The harder singer Tony Hadley worked during Spandau Ballet's concert Saturday at the Universal Amphitheatre, the sillier he seemed. And the looser he got, the more irritating he became--you felt a little embarrassed for him, as you might for a tipsy rich kid making a spectacle of himself at a college party.
This seems to be an inherent problem: Hadley looks like George Hamilton trying to play a rocker, and despite his energetic prancing and standard audience-stroking, there's something sour in his makeup. The other members of the English band--including chief songwriter/guitarist Gary Kemp and his bassist brother, Martin--don't add much warmth to the proceedings. Spandau is the quintessential poseur group--a Wham! without the musical craftsmanship, a Duran Duran without the high-tech glamour.
