As if in-flight music isn’t lame enough already, former ’80s Brit-pop
has-beens Spandau Ballet have reportedly signed a deal to become the
first band to perform in space.
The long-forgotten New Romantic outfit — who recently reunited at the
urging of absolutely nobody — are slated to play outside the Earth’s
atmosphere during a trip on Sir Richard Branson’s newly unveiled
commercial spacecraft Enterprise.
The vehicle, which was unveiled last week by Branson’s company Virgin
Galactic as part of his apparent quest to become a real-life Bond
villain, will blast insanely rich passengers 65 miles above the
planet for several minutes of weightlessness — especially in the
wallet. So far, about 300 space cadets have allegedly coughed up
$200,000 for a ticket, while another 82,000 dreamers have registered
their interest on Virgin’s website.
Six of those deep-pocketed rocket scientists will apparently be able
to take in the Spandau Ballet gig, which will supposedly take place
in 2011 and last five minutes — just long enough for the band to play
one song. Coincidentally, that could also be just long enough for
someone to accidentally open the pod-bay door and turn Spandau Ballet
from The First Band to Suck in Space to The First Band to be Sucked
Into Space.
darryl.sterdan@sunmedia.ca
