JOHN EARLS
Spandau Ballet’s new line-up (l to r): drummer John Keeble, bassist Martin Kemp, singer Ross William Wild, sax player Steve Norman and guitarist Gary Kemp
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Culture Club with Sam Butcher. Genesis with Ray Wilson. INXS with J.D. Fortune: the history of bands replacing their lead singer can be ugly at times. But it can go gloriously right, too – AC/DC thrived with Brian Johnson and then Axl Rose, and Genesis didn’t do badly with Phil Collins instead of Peter Gabriel… The peril of the newbie is an unpredictable saga that Spandau Ballet 2.0 are very much aware of.