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| Tour by The Saturdays | |
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| Start date | 2 February 2011 |
| End date | 2 March 2011 |
| No. of shows | 22 |
| The Saturdays concert chronology | |
The Headlines! Tour was the second headlining concert tour by English-Irish girl group the Saturdays. The tour consisted of dates in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and, for the first time, the Republic of Ireland. The set list included songs from their two studio albums: Chasing Lights and Wordshaker , as well their second EP Headlines! . All dates sold out within one month.
The tour was officially announced on the Saturdays' official website. [1] It is the groups's second headlining tour, after The Work Tour which included six sell-out dates. [2] On 15 September 2010, the Saturdays tickets at Newcastle City Hall were declared all sold out, with over 2,000 tickets sold. [3] It was announced that tickets to see the band at Rhyl Pavilion, Rhyl were sold out in under 2 hours and 50 minutes. [4] Liverpool's Royal Liverpool Philharmonic sold out all its tickets late September 2010. [5]
The Headlines Tour gained positive reviews from critics. Evening Times reviewed the tour stating, Pop princesses the Saturdays would have wowed Glasgow audience any day of the week with their sell-out Headlines tour. [...] who wore sparkly, sequined outfits, to the Clyde Auditorium. [6]
Kirstin Lynn of STV has mixed reviews of the tour. She first labelled the tour as a "pop sermon" with an audience made-up largely of teens and kids. She went on to say; Finally, rising from the depths of the stage, The Saturdays are produced like jewelled Barbies, fresh from the box with most recent hit Higher and choreography more impressive than their singing in the up-tempo number. As they tackle the staircase, mandatory for all pop stage setups, it becomes apparent that much like horse racing, you cheer when your favourite takes the lead. Then later stating Frankie Sandford was the Cheryl Cole of the group. She also spoke about the group's harmonies saying they their solo vocals are much stronger than their group harmonies. Then later cutting the band some slack by saying, though these are often sung whilst bounding around the stage, fun being a bigger concern for the vastly preteen audience than tuning. [7]
Emma Kay of the Chronicle Live see started the review off by saying the Saturdays fans "just can't get enough", she then went on to say, A sell-out crowd packed Newcastle City Hall to see the girl band strut their stuff – and boy did they deliver! She stated that the group was in the process by saying "the audience was treated to a dazzling array of costumes with several changes, each outfit smaller than the last from short, leather dresses to hotpants and lots and lots of sequins." she complimented the girl's vocals by saying "As well as their singing, what they bring to the show is the real performance element – a strong sense of showmanship and energy." [8]
The show began with an intro which saw the Saturdays say names of people from the audience along to a backing track of "Barbra Streisand" by Duck Sauce. the song ends by hearing the girls laugh before Vanessa White says 'Here We Go' then the curtain drops and a video introduction begins which sees each individual member playing with camera after Flo Rida is heard saying each of their names. Once each of the members are shown, the group then rises onto the stage through a Trolley lift and opens the show with Higher. the group then performs 'One Shot which sees them perform choreography on the platform at the back of the stage. following a brief chat to the crowd they carry on with their second single Up. The girls then walk off stage as an extended intro to 'Lose Control' begins, when the vocals start, a door behind where the staircase stands in the middle (with the staircase now split on either side of the stage) opens to reveal the group sat on a bench similar to the one on the Headlines! album cover. Act 1 is then ended with 'Denial'.
A video interlude is then shown during the break of the group changing costume. The video named 'The Saturdays 24/7: The Best Bits', shown highlights from the group's ITV 2 documentary The Saturdays 24/7: The Best Bits' Once the video ended, 'Puppet' began and the screens open up revealing the girls stood in a huddle wearing white strings around their wrists to act as puppet strings. Work follows, to be continued with 'Died in Your Eyes'. The act is then continued with a Rihanna Medley containing Love The Way You Lie part 2 What's My Name? and Only Girl (In The World). If This Is Love saw the girls perform behind lighted frames that lowered from the roof of the venue.
A Video interlude shown the girls backstage rushing to get changed for the next act. Issues began the third section. This was followed by 'Karma'. A new song from the band's upcoming 3rd studio album called 'Turn Myself In' was sung, giving fans a taste of the new album, similar to what the group done on the work tour with performing 'One Shot' and Wordshaker. 'Here Standing' continued the show, with Just Can't Get Enough ending the penultimate section.
The encore consisted of the songs "Forever Is Over", "Missing You", and "Ego" before the Saturdays left the stage the final time through the stage lift.
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Encore
| Date(s) | City | Country | Venue |
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| 2 February 2011 | Rhyl | Wales | Rhyl Pavilion [10] |
| 3 February 2011 | |||
| 5 February 2011 | Liverpool | England | Liverpool Philharmonic |
| 6 February 2011 | Glasgow | Scotland | Clyde Auditorium |
| 7 February 2011 | Newcastle upon Tyne | England | Newcastle City Hall |
| 9 February 2011 | Carlisle | Carlisle Sands Centre | |
| 10 February 2011 | Manchester | Manchester O2 Apollo | |
| 11 February 2011 | Sheffield | Sheffield City Hall | |
| 12 February 2011 | Nottingham | Nottingham Royal Concert Hall | |
| 14 February 2011 | Wolverhampton | Wolverhampton Civic Hall | |
| 15 February 2011 | Brighton | Brighton Centre | |
| 17 February 2011 | London | HMV Hammersmith Apollo | |
| 19 February 2011 [A] | Oxford | Oxford New Theatre | |
| 20 February 2011 [B] | Southend-on-Sea | Cliffs Pavilion | |
| 21 February 2011 [A] | Leicester | De Montfort Hall | |
| 22 February 2011 | Bristol | Colston Hall | |
| 24 February 2011 | Plymouth | Plymouth Pavilions | |
| 25 February 2011 | Cardiff | Wales | Motorpoint Arena Cardiff |
| 26 February 2011 | Bournemouth | England | Windsor Hall |
| 28 February 2011 [C] | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Waterfront Hall |
| 1 March 2011 [C] | |||
| 2 March 2011 | Dublin | Ireland | Olympia Theatre |
The group's appearance at the London HMV Hammersmith Apollo was filmed for a DVD release. During the showing of the group's second documentary for Channel 4 called What Goes on Tour, revealing what the group gets up to backstage on tour, five songs performed in the show was used but not all of the song was shown. Roughly only two minutes of each was previewed, giving fans a taster of what the DVD would be like. The five songs added in the documentary was; Higher, Puppet, Work, Issues, and Forever Is Over. A DVD of the show entitled Headlines! Live from the Hammersmith Apollo was available through the Saturdays official store within a Deluxe Fan edition boxset of their third studio album On Your Radar .
"If This Is Love" is the debut single by English-Irish girl group The Saturdays from their debut album, Chasing Lights (2008). It was co-written by Joe Belmaati, Michaela Breen, Vince Clarke, Mich Hansen, Alison Moyet, John Reid, Remee and Ina Wroldsen. The song was produced by Belmaati in collaboration with Cutfather. The track samples a heavily synthesised backing rhythm from Yazoo's 1982 song "Situation".
Francesca Bridge is an English singer, formerly a member of S Club Juniors and a member of girl group The Saturdays. Bridge began her career when she auditioned for Simon Fuller's reality television competition S Club Search in 2001, broadcast on CBBC. She successfully auditioned and won a place in the pop group S Club Juniors. Bridge and the rest of the group then starred in their own reality TV show S Club Junior: The Story. Together with the band, Bridge successfully released seven singles and two albums. Whilst in the group, she made an appearance in S Club 7's TV show Viva S Club. The group then began featuring in their own children's musical television programme I Dream. Bridge played a main role in the show and went onto release the duet single "Dreaming" along with fellow S Club 8 member Calvin Goldspink.
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The Saturdays are an English-Irish girl group based in London, England. The group formed during the summer of 2007 and has been on hiatus since 2014. The lineup consists of Frankie Bridge, Una Healy, Rochelle Humes, Mollie King, and Vanessa White. They were formed through Fascination Records, a sub-division of Polydor Records, which gave them an instant record deal with the label. As soon as the contract was finalized, the Saturdays went on tour with Girls Aloud during their Tangled Up Tour. The group's music style is pop, but throughout their career, their management has experimented with dance-pop and electropop. Songwriters and producers Ina Wroldsen, Steve Mac, Camille Purcell, and Quiz & Larossi have helped create their music. In July 2008, The Saturdays released their debut single and first Top Ten hit, "If This Is Love". Their debut album, Chasing Lights, released the same year, charted at number nine on the UK Albums Chart; it was certified platinum by the BPI and produced three more top ten singles: "Up", "Issues", and "Just Can't Get Enough". "Work" was also released from the album. The group's first concert tour, The Work Tour, took place in 2009. The group's second album, Wordshaker, produced the Top Ten hits "Forever Is Over" and "Ego". In 2010, the Saturdays released a mini album, Headlines!, which contained the top 10 hits "Missing You" and "Higher", the latter of which featured guest vocals from Flo Rida. The mini-album was supported by the group's second concert tour, The Headlines Tour. Their third album, On Your Radar, was released in 2011 and resulted in two top 10 singles: "Notorious" and "All Fired Up".
Vanessa Karen White is an English singer who rose to fame in 2008 as a singer in the girl group The Saturdays. White began her career as a theatre actress at an early age, appearing in several West End productions. She played Young Nala in The Lion King and between 2000 and 2002, she was cast as one of the King's daughters in The King and I. White successfully auditioned for The Saturdays in 2007, after a period attempting to carve out a solo singing career. Once White had joined the group, they began recording music and releasing a number of hits. The group later gained another record deal with Geffen Records after having huge success in the United Kingdom. White and the rest of the group then signed a deal with Island Def Jam Records and Mercury Records to distribute their music in the United States, which led to their first UK number-one single "What About Us". White's vocal range has been compared to Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey. White is the youngest member of the group.
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"Ego" is a song by English-Irish girl group The Saturdays from their second studio album, Wordshaker. It was released on 4 January 2010 as the second and final single from the album. It was later included on their EP Headlines! (2010). The song is a strong electropop song. The song was written by Steve Mac and co-written by Ina Wroldsen and Rhys Barker, who has previously worked on the band's singles. The song was produced by Steve Mac. It was released onto radio station on 25 November 2009.
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