 TONY Hadley is enjoying some-thing of a resurgence at the moment. A legend of the '80s as singer with Spandau Ballet, he was thrust back into the spotlight when he won the ITV1 reality show Reborn In The USA. The show took popstars no longer in the charts and toured them around America to see if they still had what it took to make it big over the Atlantic. Tony (pictured) had initially held back from signing on the dotted line for the TV show. He explains: "When I first got the offer I was a bit worried. The last thing I wanted was that Big Brother thing of cameras in the toilets. "Tony Hadley does not go to the toilet on television. "But they then explained exactly how they were going to do it and I agreed when I knew that the cameras would not be on me 24-hours a day." After the win Tony returned back to recording and touring and is about to go on the road again. He will be on tour for months at the start of this year and this time will be with one of his contestants from Reborn In The USA. Peter Cox from Go West will be joining him on the road. The reason according to Tony for the partnership between the two friends is public demand. He says: "I think that in Reborn In the USA the public wanted us to be together in the final. As it happened Pete had a bad one in the semi-final in New York and Michelle made it through to the final. "This is a way of letting the fans see what they wanted to in the end." As part of the tour Tony and Peter will be in Liverpool. They play the Philharmonic on January 25. The grand setting of the Phil is different to the concerts that he used to play as Spandau Ballet but for Tony it is just as enjoyable. He says: "When I was with Spandau we played the Royal Albert Hall. I love to play those kinds of places because it always sounds great. We get people of all ages in to see us. "There must be people who listened to us then and now their children have grown up a bit they are playing it to their children as well." As part of Spandau Ballet Tony had massive success in 1980. Their first single release To Cut A Long Story Short achieved top 5 status in the UK and began a run of over twenty chart singles. The band went on to sell over 20 million records. Ten years and six albums later that the band ceased to function. From there Tony went on to launch a solo career and has continued to work since. An album is also being released to coincide with the tour. * Tony Hadley and Peter Cox play the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on Sunday, January 25. | 
