Dust off the shoulder pads and eyeliner, new romantics Spandau Ballet could be on the point of making a comeback.

Dust off the shoulder pads and eyeliner, new romantics Spandau Ballet could be on the point of making a comeback.

But fans of the 1980s band might have to wait as long as four years before any reunion takes place.

Singer Tony Hadley has signalled he was ready to bury the hatchet, following the group's bitter break-up battle which ended in the High Court in 1999.

Until now, Hadley has firmly denied any possibility of the band reforming but it appears that, finally, the band members might be willing to kiss and make up.

Bassist Martin Kemp, who went on to acting success in EastEnders as club owner Steve Owen, has said he would welcome a reunion.

"I'm sure that if the five of us ever worked together again, after 15 minutes together we'd forget about everything and we'd be laughing at the same stupid jokes we were laughing at when we were 17," he said.

The band, one of the forerunners of the British New Romantic trend in the 1980s, had a spectacular and high profile fall-out.

Hadley, Steve Norman and John Keeble sued guitarist and songwriter Gary Kemp for a £1m share of the songwriting royalties but lost.

The three were also forced to sell their shares in the band's company to pay legal costs. Relations have been non-existent since.

Kemp reportedly approached Hadley about a reunion for Live8 in 2005 but was turned down.

However, Hadley now says that he is prepared to put the past behind him.

Discussing his hopes for a reunion on Virgin Radio, he said: "There'll have to be an awful lot of things remedied because things did get personal and it went a bit too far. The next window of opportunity that I see would be our 30th anniversary, in about four years' time."

The band had a string of hits including True, Gold and Through The Barricades and eventually notched up nine top 10 singles.