Gary James Kemp (born 16 October 1959) is an English singer,
songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead guitarist,
backing vocalist, and principal songwriter for the New Romantic band
Spandau Ballet.Gary James Kemp (born 16 October 1959) is an English
singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead
guitarist, backing vocalist, and principal songwriter for the New
Romantic band Spandau Ballet.Kemp wrote the lyrics and music for all
23 of Spandau Ballet's hit singles, including "To Cut 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 Ballet
became one of the biggest British bands of the 1980s, generating over
25 million record sales worldwide. In 2012, Kemp was an Ivor Novello
Award winner for Outstanding Song Collection. His brother Martin Kemp
plays bass guitar in the band and is also an actor. In April 2019,
Gary Kemp was touring the US with Nick Mason's band Saucerful of
Secrets and announced in an interview: "There are no plans for Spandau
going into 2020."Kemp was on born 16 October 1959, to parents Eileen
and Frank Kemp in St Bartholomew's Hospital, Smithfield, London,
within the sound of St Mary-le-Bow's bells and grew up in Islington,
London, in a working-class family. He attended Rotherfield Junior
School and Dame Alice Owen's grammar school in Islington and later in
the sixth form relocated to Potters Bar. Gary Kemp Top Movies & Young Movies