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Spandau Ballet’s Martin Kemp recalls 1980s nightclub where you could be ‘free with your sexuality and no one batted an eyelid’ as he says ‘that was one of the loveliest things’

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Martin Kemp reflected on his fond memories of a 1980s nightclub and admitted how “lovely” it was to “be free with your sexuality” in this week’s episode of the Mail’s Soccer AZ podcast.

Recalling the “wonderful” days of partying at London’s famous Blitz club, Martin said it was comforting to be able to wear what you liked and be who you wanted without judgement.

The Spandau Ballet star, 63, who has been married to his wife Shirlie since 1988, said: “It was a wonderful place to grow up because it was not just about being free with what you wore and your clothes, but also about being sexually free.” . .

‘Your sexuality: you could be whoever you wanted to be. In that club there were boys kissing boys and girls kissing girls, and no one batted an eyelid.

‘And it was, that is something that I took away and I have passed it on to my children so that they say that people are accepted as they are.

“And that’s one of the most beautiful things I think about being involved in all that pop culture as a kid.”

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Recalling “wonderful” days of partying at London’s famous Blitz club, Martin said it was comforting to be able to wear what you liked and be who you wanted without judgment (pictured with brother Gary Kemp at Spandau Ballet in 1980).

Martin also poked fun at the iconic shoulder pads and wild hairstyles he wore when he was in the band.

He said: “Those were days I looked back on so fondly because, you know, we all laughed at fashion, you have to understand how that fashion overtook the high street.”

“Even Princess Diana at one point had that big hair and big shoulder pads that came from those nights at the Blitz.”

It comes after Martin revealed what kind of funeral he would like, after predicting he has 10 years to live.

The star was diagnosed with two brain tumors in the ’90s and had to undergo radiotherapy and surgery to remove them.

And he recently told his son Román, 31, that the diagnoses left him “resigned to the fact that he was going to die.”

Speaking on the first episode of his and Roman’s podcast. FFS! My dad is Martin Kempaptly titled Death, Martin and Roman were candid about the topic.

At one point, Roman asked Martin how much longer he thinks he’ll be alive. Martin replies: “I’ll be very honest with you, 10 years.”

The Spandau Ballet star, who has been married to wife Shirlie (pictured) since 1988, said:

The Spandau Ballet star, who has been married to his wife Shirlie (pictured) since 1988, said: “It was a wonderful place to grow up because it wasn’t just being free with what you wore and your clothes, it was being sexually free as Well’

And he added:

He added: “Your sexuality: you could be whoever you wanted to be.” In that club there were boys kissing boys and girls kissing girls, and no one batted an eye.

And elsewhere in the podcast episode, the father-son duo discussed what kind of funeral Martin would want.

He said he would like the ceremony to be in a church, with ’80s singers playing tunes as people arrived.

Martin added that he would like 20 to 30 people to attend, including his wife Shirlie Holliman, and would like a montage of the best moments of his life to be played as part of the service.

However, he made one thing very clear to Roman: that he didn’t want the occasion to be sad.

He explained: “But don’t make it sad, don’t get close to sadness, make it funny, tell jokes, being sad is the last thing I would want.”

In the episode, Martin told his son Roman that his previous brain tumor diagnoses left him “resigned to the fact that he was going to die.”

While the benign growths were successfully removed and did not reappear, Martin continued to battle epilepsy as a side effect.

Martin explained: “I don’t know how much time I have left, but I will tell you, since I was 34, when I went through that whole brain tumor scare, I spent two years of my life thinking I was going to die.

Martin explained:

Martin explained: ‘I don’t know how much time I have left, but I will tell you, since I was 34, when I went through that whole brain tumor scare, I spent two years of my life thinking I was going to die.’

‘And I think, after that, everything else, every day, every year, every month I’ve lived, every experience I’ve had has been an advantage.

“I was pretty much resigned to the fact that I was going to die, but I was very happy with my lot, because I had had the most incredible experiences.”

Martín reiterated: ‘When I was 34 years old and I thought I was going to die, I spent two years thinking about it, I was quite happy, I thought: ‘If I leave, you know what? What a life’ and that was back then. So every year that I’m alive, every month that I’m alive now is like a bonus.”

He told his son that ‘I would be happy if I lived to be 80, that makes me 18!’

FFS! My Dad Is Martin Kemp streams on all podcast streaming services on Mondays and YouTube on Saturdays.

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