From Billboard Bulletin: Brit Award winners Belle & Sebastian face the prospect of having to return their trophy for best newcomer, after it has emerged that they should not have qualified as nominees for the category. Under BPI rules, acts are not eligible “if they have had a top-75 single or album success prior to […]
Steps played their singles at the G-A-Y nightclub in London. The band have a massive gay following that makes up a large majority of their fan base. The night was a complete sell out, and went well. It will be documented on today’s Ozone on BBC Two at 7:10pm.
On Friday 19 February, Faye appeared on ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’ a comical quiz show about popular music past and present. While she gave us a fantastic taster of her wonderful singing voice, things soon turned from good to bad. When asked to state the next line to a song, she had no idea what […]
The Brit Awards are at the centre of an alleged vote-rigging scandal after Scottish indie band Belle & Sebastian pipped Steps to win the best newcomer award. BBC Radio 1 said it was satisfied with the authenticity of the listeners’ poll for the Best Newcomer category in the awards, following claims that a late surge […]
Steps didn’t win the Best Newcomer award at this year Brits. Thanks to everyone who voted for them either via the internet or by phone. Remember that the boys from Steps will be on MTV Select on Friday (19 February). If you have MTV remember to watch. If you live in London get down to […]
There was an astounding ABBA tribute performed by Steps, B*witched, Billie Piper, Cleopatra and Tina Cousins at the 1999 Brit awards. This couldn’t have come at a better time. Steps have been compared to the Swedish super group ever since they started out. And even if we don’t get a cover of an ABBA song […]
It has been announced that our very own Steps girls will be in the march issue of FHM, the most popular men’s magazine. They are also featured in numerous other music magazines such as TOTP, Posters and all the others. On TV it can now almost be guaranteed that you will see at least one […]
The Brit Awards will take on a Swedish flavour when Abba founders Björn Ulväeus and Benny Andersson are serenaded by leading UK pop acts at the ceremony on 16 February. Billie Piper, B*Witched, Cleopatra, Steps, and Tina Cousins will form a one-off super group to perform an Abba medley (“Take A Chance On Me,” “Dancing […]
This information is completely unconfirmed so please don’t accuse me of printing incorrect information! Better Best Forgotten will be released on two CD formats. One contains club mixes and an Abba medley (to be performed at the Brits) the other has a 5, 6, 7, 8 / Tragedy mix, which is currently on white label […]
Steps have now spent their 12th week in the UK top 40. Three months after its release, Heartbeat / Tragedy is still at number three and has gone platinum according to Dotmusic. Step One is up to number four in the album chart and has gone three times platinum. Steps The Video is still number […]