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those Spandau smiles", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/10/26/%e2%9e%a4-how-one-fan-came-11000-miles-for-those-spandau-smiles/", "published_at": "2018-10-26T12:38:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-60d9-7089-a29c-ad40e243a659", "title": "➤ Milan says Ciao to snazzy Ross now fronting the flash dads of Spandau Ballet", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/10/24/%e2%9e%a4-milan-says-ciao-to-snazzy-ross-now-fronting-the-flash-dads-of-spandau-ballet/", "published_at": "2018-10-24T13:26:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-60d9-7089-a29c-ad40e2e2aada", "title": "2018 ➤ Big Tone live still raising the hairs on your neck", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/10/16/2018-%e2%9e%a4-big-tone-live-still-raising-the-hairs-on-your-neck/", "published_at": "2018-10-16T10:49:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-60d9-7089-a29c-ad40e35f0593", "title": "➤ 45 years of soothing egos and arresting our attention by portraitist Ridgers", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/10/06/45-years-of-soothing-egos-and-arresting-our-attention-by-portraitist-ridgers/", "published_at": "2018-10-06T15:51:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-60d9-7089-a29c-ad40e3f84baf", "title": "➤ Silver fox Martin Kemp gives Piers Morgan a huggy hug for heaping on the flattery", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/06/28/%e2%9e%a4-silver-fox-martin-kemp-gives-piers-morgan-a-huggy-hug-for-heaping-on-the-flattery/", "published_at": "2018-06-28T14:45:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-60d9-7089-a29c-ad40e46b4588", "title": "2018 ➤ At the seaside Blitz Kids gather to toast unseen photos of their heyday", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/06/10/2018-%e2%9e%a4-at-the-seaside-blitz-kids-gather-to-toast-unseen-photos-of-their-heyday/", "published_at": "2018-06-10T10:33:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-60d9-7089-a29c-ad40e55e357e", "title": "2018 ➤ Dad band Spandau preen with pride for Ross their newly adopted son", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/06/07/2018-%e2%9e%a4-dad-band-spandau-preen-with-pride-for-ross-their-newly-adopted-son/", "published_at": "2018-06-07T13:10:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-60d9-7089-a29c-ad40e5cc0bb4", "title": "2018 ➤ Revealed: The secret role of Shapersofthe80s in the rise and rise of Spandau Ballet", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/06/05/2018-%e2%9e%a4-revealed-the-secret-role-of-shapersofthe80s-in-the-rise-and-rise-of-spandau-ballet/", "published_at": "2018-06-05T22:36:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-60d9-7089-a29c-ad40e6c51d8f", "title": "2018 ➤ The Spandau show must go on and Oh, the Wild voice! Oh, the Wild biceps!", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/31/2018-%e2%9e%a4-the-spandau-show-must-go-on-and-oh-the-wild-voice-oh-the-wild-biceps/", "published_at": "2018-05-31T18:01:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-7712-73ff-9a8b-e2832e6b73ae", "title": "2018 ➤ That Spandau comeback: breaking news about the venue", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/30/2018-%e2%9e%a4-that-spandau-comeback-breaking-news-about-the-venue/", "published_at": "2018-05-30T09:19:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-7712-73ff-9a8b-e2832f49b294", "title": "➤ Still more unseen pix from the 1980 Blitz Club up for sale next week", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/30/%e2%9e%a4-still-more-unseen-pix-from-the-1980-blitz-club-up-for-sale-next-week/", "published_at": "2018-05-30T08:53:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-7712-73ff-9a8b-e28330339fe1", "title": "➤ Mix and match 70s retro clothes go up at eBay", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/29/%e2%9e%a4-mix-and-match-70s-retro-clothes-go-up-at-ebay/", "published_at": "2018-05-29T12:40:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-7712-73ff-9a8b-e28330383261", "title": "➤ Meanwhile, a big treat for fans of Tony Hadley", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/29/%e2%9e%a4-meanwhile-a-big-treat-for-fans-of-tony-hadley/", "published_at": "2018-05-29T10:29:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-7712-73ff-9a8b-e28330f3a562", "title": "2018 ➤ First glimpse of the Spandau new boy", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/29/2018-%e2%9e%a4-first-glimpse-of-the-spandau-new-boy/", "published_at": "2018-05-29T09:43:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-7712-73ff-9a8b-e28331329a16", "title": "1980 ➤ Day Four of Terry Smith’s unseen photos inside the Blitz Club – exclusive", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/29/1980-%e2%9e%a4-day-four-of-terry-smiths-unseen-photos-inside-the-blitz-club-exclusive/", "published_at": "2018-05-29T00:08:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-7712-73ff-9a8b-e283317cf156", "title": "➤ A happy Norman family outing on the eve of some big Spandau news", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/28/%e2%9e%a4-a-happy-norman-family-outing-on-the-eve-of-some-big-spandau-news/", "published_at": "2018-05-28T13:39:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-7712-73ff-9a8b-e283327677ad", "title": "➤ Whither Spandau? Expect a bombshell