Spandau Ballet Gold live performace at Tubridy Tonight show 23/05/2009

[carlosveloce]

this is still brilliant!

[Tereshkova67]

The voice of Tony are wonderful!!!!!! congratulation!!!!  I love this band.

[haroof]

I would agree that he doesn't sound good here.

That being said, he sounded FANTASTIC at the Isle of Wight show & on this song. It was one of his best live performances ever IMO. Check it out, it's on YouTube.

[hadders81]

Sat through that episode of Tuberware tonight just to see these guys. Well worth it!

[floorguy9411]

Another supposed flash in the pan that still sounds fantastic over twenty years later! Tony especially, keep rockin!

[kneecoal777]

Thanks for posting this!!

Gosh I would LOVE to seem them live!

[thehomefront]

what a voice

[VirtuallyForReal]

Have you guys seen the live version of this song Gold in Top 2000 (a Dutch Newyears Eve show) It's great, check it out! (watch?v=XpDI_roAuIU)

[nunzioforpresident]

still a great voice

[mashinkle]

This is pretty good

[MsPink68]

TO MR. GARY KEMP: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BEAUTIFUL SONGS YOU CREATED FOR SPANDAU BALLET. TONY MAY BE THE BAND'S VOICE BUT IT WAS YOU WHO WROTE THE SONGS WHICH ARE REALLY, REALLY GREAT. HOPE U GET TO READ MY POST WHEN U HV THE CHANCE TO VISIT YOUTUBE ONCE IN A WHILE (which is next to impossible, i guess) iloveyou, mr. kemp!

[1234wt1]

spandau ballet hitted in Adelaide last night! That was so good ! amazing, gotta love them.

[emiorqui220]

Wooow!!!

Son como los buenos vinos, entre más pasan los años estan mejor.

Ojalá puedan visitar México para disfrutarlos en vivo.

Gracias por el regreso!!

[trifiz]

Grazie per questa fantastica registrazione e complimenti per la bellissima e competente analisi della performance!

[Steelstrings80]

Grazie a te trifiz. Spero tu abbia avuto la possibilità di vederli in Italia in questi giorni. A Roma sono stati grandi e per poco non li abbiamo incontrati.

[lialakaren]

@Steelstrings80

A chi lo dici! Anch'io ero lì e ho sfiorato più volte l'incontro con loro. Ho visto solo Tony e per poco.

Il concerto è stato grandioso!

[senorbellaco]

I saw them in German, beginning of '85 right before I got discharged from the Army.Awesome then, as now.

[suspensiondude]

TIMELESS!

[Jakesbull]

they never left! how cool, spandau ballet are the tops without an 'idol' show. Does anyone under 30 understand that world?

[ballynabrigadane]

just brill.

[christhesnaildriver]

Good to see Martin (Bass) back where he belongs instead of Eastenders! (British soap opera)

[Bormann1972]

Excelente!!!! que recuerdos!!!!

[Renegade4love]

They're back - finally!

[Delon113]

No hay nada de que disculpar, la calidad es excelente, Muchas Gracias, por subirlo,. Era un epoca " Gold", y Spandau Ballet es, y lo será.

[jazzbassguitarist]

Na i think the quality is great its not as bad as other video quality lol.!!!

[zinzula69]

fantasticiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii­iiii

[diana38dd]

YEEEAAAAYYYY...They sound and look good! I hope they plan on coming to the US soon. My eight year old son has learned the spandau ballet songs and is soo cute when we sing in the car together.

[ballynabrigadane]

i have an eight year old boy loves the band as much as me. fantastic to see them back and with talk of another album!!!! can not wait

[mostharda]

veramante imbalsamato !

[mgfaxlad]

Sound like a club turn now. Still great though. Spans!

[madmark0]

woooo finally i never through id see the day this is just amazing thanks so much. ps bring back the 80s (the music at least)

[frankleonida]

i like very much the notes he does at 1:00

[palladinevemarcia]

why the drummer has got a double bass set? Is he Gene Goglan??

[Steelstrings80]

Perhaps you mean Gene Hoglan. Lot of drummer uses double drum kick live even if they use it very rarely. Perhaps also for redundant reasons. John Keeble is a good drummer, not a death metal drummer with a speed 4/4 drum kick, but a good drummer. He's right for the SB songs.

[frisianmekkabasher]

He can't live on one ball or not;)? John keeble is a top notch drummer along with Chad Smith from the Red hot chili peppers. Coincidentally are both my fav bands haha.

[XXL1966]

@palladinevemarcia : it is because "Spandau Ballet"doesn't fit on a single bassdrum...

[modeni]

My favorite band!!! I hope they come to America soon ....

