Spandau Ballet

[Glennsallnighter]

Well my favourite British group of the 1980s released dates for their upcoming 'Soul Boys of the western world' tour today. And the good news is that they will play Dublin on 3rd March!!

I managed to get my tix on presale too! Row 10 (which is really row 5).

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Way to go, GA!

[MaryCalifornia]

Love them. Very cool GA.

[Tiffanny Twisted]

Happy dance time .good for you

[zeldabjr]

I only know that one song by them True...but I love love love it...would go to see them just to hear them sing it!!!...

Have they been together all this time? or did they get back together recently?...

so glad you're getting to see one of your faves GA!!

[Brooke]

Ga, good for you!

[Lisa]

"I know this much is true."


Have a good time at the show, GA!

[Glennsallnighter]

I haven't a hope of going and to be honest don't see the need, as they will vein Dublin a few weeks later, but Spandau are playing the Wiltern Theatre in LA on Jan 25th next year. Thats where I went to see Glenn :heart: in 2012.

[Glennsallnighter]

I've gotten a meet and greet for this.

[Glennsallnighter]

Well it was a wonderful night. I have been very busy this week at work (whats new here?) so at last I have a chance to post a bit about Tuesay Evening.

Firstly we had the meet and greet. Each person was allowed bring one item to be autographed. I managed to leave my DVD on the kitchen table and was going to buy another one, but the goody bag had a lovely lithograph in it, and a lot of people simply got that signed instead. So I followed suit.
So I went in and Martin Kemp said Hello to me. Then Tony Hadley came over to me and shook my hand, then gave me a big hug! I was wearing my high heels with the big fuchsia flowers on them, and he started admiring them, and asked me if I was a shoe designer.!!! I laughed and said no, that I had just liked them when I bought them. Then it was time for the photo with the group (In the meantime they all signed my lithograph). I had the pic taken - I was between Tony and the sax player Steve Norman and the drummer (John Keeble) started talking to me and thanked me for coming in.
Meantime Tony still had the shoes thing going and had the whole band onto my shoes, lol! His parting shot when I was leaving was that I definitely had the 'shoes of the tour'. I wish I could remember more but its funny, it was my first proper meet and greet and it goes by so quickly and you just live for the moment that its difficult to remember every conversation!
But the guys were lovely and very genuine. They did not have any airs or attitude and I left thinking OMG, the fun I could have in a bar with these guys after the show!!!

No photography was allowed but VIP nation uploaded the official pics the day after. After a few hiccups (they did not put in the upload button) I was able to download my official pic on Thursday. Think some of you saw it on FB

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[Glennsallnighter]

And the concert itself was amazing. We had heard them practising on sound check while we were waiting for the M&G but had not SEEN anything. They were full of energy and enthusiasm. Dublin was their first show of the European leg and I think there was one slight error in the set list - but it was a very cute moment. I didn't take note of the set list as I thought I was recording it, but sadly the recording does not seem to have worked out. BUT there was no restriction on taking pics or videos, in fact I think they seemed to encourage it.

At one stage about half way through the guys left the stage and the drummer seemed to be doing a solo. When they resumed Tony Hadley and Gary Kemp had gone into a small stage between the end of the standing area and the seating area. They sang and then started to involve the crowd in singing 'Gold'. They were very interactive and were shaking hands with as many people as they could. They then walked back to the stage through the crowd again shaking hands.

Of course they sang all the old traditional favourites and the Dublin audience sang along with them.
They kept 'True' and 'Through the Barricades' to the end (I think Barricades was the encore - not quite sure) and then finished on Gold. I managed to record 'True' and 'Barricades'. Must get them onto youtube in the very near future.

Excellent night and well worth going to see these guys if they perform near you. We were tempted to get the enterprise to Belfast the following day for another dose!! Their tickets at 60 Euros weren't that expensive either.

A few pics in no particular order

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[L101]

Great pics GA! I love Spandau Ballet too. I saw them when they were last here in 2009....this is one of my pictures of them:

http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b493/Lacken/Misc/0602bfa9-183a-453a-a095-4688dba6d10e_zpsto0flxcy.jpg

They don't seemed to have aged much at all - the rock 'n' roll lifestyle must be doing them good just like the Eagles!! Love how they went into the crowd and involved them - that really makes a concert! Kinda wish I went this time ....

BTW, We need a picture of your shoes now :grin:

[Glennsallnighter]

OMG! I was at that concert too. I must have been sitting so near you because your pic is so similar to ones that I took! Think I was in seated row 7. That night there was no standing space, they had seating in the lower level in the arena.

[L101]

I was in Block D, row 4...directly in front of the stage, I was probably about 10 rows or so behind you - you must have been in the posh seats on the ground level :grin:

[Glennsallnighter]

I don't think they were posh! But I think they were released later than the general seats. Perhaps putting the seats there were an addition because I had been trying Ticketmaster for ages and just got seats way up. Then these showed up. A week later I won tickets so I gave them to my neighbours! The same neighbours were there the other night too!

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Thanks for the review, GA. Sounds like a great evening.

And oh now pretty mama - you must post a picture of those shoes for us! :thumbsup:

[Brooke]

Great pic, Ga! Sounds like a great time for you!

I wanna see your shoes!

[Glennsallnighter]

Those Shoes

I'm starting to refer to them as my 'lucky shoes'


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[Brooke]

Woo hoo, Ga! Those are so cute! No wonder they were noticed! Thanks for showing us! :thumbsup:

[L101]

Wow GA - your shoes are fab!! No wonder they noticed them :grin:

[Glennsallnighter]

Thanks Brooke and Lacken. Even getting them was fortuitous. I put my eye on them one Christmas Eve in Schuh. But as christmas can be a bit expensive i left them by. Three days later I went back with Laura. We had vouchers for Blanchardstown Centre. Anyway she bought keds. Them I saw these ones had dropped to half price!!! I snapped them up and have had them ever since!