Interprète: S Club 7
Titre: Don't Stop Never Give Up
Année: 2002
Le S Club 7 (par la suite renommé S Club lors du départ d'un de ses membres (Paul) est un ancien groupe de musique pop anglais formé par Simon Fuller, le créateur des Spice Girls, en 1999. Ce groupe, qui dura jusqu'en 2003 fut aussi créé pour faire une série télévisée diffusée sur BBC, France 2 et Canal J entre autres. Au Québec, la série a été diffusée sur les ondes de VRAK.TV
et de Musique Plus. En 2008, Jo O'Meara, Bradley McIntosh et Paul
Cattermole annoncent qu'ils se réunissent pour faire renaître le groupe
désormais S Club 3, rejoints ensuite par Hannah Spearritt.
Après plusieurs années de négociations, le groupe accepte enfin de se
reformer pour l'émission « Children in need 2014 », diffusée sur la
BBC,
le 14 novembre 2014, voyant l'énorme impact de leur retour, ils
décident de programmer une tournée de 11 dates des plus grande arènes et
salles de concerts du Royaume-Uni, (dont certaines sont déjà
complètes).
S Club 7 is an English pop group created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller, consisting of members Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Rachel Stevens, Jo O'Meara, Hannah Spearritt, Bradley McIntosh, and Jon Lee. The group was formed in 1998 and quickly rose to fame by starring in their own BBC television series, Miami 7.
In their five years together, S Club 7 had four UK number-one singles,
one UK number-one album, and a string of hits throughout Europe,
including a top-ten single in the United States, Asia, Latin America and
Africa. They recorded four studio albums, released 11 singles and went
on to sell over 10 million albums worldwide. Their first album, S Club
(1999), had a strong 1990s pop sound, similar to many artists of their
time. However, through the course of their career, their musical
approach changed to a more dance and R&B sound which is heard mostly in their final album, Seeing Double (2002).
The concept and brand of the group was created by Simon Fuller, also their manager through 19 Entertainment; they were signed to Polydor Records. Their show lasted four series and saw the group travel across the United States, eventually ending up in Barcelona. It became popular in 100 different countries where the show was watched by over 90 million viewers. The show, which was a children's sitcom,
often mirrored real-life events which had occurred in S Club, including
the relationship of Spearritt and Cattermole, as well as Cattermole's
eventual departure from the group. As well as the popularity of their
television series, S Club 7 won two BRIT Awards—in 2000 for British breakthrough act and in 2002, for best British single. In 2001, the group earned the Record of the Year award. Their song "Reach" was used in the arcade dance game EZ2Dancer
in "EZ 2 Dancer UK Move". Cattermole departed the group in 2002, citing
"creative differences", and the group changed their name from S Club 7
to simply S Club. Their penultimate single reached number five in the UK
charts, and their final album failed to make the top ten. Following
Cattermole's departure, the group fought many rumours presuming that
they were about to split. However, on 21 April 2003, during a live onstage performance, S Club announced that they were to disband.
After a five-year split, it was announced in October 2008 that
O'Meara, Cattermole, and McIntosh were to perform a mini-reunion tour.
The tour consisted of a series of university and nightclub gigs, where
they performed a set list consisting of a selection of songs from their
greatest hits album.
After O'Meara, Cattermole and McIntosh reunited, rumours persisted that
all the original members would renuite. In October 2014, it was
confirmed that the original lineup would reunite for the first time in
over a decade for BBC Children in Need, later announcing a UK reunion tour for 2015.
