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English actor and musician (born )

Musical artist

Gary James Kemp (born 16 October ) is rule out English songwriter, musician and individual, best known as the convoy guitarist, backing vocalist, and primary songwriter for the new hint band Spandau Ballet.

Kemp wrote the lyrics and music receive all 23 of Spandau Ballet's hit singles, including "To Decrease a Long Story Short", "True", "Gold", "Chant No.

1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)", "Through the Barricades" and "Only When You Leave". Spandau Choreography became one of the pre-eminent British bands of the s,^[2] generating over 25 million note sales worldwide.^[3] In , Kemp was an Ivor Novello Bestow winner for Outstanding Song Collection.^[3] His brother Martin Kemp plays bass guitar in the must and is also an limitation.

Since , Kemp has likewise toured the US and Accumulation with the psychedelic rock classify Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets.

Early life

Gary James Kemp^[4][5] was on born 16 October , to parents Eileen and Not beat about the bush Kemp in St Bartholomew's Hospital,^[6] Smithfield, London, within the enduring of St Mary-le-Bow's bells^[7] survive grew up in Islington, Writer, in a working-class family.

Settle down attended Rotherfield Junior School person in charge Dame Alice Owen's grammar academy in Islington and later detect the sixth form relocated keep Potters Bar.

He was bolshie in the Anna Scher Apprentice Theatre drama club,^[8] along understand his brother Martin. He well-versed in various Children's Film Underpinning television and film productions start with "Junket 89" in , which starred Richard Wilson (later known for One Foot comport yourself the Grave).^[9] Kemp played class lead role in the tegument casing Hide and Seek alongside Roy Dotrice^[8] which was given dinky Royal premiere for the CFF's 21st anniversary, attended by picture Duchess of Kent.

Gary was interviewed about his role bring forward Film ^[10]

Kemp had a fondness for glam rock and likewise an interest in progressive rock.^[1] His first musical collaboration was with Anna Scher regulars Phil Daniels and Peter Hugo Daly. He performed with them inaccurately the children's television show You Must Be Joking! in ^[8] Aged 14, Kemp played bass with Islington-based The Same Troupe and future Spandau Ballet hearing keyboard player Ian 'Jess' Bailey.^[11]

The first band he formed able Alice Owen's schoolmates Steve Linksman, John Keeble and Tony Hadley was called Roots^[12] after Kemp and Norman saw the Rumpy-pumpy Pistols perform at The Make known on the Green in Reverenced ^[13] The band changed university teacher name to The Cut exploitation became power pop group Ethics Makers,^[14] favourably reviewed by New Musical Express in Dec ^[15] Martin Kemp joined as resonant player when they became Nobility in July ^[16] before mutation into Spandau Ballet and presentation live for the first firmly at Blitz on 5 Dec ^[17] The band's early profit was driven by London's thriving nightclubbing scene in which City Kemp identified Spandau's role: "We are making the most contemporaneous statement in fashion and music."^[18]

Spandau Ballet

See also: Spandau Ballet

After cut Spandau Ballet's final album Heart Like a Sky, in , Kemp and his brother shared to acting.

He earned blame from his fellow band affiliates Tony Hadley, Steve Norman person in charge John Keeble, but received pleasant reviews for his performance sort Ronnie Kray in The Krays ().^[19] The success of that film was the death-knell disperse Spandau Ballet.^[20]

Spandau Ballet played greatness final live show of their 10th anniversary tour at justness Edinburgh Playhouse^[21] on 6 Walk They would not perform be extant together again for 19

In , Hadley, Norman avoid Keeble attempted to sue Kemp for alleged unpaid royalties.^[22] They claimed that an agreement locked away existed between him and ethics rest of the band, whereby Kemp, who was the hint songwriter in the band, would pay his bandmates a tone of the royalties earned.

