[Pete.]

A thread dedicated to the legends of the late 90's and early 00's.

Steps are:

Claire Richards
Faye Tozer
Ian 'H' Watkins
Lisa Scott-Lee
Lee Latchford Evans

Official Website: http://www.stepsofficial.co.uk/

Steps' Twitter:
Steps Official

Claire
H
Faye
Lee
Lisa

Steps won a BRIT Award for Best Selling Live Act of the year in 2000.

Steps split on Boxing Day in 2001 after H & Claire resigned from the band. Following the release of the Ultimate Collection in 2011, Steps decided to end their 10-year split with a show on Sky Living called Steps Reunion, a ratings success.


Albums:

Spoiler:

Step One


Reached #2 in UK Album Charts
Sold 1.4 million copies in UK

Singles:
5,6,7,8 - UK #14, Aus #1
Last Thing On My Mind - UK #6, Bel #1
One For Sorrow - UK #2, Bel #1
Heartbeat - UK #1, NZ #1
Better Best Forgotten - UK #2


Steptacular


Reached #1 in UK Album Charts for 3 weeks
Sold 1.2 million copies in UK and 1.5 million copies worldwide

Singles:
Tragedy - UK #1, NZ #1
Love's Got A Hold Of My Heart - UK #2
After The Love Has Gone - UK #5
Say You'll Be Mine - UK #4
Deeper Shade Of Blue - UK #4
When I Said Goodbye - UK #5

Buzz


Reached #4 in UK Album Charts
'It's The Way You Make Me Feel' holds the record for the biggest chart jump by a UK group going for #72 to #2 in one week

Singles:
Better The Devil You Know - UK #4
Summer Of Love - UK #5
Stomp - UK #1
It's The Way You Make Me Feel - UK #2
Here and Now - UK #4
You'll Be Sorry - UK #4

Gold: Greatest Hits


Reached #1 in UK Album Charts and Irish Album Charts
Certified x4 Platinum

Singles:
Chain Reaction - UK #2
Words Are Not Enough - UK #5
Baby Don't Dance (Promo only)

The Last Dance


Released a year after Steps split and consisted of B-sides and remixes of previous singles
Reached #57 in UK Charts

The Ultimate Collection


Reached #1 in UK Album Charts
Included a cover of ABBA's Dancing Queen

Light Up The World


First release using the band's own label Steps Recordings

Singles:
Light Up The World - UK #32

Tours:

Spoiler:

Step One Tour (1999)



Start date 6 March 1999
End date 13 April 1999
Shows 12

Setlist:
1. Better Best Forgotten (W.I.P. '99 Cream of Manchester Mix)
2. Last Thing on My Mind
3. 5, 6, 7, 8
4. This Heart Will Love Again
5. Stay with Me
6. Love U More
7. Disney Medley - One Jump Ahead / Part of Your World / I Just Can't Wait to Be King / Colours of the Wind / A Whole New World / Circle of Life
8. To Be Your Hero
9. I'll Be There for You
10. Heartbeat
11. One for Sorrow
12. Tragedy

Next Step Tour (1999)


Start date 20 October 1999
End date 13 December 1999
Shows 33

The Halloween Manchester show was broadcast live on Sky Box Office and later released on the video "The Next Step Live". The show was split into three different themes - "Carnival", "Space" and "Garden".

Carnival
1. Love's Got a Hold on My Heart (W.I.P Off The Wall Mix)
2. Last Thing on My Mind
3. When I Said Goodbye
4. After the Love Has Gone

Space
5. Deeper Shade of Blue (Album Version)
6. We're Gonna Have a Party (Lee's Solo)
7. Since You Took Your Love Away (Faye's Solo)
8. Heartbeat

Garden
9. One for Sorrow
10. Careless Whisper (H's Solo)
11. I Think It's Love (Claire's Solo)
12. Ghostbusters Theme only performed on 31/10/99
13. Medley: Better Best Forgotten/5, 6, 7, 8
14. Just Like the First Time (Lisa's Solo)
15. Say You'll Be Mine

Encore
16. Better the Devil You Know
17. Tragedy

Steptacular Tour (2000)


Start date 4 May 2000
End date 27 August 2000
Shows 36

The tour complemented Steptacular. The tour also premiered some tracks from Buzz. 5 Open Air concerts were performed

Setlist:
1. Deeper Shade of Blue (Sleazesisters Anthem Mix)
2. One for Sorrow (Tony Moran Remix)
3. Say You'll Be Mine
4. I Know Him So Well (Lisa, Faye and Claire)
5. Come on Get Together (Lee solo)

6. After the Love Has Gone/Last Thing on My Mind
7. 5,6,7,8
8. R Dancing (Faye solo)
9. Lay All Your Love on Me (H solo)
10. Heartbeat
11. When I Said Goodbye
12. I Surrender (Claire solo)

13. Things Can Only Get Better (H and Lee duet)
14. Never Get Over You (Lisa solo)
15. Better the Devil You Know

16. Summer of Love
17. Love's Got a Hold on My Heart
18. Tragedy

Steps into Christmas (2000)


Start date 18 November 2000
End date 21 December 2000
Shows 27

The tour featured several Christmas themed sections. Video from this tour has never been released on video although it is possible that some footage exists.