today!", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/28/%e2%9e%a4-whither-spandau-expect-a-bombshell-today/", "published_at": "2018-05-28T00:19:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-7712-73ff-9a8b-e28332ab434c", "title": "➤ Day Three of Terry Smith’s unseen photos inside the Blitz Club – exclusive", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/25/%e2%9e%a4-day-three-of-terry-smiths-unseen-photos-inside-the-blitz-club-exclusive/", "published_at": "2018-05-25T11:56:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-7712-73ff-9a8b-e28332fcec4f", "title": "1968 ➤ Why Ogdens was little Stevie Marriott’s ejector seat out of the Small Faces", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/24/1968-%e2%9e%a4-why-ogdens-was-little-stevie-marriotts-ejector-seat-out-of-the-small-faces/", "published_at": "2018-05-24T19:10:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-8a97-7304-950d-cb7d982e0d8c", "title": "➤ Day Two of Terry Smith’s unseen photos inside the Blitz Club, exclusively at Shapers of the 80s", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/23/%e2%9e%a4-day-two-of-terry-smiths-unseen-photos-inside-the-blitz-club-exclusively-at-shapers-of-the-80s/", "published_at": "2018-05-23T01:24:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-8a98-726d-8e55-942a3fd5d206", "title": "1980 ➤ Unseen photos inside the Blitz Club, exclusively at Shapers of the 80s", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/21/1980-%e2%9e%a4-unseen-photos-inside-the-blitz-club-exclusively-at-shapers-of-the-80s/", "published_at": "2018-05-21T20:36:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-8a98-726d-8e55-942a40bfe8c7", "title": "➤ V&A celebrates Steve Strange as the poser who put the pazazz into 80s nightlife", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/18/%e2%9e%a4-va-celebrates-steve-strange-as-the-poser-who-put-the-pazazz-into-80s-nightlife/", "published_at": "2018-05-18T10:45:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-8a98-726d-8e55-942a41b1d884", "title": "➤ Zayn falls behind as UK popsters grow richer", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/12/%e2%9e%a4-zayn-falls-behind-as-uk-popsters-grow-richer/", "published_at": "2018-05-12T12:28:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-8a98-726d-8e55-942a42606a86", "title": "➤ Glimpses into the minds of Bowie and his photographer", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/08/%e2%9e%a4-glimpses-into-the-minds-of-bowie-and-his-photographer/", "published_at": "2018-05-08T20:24:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-8a98-726d-8e55-942a42c2f72a", "title": "2018 ➤ Vogue promotes pot-stirring Linard as inspiration for its Met Gala creatives", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/06/2018-%e2%9e%a4-vogue-promotes-pot-stirring-linard-as-inspiration-for-its-met-gala-creatives/", "published_at": "2018-05-06T20:02:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-8a98-726d-8e55-942a4379b628", "title": "2018 ➤ Spooky or what? When two bands went by the name of Spandau Ballet", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/05/01/2018-%e2%9e%a4-spooky-or-what-when-two-bands-went-by-the-name-of-spandau-ballet/", "published_at": "2018-05-01T20:53:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-8a98-726d-8e55-942a4431b3fe", "title": "➤ Nutty scientist finds himself out of his depth in the shallows of pop", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/03/30/%e2%9e%a4-dumb-scientist-finds-himself-out-of-his-depth-in-the-shallows-of-pop/", "published_at": "2018-03-30T14:33:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-8a98-726d-8e55-942a4439f46e", "title": "2018 ➤ Judy Blame dies: cherry-picker of cultural detritus", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/02/21/2018-%e2%9e%a4-judy-blame-dies-cherry-picker-of-cultural-detritus/", "published_at": "2018-02-21T20:11:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-8a98-726d-8e55-942a4524cf2a", "title": "➤ Modern pop: godlike Quincy Jones tells it like it is", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/02/08/%e2%9e%a4-modern-pop-godlike-quincy-jones-tells-it-like-it-is/", "published_at": "2018-02-08T23:43:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-9e62-72ff-9c35-e48a587648c0", "title": "➤ A big red hand please for this tiny rare fish!", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/01/25/%e2%9e%a4-a-big-red-hand-please-for-this-tiny-rare-fish/", "published_at": "2018-01-25T14:31:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-9e62-72ff-9c35-e48a591f7099", "title": "2018 ➤ Peel on Smith and The Fall: the band by which all others must be judged", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/01/24/2018-%e2%9e%a4-peel-on-smith-and-the-fall-the-band-by-which-all-others-must-be-judged/", "published_at": "2018-01-24T23:28:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-9e62-72ff-9c35-e48a599fb87b", "title": "2018 ➤ Bayeux Tapestry to be displayed in UK for the first time", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2018/01/18/2018-%e2%9e%a4-bayeux-tapestry-to-be-displayed-in-uk-for-the-first-time/", "published_at": "2018-01-18T21:13:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-9e62-72ff-9c35-e48a5a608721", "title": "➤ Maxine and Marr: heard the deeply serious tale about the actress and the rock star?", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/12/11/%e2%9e%a4-maxine-and-marr-heard-the-deeply-serious-tale-about-the-actress-and-the-rock-star/", "published_at": "2017-12-11T12:13:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-9e62-72ff-9c35-e48a5a92dcd8", "title": "2017 ➤ “It may be false, It may be true” – The life and times of Christine Keeler", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/12/06/2017-%e2%9e%a4-it-may-be-false-it-may-be-true-the-life-and-times-of-christine-keeler/", "published_at": "2017-12-06T09:58:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-9e62-72ff-9c35-e48a5acd4723", "title": "1983 ➤ When The Face led the cultural agenda", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/11/08/1983-%e2%9e%a4-when-the-face-led-the-cultural-agenda/", "published_at": "2017-11-08T20:09:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-9e62-72ff-9c35-e48a5bbef804", "title": "2017 ➤ His name is Prince and his London tribute is downright spunky", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/10/31/2017-%e2%9e%a4-his-name-is-prince-and-his-london-tribute-is-downright-spunky/", "published_at": "2017-10-31T17:52:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-9e62-72ff-9c35-e48a5bfeb61d", "title": "➤ Double drama of the 60s pop dream by Ray Connolly", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/09/22/%e2%9e%a4-double-drama-of-the-60s-pop-dream-by-ray-connolly/", "published_at": "2017-09-22T13:22:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-9e62-72ff-9c35-e48a5c9a8368", "title": "➤ Celebs turn out for ‘Scoop’ Simper’s pop pantry party", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/08/27/%e2%9e%a4-celebs-turn-out-for-scoop-simpers-pop-pantry-party/", "published_at": "2017-08-27T01:25:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-9e62-72ff-9c35-e48a5ca9fc60", "title": "2017 ➤ Nightlife’s Polaris comes out as fan of the hot girl bands of the 70s", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/08/19/2017-%e2%9e%a4-nightlifes-polaris-comes-out-as-fan-of-the-hot-girl-bands-of-the-70s/", "published_at": "2017-08-19T15:00:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-b299-712a-8811-acd0dfc7cb78", "title": "2017 ➤ Touring USA Tony Hadley admits his flabber has never been so gasted", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/08/18/2017-%e2%9e%a4-touring-usa-tony-hadley-admits-his-flabber-has-never-been-so-gasted/", "published_at": "2017-08-18T20:54:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-b299-712a-8811-acd0e01d1e6b", "title": "2017 ➤ My pantry, my memoir – ‘Scoop’ Simper relives the flamboyant decadent 80s", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/08/17/2017-%e2%9e%a4-my-pantry-my-memoir-scoop-simper-relives-the-flamboyant-decadent-80s/", "published_at": "2017-08-17T01:27:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-b299-712a-8811-acd0e09ecc84", "title": "2017 ➤ So who can fill Tony Hadley’s big Ballet shoes?", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/07/03/2017-%e2%9e%a4-so-who-can-fill-tony-hadleys-big-ballet-shoes/", "published_at": "2017-07-03T22:49:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-b299-712a-8811-acd0e11ad82a", "title": "2017 ➤ Tony Hadley pulls the plug on Spandau Ballet – but the band will rise from the dead", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/07/03/2017-%e2%9e%a4-tony-hadley-pulls-the-plug-on-spandau-ballet-but-the-band-will-rise-from-the-dead/", "published_at": "2017-07-03T18:04:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-b299-712a-8811-acd0e1973ae8", "title": "➤ When the Blitz Kids blessed Abba and conferred their cult status", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/05/18/%e2%9e%a4-when-the-blitz-kids-blessed-abba-and-conferred-their-cult-status/", "published_at": "2017-05-18T12:32:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-b299-712a-8811-acd0e1ee87cd", "title": "➤ Princess Julia: More tales from 80s clubland", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/01/26/%e2%9e%a4-princess-julia-more-tales-from-80s-clubland/", "published_at": "2017-01-26T13:15:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-b299-712a-8811-acd0e2b27d59", "title": "➤ How Bowie threaded blue notes through his final surge of creativity", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2017/01/09/how-bowie-threaded-blue-notes-through-his-final-surge-of-creativity/", "published_at": "2017-01-09T14:07:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-b299-712a-8811-acd0e3631d2a", "title": "➤ The Kemp quartet: a happy family George Michael helped to create", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/12/31/%e2%9e%a4-the-kemp-quartet-a-happy-family-george-michael-helped-to-create/", "published_at": "2016-12-31T17:02:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-b299-712a-8811-acd0e3750e7c", "title": "➤ Thank you, George, says Paul Simper. You left me wanting to dance like you", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/12/30/%e2%9e%a4-thank-you-george-says-paul-simper-you-left-me-wanting-to-dance-like-you/", "published_at": "2016-12-30T21:32:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0cce5-b299-712a-8811-acd0e3a74349", "title": "➤ Farewell George Michael: London’s young guns remember their pal from 80s clubland", "url": "https://shapersofthe80s.com/2016/12/29/%e2%9e%a4-farewell-george-michael-londons-young-guns-remember-their-pal-from-80s-clubland/", "published_at": "2016-12-29T22:01:46+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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