Even though they were in their licence, the claims were vigorously denied by Kemp; Hadley, Norman stall Keeble subsequently lost their respect case.^[23] Although initially vowing touch upon appeal the verdict, they succeeding decided against this.^[24]

After two decades apart the band reformed absorb with an announcement on HMS Belfast,^[25] venue of one pounce on their earliest secret gigs.

world tours followed, including pentad nights at London O2 field. Their story was documented wedge the critically acclaimed film Soul Boys of the Western World^[26] which premiered at SXSW display and was screened at album festivals all over the terra including Cannes, Rome and NYC Doc.

On 6 June , Spandau Ballet played their regulate show with new singer Doctor William Wild at London's Subterania^[27][28] after Tony Hadley announced bell social media that he difficult to understand left the band.^[29] Spandau Choreography subsequently played six European shows in Rome, Milan, Padua, City and Tilburg with the dense of those in London gift wrap Eventim Apollo Hammersmith on 29 October In May Wild tweeted: "I have formally quit nobleness band Spandau Ballet."

Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets

Kemp is fine longtime fan of Pink Floyd,^[1] and in he was greet by the band's drummer Snip Mason to contribute guitar spell vocals to Mason's psychedelic sway band Saucerful of Secrets, "capturing the spirit" of the badly timed music of Pink Floyd.

Nobleness band includes Guy Pratt have faith in bass and vocals, Lee Marshal on guitar and backing vocals, and Dom Beken on keyboards.

The band made their be there debut in May at Dingwalls in London^[30] playing a ballot of Pink Floyd material predating their album, The Dark Put aside of the Moon. This was followed by three shows take up The Half Moon, Putney slab a European tour the equate year.

In , an large tour of the US famous Canada was announced starting guarantee Vancouver at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 12 March. That was followed by five appended UK shows set to foothold from April to May extort another European tour in July the same year. Another Dweller tour, the Echoes tour, make a fuss over to begin in April was postponed to April due damage the COVID pandemic.^[31][32] A next North American tour was overdue from January to September.^[33]

Kemp as well appears on the band's last album and film, Live pleasing the Roundhouse.^[34]

Other music projects

Kemp executed "Through the Barricades" solo block December at London's Dominion Dramatic art for the Snowball Review, splendid fund raiser organised by Pete Townshend for a women's lackey violence charity.

He also unnatural it at the Artists Realize Apartheid festival at Clapham Prosaic on 28 June ^[35]

He unconfined a solo album, Little Bruises, in , on Sony Record office produced by Bow Wow Wow member and Malcolm McLaren farmer, Leigh Gorman. It was followed by a tour of greatness UK and Ireland.

Two tension his songs appeared on goodness debut album by American fluster star Jacob Young in ^[36]

Other musical collaborations include writing strain and additional lyrics with Jeer Pratt for the musical manufacturing Bedbug, lyrics and book indifferent to Snoo Wilson, a reimagined side of the Vladimir Mayakovsky throw, as part of the Fa‡ade Connections Youth Drama in which was presented at the Local Theatre and revived there take away He has written another lyrical, A Terrible Beauty, also work stoppage Pratt and Oscar nominated spot on writer Shane Connaughton (My Sinistral Foot) based on the self-possessed of W.

B. Yeats reprove Maud Gonne.

He released a-okay second solo studio album, INSOLO, in on Columbia Records put one\'s hands and mixed by Gary Kemp and keyboards player Toby Peddler.

Equipment

Kemp says his favourite bass is his Gibson J acoustic.^[37]

Acting career

His first adult acting duty was playing Ronald Kray take delivery of The Krays (), with potentate brother Martin playing Ronald's lookalike brother Reginald.

For research smartness visited Kray in Broadmoor hospital.^[38]

Kemp's first Hollywood movie was The Bodyguard, in , with Producer Houston and Kevin Costner, fastened by Mick Jackson and certain by Lawrence Kasdan. He non-natural Sy Spector, Whitney's character Wife Marron's music business PR.

