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I was gonna say, definitely not a wholesale retread of their sound, but that same pure pop feel with a cooler edge that they were heading towards on their last two albums; that upbeat, four to the floor disco pop like "Don't Stop Movin'" or "Love Ain't Gonna Wait For You" were. Which actually sonically is still very current now, particularly things like Dua Lipa's most recent album or Lizzo's "About Damn Time",.

I was reading the S Club thread over on Popjustice yesterday. Came across this rather excellent post that dreamt up a mood board, if you will, of what new material or even a new album in 2023 might sound like: https://forum.popjustice.com/threads/s-club...30/post-8831786 Now, whilst I don't want to get ahead of ourselves here - the fact that all seven have come back together for this tour and the fact Simon Fuller seems to be putting in considerably more effort with this than he did last time, even in a small way, is what they deserve. But a boy's allowed to dream, and it did get me imagining what new material would sound like. And indeed, it got me asking other questions: who would they work with? What sound would they go for? The classic upbeat pop sound or something more in keeping with what's around now? I think Cathy Dennis being on board would be an absolute non-negotiable. She wrote most of their biggest hits, and new S Club material without her would be like Girls Aloud without Xenomania. MNEK would be a really good shout too, I think. He grew up when they were around the first time and so he really understands all the 90s / 00s reference points and sounds, but he would also bring something different to it. He did the title track on Blue's most recent album and it perfectly encapsulates where they were with fresher sounds. I remember when Alphabeat came out and thinking they had a very strong S Club vibe to them - songs like "Fantastic Six", "Fascination" and "The Spell" in particular. But then also Jo mentioned at the press conference about K-pop and BTS being quite close to what they were, which also wouldn't be a bad shout. A song like "Dynamite" has that kind of same lively gang feel that say, "S Club Party" had. What are your thoughts and ideas?

Not that I'm aware of. I remember Bradley being on BBLB as a guest very early on that series talking to Dermot O'Leary about Jo going in but that was literally two days in, so long before the whole thing unfolded. Hannah was then promoting the first series of Primeval about a month or so later but I don't recall her being asked about it.

Speaking as someone who's been there, done it and bought the merch four times over (fifth after this year) - you're gonna love it! Honestly their live show is part of why I've always loved them.

I'd say it's a racing certainty based on past experience!

Bournemouth, Brighton, the first Cardiff date and the second London date are all now sold out! Also loving this that they shared on their Insta tonight:

Redid the first one - Bradley now no longer reads as "Bradlev" 😂

When you think about it - "Don't Stop Movin'" was the only single of theirs that wasn't tied to an "event" per se. I know it got released just before their first tour but it wasn't really tied into that as such!

They've been sharing some images of collections that fans have tagged them in on Instagram... And I'd did promise I'd share pictures of mine so here we go!

Oh same, "Everybody Wants Ya" would have been my obvious choice for a single! I can understand why they didn't have many singles but then as they were all so closely tied to either a TV series or special or in the case of "Have You Ever" and "Never Had A Dream Come True" to Children In Need, you can see why we didn't get as many as they could have done.

Aaah thanks. Although I might resize the names on it as the "y" on Bradley is partly cut off and my perfectionism won't allow it 😂

I know it's only been two weeks since it came back, but I noticed that there's no forum header yet. I've rustled up a couple of designs which I thought we might want to use?

She's announced a couple of HMV signings for release week. I've pre-ordered for the Westfield one!

Interview on This Morning yesterday: G9Cr2DHbsao He also did some Q&A thing on Reddit last night: https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/...art_might_skip/ Tellingly in this, he said a repacked version of "Marry Me" with a tour DVD "is unlikely", and that he wanted to make videos for the other singles so far "but that decision was taken out of his hands". Sounds like he's not entirely happy with EMI...

Don't think so. By the time promo for "Two In A Million / You're My Number One" was done, they were back from Christmas and straight into filming for L.A 7 / recording the "7" album.

They're on Good Morning Britain tomorrow after 8:30am talking about the tour. Also doing a livestream on their social channels at 5pm!

Awful about his wife, hope she's OK. I'll be honest when I say that musically I've not really been here for him since the X era (that and + are still his best albums for me), but if it's more in keeping with what he originally came out with I'd be prepared to give it a go.

They've filmed the video for their new single - and a full announcement is coming a week on Friday... They're also confirmed to play Brighton Pride on 6th August: My copy of the first album on orange vinyl was dispatched today as well!

I swear down that pre-sale was such a stress - more than S Club 7 was I'd say! There was me stupidly thinking M&G wouldn't go so fast for Brighton! (I didn't bother with London, that always goes so quick). Anyway I did eventually get Meet and Greet for Cardiff on 30th October, so I'm a happy bouncing bunny ☺️ Gonna be a busy old week though, as my S Club date is a couple of days before that at The O2 and I'm seeing Gabrielle a few days before that in Cambridge! A lot of time with a suitcase and hotels but it's all worth it 👍

Same! I was trying to get my detective hat on and look at where they were filming. It looked a bit like that ballroom in Lewisham where they filmed the Don't Stop Movin' video?

I mean I can't speak for anyone else's experience but I've ordered the Nicola and Sophie Ellis-Bextor vinyls that Plastic Pop has done before and I've not had any major issues, save for being sent two copies of one of the Sophie vinyls (I think it was two of "Shoot From The Hip" when it was just meant to be one of that and one of "Trip The Light Fantastic"). But that was just a small human error - hey, who of us can say we're perfect? - and he was so lovely and sent me a return slip so I didn't have to pay to send the duplicate one back and he got the correct vinyl out within a couple of days. From what I gather he runs it all himself, and that's a lot to take on by yourself, particularly as it's a boutique record label. There are things in my job that I do better than others, but I do them anyway because otherwise the rest of my job can't be done. And as for the Holly Valance saga highlighted above, people have different views on things. I can't say I care for some of her political leanings but if you can detach that from the music, should it really matter?

Literally one of my favourite first album era tracks. Partly because they did it with the same team - Elliot Kennedy, Tim Lever and Mike Percy - it's got that same sort of "Bring It All Back" vibe to it but also a bit of a sunny, tropical vibe! If this got put onto streaming it would literally make me so happy ☺️

I must tell my friend who lives near there then - she loves a bit of S Club but she gave the first on sale a miss. I'd hate her to miss out!

Very nice Jay ☺️ I've put the gang in my signature as well 👍

What he said was that there's a lot of energy that goes into making a new album. I don't think there's anything negative necessarily to take away from that, and he's right to a degree. They've all got their different plates outside the band that they're spinning as well, throwing an album and rehearsals for a tour into the mix is quite full on, Aston has his own solo tour coming in April before that as well. Plus they've not had a chance to tour any of the songs from 2.0 yet and give them their moment in the spotlight, so it's not like the new show will be totally bereft of new material. Also they were great today but Reesh in particular was hilarious on Sunday Brunch. Accidentally dropping a swear after getting a bit tipsy in the wine tasting section and saying that he and his wife Kazz were redecorating their home with sugar syrup (he meant sugar soap) 😂