure (of Ultravox), Ross Wilson, Mental As Anything, Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet, Nik Kershaw, Go West, John Paul Young and Pseudo Echo.
Tickets go on sale 9.00am Monday, July 25, 2011 from Moshtix
Ticket Prices (check website for full pricing options):
(Note: prices are AUD and do not include booking fees)
Saturday or Sunday adult – $108.90
Saturday or Sunday child (12 and under) – $60.50
Weekend adult – $209
Weekend child – $110
Weekending camping adult – $60.50
Weekend camping child – $27.50
Spandau Ballet touring Australia in April
Iconic band (weren’t they all?) Spandau Ballet have reformed and will be touring Australia in April this year – their first visit to Oz since 1985.
The original line up will be there with Tony Hadley and Gary Kemp sharing the stage again so it will be a real blast from the past. Last October they played to over 100 000 people in the UK and from what I read, that was more tickets sold to a single concert than back in the 80s when they were so popular.
What makes the tour even better is that they are being supported by Tears For Fears.
Tour Dates and Venues (and for some reason Sydney misses out!) are:
Sat 17 April – Sandalford Winery, Caversham Perth
Mon 19 April – Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Wed 21 April – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Tue 27 April – Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Spandau Ballet Reunion Concert
Spandau Ballet played a reunion gig this week – their first in about 20 years in Dublin, Ireland.
Playing in front of around 9000 fans, all reports indicated that they put together a pretty good show in the 2 hours that they were up on stage for.
All the original guys were there, and the opening song was the classic ‘to cut a long story short’. The final song of the night was ‘true’, a song that Tony Hadley dedicated to the late Boyzone star, Stephen Gately. Stephen was a close friend of Tony’s.
Read more on the concert and check out the photos here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1220246/Spandau-Ballet-turn-clock-20-years-comeback-concert.html