They’ve gone from being the twinks to being bears now, and the love in the room is incredible. Now, they’re in the audience with massive beards. I think Steps add a certain sparkle to the world.įaye: When we were growing up, it’d be the young gays at G-A-Y, when it was in London Astoria, with their tops off. Lisa: It’s nice for us to spread a little happiness.
I felt like I’d had a full night out myself! It just feels like you’re in the middle of the club. Whether it was nostalgia or they were coming to see us for the first time, you felt that adrenaline. It’s pure joy.įaye: I really enjoyed watching people dancing on the last arena tour. There’ve been some tough times, but people come for some escapism.
Fans know they’re guaranteed a good night when they come to see Steps. Lisa: That’s what we were always hoping for, so it’s really nice that you say that. Your shows are so joyful, inclusive and a safe space for a lot of fans. Performing live is the icing on the cake. We literally love putting on a show, that’s our favourite part of the job. We’ve had such an incredible legacy and it’s really important that we don’t fizzle out. That shows when we’re on stage and interacting with each other the audience love to see that and feel part of it.įaye: Steps is our baby, and we become more loyal and passionate about it as the years have gone on. It means that, when you come to work, you’re having a great time. We have so much fun, and the fact it’s still the five of us – the original line-up – and we do genuinely get on. When you love what you do, it doesn’t really feel like work. You've seen a lot of bands come and go over the years. It’s a great time to be alive in the music industry.
It’s so lovely that the youngsters are finding out about the new music, then going back and finding the older stuff. Yes, we’re pretty visible, but not compared to some up-and-coming artists. The 20-year-olds are coming through at the meet and greets and I think ‘how do you know of Steps?’, because we’re not at the forefront of the music scene all the time. There just seems to be even more love out there than ever for Steps.įaye: Especially from the younger generation. We feel so blessed and privileged to be still be here, doing what we love. Each time somebody says it, it takes me back. Congratulations on your 25th anniversary, how does it feel? And, with so much to catch up on ahead of their headline Mighty Hoopla slot this weekend, we gave Lisa and Faye a bell to talk their legacy, twink-to-bear transformations (yep) and how they've no plans to stop. A greatest hits album including their smash singles, brand new tracks and previously-unreleased remixes, the record will be released on August 19. Today, Steps announce the release of Platinum Collection. Yet here we are, a quarter of a century later, celebrating UK pop royalty's 25th anniversary the group having gone on to score three Number 1 albums, 14 Top 10 singles and bagging a BRIT Award along the way. It would have been all too easy to write off Steps - a group formed with the brief of becoming ' ABBA on speed' - as one-hit wonders destined for the Our Price bargain bin forever more. On NovemLisa Scott-Lee, Faye Tozer, Ian 'H' Watkins, Lee Latchford-Evans and Claire Richards burst onto the pop scene with their utterly bonkers, techno-pop-meets-country classic 5, 6, 7, 8.