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October 15, 2009
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SPANDAU BALLET, O2, Dublin

There was more than a hint of school disco at the 02 as Spandau Ballet - reunited and obviously feeling good - flounced back into the limelight. Particular thanks for the 1980s atmospherics go to the couple in the back row - I kid you not, that wastheir chosen location - who took their cue from a lusty rendition of Spandau super-ballad Trueto launch into a bout of ferocious snogging. Those were indeed the days, my friends.

To be fair, snogs were few and far between - audience members were too busy checking their mobiles to see that the babysitter was coping, and snorting the air for the scent of lost youth, to be ...

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