Spandau Ballet star Gary Kemp has said he feels “proud” that some of his music has become part of the British songbook, as he was recognised by the BMI London Awards.
The 63-year-old was a guitarist in the 1980s group, who were at the forefront of the New Romantics movement. Kemp was the band’s principal songwriter, and wrote hit singles including True, Gold and Through the Barricades, before going on to pursue his own solo career
