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It seems hard to believe not least because the omens for the 23-date sell-out UK Original Line Up tour appeared so unpromising.

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Bananarama 'I heard a rumour'
It seems hard to believe not least because the omens for the 23-date sell-out UK Original Line Up tour appeared so unpromising.

Siobhan Fahey joined Bananarama in 1981 and left seven years later before their first world tour in 1989. We were at the old Wembley Arena for that 28 years ago and it was a high the band struggled to top.

Fourth member Jacquie O’Sullivan replaced Siobhan and stayed with the band until the 90s when Sara and Keren continued as a duo, releasing their tenth and most recent album, Viva, in 2009.

Fast forward to the last date of the reunion tour and Prince’s Let’s Go Crazy is the final song played before the trio take to the stage for Nathan Jones.

The setlist is based around Siobhan’s time in the group and means there are so many classics here that we’ve never heard the Nanas play before because that first world tour was based around Stock Aitken and Waterman-produced album Wow! and the gigs that followed tended to exclude the earlier material.

There’s also a live band playing the material and it soon becomes clear that Siobhan’s the rock grit in the oyster that transforms the band into the pearl.

The setlist’s clearly been well thought through and the band’s friendship made clear in Cheers Then and rubber-stamped during Siobhan’s moment in the sun (Shakespear’s Sister chart topper Stay) and enhanced when she picks Preacher Man, a single released after she left, for the reunited trio to perform.

The Eventim Apollo can never have seen anything like it. 

Featured here is the extremely rare 1987 official remix video for the Horoscope Mix of 'I Heard a Rumour'.  This video was produced for club play in the US by Rockamerica.

Comments:

Stony P

80's talent that could actually sing in tune without the need of any computerization, bliss to the ears

Jusu Marlee

Wow ! Actually singing LIVE

teutguy1

They sound great,,,still have that distinctive sound...it will never be duplicated!!!  Saw them in LA and SF...AWESOME!!!  WANTED MORE MORE MORE!!!  They were also super sweet at the meet and greet...fingers crossed for new music...ladies write some songs, get a producer,,,get that woman from Hole,,,produced for Pink...and crack us out a new 14 track CD!!!  We know you have it in yourselves!!!  BTW...your voices are sounding better than ever...very clever to do some solo parts live!!!  Siobhan...THANKS FOR COMING BACK,,,NOW STAY!!!

HEMISUPERBEE426 DAVID

AWESOME THEN...............AWESOME NOW !!!

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