{"id":1975152,"date":"2025-08-22T20:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1975152"},"modified":"2025-08-22T20:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:26:07","slug":"lost-spandau-ballet-song-to-be-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lost-spandau-ballet-song-to-be-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost Spandau Ballet song to be released"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spandau Ballet<\/a> were 1980s hitmakers who epitomised the decade\u2019s extravagance.<\/p>\n

But before they sold more than 25 million albums and racked up 10 Top 10 singles, the group were the little-known Gentry.<\/p>\n

Now a lost song recorded during their early days will be released after almost 50 years. Eyes, recorded in the late 1970s, will be heard by the public for the first time on Friday.<\/p>\n

Gary Kemp<\/a>, the band\u2019s songwriter and guitarist, said the song was recorded at Halligan\u2019s rehearsal studio in Highbury, north London.<\/p>\n

\u201cEyes, which we demoed at Halligan\u2019s, was one of the early songs that I wrote with the synthesiser,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of Gothic post-punk. It suits what was going on at the time with Joy Division, Siouxsie and Magazine. We liked the dirty garage quality of that period.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had all been brought up on guitar riffs, and now we could riff in a way that was very monophonic and grainy that had a very modern but retro sound.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would write on the synth and on an upright piano in our hallway at home. Producer Richard Burgess didn\u2019t think Eyes was right for the album. I liked it, but it went by the wayside.\u201d<\/p>\n

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