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are to bring their highly-anticipated comeback tour to the NEC’s Resorts World Arena – a decade after they last performed on tour together. Nicole Scherzinger, pictured, will join band members Ashley Roberts, Melody Thornton, Kimberley Wyatt, Carmit Bachar and Jessica Sutta to revive hits including Don’t Cha, Jai Ho!, Stickwitu and Buttons on Wednesday, April 8. The Dolls first emerged as a burlesque-style dance pop group. The band’s debut album, PCD, was released in 2005 and sold more than nine million copies around the world. It was followed up with album Doll Domination three years later which included collaborations with Snoop Dogg for song Buttons, Timbaland on Wait A Minute and Missy Elliott for Watcha Think About That. The track Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) with A R Rahman was famously used in the film Slumdog Millionaire, which won the Oscar for best film.
Motown fans will be able to enjoy hits from and
when the two iconic Sixties bands come together for a gig at Arena Birmingham on November 4. The Four Tops are known for their songs I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch), Reach Out I’ll Be There and It’s The Same Old Song. Abdul “Duke” Fakir, aged 83, is the only surviving member of the original band. The Temptations found fame with The Way You Do, Get Ready, Ain’t Too Proud To Beg, Papa Was A Rolling Stone and My Girl. Otis Williams is the only original member in the band.
continues to flourish as a confident songwriter and stunning performer. She will be live in concert at Town Hall, Birmingham, on February 25, performing all her greatest hits and songs from her forthcoming album.
show at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, on November 23 will feature the whole of the 1977 Genesis live album Seconds Out, which includes music from the six studio albums made during Steve’s time in the band, before he left to pursue his solo career.