Steps – Adding the pop back into pop music

Nineties UK pop supergroup Steps are back following up on their fifth studio album, Tears on the Dancefloor, with a 22-date tour, Party on the Dancefloor.

In an article on the Bournemouth Echo they’ve promised to “inject pop back into pop music” – read the full article here: Steps on why they want to “inject pop back into pop music”

If you’re after some of the older steps news, you can visit our old site The Unofficial Steps Home Page.

If you want to catch Steps this year, here’s their schedule:

Sun 12 November – Belfast SSE Arena

Mon 13 – November – Dublin 3 Arena

Tue 14 November – Belfast SSE Arena

Thu 16 November – Glasgow SSE Hydro

Fri 17 November – Aberdeen AECC

Sat 18 November – Liverpool Echo Arena

Mon 20 November – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena

Tue 21 November -Leeds First Direct Arena

Thu 23 November – Brighton Centre

Fri 24 November – London The O2

Sat 25 November – London The SSE Arena, Wembley

Mon 27 November – Bournemouth BIC

Tue 28 November – Nottingham Motorpoint Arena

Wed 29 November – Cardiff Motorpoint Arena

Fri 1 December – Birmingham Barclaycard Arena

Sat 2 December – Manchester Arena

Sun 3 December – Manchester Arena

Wed 6 December – Liverpool Echo Arena

Thu 7 December – Glasgow SSE Arena

Sat 9 December – Birmingham Genting Arena

Sun 10 December – Cardiff Motorpoint Arena

Photographs from The Diamond Jubilee concert

A great collection of photographs from The Diamond Jubilee concert. #popmusic

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: the Buckingham Palace concert – Telegraph

Here come the girls: Kylie Minogue and Jessie J show off their legs as well as their voices at The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee concert

The Queen entertained by pop royalty at diamond jubilee concert – in pictures

Diamond Jubilees are for ever

Kylie, Paul McCartney, Elton John Get Ready For The Jubilee

Kylie, Paul McCartney, Elton John and Jessie J get ready for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert. Not even the rain can dampen the mood. #popmusic

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012: Kylie Minogue dons plastic poncho to rehearse in the rain

Kylie Minogue donned a plastic poncho as she rehearsed her set ahead of tonight’s Jubilee concert, which will be headlined by former Beatle Paul McCartney and star Elton John and Jessie J.

The Brit Awards 2012 – Pictures and winners list

Tuesday night saw the 2012 Brit awards take place at the O2 in London.

View photos from the awards.

View a complete list of 2012 Brit Awards winners.

The night didn’t go without some unexpected drama, such as Critics Choice winner Emeli Sande not being able to give an acceptance speech, Adele making a rather upsetting gesture after her acceptance speech was cut short and One Direction upsetting Capital FM bosses by thanking Radio One.

 

New photos of Christina Aguilera’s $13.5m mansion

Christina Aguilera has been trying to sell her mansion in Beverley Hills since last year, but it seems the tough economic times are making it hard to find a buyer.  She purchased the house from the Osbourne’s in 2008 but decided to sell up following her divorce from Jordan Bratman.  She’s now released some extra photos from inside the house in a bid to drum up new interest.

Take a look at the photo’s here.

Whitney Houston Remembered

Whitney Houston was remembered on both sides of the Atlantic on Sunday night at both the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles and the Baftas in London.  Jennifer Hudson performed a fitting tribute with the track ‘I Will Always Love You’, the Dolly Parton song that Houston made famous on the soundtrack to The Bodyguard in which Whitney starred.

More on this story:

BBC News: Whitney Houston mourned at Grammys Awards

Sky News: Awards Shows Remember Whitney Houston

A Bad Week for Whitney – Tour Dates Cancelled, Drug Allegations

Poor old Whitney Houston. It’s been a really rough week for her. Things started badly on Tuesday when she had to postpone the opening of the European leg of her World Tour due to an upper respiratory infection. Naturally, the French fans were disappointed but things were looking better for the UK with the tour scheduled to start in Manchester on Thursday. However, these dates in Manchester and Glasgow have also been postponed so more fans here will have to wait until May and June to see her. To make matters worse, there have then been allegations of drugs use, which according to Whitney are “ridiculous”. We hope she gets better soon as she has such a great voice and is so very talented. In fact, she’s just arrived in the UK and says she feels great! Here are the remaining tour dates for UK fans:Tuesday 13th April Birmingham LG Arena
Wednesday 14th April Nottingham Trent FM Arena
Saturday 17th April Dublin The O2
Sunday 18th April Dublin The O2
Tuesday 20th April Dublin The O2
Thursday 22nd April Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Sunday 25th April London The O2 arena
Monday 26th April London The O2 arena
Wednesday 28th April London The O2 arena

Saturday 1 May Glasgow S.E.C.C.
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Wednesday 16th June Manchester M.E.N Arena
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Thursday 17th June Manchester M.E.N Arena
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Miley Cyrus talks about her first date with Liam Hemsworth, Last Song has it’s premiere

A revealing article at mtv.com tells how Miley Cyrus enjoyed a wonderful first date with “Last Song” co-star Liam Hemsworth at a local Starbucks. Speaking on Jay Leno’s show she spoke of how the two stars met up at a local coffee shop two weeks before filming was due to start and hit it off straight away. They’ve now been dating for around 10 months.

Meanwhile, click on for a video taken from the movie Premiere of Last Song: