Rewind Festival 2016

Tony Hadley

Tony has been an accomplished solo artist since 1990 following his successful career with Spandau Ballet. He has seen a lot of the world and performed to a sizeable chunk of it - both live and via television and radio - but remains as enthusiastic and ambitious as ever, constantly welcoming new opportunities and challenges within music. As well as his love for song writing and recording, his real passion lies within the live arena - something he hopes will continue for a long time.

As a solo artist Tony has worked with musicians and within musical areas that are extremely far-reaching and diverse. Also, he has worked with a variety of talented producers and musicians. Ron Nevison (one of America's top rock producers with Heart and The Who) and Steve Lukather (guitarist with Toto) were involved in his very first solo album "The State of Play" recorded in Los Angeles in the early 90's. Duran Duran's Simon le Bon (Tony's supposed archrival!) very kindly sang backing vocals on Tony's version of Save a Prayer on the album "True Ballads". He has also released three live albums - the first recorded at Ronnie Scott's in Birmingham and the other two recorded with his long-time friends Peter Cox and Richard Drummie from Go West, and Martin Fry from ABC.

Picture: Alan Rennie