Editing Spandau Ballet (section)

===1990–1999: Break-up and solo projects===
On Tuesday 6 March 1990, the band played the final date of their 10th anniversary tour at Edinburgh Playhouse before taking a break to pursue other acting and musical solo projects.

Gary and Martin Kemp took the leading roles as notorious East End gangster twins [[Ronald and Reginald Kray]] in [[The Krays (film)|''The Krays'']]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/22/martin-gary-kemp-danny-dyer|title=Kemp brothers to reunite on the big screen 22 years on from The Krays|author=Child, Ben|date=22 August 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=6 November 2015}}</ref> which premiered in London in April 1990. The film won two [[Evening Standard British Film Awards]] for Best Film and Most Promising Newcomer (writer [[Philip Ridley]]). Tony Hadley recorded his first solo album in Los Angeles produced by [[Ron Nevison]]. Steve Norman moved to Ibiza to collaborate on chilled out Balearic records with local producers. John Keeble continued as drummer with Tony Hadley and formed his own band, 69 Daze, with former [[Sigue Sigue Sputnik]] guitarist Neal X, followed by 99 shows across Europe with The Herbs and Pacific with guitarist [[John McGeoch]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.premier-percussion.com/artists/john-keeble|title=Artists – John Keeble|website=Premier-percussion.com|access-date=26 March 2019}}</ref>

Gary Kemp enjoyed further acting success, moving to Hollywood with actor wife [[Sadie Frost]], to film both [[The Bodyguard (1992 film)|''The Bodyguard'']] (with [[Whitney Houston]] and [[Kevin Costner]]) and ''[[Killing Zoe]]'', directed by Academy Award winner [[Roger Avary]], produced by [[Quentin Tarantino]]. In 1995 Gary released his solo album, ''Little Bruises''.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

Martin Kemp also appeared in films and TV series in Los Angeles such as [[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|''The Outer Limits,'']] ''Murder Between Friends'', [[Highlander: The Series]] and Sugar Town which also starred [[John Taylor (bass guitarist)|John Taylor]] from Duran Duran.

In the 1990s, the band split up after a disagreement about royalties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/after-28-years-spandau-ballet-returns-to-us/1883474.html|title=After 28 Years, Spandau Ballet Returns to US|author=Cole, Katherine|date=1 April 2014|publisher=Voice of America|access-date=6 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818022810/http://www.voanews.com/content/after-28-years-spandau-ballet-returns-to-us/1883474.html|archive-date=18 August 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Hadley, Norman and Keeble launched an unsuccessful court case against Gary Kemp for a share of Kemp's songwriting royalties from his work with Spandau Ballet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/263725.stm |title=Spandau Ballet in court over royalties |publisher=BBC News |date=27 January 1999 |access-date=6 May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/332115.stm |title=Spandau court bid fails |publisher=BBC News |date=30 April 1999 |access-date=6 May 2009}}</ref> Although they vowed to appeal against the verdict, they later decided against this.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/475828.stm |title=Spandau three drop royalties appeal |publisher=BBC News |date=15 October 1999 |access-date=31 December 2008}}</ref> The three non-Kemp members then continued to tour as a trio, but they had to sell their shares in Spandau Ballet's company to Gary Kemp to pay off legal debts. Because the company owned the rights to the name of Spandau Ballet, the trio had to tour under the moniker "Hadley, Norman and Keeble, ex-Spandau Ballet".

After successful surgery for the removal of two brain tumours in the mid-Nineties, Martin Kemp joined ''[[EastEnders]]'' in 1998 as one of the British soap's most popular bad boy characters, [[Steve Owen (EastEnders)|Steve Owen]], winning Most Popular Actor at the 2000 [[National Television Awards]] and numerous Best Actor and Villain of the Year awards for the [[The British Soap Awards|British Soap Awards]], [[Inside Soap Awards|''Inside Soap'' Awards]] and [[TV Quick Awards]]. He left EastEnders in 2002 for a golden handcuff deal with ITV drama and wrote his best-selling autobiography, ''True''. He also wrote and directed his first film, ''Martin Kemp's Stalker''.

Gary Kemp wrote songs with Paul Stratham, who had written songs for [[Dido (singer)|Dido]], continued acting on stage, in film and in television, and wrote music and additional lyrics with [[Guy Pratt]] for ''Bedbug'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] in 2004 and ''A Terrible Beauty'', with Guy Pratt and [[Shane Connaughton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://connections.nationaltheatre.org.uk/plays/bedbug|title=Bedbug|publisher=National Theatre|access-date=6 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022002942/http://connections.nationaltheatre.org.uk/plays/bedbug|archive-date=22 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/gangs-of-britain/articles/gary-kemp|title=Gangs of Britain|work=Crime and Investigation |date=14 February 2014 |publisher=National Theatre|access-date=6 November 2015}}</ref> He continued acting on stage, in film and on television. He played Serge in the West End production of ''Art'' in 2001. Films included ''Dog Eat Dog'' and ''American Daylight'' and TV shows ''[[Murder in Mind (TV series)|Murder in Mind]]'' and [[Casualty (TV series)|''Casualty''.]]

Steve Norman formed chilled lounge band Cloudfish with Rafa Peletey and [[Shelley Preston]] in 2001. Tony Hadley released three studio albums. He played Billy Flynn in the West End production of [[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]] and won the ITV reality show, [[Reborn in the USA]] in 2003 singing "Through the Barricades" to beat Michelle Gayle in the final. He appeared as a guest vocalist on the [[Alan Parsons]] album [[The Time Machine (Alan Parsons album)|''The Time Machine'']], performing lead vocals on the song "Out of the Blue".