Source: Reuters(By Mike Collett-White Mike Collett-white – Wed Mar 25, 6:34 pm ET)
LONDON (Reuters) – Twenty years ago they split. Ten years ago they took each other to court over royalties. Today, British band Spandau Ballet are reforming.

The group behind hit ballad "True" announced on Wednesday they would follow a long list of retired acts who have dusted off their guitars and drum kits to launch lucrative comebacks by touring and recording. Tony Hadley, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Steve Norman and John Keeble are putting past differences, and a reputation for 1980s fringes and glossy pop, behind them. "As you can see, we're back together again and we're very happy boys," lead singer Hadley told reporters. "We're embarking on a British tour in October and then on to the rest of the world and we're all very excited. We've had a rehearsal which sounded a million dollars." The band, which promoters say has sold 25 million records, made the announcement on board HMS Belfast, a British naval ship moored as a museum on the River Thames in London. The ship was the scene of an early Spandau gig in 1980 where hundreds of fans tried to clamber aboard. Hadley said the eight-date tour would kick off in Dublin on October 13 and end in Manchester on October 28.

BITTER FEUD In 1999, London's High Court rejected a claim by Hadley, drummer Keeble and sax player Norman to hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties from Gary Kemp for songs he had written. READ MORE...