- He considers "Through the Barricades" to be Spandau Ballet's best song.
- He was the lead singer and synthesizer player of Spandau Ballet.
- Hadley's band, Spandau Ballet, had one UK number one single, 'True', which topped the chart for four weeks in 1983.
- He has performed with the SAS (Spike Edney's All Stars) Band.
- He was a member of Band Aid (1984).
- He was the winner of Reborn in the USA (2003), beating Michelle Gayle in the final in London, UK.
- Author Dave Rimmer commented that Hadley has a voice "like a foghorn - if a foghorn could be imagined trying to emulate both Sinatra (Frank Sinatra) and Bowie (David Bowie)".
- In July 2017, he announced he was no longer a member of Spandau Ballet but declined to go into details.
- He has three children with his ex-wife, Leonie Lawson: Sons, Thomas Hadley (born 1989) and MacKenzie Hadley (born 1992), and daughter, Toni Hadley (born 1996). He has a daughter, Zara Katie Hadley (born December 21, 2006), with his wife, Alison.
- His favorite albums are "A Night at the Opera" by Queen, "Give 'Em Enough Rope" by The Clash, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John, "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" by David Bowie, "Abandoned Luncheonette" by Daryl Hall and John Oates and "Songs for Swingin' Lovers!" by Frank Sinatra.
- In November 2007, he was working as a DJ on the UK's Virgin Radio, playing from 7pm to 10pm on a Friday night for the UK's Party Classics show.
- He is an active and devoted supporter of the Conservative Party.
- He was educated at Dame Alice Owen's grammar school.
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