Gary Kemp Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets

23^rd January 2013

Tweet: "Just cut 400th anniversary cake at my old school. Some bemused students wondering who I was but thankfully mobbed by dinner ladies." Spandau Ballet guitarist Gary Kemp is still popular with the cafeteria workers at his alma mater.

27^th March 2012

Fact: Spandau Ballet star Gary Kemp unveiled a historic plaque in honour of David Bowie's The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars on Tuesday (27Mar12). The singer, a lifelong Bowie fan, revealed the special nameplate on London's Heddon Street, where the landmark album's iconic cover was shot.

14^th June 2010

Quote: "I missed the helicopter but the ferry was nice." Spandau Ballet star Gary Kemp had to make a last-minute dash to make the band's set at the Isle of Wight festival this weekend (11-13Jun10).

6^th October 2009

Quote: "Botox? No way! We're British blokes, we don't do Botox." Spandau Ballet star Gary Kemp doesn't fret over his appearance.

11^th September 2009

Quote: "I do loads of road cycling. Wearing Lycra to look like Lance Armstrong is my buzz." Spandau Ballet star Gary Kemp has secret sporting ambitions.

8^th September 2009

Quote: "When Martin came home from hospital as a baby I poured treacle over his face, then a bag of sugar. It would have been a sweet suffocation. But it didn't work and two days later I pushed his pram into the road." Spandau Ballet star Gary Kemp admits he wasn't pleased to become a big brother when his parents brought his sibling MARTIN home.

26^th March 2009

Quote: "I went to see Duran Duran play and that wound me up even more about getting back together. There's still some competition." Gary Kemp admits his 1980s chart rivals spurred him on to reunite his band Spandau Ballet.