[Sod_James]

Steps have announced details of their first UK tour in ten years.

The group will embark on a 14-date jaunt dubbed 'The Ultimate Tour' next year, kicking off in Belfast's Odyssey Arena on April 2 and wrapping up at London's O2 Arena on April 19.



The shows coincide with the release of their Ultimate Collection LP, which is out now, and their four-part documentary series on Sky Living.

Lee Latchford-Evans told Digital Spy: "The response has been really positive and, scarily, the demand is steadily creeping in.

"It's quite a nervous time for us. Last week all our previous albums re-entered the iTunes Top 40, which was really weird."

Fans who purchase the retrospective through Ticketmaster from today will be given exclusive access to a ticket presale.

It was recently reported that the band turned down the chance to appear on The X Factor two years ago.

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The 'Ultimate Tour' dates appear in full below:

April 2 - Belfast, Odyssey Arena Belfast
April 3 - Dublin, 02 Arena Dublin
April 4 - Liverpool, Echo Arena
April 6 - Glasgow, SECC
April 7 - Aberdeen, AECC Press and Journal Arena
April 8 - Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena
April 10 - Manchester, Evening News Arena
April 11 - Nottingham, Capital FM Arena
April 12 - Birmingham, LG Arena
April 13 - Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena
April 15 - Sheffield, Motorpoint Arena
April 16 - Bournemouth, BIC
April 17 - Brighton Centre
April 19 - London, O2 Arena

Already got my tickets.

[Tom]

Here comes the mass punishment for the summer riots

[Glenn.]

[Z]

WHY AM I NO LONGER IN THE COUNTRY!! so tempted to go home for either the Glasgow or Aberdeen one...

[Saph]

I saw them live when I was about 7

This is going to be a huge fail they cant do their usual bubblegum pop because thats not popular anymore and if they try and be cool and 'new-age' they'll end up looking like a bunch of plebs :s