MKS live and unplugged

Mutya, Keisha, Siobhan live in front of a camera, acapella, no backing instruments, no autotuner.

 Amazing! 

 

Hole in the Head

Just a reminder of how good the Sugababes can be... Hole in the Head, the video.

New single - full length

Here's a full-length version of the new single, set cleverly to the Red Dress video. Yep, the band have been JayZed. Hate it! Worse than Girls! Let's hope there's some better stuff on the new album. It's possible this is a poor quality capture - the clip on sugababes.com has some cracking dance rhythms.

The new single

Here's a clip of the Sugababes' new single at its first airing on BBC Radio 1. It's called, wait for it, Get Sexy. Diificult to get a feel for it from this. What's good...a return to the band's roots in dance music and a lot of mixing. What's worrying...no indication the producers have built on the band's distinctive sound. So far it could be pretty well any vocalist.

About You Now at Cannock Chase

Here's an exclusive video of the terrific finale from the Sugababes' Cannock Chase gig last night - About You Now.

Wish you were there? There are still a few more shows lined up for this summer. See here.

Talking about the new single

Here's a first clip of the Sugababes from the Cannock Chase concert last night, talking about the new music.

A great gig and hardly any fluff in sight. There were none of the new songs, sadly. Instead they worked through the back catalogue. I'd thought there might be a Michael Jackson tribute but there was only the briefest reference to this. We were spared the band attempting Thriller. I'll be There would be great for the 'Babes.

Twitter traffic suggested they were struggling to rehearse some of the older tracks so there can't have been any time to attempt anything new.

What messages can we take from their first outings since recording their new album? The 2009 style will be up-tempo. Only Stronger was done as a ballad. Overloaded, About You Now and Denial were all performed up-tempo. The selection of songs was up-tempo. In the Middle was resurrected. The clothing was black with no changes, signalling a return to the days of cool.

The clip shows the start of Girls, possibly the worst single the Sugababes ever issued - but a short clip is okay. The gig finalled hysterically and jubilantly on About You Now, arguably the best pop song ever issued by everyone. Push the Button was performed with a stonking intro from the band, drawn from The Who's Don't Get Fooled Again. The gig kicked off with Freak Like Me, again an unimaginably classic track. And the support act was great - a neo-punk female singer with a great band and strong influences of Toyah Willcocks. Alex Roots? I think.

There is everything to hope for!

When I've done some editing I will post more.