Steve Norman pushes for Spandau Ballet’s farewell tour

Steve Norman wants Spandau Ballet to embark on a “farewell tour” to give the band “closure” – and so he can have a photo of his bandmates embracing to display at his funeral.

The iconic new wave group’s original line-up, Tony Hadley on lead vocals, Martin Kemp on bass, Gary Kemp as lead guitarist and primary songwriter, John Keeble on drums, and Steve as multi-instrumentalist, last performed together during their Soul Boys of the Western World Tour in 2015. Tony later left the band in 2017, citing “circumstances beyond my control.”

Now at 65, Steve says he wants his True bandmates to reunite for one final run to mark the end of their celebrated career because it “makes sense.”

Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz at the launch of Blitz: the club that shaped the 80s exhibition at The Design Museum in London on Wednesday (17.09.25), Steve admitted, “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.”

When asked why he avoids thinking about a potential reunion, the co-founding member and songwriter explained, “Because it makes sense.

“I’ve always wanted Spandau to do a farewell tour; it would be closure, not just for the fans, because we never officially split up, but closure for the band itself.”

Steve went on to joke that he hopes to capture a picture of himself with Tony, 65, Martin, 63, Gary, 65, and John, 66, all hugging, so he can save it for his funeral.

The Gold singer laughed, “We can hug each other, and have that photograph taken [to use] at one of our funerals!”

Spandau Ballet first rose to fame as the house band at The Blitz Club, a short-lived London venue that became central to youth culture and the birthplace of the New Romantic scene. Steve described the club as the launchpad for their career.

He said, “It was our springboard. It became a movement that we could latch onto and be part of.”

The musician also reflected that both the style and the music of the 1980s might have turned out differently 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 Rusty [Egan] and Steve [Strange], and all the people who were really there at the time, spreading that around.”

Blitz: the club that shaped the 80s opens at The Design Museum on September 20, 2025, and will run until March 29, 2026.