June 29, 20232 yr Paradiso in Amsterdam on Sept 19/20 has been added to the growing list That venue is ICONIC - gone to Amsterdam so many times to see shows there.
June 29, 20232 yr omg you are!! are you standing too? You know this already! Standing at the barrier! 70 min show tonight!
June 30, 20232 yr OH MY GOD, THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!!! I was front row, dead centre 🥹😭😭 I loved my first time seeing them last year but tonight was another level, it was truly a great show and their choreography is definitely getting tighter (and new choreo added). They just looked SOOOO happy and like they were having so much fun. They performed Run For Cover which was such a nice surprise, it was amazing! They even said how it had been a while since they performed it. Mutya was literally singing parts of songs to me, thank god I got it on camera 😭😭 The show was amazing, i’m actually shook! I got given a setlist that was on stage, so happy! A few of us waited outside afterwards to see if we could meet the girls! Mutya and Siobhan came out but just waved and got in the coach. Keisha came out last and she came up to us but asked no photos of her were taken because she had no make-up on (she said this in a very sweet way). Plus she really did have no make-up on at all, was in a dressing gown and sliders! I think the other girls were similar and that is why they didn’t come over. Keisha started telling us a story about how she was talking to a guy and he saw a picture of her without make up that fans took and said to her she looked ‘different’ 🤣 Keisha spent time with us just chatting and went out of her way to give us hugs 😭😭 Keisha also signed the setlist I got at the show, which was amazing! Keisha said they are still working on the setlist for O2 and was literally stood with us having a full on conversation asking us each what songs we wanted! Keisha said it’ll be a journey and that she’s thinking of going from the beginning of their catalogue to now but also make it slightly general public friendly. It sounds like there will be quite a few different songs, as she was throwing out lots of different ones! Keisha said she is fighting for ‘Breathe Easy’ to be on the setlist for O2 and she said if it’s not there she lost the fight 🤣 She was asking what we thought of the girls taking us on a journey from beginning to now but Keisha said she’s unsure how the GP would be with that, as there are a lot of older songs they’d want to perform. Honestly it was so lovely of Keisha to go out of her way to come and talk to us as we wasn’t sure if she would as the other two stayed on the coach (they were waving from there though). Obviously there is no obligation that they should have came up to us but a lot of us were gutted but it was more than made up for from talking to Keisha and was better than having a picture with her and just talking and getting her autograph. Such a nice woman, as are Mutya and Siobhan 🥹 Keisha also said a lot more, but she really went out of her way to chat to us all. I literally had the best day! I met some lovely people too. One of those people was BJ’s very own James! :) If I can remember more of what Keisha said about the O2 show I’ll let you know.
June 30, 20232 yr What songs did you mention? And I hope you mentioned Ace Reject sis! :wub: :wub: :wub: Glad you had a great time! Sounds like it was all an experience x
June 30, 20232 yr Interesting! Understandable that they're going to make the O2 show "general public" friendly as it'll surely be a decent press coverage for them, but good to know they're going to dig out some gems from the back catalog.
June 30, 20232 yr Author Sounds incredible!! So excited for you that you had such an incredible experience and then got the chance to meet and have such an incredible chat with Keisha after! Really awesome to hear that’s where their heads are at for the O2 because it would be so nice to have such a unique set list and I think doing it as they describe would drop hits in between deep cuts and just create an incredible vibe for the show.
June 30, 20232 yr It's also nice how they've seemingly rehearsed enough to be able to keep a somewhat dynamic setlist since they were able to drop in Run For Cover like that. I hope they can keep changing it up for their festival performances, especially as they keep preparing for the O2.
