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Daily Mail
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Sugababes' Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena and Siobhán Donaghy join fellow singer Macy Gray at Usher's star-studded final tour show at the O2
The Sugababes joined fellow singers Macy Gray and Kimberley Walsh at Usher 's star-studded final show at London's O2 Arena on Wednesday night, bringing his mammoth Past Present Future tour to its close. The King of R&B, - whose full name is Usher Terry Raymond IV - finally completed his staggering tour, after wowing crowds with his hits like Yeah, Burn, U Remind Me and OMG since August. The singer is set to bring the globetrotting tour to Down Under next, with four shows each in Melbourne and Sydney. And Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena and Siobhán Donaghy were among the VIPs putting on edgy displays at the concert, before celebrating with Usher at his European tour wrap party at The Yeah Man. Keisha, 40, appeared to have not aged a day since shooting to fame in the girl group over two decades ago, in an effortlessly stylish all-black ensemble. She put on a leggy display in a tiny miniskirt teamed with a leather jacket and matching knee-high heeled boots. The King of R&B, - whose full name is Usher Terry Raymond IV - finally completed his staggering tour, after wowing crowds with his hits like Yeah, Burn, U Remind Me and OMG since August (pictured) Her long raven hair was styled sleek and straight, while she accentuated her ageless beauty with a light palette of radiant makeup. Keisha posed alongside bandmate Mutya, 39, who cut a typically glamorous figure in a daringly short fluffy miniskirt and bejewelled boots. Leaving little to the imagination, she paired her skirt with a sheer sparkly shirt with a plunging neckline, putting her ample cleavage on full display. Meanwhile, Siobhán, 40, opted for a more understated outfit, looking on trend in a pair of black leather trousers with silver studded details. She added a fashionable green bomber jacket over the top and trainers, while pulling her fiery red locks up into a chic updo. R&B songstress Macy, 57, looked to be having a ball at the gig and afterparty, keeping comfy in a grey hoodie and brown oversized trousers. While Girls Aloud star Kimberley, 43, opted for effortless sophistication in a chocolate brown blazer over a matching lowcut top. The mother-of-three added simple blue jeans and trainers underneath, while giving her look some added glamour with gold earrings and a radiant face of makeup. R&B songstress Macy, 57, looked to be having a ball at the gig and afterparty, keeping comfy in a grey hoodie and brown oversized trousers The Sugababes' appearance at the show comes after they embarked on a 'new chapter' and released their first single in two years. In March, the trio revealed their new track Jungle marking their return, after parting ways with their record label BMG to go independent. Sharing their elation at the new song, they said in a statement: 'We are so excited to release 'Jungle' and cement this new chapter for us, after what has been an incredible 3 years on the road. 'As soon as it was written, it felt like the perfect thing for people to hear first. A song about escaping the 9-5 grind, we hope everyone can let their inner animal out when they hear this!' The single - produced by Jon Shave (the man behind Charli XCX's Grammy winning BRAT album) - mixes the girls' unmistakable harmonies with a blend of 2 step, garage and alt-pop. Meanwhile, the group have been writing new material with none other that Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall, now simply known as JADE. The Round Round hitmakers revealed that they've so far recorded a verse and a chorus on the track for the singer, but the project has yet to be completed. Speaking to NME about about presenting JADE with her BRIT Award for Best Pop Act recently, Keisha shared: 'It was lovely, and we actually had a writing session with her a couple of weeks ago, which was cool. On writing with JADE, Siobhán added: 'The whole thing was very relaxed: a no pressure situation. You [Keisha] were putting on your makeup to go out and JADE was putting on her makeup to go out, and we were all just writing. It felt exciting.' Meanwhile, the girls have set their sights on taking to the coveted Pyramid stage at Glastonbury, noting how it is 'definitely on out wish list'. However, Keisha notes that she'd like the girls to have some new hits under their belts first so that they don't appear to just be another nostalgic act. She added that she wants their set to feel 'fresh and new' and for them to be 'relevant', adding that the girls hate the word 'reunion' as it's not 'where they're at'. Meanwhile, the band have been on the road for their biggest ever UK and European tour since last month, kicking off on April 8 in Leeds, before they are set to wrap up in Milan this month. Keisha, Mutya and Siobhan formed the iconic girl band in 1998, but the lineup then went through several shake-ups after Siobhan left in 2001. She was replaced by Heidi Range - with Mutya and Keisha eventually being replaced in the mid-2000s by Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen, respectively. The trio won back the rights to their name in 2019 and have since gone on to huge success with a plethora of sold out shows in both in the UK and internationally.
