• When Spandau Ballet disbanded at the end of the ‘80s, lead singer Tony Hadley decided to pursue a solo career, signing to EMI and recording his first album “The State of Play” in 1992. Long deleted, second-hand copies change hands for large amounts of money.

• Produced by top ‘80s producer Ron Nevison, the album is a mix of songs by established pop writers like Diane Warren and Climie Fisher, and Hadley originals.

• The seven bonus tracks are the hard-to-find non-album b-sides of the singles taken from the album, and one track that was only released on the Japanese edition of the album.

• Spandau Ballet’s sell-out arena tour starts in October and sees them play throughout the UK and in The Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Italy through November.