From The Mirror: Pop favourites Steps split after Claire Richards and Ian “H” Watkins sensationally quit the band on Christmas Day, it was revealed last night. The fed-up singers had told fellow stars Lisa Scott-Lee, Faye Tozer and Lee Latchford-Evans they wanted to pursue solo careers. The band planned to put on hold talks about […]
From Worldpop: Steps fans are still reeling from the announcement that the band have split up. Worldpop’s message boards have been besieged by inconsolable fans who feel the band didn’t announce the split in the right way and should have copied Five’s lead by announcing the split live on TV. One fan wrote: “I just […]
The official website has tried to ease our worries by posting an Q&A about the spilt. For me it just raises more questions than answering what we need to know… When did it happen? Although the decision to part company was very well considered by all of the band, it was only made very recently. […]
Wednesday 26 December 2001 will be a day that every Steps fan in the world will never forget (see yesterday’s news items for all the sad details). I have had many thousand of e-mails and have spoken to practically everyone on on my AIM/MSN buddy lists. Also I’ve been speaking to those on the message […]
Just in case you had no idea what happened yesterday, here is the news from Worldpop. Steps have split after five successful years together. The chart topping group said in a statement today that they were going out on top and wanted to move on to new challenges. Faye, Lisa, Claire, Lee and H sold […]
From The Sun: Steps ‘tired of being naff’ By SIMON WHEELER, Showbiz Reporter CHART sensations Steps stunned fans last night by announcing they are splitting up. Faye, Claire, Lisa, H and Lee said in a statement: “We’ve decided that it is time to move on.” They split because they were sick of being branded Britain’s […]
From The Mirror: STEPS ASIDE: Pop group walks away after five years at top By Christine Smith STEPS last night said they are to split, ending a hugely successful run as one of Britain’s biggest pop acts. Band members insisted the break-up was amicable, and issued a joint statement to their legions of child fans […]
Steps have announced they have split up. The five member group, who have sold more than 12 million records, announced the decision to go their separate ways in a statement. The band, who sold out 120 UK arenas, were recently presented with a commemorative disc by Sir Tim Rice to celebrate their entry into the […]
Award-winning pop group Steps, who have sold more than 12 million records, are to split, saying they want “new challenges”. The band, who sold out 120 UK arenas, were recently presented with a commemorative disc by Sir Tim Rice to celebrate their entry into the top 100 acts of all time. Group members Faye, Claire, […]
From Sky News: Tragedy as Steps split Pop group Steps have announced they are splitting up to pursue solo careers. The award-winning group made the announcement in a statement. It follows denials earlier in the year that they were breaking up. The five-member group have sold more than 12 million records since they hit the […]
BBC News has updated its report: Pop Stars Steps Spilt for Solo Careers The pop stars Steps have announced they have split and are planning to pursue solo careers. The five-member group, who have sold more than 12 million records, announced the split in a statement. “After five incredible years, we’ve decided it’s time to […]
From BBC News: The Pop Stars Steps have announced they have split and are planning to pursue solo careers. The five-member group, who have sold more than 12 million records, announced the split in a statement. “After five incredible years, we’ve decided it’s time to move on to new challenges,” band members Faye, Claire, Lisa, […]
I’ve had these sent to me via e-mail… Steps have today announced that they will not continue as a group. Claire, Faye, H, Lee and Lisa have said: “After five incredible years, we have all decided that it is time to move on to new challenges. We have always said that when the time came […]
The BBC has a great interview with Steps which hints that they will be back in January after a break. Chart-toppers Steps will be enjoying a well-earned rest this Christmas. Their holiday started just a couple of days ago after a 28-gig tour. Claire & Lee from the group took time out of their busy […]
Baby Don’t Dance is due to be released as a UK single on 25 February 2002.
The new UK charts were announced today. Words Are Not Enough / I Know Him So Well suffers a fairly big fall on the singles chart, it falls down to number 14 (seems like the huge sales of the Gold Greatest Hits album are affecting the longevity of singles from the album). Gold Greatest Hits […]
Steps have overtaken the Spice Girls in the list of most-successful acts in the British charts. They have gone to number 97 in the chart compiled by the Guinness Book Of Hit Singles. The ratings are based on how many weeks artists have spent in the charts. The Spice Girls have slipped out of the […]
The new chart was announced today and Words Are Not Enough / I Know Him So Well entered at number 5 on the singles chart. Also Chain Reaction remained inside the top 75, at number 62. Gold Greatest Hits moves back up to number four and now sits above the Westlife album (haha – sorry!). […]
From BBC Online / Radio 1: Stepz meanz Heinz The marketing gurus at planet Steps have been working overtime, and come up with pasta shapes based on the band’s dance moves. The tins of Heinz pasta features six shapes – including a star, a pose from ‘Tragedy’, a dancing foot, a hand expression from ‘One […]
For you stats people here are some sales figures for Sunday – Monday sales. In the albums chart, Gold has sold around 19,526 copies, an increase of 18% over last week’s sales at this time. This only keeps Steps at number six though. They are 3,000 copies ahead of Madonna at number seven, but only […]