Business Post
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Post
Gig of the Week: Exquisite vocals aren't quite enough to raise the game for Sugababes
A lot of water has passed under the bridge since the original Sugababes - Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan - released their debut single, Overload, a quarter of a century ago.
Irish Times
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Sugababes in Dublin review: A steamroller of peerless pop and sisterhood
Sugababes 3Arena, Dublin ★★★★☆ Like a cross between Destiny's Child and the cast of Grange Hill, Sugababes ' streak of early 21st-century hits applied a gritty British teenage twist to classic girl group pop. The only missing ingredient was the ability to get along. From the start, their quicksilver pop was clouded by melodrama and the occasional backstage bust-up. But a quarter of a century later, the band's founding members – Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhán Donaghy – have tied a ribbon around their tumultuous history and replaced conflict with collective joy. Rolling into Dublin 3Arena for the latest leg of a greatest hits tour, they delightfully blend nostalgia with the message that even in the cut-throat music industry, time heals all. There was a lot of healing to do. Donaghy left Sugababes in acrimony after just one album in the middle of a run of dates in Japan. Three years later, in March 2004, a concert in Dublin was cancelled ten minutes after it was due to start amid rumours of a dressingroom face-off between Buchanan and Donaghy's replacement, Heidi Range. READ MORE If ever a comeback was destined to be bumpy, then it was surely that of Sugababes, who are back in Ireland and the scene of the most notorious flashpoint (it was later reported that the cause of the Buchanan-Range dust-up was the perpetually controversial subject of Britney Spears's Toxic). The Sugababes in Dublin: delightfully blending nostalgia with the message that time heals all. Photograph: Alice Backham The twist is that instead of tears and tension, the original Sugababes have returned wiser and more appreciative of their audience. To that end, their Easter Sunday concert at 3Arena is a treat as delicious as an artisanal chocolate egg. It helps that, unlike some of their contemporaries (cough, Spice Girls, cough), their music has held up. That point is demonstrated as they kick off with the doomy, slo-mo stomp of their September 2000 debut single Overload, performed on stools that are revealed as a giant curtain falls to the ground. The atmosphere is half early 2000s pop revival and half heavenly school disco. Backed by a no-frills video display and a pub rock-y band, they rip through Red Dress and Ugly, a one-two that doubles as post-girl power feminist anthemia ('unzip your bias', declares the video screen during the former). Sadly, the mid portion of the set lags by comparison. The problem is that Sugababes don't have quite enough hits to deliver end-to-end bangers. A medley of their early recordings is, for instance, received with polite applause rather than any great enthusiasm. But they get things back on track with an epic new tune, Weeds, a trip-hop thumper that suggests a cross between Girls Aloud and Radiohead. From there, it's into top gear with Round Round: the sort of effortlessly effervescent pop many of their early 2000s contemporaries attempted but could never pull off. The encore is even better as they rip through their Tubeway Army-sampling cover of Adina Howard's Freak Like Me and the bittersweet barnstormer About You Now. The latter is a heartfelt chugger, which the trio, having changed into tracksuits, turns into a divine singalong. With old tensions smoothed over, Sugababes' Easter return to Dublin is a steamroller of peerless pop and sisterhood rekindled. Sugababes at 3Arena. Photograph: Alice Backham
BBC News
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Sugababes at Lincoln Castle: When tickets go on sale
The Sugababes have been announced as the final headline act at this year's Live at Lincoln BRIT Award winners will perform at the event on 20 June, with tickets going on sale at 10:00 GMT on pop trio, comprised of Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy, will be joined by singer-songwriter Freya are the last headliners to be confirmed and will join Olly Murs, Rag N Bone Man, Texas and Simple Minds on the castle stage. Sting, The Human League, UB40, Indie heroes James, Buzzcocks and The Stranglers are also performing headline shows at Live at Lincoln Castle this summer. The ten headline concerts are part of Lincolnshire County Council's partnership with Live Nation promoters Cuffe and Taylor to bring artists to perform in a historic Mark Harrison said after three decades in the industry, the group had "cemented their place as pop icons and defined an era in pop music". The chart-topping girl group rose to fame in the early 2000s and are best known for their hits Push The Button, Round Round and About You 2009, Buchanan was replaced by Jade Ewen. The band split in 2011 before reforming with its original members in 2013 under the name regained the rights to their name, Sugababes, in 2019 and rereleased an album in 2021 to celebrate their 20th who will be supporting the group on stage, is best known for her song Lost Without You, which secured her a Brit Award nomination. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
