hadley worked as a radio presenter with virgin radio, taking over the "friday night virgin party classics" show from suggs (of the band madness) in august 2007. in january 2008, he was given the "saturday night virgin party classics" show as well. he left both shows in september 2008. in 2015 he was listed as a presenter for absolute radio and presented tony hadley's 80's party on a saturday night from 6.00 - 8.00pm on absolute 80s until december 2019..