After much bitterness and a court case, Spandau Ballet are reunited again.

It was only 9.30am – the crack of dawn, by most musicians’ standards – but in a warehouse in east London, five fortysomething pop stars were already at work. Having reunited with much fanfare in the spring after 19 acrimonious years apart, Spandau Ballet were in the final stages of preparing for their first tour since 1990. A few weeks before their first show in Dublin last Tuesday, they had slotted a photo shoot into a schedule filled with intensive live rehearsals, during which they had been adjusting to the novelty of occupying a stage together again.