After leaving EMI, Hadley formed his own record company, SlipStream Records, and his first release was the single "Build Me Up", from the film When Saturday Comes. Hadley also made a cameo appearance in the music video for the song.Īfter Spandau Ballet disbanded, Hadley pursued a solo career, signing to EMI and recording his first album, The State of Play, in 1992. It achieved immediate commercial success, hitting number one the week of 30 November 1991 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while also reaching No. Dawn for their song " Set Adrift on Memory Bliss". In 1991, the Spandau Ballet song " True" was sampled by the American hip hop act P.M. He later said in 2020: "I'd rather be happy on my own than be in that band again." Solo career 1989–2000 Hadley remained a member of the band intermittently until 2017, when he announced his permanent departure. On 25 March 2009, it was confirmed that the band had reformed with Hadley and were embarking on a tour of the UK and Ireland in October 2009. In April 1999, Hadley, along with fellow band members Steve Norman and John Keeble, failed in their attempt to sue Gary Kemp, the band's songwriter, for a share of his royalties. Spandau Ballet disbanded in 1990 after their final studio album, Heart Like a Sky, failed to live up to the critical and commercial success of their earlier albums, such as True and Parade, and was not released in the United States. According to Tim Rice, Hadley had a "strong and expressive voice that few of his contemporaries came near to matching". His Spandau Ballet bandmate Steve Norman described him as having "a massive vocal range". In his book on the New Romantics, music journalist and author Dave Rimmer described his voice as "like a foghorn-if a foghorn could be imagined trying to emulate both Sinatra and Bowie". Īs the lead singer of Spandau Ballet, Hadley became known for his suave image, as well as his powerful voice, which has been described by AllMusic as a "dramatic warble". As a member of Spandau Ballet, Hadley went on to enjoy international success in the 1980s, including hits such as " True", " Gold" and " Through the Barricades", as well as appearing at Live Aid in 1985. Hadley co-founded Spandau Ballet in 1976 as The Cut, with Gary Kemp, Steve Norman, John Keeble and Michael Ellison, all of whom were students at Dame Alice Owen's Grammar School.
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