Steps make good on their comeback tour promise
STEPS might have been one member down when they played the Hydro on Monday night but that didn’t stop the pop icons from delivering on the hits.
The five-piece became four for their Glasgow performance after Faye Tozer tested positive for Covid-19 last week.
And despite an obvious rejig of choreography and vocals,
Steps – including Claire Richards, Lee-Latchford Evans, Lisa ScottLee and Ian “H” Watkins – proved to be complete professionals by putting on a spectacular display of their songs old and new.
What the Future Holds kicked the first of two Glasgow nights off before One for Sorrow had the fans recalling those dance moves that first propelled the band into the spotlight.
Their performance was slick, had the audience grinning from ear to ear and brought the fun factor to the Scottish fans.
Earlier, support act Sophie Ellis-Bextor had her disco groove on in the Hydro. But the night was about Steps and the memories that the band’s music has for so many of their fans. A mash-up of debut 5, 6, 7, 8 with Deee-Lite’s Groove is in the Heart revamped the classic much to the audience’s delight.
Steps 2.0 formed part of the setlist with songs taken from the latest album What the Future
Holds Part 2 performed throughout but there was no denying that the 90s and noughties hits continued to be crowd-pleasers throughout the two-hour set.
Next year Steps celebrate 25 years, and the milestone is one the band thoroughly deserve. They deliver pop music at its best and while the jury is still out on the longevity of their new material, there is no denying their biggest hits will forever entertain.
Verdict: Three and a half stars