[RedRoseOfNY]

OMG!!! Tony you still rock my world. Just as you did 25 years ago. You are still so sexy and gorgeous. Your voice is as awesome as ever. Fabulous video. Thank you for posting.

[XTR444]

Awesome Gold version in slower tempo! the sax and guitar playing was awesome! Awesome voice and classic song!

[diana38dd]

LOVE THEM!!! They sounded great, Tony' s voice is amazing.

They are classic, handsome and hot!

[bennjr]

WOW! Tony's high note at the end had me in awe! He sounds like an Opera singer there! I loved the part where he was laughing, it was gas.

[Jurgenks]

It's great to see the original lineup back together again after all the bad history which surrounded their break up.Looking forward too seeing them in Madrid in November.

[edduay]

cant wait to see the concert in Birmingham! brilliant absolutely brilliant! love steve N. sax part!

[condorn1]

love this song

[patiently88]

best looking rock/pop band for guys in the 50s!

[paola70]

his voice is GOLD,,,,,,that's the only TRUE

[hawksluva]

Absolutely GOLD!!! The guys still have what it takes to make the best songs sound great! Long live Spandau Ballet

[patiently88]

I don't think he had time to warm up...I've seen his other gold clip at another location and it was fantastic! He's not struggling at all, maybe just a little bit off at the beginning..but certainly he still have the booming powerful vocals. Can anyone list other singers presently who can do this song justice the way tony did?

[timlikesdrums]

no, tony is the best!

[thundersmypup]

Oh c'mon...he was warming up! lol! Seriously, I hear the bit you are speaking of LemonE...but for all intents and purposes, his voice is amazing.

I see your point on how it's changed and I know some fans from the early days would love for Tony to sound that way again...I wonder how it will effect the current Spandau song style...as you can hear, Tone changes the style a bit now...

Having said that...he's older, his voice has matured and change happens! Struggle? On a half-bad day...

[Steelstrings80]

Hi guys, I didn't think putting this video on youtube would have done this (sorry for my english, but I'm not english).

Lemonexpress, obviously you can think and say Tony is struggling, probably we have to consider two things: 1. He's will to show what he is, his technique, to great audience. 2. He used to be on tour as single with a band as support not as a band, so he probably has to fix something before get on tour with the other guys. I'll continue in another comment...

[Siskonx01]

You say he is struggling, which I disagree with. But, even if I give you that premise, Tony struggling is far superior to any other singer I have ever heard!

[lemonexpress]

Ok, we are obviously never going to agree on this, you are no doubt a spandau fan so therefore no suitable debate is possible, and you'll find that in the Queens English 'Patronise' is spelt with an 'S'

[Siskonx01]

And you are obviously an anti-Spandite, so no suitable debate is possible from your side either.

[lemonexpress]

Not at all anti-spandau, i have said in a previous reply that Hadley had an amazing voice...back in the day! In fact The Freeze is still one of my favourite tracks, i was just making the point that Hadley is nowhere near as good as he was! Different voice now!

[Siskonx01]

I think his voice is still better than anyone else. Did you always prefer studio tracks to live stuff, or vice versa?

[Boydchenko]

Fantastic voice....what a singer!!!

[lemonexpress]

No!!!!! Why is Hadley shouting? Nothing like the early years..take off your rose tinted specs...he's struggling!

[Siskonx01]

Take off your black tinted glasses and enjoy life.

[lemonexpress]

Ooops, so sorry for passing an opinion...my fault!!!!!!!!!!

[Siskonx01]

Why are you sorry for expressing your opinion, ill considered as it may have been?

[lemonexpress]

ill considered because i don't agree with you? How patronising are you?

[Siskonx01]

I'm not that way at all! Why would you think that?!?!

Oh yeah, you spelled patronizing wrong

[thundersmypup]

Tony Hadley is GOD!!!!!!!! lol!

[lemonexpress]

Blasphemy!!! God would never let himself go like that!

[thundersmypup]

LOL I love Tone to bits...even with a little chub around his middle! Bless him! He's a lovely fella!

[potcha68]

what a great performance!! Spandau is the best!!

[Guenniistes]

No doubt they made evergreens. And gold is one.

[Soulnbass]

Thanks for sharing! Tony's ending vocal performance was simply amazing, great!

[comeg]

Spandau Ballet The best band in the world!

[lemonexpress]

2 things you should never put together in one sentence...'Spandau Ballet' and 'the best band in the world' Sorry but the 2 don't mix!

[carlosveloce]

haha, who cares what you say?

[lemonexpress]

Well obviously you do, otherwise you wouldn't have replied! It's just a considered opinion, Hadley had an amazing voice back in the day, but his voice is very different nowadays and it doesn't lend well to the Spandau sound anymore!

[carlosveloce]

ok!

[timlikesdrums]

thank you so much! great performance!