Tony Hadley - The Christmas Big Band Tour

Tony Hadley brings The Christmas Big Band Tour to The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Sunday 29 November, with the show starting at 7:45pm. He's performing with the Fabulous TH Band and a full brass section, so it's a big-band night rather than a solo set. The set pulls from a few different places: swing and crooner classics, festive favourites, and a handful of Spandau Ballet songs reimagined as big-band numbers. Among those are 'True', 'Gold', and 'Only When You Leave' — three of the band's biggest hits given a new arrangement.

Hadley was the voice of Spandau Ballet, the band he co-founded with school friends. They went through eight top 10 UK albums and a string of number ones, and he fronted them through it all. He grew up in Islington on a diet of Frank Sinatra, and that crooning, swing style is something he's made his own. He's as much a raconteur and showman as he is a singer, and he's spent as much time offstage as on it: he was awarded an MBE in the 2019 New Year Honours for his charitable work with Shooting Star Children's Hospice, and a Gold Badge from the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters in 2005.

The Glasgow date is part of a UK tour running through November and December 2026, presented by Flying Music. Tickets are £74.30, £63.10, and £51.90, with a VIP Meet & Greet at £175.10 and a VIP Hot Ticket at £112.38 — both of those include the booking fee and restoration fund. The show is at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, G2 3NY, on Sunday 29 November at 7:45pm.