Hear’Say reunion tour brings back four original members
Hear'Say and Liberty X have announced an arena tour under the Popstars: The Originals name, with four of Hear'Say’s original members set to reunite. Myleene…
For fans of early-2000s British pop, the Popstars reunion brings two groups formed by the same ITV talent show back to the arena stage. Hear'Say and Liberty X have announced the Popstars: The Originals 2027 tour, with four original Hear'Say members taking part; Myleene Klass will not join them.
The reunion connects the groups’ current plans to the programme that first brought them together. The announcement names an arena tour, but the supplied source details do not give its dates, venues, ticket prices or presale information.
Four Hear'Say members are returning
Danny Foster, Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw and Noel Sullivan are the four original Hear'Say members listed for the reunion. Klass, who was also part of the group’s original line-up, is not joining the tour.
Hear'Say formed through ITV’s Popstars. The five selected singers were Foster, Klass, Marsh, Shaw and Sullivan. The programme also led to the formation of Liberty, the group later renamed Liberty X after a legal dispute.
That shared origin gives the tour its name: Popstars: The Originals. The announcement brings the two groups together again, though the available material does not detail the planned set list or explain how the performances will be divided between them.
From the Popstars stage to a reunion
Hear'Say first became public in February 2001, after being formed in November 2000. Their debut single, “Pure and Simple,” went to number one on the UK Singles Chart in March 2001, selling just under 550,000 copies, according to the supplied background source.
The group’s first album, Popstars, also reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. The source says it sold 306,631 copies in its first week. Hear'Say’s original line-up later changed: Marsh left in January 2002 and Johnny Shentall joined a month later.
Hear'Say announced its split in October 2002, citing “abuse from the public” as the main reason, according to the background source. The group had formed only twenty months earlier. Its members went on to pursue individual careers in entertainment.
For audiences, the announced tour offers a rare chance to see members of the two Popstars acts on the same arena bill. The source does not yet confirm where or when the shows will take place, so ticket availability and prices cannot be established from the supplied information.
Four original Hear'Say members are set to reunite.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