Setlist:
1. Tragedy (W.I.P Reception Mix)
2. Better the Devil You Know
3. Better Best Forgotten
4. It's the Way You Make Me Feel (Sleazesisters Anthem Mix - Intro)
5. One for Sorrow
6. Heartbeat
7. All I Want for Christmas Is You
8. If You Believe
9. Deeper Shade of Blue (Sleazesisters Anthem Mix)
10. Here and Now
11. In It for Love
12. Learn to Love Again
13. Turn Around
14. Last Thing On My Mind
15. Stomp
16. Christmas Medley
17. Merry Christmas Everybody

Gold Tour (2001)


Start date 21 November 2001
End date 22 December 2001
Shows 34

A few hours before the final show in Manchester, band members H and Claire Richards announced their resignation from the band to the rest of the members.

1. Overture (intro)
2. One For Sorrow (Sleazesisters mix)
3. Deeper Shade Of Blue (Sleazesisters mix)
4. Love's Got a Hold on My Heart

6. 5, 6, 7, 8 (Dancers)
7. Believe ('H' solo)
8. After the Love Has Gone
9. Heartbeat (Simon Hill Mix)
10. Here and Now

11. If You Believe (Faye solo)
12. It's The Way You Make Me Feel
13. Hand On Your Heart (Claire solo)
14. Words Are Not Enough
15.I Know Him So Well (Lisa, Faye and Claire trio)

16. Bittersweet (Lisa solo)
17. Baby Don't Dance
18. Last Thing on My Mind
19. Close To Me (Lee solo)
20. You'll Be Sorry
21. Medley: Better the Devil You Know/Summer of Love/Better Best Forgotten

22. Words Are Not Enough (Interlude)
23. Stomp (W.I.P. mix)
24. Tragedy
25. Chain Reaction

The Ultimate Tour (2012)


Start date 2 April 2012
End date 27 August 2012
Shows 30

Following the success of the Ultimate Collection, Steps performed 30 shows celebrating 10 years since they sensationally split.

Setlist:
Futuristic Intro
1. Here and Now
2. You'll Be Sorry
3. Deeper Shade of Blue
4. Last Thing on My Mind/Better Best Forgotten/Love's Got a Hold on My Heart
5. 5,6,7,8

Salsa
6. Summer of Love
7. Better the Devil You Know/Judas

Solos
8. Lee solo: Moves Like Jagger /S&M
9. Faye solo: One Night Only
10. 'H' solo: Don't Stop Believin'
11. Lisa solo: Heaven/Beautiful People/Lately
12. Claire solo: I Surrender

Ballads
13. It's the Way You Make Me Feel
14. Heartbeat
15. When I Said Goodbye
16. One For Sorrow

Disco
17. Stomp
18. Chain Reaction
19. Dancing Queen

Encore
20. Tragedy

Christmas with Steps (2012)


Start date 30 November 2012
End date 5 December 2012
Shows 6

This tour supported the album Light Up The World. It is the group's first theatre tour since 1999 and their second Christmas themed tour since 2000's Steps into Christmas.

Setlist:
1. History Is Made At Night
2. After The Love Has Gone
3. Overjoyed
4. One For Sorrow
5. One Less Bell To Answer
6. A House Is Not A Home
7. Say You'll Be Mine
8. I Know Him So Well
9. Light Up The World
10. Baby Don't Dance
11. Stomp

12. It May Be Winter Outside
13. It's The Way You Make Me Feel
14. Words Are Not Enough
15. Heartbeat
16. Question & Answers
17. Better Best Forgotten (Ballad Version)
18. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
19. Please Come Home For Christmas (Lee solo)
20. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (H solo)
21. Chain Reaction

22. Tragedy
23. Merry Christmas Everybody

[Shaun]

Last Thing On My Mind is so underrated by them

The Way You Make Me Feel, One for Sorrow & Heartbeat are my other faves.

[Pete.]

Deeper Shade Of Blue, Stomp, Here and Now, Summer Of Love are my favourites

Fave member: Claire of course
Least fave member: Lisa

[Samm]

Tragedy >>>>

[Shaun]

lisa was such a try-hard, bless her

think my fave was Lee just because the others were sorta annoying I remember buying Stomp on cassette

[Pete.]

Originally Posted by Shaun

lisa was such a try-hard, bless her

I like Lisa as a person but as a member ... no

[Crimson Dynamo]

Loved Steps

[Pete.]

They will forever be famed as the reason way all the other bands have reformed.

But they could never get a #1 reunion album

[Marsh.]

Doesn't that title go to Take That? Their success started a trend of old groups trying to reform.

Have Steps officially split again then?

[Pete.]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

Doesn't that title go to Take That? Their success started a trend of old groups trying to reform.

Have Steps officially split again then?

I think better phrasing of my previous post is that the Reunion show led all the other bands to reunite via TV

[reece(:]

Lisa.. yes

The rest of them.. no

[reece(:]

Actually the one who had dreadlocks for a while was alright as well.

[Pete.]

Steps Reunion: Steps' Story

Youtube video

[Pete.]

Originally Posted by reece(:

Actually the one who had dreadlocks for a while was alright as well.

Beautiful Faye

[Glenn.]

My sister was obsessed with steps growing up.

[Pete.]

H and Claire resign and the initial Step era ends

Youtube video

Powerful stuff tbh - #MakeAFilm

[Pete.]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

Have Steps officially split again then?

They are on a break atm - Claire is doing a solo album

[Pete.]

Added all the tour information (again took a while)

[Pete.]

Claire made her debut as a Loose Woman panellist

[Z]

It looks like Claire's lost weight?

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by Z

It looks like Claire's lost weight?

was just about to say this, she looks great

[Pete.]

yes she has



from

[Marsh.]

I saw them scrub their makeup off. Looked like death.

[Pete.]

Lol

[Natalie.]

ooh is that the loose women desk and chairs now