The Ultimate Tour (Steps)
| Tour by Steps | |
Promotional image for tour
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| Associated album | The Ultimate Collection |
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| Start date | 2 April 2012 |
| End date | 27 August 2012 |
| Legs | 2 |
| No. of shows | 30 in Total |
| Steps concert chronology | |
The Ultimate Tour was the sixth concert tour by British group Steps. Formed in 1997, the group comprises Claire Richards, Faye Tozer, Ian "H" Watkins, Lee Latchford-Evans and Lisa Scott-Lee. Beginning in April 2012, 'The Ultimate Tour' supports the band's compilation album, The Ultimate Collection. It is the group's first concert tour in 11 years. Additional dates were added for the summer of 2012, playing music festivals. The tour predominately visits arenas across the United Kingdom as well as a one-off performance in the Republic of Ireland. The initial UK dates sold out in the first few hours of their general release, leading the band to announce six new dates. Dates were also added for music festivals for summer 2012.
Sony record company intended to release a greatest hits album with the Steps music due to the ten-year anniversary following their 'acrimonious' split in 2001. Claire Richards said with the production of The Ultimate Collection album coupled with the ten-year anniversary, 'it just seemed right' to get back together, and in June 2011 she tweeted 'Ok guys, I'm happy to say it is no longer a rumour!!! We are filming a doc for Sky Living. No other plans right now, each day as it comes'. As the group reconciled, plans for a reunion tour developed. The tour was announced by Steps in their Sky Living documentary "Steps: Reunion". The tour was confirmed on the band appearance on This Morning. The band performed hits "Tragedy" and "It's the Way You Make Me Feel".
The free show begins with a video shown on a large screen dominating the backdrop of the step, showing a one-minute countdown as the dancers come onstage. As the dancers arrive onstage, images of vaults and tubes with Steps inside are shown on the screens. The concept behind this is that the five members of Steps have been cryogenically frozen since their 2001 split at the final Manchester date.
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