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1999

November 1999 ... Elöd Császár's album is released in Hungary. It features three English songs and 9 Hungarian tracks. Mr Császár has spoken in interviews about Gary as his 'childhod hero' and 'one of his favourite musicians', in his CD booklet he writes: 'Gary Kemp: I can't tell you what it means to me that we've been working on a song which has always been deeply in my heart. What can I say? An unforgettable week, great songs, big laughs, really serious work and much more to come ... I really missed your genius from the studio afterwards.' Obviously a good team!!!

Elöd & Gary together in the studio

15.10.99 ... Tony Hadley, Steve Norman and John Keeble pull out of their final High Court hearing where they wanted to get leave for appeal. This means that the Spandau Ballet courtroom drama is finally over!!!

20.09.99 ... Mr Kemp takes off to Budapest to work with Hungarian singer Elöd Császár. This man has already had the biggest hit this year in Hungary with a cover of 'Wasted' which is called 'Késö' in his corner of the world. It's available through Warner Brothers Hungary. Turn to Solo Projects to find out a bit more about it! Now Mr Császár wants to put two more of Gary's songs on his new album and Gary flies in to produce those tracks. One song is a brandnew one called 'You Do Something', the other will be a version of 'Through The Barricades'.

September 1999 ... Gary is negotiating the rights to a play to turn into a film and this time he will try his hands at directing

September 1999 ... Gary is finishing off recording 9 tracks of his musical. He's working with various singers from London musical productions

Summer 1999 ... Gary has scored another victory in the ongoing Spandau legal war, the High Court has decided once again against Tony Hadley denying him leave for appeal

Summer 1999 ... Gary has been writng with Marti Pellow for his first solo album

30.04.99 ... Finally the Spandau Ballet courtcase is over. Judge Park ruled against Tony Hadley, John Keeble and Steve Norman saying that their "bid failed in its entirety". Furthemore he found it "unconscionable" for the three to lay claim to "large sums of money which they knew Mr Kemp [has regarded as his]". Obviously Gary is very pleased about this result saying that it's a "victory for all songwriters". If you want more information about the case and the verdict check out the following sites:

http://news.bbc.co.uk
http://www.yahoo.co.uk
http://www.dotmusic.com
Initiate a search for 'Spandau Ballet' and you will easily find all relevant articles about the court case.

22.04.99 ... 'Still Crazy' opens in Germany and even though it's only shown in a small number of cinemas it gets a lot of attention, good reviews and survives for several weeks

05.03.99 ... The last day of the High Court hearings of the Spandau courtcase

February 1999 ... 'Still Crazy' is shown at the Berlinale Film Festival and earns rave reviews

27.01.99 ... At the High Court in London the hearings start for the Spandau Ballet courtcase that is supposed to bring an end to the rows over royalties between Gary and his former band mates T. Hadley, J. Keeble and S. Norman

Gary at the High Court

January 1999 ... Bill NIghy of 'Still Crazy' receives the Peter Sellers Award for Comedy at the prestigious Evening Standard Awards

January 1999 ... 'Still Crazy' earns two Golden Globe nominations

14.01.99 ... 'Still Crazy' is released in Holland

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