80s Music Central News

Spandau Ballet's Martin Kemp has been signed to star in the popular British soap opera, The Eastenders, according to England's PA News. The service reports that the singer will be playing the role of a nightclub owner. After disbanding in the late ‘80s, the Kemp brothers both went on to launch acting careers with starring roles in The Krays, a feature film about Britain's notorious siblings. Martin also recently played a murderer on a popular TV crime show called The Bill and is scheduled to be playing at least a "semi-bad guy in the Eastenders." Married to former girl group singer Shirlie from the duo Pepsi and Shirlie, Martin was in the news for a different reason three years ago when he was hospitalized for two months with a brain tumor. He fully recovered following an operation.