Steps reunite for UK tour
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Camp pop act Steps are getting back together for a nationwide tour.
As reunions go, it falls some way short of Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd for serious music fans... but the dancing will probably be better.
Four of the band - Lisa Scott- Lee, Faye Tozer, Claire Richards and Lee -Evans - are going back on the road.
But Ian "H" Watkins is sticking to his new career on the West End stage.
Steps were the brainchild of Pete Waterman and burst on to the scene in 1997 with their first single 5.6.7.8, which got to number 14 in the charts.
There followed 14 consecutive top five hits - a feat bettered only by The Beatles - including two number ones.
They split on Boxing Day 2001 after growing tired of being known as Britain's naffest band - having made around £2million each.
Last night a source said: "Steps have a similar nostalgic appeal to The Spice Girls."
THE BIG HITS
One For Sorrow No2 Sept 98 Heartbeat/Tragedy No1 Sep 98 Love's Got A Hold On My Heart No2 July 99 Better Best Forgotten No2 Mar 99 Stomp No1 Oct 2000
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