Steve Norman

Steven Antony Norman (born 25 March 1960) is an English musician who played tenor saxophone, guitar, percussion and other instruments for the English new wave band Spandau Ballet.

Steve Norman was born in Stepney, east London, and was considered a musical child prodigy. He started pursuing an interest in popular music as a guitarist in a Dame Alice Owen's School band called the Cut with Gary Kemp, Tony Hadley and John Keeble in 1976. The band was later named the Makers, the Gentry and then Spandau Ballet.

Spandau Ballet signed with Chrysalis Records. By the third Spandau Ballet album, Norman brought percussion to the mix and introduced the tenor saxophone, which has since become his signature instrument. With Spandau Ballet, Norman toured the globe and continued to have hits throughout the 1980s. In 1985 Norman appeared with the band at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium.

Because of a dispute over royalties, the band split up in the early 1990s. On 25 March 2009, Norman, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Tony Hadley and John Keeble announced their reunion at a press conference on board HMS Belfast. The band also announced their 'Reformation Tour' starting in October 2009.

Norman co-wrote the song "Once More", which became the first new Spandau Ballet single in 20 years.

Biography summary from English Wikipedia, photograph via Wikimedia Commons.