LISA’S TV REVIVAL
STEPS have signed up to appear on a revival of ITV’s much-loved pop music show SM:TV.
Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the Saturday morning pop extravaganza that made household names of Ant & Dec.
Ian ‘H’ Watkins told me: “We have to do SM:TV, they asked us. We were probably on that show more than any other band so it makes sense.”
Earlier this year ITV confirmed the show would be returning but withheld a date while Ant McPartlin entered rehab.
Now he’s back on our screens, it’s full steam ahead and Steps can’t wait.
Claire Richards told me: “I hope they bring back Cat The Dog, Wonky Donkey, all that stuff.
“I remember we were on SM:TV the morning after the BRITs, the one year they had it on a Friday.
“I got to bed at six o’ clock in the morning and went on suffering wearing Deeper Shade Of Blue shoulder pads.”
Lisa Scott-Lee later became a host of the show and they hope more old pop acts will come back. Claire added: “Aqua are back, one of the first things we went to was the Barbie Girl launch and being drunk on wine.”
Faye Tozer added: “We went to Billie Piper’s 16th birthday party and that was the day I got my dreads done. I walked in and everybody went, ‘What the f***!’
“Or the Spice Girls being outside the make-up room and Victoria saying, ‘Oi are you Steps?’ They were fun times.”
The Steps tour has been a huge success and the fivesome are relieved they concentrated on the music this time.
Claire added: “We talked about a similar TV show to Let It Shine when we first reunited. But people love us for what we are – the album and tour, that’s enough.”