With the likes of Craig David hitting the charts again after 6 years away from the music industry, tonight we took a reminisce of other artists who have made musical comebacks over the years.
Craig David
Craig David is currently working on a comeback album and this month released the first single called When The Bassline Drops. It hasn’t got into the top ten yet but there is still time – he has had number one hits with Fill Me In and 7 days so you never know. His last album was Signed Sealed Delivered came out in 2010 and now 6 years later he is due to release his 6th album called Following My Intuition.
Cee Lo Green
Before Cee Lo Green became a solo singer he was in a hip-hop crew called Goodie Mob in the late 90’s. He also released two albums, which didn’t do very well, before he hit the big time with his Crazy collaboration with Danger Mouse under the name Gnarls Barkly in 2006. Once again the duo wasn’t as successful so he went solo again and had a bit hit with Forget You. Since then he has done much better and even collaborated with T.I and Christina Aguilera.
Take That
Probably the biggest comeback of the list is Take That. They have had armies of screaming girl fans ever since they started out as a 5 piece in the 90’s. Fans were distraught when Robbie left in 1995 but the others carried on for another year until they decided to call it a day. However, ten years later they regrouped, without Robbie to begin with but he did pop up for a bit, then Jason left and now we have how they are today, Gary, Mark and Howard soldiering on – with still just the same amount of screaming girl fans.
Justin Timberlake
So of course Justin Timberlake entered the music industry within a boyband Nsync, but then went his own separate way. In 2006 he made his album FutureSex/LoveSounds but then waited 7 years before making his own solo comeback with another album and that was The 20/20 Experience, which outdone the previous album by nearly 300,000 sales.
Kylie Minagoue
Kylie Minogue seems like a fairly recent pop Princess to people in their 20’s, but she was around singing out hits before they were even born! She was popular in the 80’s and early 90’s but in the late 90’s she wasn’t as successful. But in 2001 she released her album Fever which had the lead single Can’t Get You Out Of My Head, which became her biggest success of her career and launched her back into the pop world.
The Big Reunion
There was 7 90’s bands that all had a comeback all in one go thanks to TV program The Big Reunion. There were two series of the show but the first series included the more well known bands such as Five, 911, Atomic Kitten, B*Witched, Blue, Honeyz and Liberty X.
BackStreet Boys
Another 90’s band that regrouped didn’t need the help of a TV program and that’s BackStreet Boys.
In 2013 they released their 8th Studio album called A World Like This, 4 years after their previous album This Is Us. They also went on a world tour with their new album. It’s also been said they are working on their 9th studio album.
Daft Punk
French electronic duo Daft Punk first released their music to the world in
1997 and even though there had been a 4 year gap between the next two albums they produced, Daft Punk took a little longer to release their most recent album, Random Access Memories. This came out in 2013, 8 years after their previous. It featured the number 1 single Get Lucky featuring Pharrell Williams.
Jennifer Lopez
J-Lo’s story, or Jennifer Lopez as she now likes to be called, shows that TV can have a big impact on an artist’s music career. Starting off in the late 90’s Jennifer did well until 2007 when her album Brave was her first album not to make it into the top 10! However she then had a record label change and found herself a judge on American Idol and after that she was back in the game with her first number 1 UK hit in six years which was On The Floor featuring Pitbull.
Justin Bieber
Bieber hasn’t exactly had a comeback has he hasn’t had a massive time away from the music industry but he did go through a period of time where he was concerning more on his bad boy antics than creating songs. And it was a 3 year gap between his first album Believe which came out in 2012 and his most recent album, Purpose, which came out last year and included some singles which have stormed the charts. This album has also gained him some new Beliebers with an increase in age and gender!
The Phoenix FM Club Guide
Date: 29th January 2016
Time: 10pm – 3.3am
Event: Bongo Ben
Location: Sugar Hut, Brentwood
Details: Live, solo and electronic percussionist Bong Ben creates and captures a unique rhythm and atmosphere for DJ’s and clubbers alike.
Admission entry: £5 before midnight, £10 after
Website: www.sugarhutbrentwood.com
Date: 29th January 2016
Time: 10pm – 4am
Event: Fiction Fridays
Location: Fiction, Romford
Details: Billy Da Kid brings you the biggest and freshest music with an underground edge. Aided by his partners in crime Scotty L, Brad James, Harrison Ball, and DJ SB blending in a bit of Hip Hop, House and R’nB’.
Admission entry: £3 before midnight, £7 after.
Website: www.fictionclub.co.uk/romford
Date: 29th January 2016
Time: Open until 3am.
Event: Friday Feeling
Location: Yates, Romford
Details: The best party night in town with DJ Cheryl Taylor.
Admission entry: Free before 10pm
Website: www.weareyates.co.uk/romford
Date: 29th January 2016
Time: 10.30pm – 4am
Event: Circuit Friday’s
Location: Circuit, Romford
Details: DJ’s Wonder K, Pete Nicholls, Joe Langenhan and D’Loose playing House, Garage, RnB and Old Skool.
Admission entry: Free before 11pm, £5 after
Website: www.circuitessex.com
Date: 29th January 2016
Time: Open until 4am
Event: Missoula Fridays
Location: Missoula, Chelmsford
Details: With resident DJ Ollie Weeks.
Admission entry:
Website: www.missoulachelmsford.co.uk
Date: 30th January 2015
Time: 10pm – 3.3am
Event: Back To School
Location: Evoke, Chelmsford
Details: This is your chance to remember your old school discos, dust down your school uniforms and party like there is no tomorrow. Feel free to come as a dinner lady, headmaster, head boy/girl or prefect!
Admission entry: £6 or free before midnight if you bring the teacher an apple!
Website: www.evokenightclub.com/chelmsford
Date: 30th January 2016
Time: Open until 3am
Event: Missoula Saturdays
Location: Missoula, Romford
Details: Brightly on the decks with the best tunes.
Admission entry: Free before 10pm
Website: www.missoulabars.co.uk/missoularomford
Date: 30th January 2016
Time: Open until 3am
Event: Saturdays at Kosho
Location: Kosho, Romford
Details: With DJ Tom Short.
Admission entry: Free before 11pm
Website: www.koshobar.co.uk
Date: 4th February 2016
Time:
Event: The S Factor
Location: The Merchant, Brentwood
Details: A great night of live music. Come support some local Brentwood singers and help them with The S Factor singing competition by giving them the screaming fans they need! Or if you want to be in with a chance of winning £1150 and singing in the competition check out their facebook for more details!
Admission entry:
Website: www.facebook.com/themerchantpubbrentwood
Date: 7th February 2016
Time:
Event: The Super Bowl
Location: O’Neills Brentwood
Details: Ticket only event, enquire at the bar.
Admission entry: £10 a ticket including selected drink.
Website: www.twitter.com/ONeills_Bwood
