Gary talks to the Spectator on pop, Pre-Raphaelites, politics and playing Pinter

The first thing Gary Kemp bought when Spandau Ballet started making money was a chair. He’s very proud of that chair. He talks about his chair in tones midway between one of Monty Python’s four Yorkshiremen and Nicholas Serota. ‘I wasn’t making any money until “True” was successful, in 1983,’ he says. ‘The first thing I really bought was a William Morris chair. What the fuck is a 22-year-old boy living in a council house with his mum and dad doing going out and buying a William Morris chair?

Full article here: https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/12/gary-kemp-on-pop-pre-raphaelites-politics-and-playing-pinter/

Jamie Vickery