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Article: THE 80S COMEBACK ... all is forgiven; The hair and clothes were atrocious - but the tunes were brilliant! As the pop stars of the Eighties launch a string of comeback tours, have the years been kind - or cruel?(Features)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- October 9, 2009
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THEY'RE back. Everywhere you turn, there's an Eighties chart act attempting to relive the heady days of stardom. Remind yourselves what you loved - or loathed - about them with our guide to the comeback kids...
SPANDAU BALLET
WHO WERE THEY AGAIN?
BROTHERS Gary and Martin Kemp, plus school pal Steve Norman formed a band with fellow London lads Tony Hadley and John Keeble and became major players in the New Romantic club scene around 1980. Started out making dancefloor tracks like Chant No 1 before Gary Kemp hit 'Gold', writing slick, internationally successful pop songs.
THE ONE YOU CAN HUM?
'I KNOW this much is troo-oo.'
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