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Summer of Steps Tour
Tour by Steps
An image detailing tour date information
Promotional poster for the tour
Start date26 May 2018 (2018-05-26)
End date20 July 2018 (2018-07-20)
Legs1
No. of shows17 in the United Kingdom
Supporting act(s)Björn Again[E]
Blue
Saara Aalto
WebsiteSteps Official - Live Events
Steps concert chronology

The Summer of Steps Tour, promoted as the Grandslam 2018: Summer of Steps Tour, was the ninth concert tour by British group Steps. It was announced by the group on 13 November 2017, and was launched on 26 May 2018, in Cheltenham, England. Before continuing with a further 16 shows across the United Kingdom, and concluding on 20 July 2018 in Newcastle. Aqua was supposed to perform at the Canterbury show but pulled out due to "unforeseen circumstances."[1]

Set list

[2]

  1. "Summer of Love"
  2. "Better the Devil You Know"
  3. "5, 6, 7, 8"
  4. "Say You'll Be Mine"
  5. "It's the Way You Make Me Feel"
  6. "Chain Reaction"
  7. "Heartbeat"
  8. "Voulez-Vous" (ABBA cover)(interlude)
  9. "Stomp"
  10. "Glitter & Gold"
  11. "No More Tears On The Dancefloor"
  12. "Better Best Forgotten" / "Last Thing on My Mind" (Medley)
  13. "Neon Blue"
  14. "Love U More" / "You'll Be Sorry" / "After the Love Has Gone" / "Love's Got a Hold on My Heart" (Medley)
  15. "Deeper Shade of Blue"
  16. "Scared of the Dark"
  17. "One for Sorrow"
  18. "Tragedy"

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and gross revenue
Date City Country Venue Opening acts Attendance Revenue
Europe[3]
26 May 2018 Cheltenham England LCI Rail Stadium Blue
Saara Aalto
27 May 2018 Darlington The Darlington Arena Björn Again
Blue
2 June 2018 Peterborough ABAX Stadium Blue
3 June 2018 Llanelli Wales Parc y Scarlets Björn Again
Blue
9 June 2018 Canterbury England Spitfire Ground Blue
Saara Aalto
10 June 2018 Yeovil Huish Park -
16 June 2018 Colchester Colchester Castle
17 June 2018 Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium
22 June 2018 Dundee Scotland Slessor Gardens Björn Again
Blue
23 June 2018 Chester England Bolesworth Castle Blue
Saara Aalto
24 June 2018 Coventry Butts Park Arena
29 June 2018[A] Scarborough Scarborough Open Air Theatre Sister Sledge
5 July 2018[B] London Old Royal Naval College Samantha Harvey
10 July 2018[C] Kew Gardens Björn Again
Saara Aalto
15 July 2018 [D] Glasgow Scotland Kelvingrove Park
18 July 2018[E] Lytham England Proms Arena
20 July 2018 [F] Newcastle Newcastle Town Moor Whigfield & Vengaboys
Miscellaneous performances and other notes
A Part of the annual Scarborough Open Air Theatre concert series.
B Part of the annual Greenwich Music Time concert series
C Part of the annual Kew the Music concert series.
D Part of Glasgow Pride.
E Part of the annual Lytham Festival concert series.
FF Part of Newcastle Pride Launch Party.

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation
Date[4] City Country Venue Reason
Belfast Northern Ireland Unforeseen circumstances
Limerick Ireland
Ardingly England

References

  1. ^ "1990s favourites Aqua have pulled out of the Summer of Steps concert at the Spitfire Ground in Canterbury".
  2. ^ "Steps Setlist at Prince of Wales Stadium, Cheltenham, England".
  3. ^ Angus, Chris (13 November 2017). "Steps announce UK tour for 2018, tickets on sale Fri 17 Nov at 9am". The List. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  4. ^ "'Tragedy' for Belfast STEPS fans".