EXCLUSIVE: The enduring singer opened up on household life and slowing down.
Tony Hadley has opened up on discovering stability in his household life after many years of continuous working (Picture: Getty)
Music icon Tony Hadley has opened up on his regrets at lacking out on time together with his older youngsters admitting he’s making an attempt to get a greater stability in his life nowadays. The 65-year-old former Spandau Ballet frontman is celebrating his fiftieth 12 months within the music enterprise with a slew of pageant dates this summer season earlier than taking to the street together with his personal Christmas Massive Band Tour 2026 later within the 12 months. It seems he’s working non cease however he admits it’s a far cry from his early days within the business.
Talking completely to Specific.co.uk he mentioned: “I am making an attempt to be extra a bit extra savvy when it comes to what number of gigs I take per 12 months. My older youngsters, Tom, (41), Toni, (40), and Mac, (34) they’re all grown up. I am a grandad, which is incredible,” he raved. “Toni, my daughter, has had a child,” he smiled. Toni welcomed Freddie-Floyd in Might 2025.
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“However I missed out on an terrible lot of time with my massive children as a result of I used to be away two, three, 4 months at a time,” he concedes. Tony shares his oldest youngsters together with his first spouse Leonie Lawson.
Tony Hadley together with his youngest youngsters Genevieve and Zara Hadley in 2016 (Picture: Getty)
“With my two youthful ones – I imply, Zara’s (19) at uni anyway, however Genevieve, she’s nonetheless at dwelling,. She’s 14. I am making an attempt to get that stability with spending a bit of bit extra time with all the youngsters, with my grandson and in addition my spouse as nicely,” he mentioned. Tony married Alison Evers in July 2009 at Cliveden Home.
“Quite than working relentlessly I am taking it a bit of bit simpler. However I am not retiring. I am by no means going to retire,” he insisted with fun. “If my voice works, then I will be singing.”
The proud grandad can not help however return to the topic of his grandson, as he grins: “He is so pretty. Actually, it is at all times a little bit of a bizarre one. I assumed, ‘what am I going to be like being a grandad?’
“I do not really feel sufficiently old, though I’m! However I am nonetheless like the child within the candy store. When he arrived it was prompt love. It was like having your individual little one. It was simply prompt love,” he gushed.
Tony Hadley together with his first spouse Leonie Lawson and two of his older youngsters Toni and Thomas in 1993 (Picture: Getty)
“My daughter’s in Florida for the time being, on vacation, and I am getting all these movies coming again with him within the swimming pool and it is simply fantastic. All of us love him,” he gushed.
It’s unlikely little Freddie-Floyd, who will quickly be approaching his first birthday, can be attending Tony’s gigs for some time however the star has an actual deal with deliberate for followers together with his upcoming festive exhibits which construct on the success of an analogous tour final 12 months.
“I like the entire massive band swing factor and it went down so nicely, I made a decision to do it once more. This time we’ll add a number of extra Christmas songs, as a result of we solely did a number of Christmas songs final 12 months. I have been doing my analysis, Tony Bennett, Jack Jones, Ella Fitzgerald… and there is a few cracking Christma songs. Clearly, Frank Sinatra I might love to do too,” he defined.
“We’re creating the association for them or utilizing the unique association so it will be just about a complete new present with a number of of the classics that we did final 12 months. We have a complete new set of classics once more, and it’s extremely thrilling.”
Tony Hadley’s 19 date Christmas Massive Band Tour 2026 begins on November 7. Tickets can be found right here.
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