Steve Norman wants Spandau Ballet to do a “farewell tour” to bring “closure” for the band – and so he can get a picture of his group mates hugging to use at his funeral.
The legendary new wave band’s original line-up – Tony Hadley (lead vocals), Martin Kemp (bassist), Gary Kemp (lead guitarist and principal songwriter), John Keeble (drummer) and Steve (multi-instrumentalist) – have not performed together since their Soul Boys of the Western World Tour in 2015, but Tony quit the group in 2017 due to “circumstances beyond my control”.
But Steve, 65, wants his True bandmates to come together one last time to close the curtain on their illustrious career because it “makes sense”.
He exclusively told BANG Showbiz at Blitz: the club that shaped the 80s exhibition launch at The Design Museum, London, on Wednesday (17.09.25): “It would be lovely but, quite frankly, I try not to think about [a reunion] because I’ve thought about it for too long over the years.”
Quizzed why he has avoided thinking about the fivesome getting back together, the group’s co-founding member and songwriter continued: “Because it makes sense.
“I’ve always want Spandau to do a farewell tour, it would be closure – not just for fans because we never split up, but it would be closure for the band.”
Steve joked he wants to get a photo of him, Tony, 65, Martin, 63, Gary, 65, and John, 66, hugging each other so he can use it at his funeral.
The Gold hitmaker quipped: “We can hug each other, and have that photograph taken [to use] at one of our funerals!”
Spandau Ballet made their debut as the in-house band at short-lived nightspot The Blitz Club – an important landmark in youth culture and where the New Romantic Scene began – and Steve hailed the club as the band’s launchpad.
He said: “It was our springboard. It became a movement that we could latch ourselves onto and be a part of it.”
And the star thinks the look and sound of the 1980s could have been different if The Blitz Club had not existed.
Steve added: “Who knows what could have happened if that hadn’t happened.
“The whole look of the 1980s would have been different, and the sound of it without all the electronica, you know.
“It was the likes of [The Blitz Club’s co-founders] Rusty [Egan] and Steve [Strange] and all the people that really that came up with this, and were there at the time, spreading that round.”
Blitz: the club that shaped the 80s opens at The Design Museum on September 20, 2025 and runs until March 29, 2026.