Well this is unexpected the news that the original line up of Bananarama will tour later this year. Siobhan Fahey, 58 - who left the girl group in 1988, will join Sarah Dallin, 55, and Keren Woodward, 56, after 30 years.
The new UK tour will run through November and December of this year. They will be playing my home city Cardiff on 27/11/17 at St. David’s Hall tickets go on sale Wednesday.
Back at the beginning, they had little chart success although they were attracting the media’s attention with their stunning looks.
They caught the attention of ex-Specials member Terry Hall, who invited them to collaborate with his new vocal group Fun Boy Three on a track giving then their first significant mainstream success. Later Fun Boy Three then guested on a Bananarama single, "Really Saying Something". They were the biggest girl group of the 80s and they had it all, the looks, the music and girls wanted to be them. The last time there were on stage together was the Brits 1988.
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Fahey quit when becoming frustrated with the direction the band was taking and it was an acrimonious split, but the members recently reconciled.
Speaking about their reconciliation, Fahey said, "I was really touched because it wasn't for any other reason than we love each other and really loved what we did.
"These were my formative years. I never thought it would happen again."
After the split, she went onto form Shakespears Sister with Marcella Detroit. They had a massive hit around the world with the single "Stay".
After her exit, Bananarama became a threesome again with Jacquie O'Sullivan joining until 1992 when the two originals became a duo with her leaving. Chart success was hard to come by but their tours and performances still could draw a crowd and they have.
While Bananarama never had a Number 1 in the UK, their cover of Shocking Blue's Venus was a US chart-topper. The closest they got here was Number 3, thanks to Robert de Niro's Waiting (1984) and Love in the First Degree (1988).
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