Babes on Form: Keisha, Heidi and Amelle still know how
to provide a fun-filled evening |
Babes keep
rolling out the pop classics
REVIEW - SUGABABES
Hammersmith Apollo By KATE SOLE
IF 2006 is being hailed as the comeback year for pop bands
of old, then it should also be recognised as the year the Sugababes
sealed their position as one of the most
enduring.
With only one original band member left, and many column inches
dedicated to gossip about imminent splits it may have been easy
to predict Mutyas decision to leave last December would
be the final chapter in the Sugababes story.
But last Tuesday at Hammersmith Apollo Keisha, Heidi and new
member Amelle Berrabah rounded off their UK tour with a polished
pop performance against a disco glam-esque two-tier stage.
They have a universal appeal that the boy bands before them
could only dream of tweens accompanied by parents, 20-something
girls and groups of full-grown men with pints in tow who all
shook their thangs.
The girls popped out their signature silhouette shapes to funky
new tunes from current album Taller In More Ways, slowed it
down with an acoustic version of Shape Of Your Heart and worked
their microphone stands to classic hits Round Round and Push
The Button.
The Sugababes do up-beat dancefloor-filling pop best and perhaps
the only thing that let the show down were the soppy ballads for the couples in the audience.
I have no doubt the girls will continue to top the charts. But
just in case another reshuffle is on the cards, Im going
to keep practising my microphone handling and poses.
Support from urbanite street-pop act Shawn Emmanuel, who hails
from Notting Hill Gate, was a bonus to a fun-packed night.
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