Spandau Ballet singer Ross William Wild has revealed he tried to take his personal life after being savagely ditched by the band on dwell tv.
The 31-year-old Scottish star grew to become a member of the iconic ‘80s band in 2018, changing authentic frontman Tony Hadley following a prolonged audition course of.
Ross joined bandmates John Keeble, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, and Steve Norman for a tour in latter half of 2018, however was left deflated in early 2019 when progress with the band stalled.
The bold singer – who had beforehand carried out within the West Finish with 58-year-old Martin Kemp in a manufacturing of Million Greenback Quartet – had been eager to hunt different music and theatre alternatives whereas Spandau Ballet had been off tour.
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Nevertheless, Ross claims he was “ignored” by the bands administration – and he stop in Could 2019 to hunt different alternatives.
The blue-eyed singer claims the band then acted quick to made a public announcement which, he claims, advised he had been dumped by them.
Talking to The Solar, Ross revealed: “I instructed Spandau I needed to go away and so they wished me luck. I couldn’t afford to be left on a shelf, not realizing the place my subsequent meal was coming from.”
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He goes on to say: “Then the following day they pressured Martin Kemp on This Morning and made him act like I used to be simply being brushed apart. I by no means even received to say that I stop, to personal any a part of my story.
“I used to be so humiliated as they’d handled me so badly for therefore lengthy. That’s after I tried to kill myself and I wound up in hospital in Cannes.”
Ross says he was left so low and “crashed out” as he struggled to take care of the best way the band ended phrases with him.
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The star says he’s alive at the moment as a result of associates noticed that he was attempting to harm himself.
He stated: “I wrote one thing cryptic on Facebook like ‘Higher to burn out than to fade away’ and he noticed proper by it.”
Ross went on to say he felt the best way Spandau Ballet is run ended up treating him extra like a commodity than an individual.
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He now performs with a band referred to as Mercutio who’re signed to unbiased file label Diverge Information.
Ross says he’s nonetheless near Spandau icons Martin and Steve, who he describes as “associates for all times.”
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