Spandau Ballet stronger than ever

SPANDAU BALLET have said they are all friends again and are set to come back stronger than ever.

The 80s band split in 1989 and a battle over songwriting royalties ended up in the High Court in 1999 with singer Tony Hadley not speaking to the Kemp brothers for a number of years.

But talking to TV host Jonathan Ross, they said they have put all their differences to one side and it feels "really comfortable".

Hadley said: "I couldn't have gone on tour unless we had become friends again, and we have become friends. It feels really good and we are playing really great and the same old jokes."

The 48-year-old singer, who once said the band would never reform even if hell froze over, said the band's drummer John Keeble had been a good mediator in getting the band back together.

He added: "I gotta say Johnnie Keeble's been absolutely fantastic as a Henry Kissinger type character, and he's been brilliant. It has taken some time but we said what we had to say and you get older and you get wiser and it's a very comfortable feeling."

Martin Kemp, the band's bassist, said: "All families have big arguments and then you come back together and when you do come back together a lot of the time you are stronger."

Spandau Ballet had their first hit in November 1980 with To Cut A Long Story Short, and they went on to release six studio albums and had 10 UK top 10 singles, topping the charts with True in 1983.