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Tony Hadley – new album and tour announced

ByDave Stopher

Jun 4, 2018

TALKING TO THE MOON

FIRST NEW STUDIO ALBUM IN A DECADE RELEASED 8TH JUNE 2018

UK TOUR ANNOUNCED

PERFORMING SONGS FROM HIS BRAND NEW ALBUM AND THE GREATEST HITS OF SPANDAU BALLET

 

Following the announcement of his highly anticipated new solo album, Talking To The Moon. Tony Hadley will be touring this October. His first new studio album in a decade, Talking To The Moon signals a new chapter for the artist who defined a decade and much more.

 

Millions know him as the former front man of Spandau Ballet, which earned him the accolade of one of pop’s great vocalists. Thirty years on, the unmistakable voice of Hadley still brims with passion and urgency as it first did all those years ago. The album was co-written by Tony, with a raft of other talented songwriters. The first single Tonight Belongs To Us and How I Feel About You were both written by Toby Gad (credits include John Legend’s All Of Me and Beyonce’s If I Were A Boy.

 

Hadley, reflecting on the album’s title, says Haven’t we all, at some point in our lives, gazed up into the night sky, stared at the moon and the stars, and wondered what it was all about?  Maybe talked to the moon and asked for a little help, maybe looked for answers, or just been amazed at its beauty?”

 

Fellow 80s alumni Peter Cox and Richard Drummie of Go West contribute on Skin Deep, whilst other album highlights include the operatic Killer Blow (co-written with Blair Mackichan whose work includes Sia, Paloma Faith), and What Am I – a deeply personal track about leaving Spandau Ballet – co-written with Mick Lister.

At the helm of production duties were Gary Stevenson (credits include last year’s critically acclaimed The Lexicon Of Love II by ABC) and Mick Lister, with the album being recorded between Banbury, Aylesbury Vale and Carmarthenshire over the last two years.

 

Fans will get the chance to hear tracks from Hadley’s new album and some of the greatest hits of Spandau ballet this October. Tickets go onsale 10:00am on Friday 01 June via www.gigsandtours.com / www.ticketmaster.co.uk

 

TOUR INFO:

Mon 08 Oct                Birmingham Symphony Hall

Tue 09 Oct                 Leicester De Montfort Hall

Wed 10 Oct               Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre

Fri 12 Oct               Basingstoke The Anvil

Sat 13 Oct              Manchester Opera House

Tue 16 Oct                 London Palladium

Wed 17 Oct               Gateshead Sage

 

‘TALKING TO THE MOON’ Track listing:

 

  1. Take Back Everything
  2. Tonight Belongs To Us
  3. Skin Deep
  4. How I Feel About You
  5. Delirious
  6. Unwanted
  7. Accident Waiting To Happen
  8. Killer Blow
  9. Oblivion
  10. Every Time
  11. What Am I

 

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