Bananarama unites for UK tour
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The original line up of Bananarama has reunited. The announcement on April 24 with a 14 date UK tour saw their website crash. Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Karen Woodward will begin their tour on November 12 in Glasgow. The 80’s all girl group in the UK rose to popularity across the world as their first hit song ‘It Ain’t What I Do’ was on the back of Fun Boy Three in 1982. Their unique style was singing in unison. Other hit songs followed among them ‘Cruel Summer’ and ‘Robert De Niro’s Waiting’. By 1986 they were under the spell of the top production team at the time- Stock, Aitken and Waterman. They produced the hits ‘Venus’, ‘Love In The First Degree’ and the last hit ‘I Want You Back’ as Siobhan Fahey left after a bitter battle in 1988. Jacquie O’Sullivan joined the group to score one more hit ‘Help’ and after three years she left. Bananarama continued as a duo recording and playing to smaller audiences, the last tour being in 2016 to Australia. After 29 years the original line up is back.
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