A brand new musical based on the music of much-loved pop band Steps will tour to Southampton in 2026.

Here & Now, which has been wowing audiences in Birmingham, will be in Southampton's Mayflower Theatre from January 20 to 24. 

Featuring Steps’ most beloved hit songs, Here & Now is produced by the band and ROYO with Pete Waterman and Fascination Management, choreographed by Olivier Award winning Matt Cole.

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Steps, made up of Claire Richards, Faye Tozer, Ian ‘H’ Watkins’, Lee Latchford-Evans and Lisa Scott-Lee, is the UK’s most successful mixed sex pop group of all time, with 14 top five singles, four number one albums, 22 million record sales, 500 million streams and 11 national arena tours.

The band’s hits include number one singles Tragedy/Heartbeat and Stomp, the gold certified One For Sorrow & Better Best Forgotten, the silver certified 5,6,7,8, Last Thing On My Mind, Love’s Got A Hold Of My Heart, and Chain Reaction, all of which will feature in the musical alongside many more.

(Image: Mayflower Theatre) Steps’ 2017 comeback tour sold out all 300,000 tickets, making it one of the biggest pop tours of the year. The band have since continued to release new music including two further iTunes #1 singles, the Sia-penned What The Future Holds in 2020 and the Michelle Visage duet Heartbreak In This City in 2022.

In 2022 Steps celebrated their 25th anniversary with a headline summer tour and released the number one album Platinum Collection which means they join ABBA, Rolling Stones and Stereophonics as the only groups in UK history to score number one albums in four consecutive decades.

Here & Now became The Alexandra in Birmingham's fastest selling show in history with half of capacity for its three week run sold out in 24 hours. 

Mayflower tickets go on sale on Friday, November 29 at mayflower.org.uk