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| genre = {{hlist|[[New Romanticwave music|New romanticwave]]<ref name="Guardian" /><ref>{{cite webnews|websitefirst=ministryofrock.co.uk|title=New RomanticsNeela |last=Nickson Debnath |title= Spandau Ballet to release first studio album since 1989 |date=Chris 3 August 2014 |author-linknewspaper=Chris Nickson[[The Independent]] |url= https://www.ministryofrockindependent.co.uk/NewRomanticsarts-entertainment/music/news/spandau-ballet-to-release-first-album-since-1989-9644856.html |access-date= 27 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.npr.org/2015/08/22/433540080/spandau-ballet-on-its-reunion-and-looking-outrageous | title= Spandau Ballet On Its Reunion And 'Looking Outrageous' | work=[[NPR]] | date=22 August 2015 | access-date=256 SeptemberJune 20122019}}</ref>|[[new pop]]<ref>{{cite web|website=[[The Quietus]]|title=David Stubbs Explores The Battle Between Thatcherite Pop And Marxist Funk|author=[[David Stubbs]]|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/01376-david-stubbs-explores-the-battle-between-thatcherpop-and-marxist-funk|date=27 March 2009|access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref>|[[synth-pop]]<ref>{{cite book|first= Simon |last= Reynolds |author-link= Simon Reynolds |title= [[Rip It Up and Start Again|Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984]] |year= 2006 |publisher= [[Penguin Books]] |chapter= Chapter 18: Electric Dreams: Synthpop", "Chapter 22: Raiding the Twentieth Century: ZTT, the Art of Noise, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood |isbn= 1-4295-2667-X}}</ref>|[[blue-eyed soul]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Paul |last= Lester |author-link= Paul Lester |title= Spandau Ballet Once More Review |year= 2009 |publisher= [[BBC Music]] |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/8fwx |access-date= 27 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/01/spandau-ballet-albert-hall-soul-boys-of-the-western-world | title= Spandau Ballet review – return of the shoulder-heaving soul boys | work=[[The Guardian]] | first=Ian | last=Gittins | date=1 October 2014 | access-date=6 June 2019}}</ref>}}

'''Spandau Ballet''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|p|æ|n|d|aʊ|_|ˈ|b|æ|l|eɪ}} {{respell|SPAN|dow|_|BAL|ay}}) were an English [[pop music|pop]] band formed in Islington, London, in 1979. Inspired by the capital's [[post-punk]] underground dance scene, they emerged at the start of the 1980s as the house band for the [[Blitz Kids]], playing "European Dance Music" as "The Applause" for this new club culture's audience.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/11476894/Spandau-Ballet-O2-Arena-review-celebratory.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/11476894/Spandau-Ballet-O2-Arena-review-celebratory.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Spandau Ballet, O2 Arena, review: 'celebratory'|last=McCormick|first=Neil|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=18 March 2015|access-date=25 March 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/oct/04/spandau-ballet-new-romantics|title=Spandau Ballet, The Blitz Kids and the birth of the New Romantics|last=Johnson|first=David|date=3 October 2009|work=The Observer|access-date=25 March 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Pop Stars In My Pantry|last=Simper|first=Paul|publisher=Unbound|year=2017|isbn=978-1-78352-388-7|location= London|pages=15}}</ref> They became one of the most successful groups of the [[New Romantic]] era of [[British pop music|British pop]] and were part of the [[Second British Invasion]] of the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Top 40]] in the 1980s, selling 25 million albums and having 23 hit singles worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/193332-spandau-ballet-finds-redemption-after-years-apart-2495532712.html|title=Spandau Ballet Finds Redemption and Reformation After Years Apart|date=5 June 2015|website=PopMatters|language=en|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/5054105/Spandau-Ballet-interview.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/5054105/Spandau-Ballet-interview.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Spandau Ballet interview|last=Singh|first=Anita|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=26 March 2009|access-date=25 March 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://mdtheatreguide.com/2015/05/concert-review-spandau-ballet-at-930-club-in-washington-d-c/|title=Concert Review: Spandau Ballet at 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.|last=Menefee|first=Lynne|date=2 May 2015|website=Maryland Theatre Guide|language=en-US|access-date=26 March 2019}}</ref> The band have had eight UK top 10 albums, including three greatest hits compilations and an album of re-recorded material.&nbsp;Their musical influences ranged from [[punk rock]] and [[soul music]] to the American crooners [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Tony Bennett]].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/soul-boys-of-the-western-world-review-harmony-restored-as-spandau-ballet-remember-roots-9763424.html | title= Spandau Ballet's Soul Boys Of The Western World, film review: Band remember roots |work=The Independent|first=Geoffrey|last=Macnab|date=30 September 2014|access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref>