The pop band Steps, are back with their new album, ‘What The Future Holds‘ due to be released today, 27th November and have added new dates to their UK arena tour which will start on November 2nd 2021. The group members Lee, Lisa, Claire, Faye and H, are optimistic about their sixth album as they’ve had positive reactions from fans from their latest singles, ‘What The Future Holds,’ and ‘Something In Your Eyes.’ Their latest album is expected to follow in the footsteps of the success from their previous album release in 2017, ‘Tears On The Dancefloor,’ which was the second biggest independent album of the year behind Stormzy.
In a recent interview with MyLondon news, Steps said, “This album really nods to our back catalogue and fans have heard that with the singles, which to us are up there with that ‘classic Steps sound’ like ‘After the Love Has Gone’ and ‘Love’s Got a Hold on My Heart’. But then we’ve got new songs on the album which are more mature-sounding, like ‘Hold My Heart’ and ‘Under My Skin’ – which is favourite of H and Claire’s – so it’s a very mixed bag for Steps fans”.
The album release has come at the same time as Miley Cyrus releases her 7th album ‘Plastic Hearts,’ therefore there will likely be another pop battle for the Number 1 chart spot next week, which occurred earlier this month between Kylie and girl group Little Mix. Steps said to MyLondon news that, “It doesn’t feel like we’re in competition because of the way the charts are now, not everyone is chasing for a number one at the end of the week. These days we’re more doing it for the fans and it doesn’t feel like we have to ‘take over the world’, because the people that want us are able to hear us and we can release great new stuff for them and people that don’t know us are getting to know us via all these amazing platforms”.
The group have confirmed that they have added extra dates for their ‘What The Future Holds‘ tour in Birmingham, Manchester and London. Fans can expect to see the group perform songs from their latest album as well as classic Steps tracks such as ‘One For Sorrow,’ ‘Last Thing On My Mind,’ ‘Tragedy,’ and ‘5,6,7,8.’ The band told BirminghamLive, “We know what the stage is going to look like and that’s really exciting because it’s something we’ve never done before. But in terms of the setlist we think we’re going to have our work cut out because we’ve got so much material to choose from now and it’s impossible to keep everybody happy isn’t it? So we’ll try – but there might be quite a few melodies in there”. Tickets will go on sale from 27th November and can be brought here.
2021 Tour Dates
2/11/2021 – FlyDSA Arena – Sheffield
3/11 – Motorpoint Arena – Nottingham
5/11 – Resorts World Arena – Birmingham
6/11 – Resorts World Arena – Birmingham
8/11– Utilita Arena – Newcastle
11/11- AO Arena – Manchester
12/11 – AO Arena – Manchester
13/11 – P&J Live – Aberdeen
15/11 – SSE Arena – Belfast
18/11– M&S Bank Arena – Liverpool
19/11 – First Direct Arena – Leeds
22/11 – The SSE Hydro – Glasgow
23/11 – The SSE Hydro – Glasgow
25 /11– Centre – Brighton
26 /11 – The O2 – London
27/11 – The O2 – London
29/11 – Motorpoint Arena – Cardiff
1/12– International Centre – Bournemouth
