Kemp to go legal over Rui Da Silva hit single

Former Spandau Ballet guitarist and songwriter Gary Kemp is preparing legal action against Rui Da Silva, his label and music publishers after claiming a version of his recent number one uses a sample from Chant No. 1.

Kemp alleges the original version of Touch Me sampled the riff from the group's 1981 single.

The dispute caused the track's original release date to be delayed and the version eventually issued was a re-recording that omitted the disputed guitar line. David Loader, ...

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