S Club Newcastle Arena 5th April 2003
Today I am going to slip in another guilty pleasure before I move back to some proper rock tomorrow. Laura was a big fan of S Club 7 from their early days, she and David would always watch their television series, Miami 7. S Club 7 were created by Spice Girls manager Simon in 1998 and were massively successful over their 5 year career, scoring four UK No.1 singles, one UK No.1 album, and a top-ten single in the USA. They sold over 10 million albums worldwide.
By the time Laura and I went to see them in 2003 Paul Cattermole had left and S Club 7 had become simply “S Club”, the remaining members being Bradley McIntosh, Jo O’Meara, Tina Barrett, Hannah Spearritt, Jon Lee and Rachel Stevens. The tour was entitled “S Club United” and also featured S Club Juniors. S Club Juniors were a pre and young teen spin-off from the main band. The show was, as I recall, good teen pop fun, heavily choreographed, and with S Club Juniors almost outshining S Club.
But of course the big news of the moment is that S Club 7 may be reforming!
From the Guardian: “Once upon a time, S Club 7 ruled the world. They had hit singles. They had a TV show. They had a film…They had a weird gang of less successful infant Mini-Me Minipops in the form of the S Club Juniors. There was nothing that S Club 7 couldn’t accomplish, or so it seemed, because they were there for each other. And then it all went wrong…..But now they’re back. It’s been reported that S Club 7 are close to signing up for one of those reunion TV series that everyone likes so much now. …Here’s a prediction: if they pull it off, the S Club 7 reunion TV series will be the definitive pop reunion TV series of our times.”
Laura is already making plans to go to the reunion tour. However, it seems I may be spared the delights of S Club 2014/15 as she tells me that one of her friends is a serious fan. Phew 🙂
I’ll return to some real rock’n’roll tomorrow. Scorpions are next on my list, I think.
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Posted by Barrett on July 28, 2024 at 1:26 am
Didn’t that Jo O’Meara get ‘cancelled’ (way back before we called it that) over some racist comments she made on (i think) Celebrity Big Brother? I was surprised they brought her back into the fold for the reunion after she did that.
People used to go ga-ga for Rachel but I was always a Tina man myself, what a beauty she was back in the day (and likely still is). She surprised me a few years back by attending the Kerrang! awards! Was she a closet Rocker all this time? That would simply add to her allure.
Posted by vintagerock on July 28, 2024 at 11:25 am
In 2022, O’Meara signed a new management deal with Saga Entertainment with Jack Corbyn as her personal manager. This year also saw O’Meara taking to the stage at the London Palladium after releasing a cover of Radiohead classic “Creep”(From Wikipedia). Truly a closet rocker! Peter