March 25 -- Spandau Ballet, the 1980s U.K. band known for hits such as "True," is to reunite after 20 years, overcoming rows about royalties.
The group held a news conference on the ship HMS Belfast in London. Songwriter Gary Kemp got together with the three group members, who lost a court case in 1999 claiming 1 million pounds ($1.46 million). The band once played a gig on the boat moored on the Thames and now plans a tour, starting in the U.K. in October and then moving around the world.
Spandau Ballet, named after a district of Berlin, had its first hit in 1980 with "To Cut a Long Story Short." It moved away from its New Romantic origins with singles such as "Gold" and "Only When You Leave."
Spandau broke up in 1989 after its "Heart Like a Sky" album flopped. Its return follows comebacks by acts as varied as the Police, Take That and the Spice Girls.
Kemp and his brother Martin starred in the 1990 movie "The Krays," and Martin went on to act in the BBC's "Eastenders." Singer Tony Hadley has made solo records and performed in the London musical "Chicago" in 2007.
"We are very happy boys," Hadley said at the news conference.