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When Spandau Ballet play their first-ever gig, at The Blitz Club, Great Queen Street, London, England, UK, Europe, they are seen by Chris Blackwell of Island Records who offers the quintet a recording contract on the spot.Full article:
Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet) : The Blitz was an incredible melting pot of music, fashion and creativity. It’s not just Spandau Ballet that owe our career to that place at that moment in time. Musical icons such as Chris Blackwell and David Bowie all came to The Blitz to check out what was going on, the place was that important.
Rusty Egan : The Blitz Club DJ playlist inspired a generation to embrace electronic synth based music. Spandau Ballet spearheaded the importance of style and music as one.
Guy Fletcher (chairman, PRS) : The Blitz Club was the beating heart of the New Romantics movement that propelled some of British music’s most successful artists to stardom.
(Source : http://www.prsformusic.com/aboutus/press/latestpressreleases/pages/spandau-ballet-strike-gold-with-a-prs-for-music-heritage-award.aspx)
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Rusty Egan : The Blitz Club DJ playlist inspired a generation to embrace electronic synth based music. Spandau Ballet spearheaded the importance of style and music as one.
Guy Fletcher (chairman, PRS) : The Blitz Club was the beating heart of the New Romantics movement that propelled some of British music’s most successful artists to stardom.
(Source : http://www.prsformusic.com/aboutus/press/latestpressreleases/pages/spandau-ballet-strike-gold-with-a-prs-for-music-heritage-award.aspx)