GARY KEMP ‘I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING’

POIGNANT NEW SINGLE ALONGSIDE BREATHTAKING AI GENERATED MUSIC VIDEO

‘THIS DESTINATION’ THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM OUT ON 31st JANUARY

Great British Songwriter Gary Kemp is set to return with his third solo album, “This Destination” out on 31st January 2025 through East West Records. The album is available for pre-order HERE.

The track is paired with a stunning AI-generated music video, directed by Mike Bennion, that portrays a man’s epic journey across land and sea in a vivid, hyper-real visual style.

Today, Kemp releases the third single from the forthcoming album, ‘I Know Where I’m Going’. The song was recorded at Reformation Studios and Rak Studios and was self-produced by Kemp, alongside longtime collaborator Toby Chapman. 

The track’s instrumental section features a string arrangement by the renowned John Metcalfe (formerly of The Durutti Column and more recently string arranger to the likes of Peter Gabriel, Blur and U2). The song also features throat singing by the Mercury Prize nominee, British Folk artist Sam Lee. 

The final track on the album, it’s on ‘I Know Where I’m Going’ that Kemp reaches his resolution. He sings, “I know where I’m going, I plan to take a rest there”. Clearly Kemp finds his peace of mind on the album’s full circle moment. He said, “It’s the most personal on the record… It had to go last – it just made sense”.

The release follows the album’s anthemic first single, ‘Put Your Head Up’  (SEE THE VIDEO HERE) and title track ‘This Destination’. 

The album will be released alongside a special Dolby Atmos mix, created by Steven Wilson. Wilson uses spatial audio mixing which creates an immersive sound by placing audio elements into a three dimensional space. The effect is a stunning recreation of how we hear sound in the real world. Wilson is the renowned master of this. 

“This Destination” will be available on formats listed below.

FORMATS 

Red Gold Vinyl

Standard CD 

Deluxe CD

Digital 

Atmos 

TRACKLISTINGS

FORMAT: Standard CD

1. Borrowed Town
2. This Destination 
3. Put Your Head Up 
4. Take the Wheel
5. Dancing in Bed 
6. Windswept Street (1978) 
7. Johnny’s Coming Home 
8. At the Chateau
9. Work 
10. Giving it Up 
11. I Know Where I’m Going 

FORMAT: Deluxe 

1. Borrowed Town 
2. This Destination 
3. Put Your Head Up 
4. Take the Wheel 
5. Dancing in Bed
6. Windswept Street (1978) 
7. Johnny’s Coming Home 
8. At the Chateau 
9. Work 
10. Giving it Up 
11. I Know Where I’m Going

Bonus tracks:

12. Boy 
13. True (live acoustic version) 
14. Through the Barricades (live acoustic version) 

FORMAT: Vinyl

Side A

1.      Borrowed Town 

2.      This Destination

3.      Put Your Head Up

4.      Take the Wheel

5.      Dancing in Bed

6.      Windswept Street (1978)

Side B

1.      Johnny’s Coming Home

2.      At the Chateau

3.      Work

4.      Giving it Up

5.      I know Where I’m Going

About Gary Kemp

Gary Kemp is one of  the UK’s most successful songwriters of the past 40 years. As guitarist and founding member of the most influential and iconic band of the 80s, Spandau Ballet, he was responsible for writing the words and music for 23 hit singles and albums, including modern day standards like True and Gold. Gary’s songs have had an extraordinary combined total of over 500 weeks in the charts and are hits all over the world. They’ve generated over 25 million record sales and the songs were part of the soundtrack to the 80s.  Last year, he received the BMI Icon Award at the 2023 BMI London Awards for his contributions to popular culture and music. He joined an elite group that includes The Bee Gees, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Ray Davies, Peter Gabriel, Queen, Sting, and Van Morrison.

Kemp’s songs have proven truly timeless. The ubiquitous hit single True has logged over 5 million air plays in North America alone, and his songs have featured in an incredible 100 feature  films over the years including Sixteen Candles, The Wedding Singer, Charlie’s Angels, Pixels and Crazy Stupid Love as well as countless TV programs including The Simpsons, Spin City, Gilmore Girls (all three times each) Euphoria, Modern Family and, Ugly Betty plus many, many more.

In 2012, he was presented with the Ivor Novello’s prestigious Outstanding Song Collection award.  Gary has also won numerous awards and accolades for his work in Spandau Ballet, including an MTV award, a Brit and a Q award. 

Gold has even made its way into popular culture, as a sports anthem. In 1984 it was used by the BBC as its main theme for its coverage of the Los Angeles Olympics and in 2012 it became the unofficial anthem of the London Olympic Games. It has become a standard for sports and football fans to sing, in recent times most notably for Arsenal Football Club. It is truly a people’s song. 

Other classics written by Gary include Through the Barricades, Only When You Leave, To Cut a Long Story Short and Chant No.1.

In recent years, Gary has become synonymous with the Rockonteurs podcast which he hosts with fellow musician Guy Pratt, interviewing music legends and becoming the most listened to music podcast in the UK.

He and Guy have also been part of the acclaimed Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets, for the last 6 years, with Gary receiving praise and new audiences for his incredible guitar work. The band play Pink Floyd’s celebrated and significant early body of work including tracks from the era of 1967’s ‚The Piper At The Gates of Dawn‘ through to 1972’s ‘Obscured By Clouds’ which has included a much lauded rendition of the 23 minute epic ‘Echoes’.

Gary is a Trustee of the Theatres Trust with a passion for keeping theatres at the heart of communities.

Gary grew up in Islington (born October 16, 1959) and attended local grammar school Dame Alice Owens and Anna Scher’s Children’s Theatre drama club, becoming a child actor in film and TV before concentrating on playing guitar and songwriting and forming Spandau Ballet .

In the 90s, Gary decided to return to acting, starring in numerous films including hugely successful British crime thriller, The Krays and Hollywood blockbuster, The Bodyguard. He has continued to feature regularly on stage and in film and TV.