The Evening Standard in association with PRS for Music are proud to present the first Standard Session.
The Standard Sessions are an intimate evening where songwriters talk about their career, inspiration and perform an acoustic set.
The first Standard Session will take place on Tuesday 7th June with Gary Kemp.
Gary Kemp has become one of pop’s most successful songwriters, responsible for the words and music of all of Spandau Ballet’s 23 hit singles, including classics like True (over 3million registered radio plays in the USA), Gold, Through The Barricades, Lifeline, Only When You Leave , To Cut A Long Story Short, and co-writing the band’s recent comeback song, Once More.
As well as having covers and interpolations made by artists such as Nelly and the Black Eyed Peas, Gary’s songs have been used for TV shows worldwide, including Spin City, the Simpsons (twice) and Ugly Betty. They have also appeared in Hollywood blockbusters such as the Wedding Singer, Charlie’s Angels, 50 First Dates, and Sky High.
During the Spandu Ballet's extended hiatus after 1990, Gary produced and wrote for other artists as well as returning to acting, first in the hit British gangster movie, the Krays, and then in Hollywood movies, including the Bodyguard with Kevin Costner, and the Quentin Tarantino production, Killing Zoe. He also made his theatrical debut in the London West End production of Art.
Gary has recorded a solo album for Sony called Little Bruises and written two musicals with Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd). A Terrible Beauty (book by the Oscar nominated writer, Shane Connaughton) is about the Irish uprising of 1916, and in particular the relationship between the poet W. B. Yeats and the English aristocratic revolutionary, Maud Gonne. The other, which had it’s debut at the National Theatre in 2004, was co-written with Snoo Wilson and was a re-imagined adaptation of Mayakovsky’s 1922 play, the Bedbug.
In 2009 Spandau healed their problems and regrouped to announce their first world tour in 19 years (see spandauballet.com for details). They also recorded an unplugged album (including two new songs) for Mercury Records. In the same year 4th Estate published Gary’s memoir, I Know This Much.
The Standard Sessions are an intimate evening where songwriters talk about their career, inspiration and perform an acoustic set.
The first Standard Session will take place on Tuesday 7th June with Gary Kemp.
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Gary Kemp has become one of pop’s most successful songwriters, responsible for the words and music of all of Spandau Ballet’s 23 hit singles, including classics like True (over 3million registered radio plays in the USA), Gold, Through The Barricades, Lifeline, Only When You Leave , To Cut A Long Story Short, and co-writing the band’s recent comeback song, Once More.
As well as having covers and interpolations made by artists such as Nelly and the Black Eyed Peas, Gary’s songs have been used for TV shows worldwide, including Spin City, the Simpsons (twice) and Ugly Betty. They have also appeared in Hollywood blockbusters such as the Wedding Singer, Charlie’s Angels, 50 First Dates, and Sky High.
During the Spandu Ballet's extended hiatus after 1990, Gary produced and wrote for other artists as well as returning to acting, first in the hit British gangster movie, the Krays, and then in Hollywood movies, including the Bodyguard with Kevin Costner, and the Quentin Tarantino production, Killing Zoe. He also made his theatrical debut in the London West End production of Art.
Gary has recorded a solo album for Sony called Little Bruises and written two musicals with Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd). A Terrible Beauty (book by the Oscar nominated writer, Shane Connaughton) is about the Irish uprising of 1916, and in particular the relationship between the poet W. B. Yeats and the English aristocratic revolutionary, Maud Gonne. The other, which had it’s debut at the National Theatre in 2004, was co-written with Snoo Wilson and was a re-imagined adaptation of Mayakovsky’s 1922 play, the Bedbug.
In 2009 Spandau healed their problems and regrouped to announce their first world tour in 19 years (see spandauballet.com for details). They also recorded an unplugged album (including two new songs) for Mercury Records. In the same year 4th Estate published Gary’s memoir, I Know This Much.