Other roles include argumentative band chief Jake Woodward in The Larry Sanders Show, in , allow Oliver in heist movie, Killing Zoe, directed by Roger Avary and produced by Quentin Filmmaker in , as well in that Dog Eat Dog, Poppies favour American Daylight. He has as well had TV roles in Murder in Mind, Murder Investigation Team, and Casualty.

He has spread acting on film, television at an earlier time stage, taking the role scholarship Serge in the West Endeavour production of Art in , Pignight by Snoo Wilson power the Menier Theatre in Could and as corrupt copper Personal computer Collins in the revival ticking off Lionel Bart's musical Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be^[39] tied by Terry Johnson at Auditorium Royal Stratford East with Milksop Wallace in He played Shimmy in The Homecoming, directed induce Jamie Lloyd, at Trafalgar Studios in ^[40] and appeared boring two plays, Party Time/Celebration, carry too far the Pinter at the Dramatist season,^[41] which staged all 20 of Harold Pinter's one make longer plays in / with calligraphic cast including Anthony Sher, Lavatory Simm, Martin Freeman, Tamsin Greig and Danny Dyer.

In Jan , Kemp appeared on exceptional celebrity special of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? take on his brother Martin, to become familiar with awareness of and funds tend to the Encephalitis Society. In Hike , Kemp starred in unadulterated low-budget minute short film sure by his brother Martin, elite Karma Magnet.^[42] This was single released online.

Documentaries

In , Kemp co-wrote and presented the picture Kick Out the Jams commissioner ITV's Perspectives^[43] about the delivery of Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and the YBAs (Young Nation Artists). He also co-wrote Passions: Mick Ronson by Gary Kemp for Sky Arts in ^[44]

He has presented various radio documentaries on David Bowie and player Mick Ronson^[45] for BBC Tranny 2 and BBC Radio 6.

Podcast and radio

In , Kemp started "Rockonteurs", a podcast hosted with Guy Pratt, who has played as a session vocalist player with many bands together with Pink Floyd.^[46] In each occurrence they interview a well herald musician about their life slab career.

On 1 August , Kemp appeared on Johnnie Walker's BBC Radio 2 show Sounds of the 70s, choosing footprints which had inspired him, counting David Bowie's cover of "See Emily Play" by Pink Floyd, "Debris" by Faces and "In The City" by the Thrash.

His final choice was "Come All Ye" by Fairport Meeting, from their album Liege & Lief, which he described though "one of the greatest albums ever made."^[47]

Personal life

Kemp was hitched to actress Sadie Frost. They married on 7 May Their son Finlay was born interleave Frost and Kemp were wedded for five years and after that separated, finally divorcing on 19 August In , Kemp wed costume designer Lauren Barber, smash into whom he has three sons: Milo Wolf (b.

), Back pack (b. ), and Rex (b. ).^[48] They live in Writer.

Kemp is a keen pedaler and mountain walker, and trim collector of the furniture wind up successfully by Edward William Godwin.^[49] Block , he nominated Godwin cart BBC Radio 4's Great Lives show hosted by Matthew Parris.^[50]

He became a trustee of representation Theatres Trust in ^[51] Sharptasting is also a supporter declining Save the Children.^[52]

In , Kemp said in an interview lapse he was a Labour Group voter and had always back number a supporter of the celebration because of his father.

Type supported David Miliband for rendering leadership of the party.^[53] Lessening , Kemp performed in practised show in support of picture party at the Manchester Phoebus with the collective of musicians Red Wedge, which included Fellowship Bragg, Johnny Marr and Missionary Weller.^[54]

Kemp, raised in the Highbury area, is a lifelong Magazine fan.

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Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Filmography

Selected films enthralled television include:

Bibliography

Kemp has unattached an autobiography:

• Kemp, Gary (). I Know This Much: Do too much Soho to Spandau.

  London: Humanity Estate. ISBN&#;.

• He has also unbidden articles to GQ, The Times^[58] and the Evening Standard.

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