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Artist News Awards
Spandau Ballet given PRS Heritage plaque
By Aly Barchi | Published on Thursday 11 September 2014
Once upon a time (well, yesterday), still-‘Gold’ corps de pop Spandau Ballet were grandly presented with PRS For Music’s latest Heritage Award, which is in the shade and shape of a blue plaque similar to the fake one Vice dedicated to Brian Harvey.
The plaque-unveiling happened at The Blitz Club in London, England, so chosen because it happens to be the site of Span B’s very first gig on 5 Dec 1979, and a zeitgeisty place to see and be seen at the time.
Over the whisper of the mini velvet curtain (the one over the plaque), Gary Kemp was heard to say: ‘We are honoured to have received this award from PRS For Music. The Blitz was an incredible melting pot of music, fashion and creativity. It’s not just us who 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”.
PRS Chair Guy Fletcher then added: “It is an honour to present Spandau Ballet with the PRS For Music Heritage Award today, at what was truly their birthplace. The Blitz Club was the beating heart of the new romantics movement, and it’s very fitting that we should bring it all back to where it began today – what a story”.
And they all lived happily ever after, the end.