June 30, 20232 yr Author Yeah! It’s so great they’ve prepared like a standard bank of songs they can pull from to perform to keep things fresh. Would love to see a couple of different lost tapes era tracks other than just Today at some point
June 30, 20232 yr Thanks so much guys, it was honestly incredible. They've improved A LOT choreo wise since last year, it was a massive difference and it is good they are adding in more! They just seem so confident with it too. Keisha said they only decided to add 'Run For Cover' last minute yesterday as they were listening to old tracks! Mutya and Keisha basically prayed that they'd get the lyrics right just before they performed it :lol: Yesss, it does seem like they want to change it up quite a bit but are also wary of the GP. Keisha also said she wants to make sure there's a good amount of songs which had Siobhan on but she also then said about if the GP would know too many of them. Sacred3, I asked for Side Chick when she asked :P The temptation was SO real to say 'Get Sexy' as i'd die as I love it so much. Keisha said she wanted to take us on a journey from album to album, so I wonder if they might touch of Sweet 7? or if they'll skip that. It's bound to be a great show, they seem super pumped for it! Siobhan sister was at the show! The girl Keisha accidentally threw water on at the Garage show was with us when we met Keisha after the show :lol: It was so funny, we were all laughing about it, Keisha said she thought she was choking or something but tried to pass the water but accidentally threw it :lol: Someone from the team was recording videos on Keisha's phone of the show in front of the barrier and Keisha got it off him, however after the show she said she only got that as she thought she had to get the lyrics up for one of the songs for Mutya :lol: but she didn't end up needing it :lol: Keisha said to us to DM her songs we want - she seemed VERY interested in what we wanted, it's nice to see how much she genuinely cared. A video of Run For Cover from the show from people I met at the show: wSJODcz8pDM Edited June 30, 20232 yr by Slayer
June 30, 20232 yr Author Great to know she’s collecting songs!! Just no one send in Ace Reject in case she blocks you :lol: Sounds like such a great chat with her, she’s so lovely. I’m really excited by this approach to their O2 show. It’s like literally my dream scenario for that gig. I am hopeful that we are gonna get a few more OT/TLT deep cuts but also a couple of non-single highlights from the later years. Part of me would love to hear Mutya on Beware because it was so Amelle heavy and id love to hear how Mutya adapts and interprets it.
July 1, 20232 yr I’ve seen Sugababes a few times in the last few months - Birmingham o2 Academy, Birmingham Pride and now at The Halls in Wolverhampton. This was probably my favourite as I, along with Slayer, was able to get barrier! However, the crowd were the quietest of the three places I saw them for definite! The absolute second that Flatline and Today came on there was an instant drop in the crowd. Must have been a very casual affair. I tried to look around to see who else was singing and apart from Slayer, I couldn’t see anyone. The curse of the legacy acts I guess! Surprisingly, About You Now got the best reaction this time round. I saw a lot of people who said Freak and Round Round got better reception on the tour (including at Birmingham) but this was definitely not the case on Thursday night! The girls are definitely looking more comfortable on stage now - the way they have done the touring over the last year, building up to the bigger shows - has really, really done wonders. I wasn’t able to stick around after the show sadly, teacher life means I need my sleep! But glad to see you met Keisha, Slayer!
July 1, 20232 yr Great reads Slayer and Yobnedor glad you both had a good time. Freak and Round, Round definitely got the biggest cheers in Leeds last year for sure although About you now also got a very good reaction.
July 2, 20232 yr I finally saw them yesterday after many years of wanting to at BST Hyde Park. They played only a ten song set (no Today sadly) but were amazing. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a support act perform so many No.1 singles, and that’s with leaving out one of them too (not that you’d ever expect to hear them touch Walk This Way again!). Lots of crowd singalongs and they had a lot of love - Keisha is an outstanding live vocalist, constantly on point. But their harmonies and chemistry are magic. I think the garage section of Overload through to Flowers with the bridge of Shola Ama’s Imagine was my favourite part personally. Based on the crowd reaction I have no idea how Overload missed the top five when it was released - huge reaction. I’d say Push The Button marginally got the biggest reaction yesterday but most of the songs were very well received (casuals never go wild for Flatline I guess, as they don’t know it, but I loved it). Edited July 2, 20232 yr by gooddelta
