Glitter & Gold: The Original Steps Podcast
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Welcome to Glitter & Gold: The Original Steps Podcast - the first podcast dedicated to discussing and dissecting the legacy of Steps; the UK's biggest mixed gender pop group of all time! Follow Us: Instagram, Tiktok & X Email: [email protected] Logo & Brand Design: BvrlyCreative
Episodes
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25 Years of Gold - Part 3 - Interview with Stuart Hayes (Gold tour co-choreographer and dancer)
It is both a delight and a privilege to welcome Stuart Hayes as our very special guest on Glitter & Gold, as we continue our celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of Steps’ Gold: Greatest Hits era. Alongside Paul Domaine, Stuart was co-choreographer on the Gold - Greatest Hits Tour, and he...
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25 Years of Gold - Part 2 - Gold & Words Are Not Enough (with Aron Baxter - Music Video Director)
In Part 2 of our Gold 25th anniversary celebrations, we dive into the release of the album 'Gold' and the single 'Words Are Not Enough'. Little did we know this would end up being the groups last official single release for 11 years. We also chat to film maker Aron Baxter who directed the music...
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BEST BITS: Tony Moran learns the impact of his 'One For Sorrow' remix
Clip taken from the original episode 'Tony Moran Interview - The Story Behind The Steps 'One For Sorrow' Remix' in April 2025. Catch up on the full episode now via your podcast feed. For the first time since he created the remix back in 1999, Tony tells us about how the opportunity to work with...
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25 Years of Gold - Part 1 - Chain Reaction (with Steve Anderson & Stuart Hayes)
We’re kicking off our Gold 25 celebrations with a special series of episodes marking 25 years of one of Steps’ most iconic eras and we’re starting with the song that launched it all, ‘Chain Reaction’. As we dive into the story of 'Chain Reaction', we’ll hear from the band’s Musical Director Steve...
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Our Ultimate Top 5 (6, 7, 8) Music Videos
We're counting down our individual Top 5 Steps music videos of all time. From iconic choreography and unforgettable fashion to childhood nostalgia and emotional connections, we reveal the videos that have had the biggest impact on each of us. Will our countdowns be completely different, or will...
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Here & Now Retrospective (with Shaun Kitchener, Finty Williams, Lara Denning and more)
After an incredible UK and Ireland tour, Here & Now - The Steps Musical has come to an end (hopefully not for the last time) and we're celebrating the remarkable journey of a show that exceeded every expectation. In this special retrospective episode, we look back at the creation, success and...
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Answering Your Questions: Steps 30 Predictions, Anti Tour Dreams, Controversial Opinions and more
For the first time in Glitter & Gold history, we’re finally in the same room recording together - and you can definitely feel the chaos... We put the call out on Instagram for your questions… and you absolutely delivered. From our predictions for what Steps 30 could look like, to our ultimate…
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Andy Goldmark Interview - Writing for Steps “Buzzz”, “Happy Go Lucky”, “Mars & Venus” and more
We're delighted to be joined by global hit songwriter and producer Andy Goldmark, who co-wrote four songs for Steps’ third studio album Buzz. Andy reminisces on being asked to A&R the album and his involvement in writing and producing "Buzzz", "Happy Go Lucky", "Mars & Venus" and "Wouldn’t Hurt…
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Chris Melvin Interview - The Story Behind The Steptoons
The Steptoons may have only played a small role in the Steps history books, but we’ve always wondered about the story behind their creation, and who was responsible for bringing them to life. Chris Melvin was the man behind the project, and the story of how he ended up working for Jive and…
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Steps 'Summer 2000 Arena Tour' (2000) – Concert Rewatch
Ooo Ooo!! The tour rewatch continues as we look back at the Summer 2000 Arena Tour - a massive step up from the previous year’s Next Step Tour. No space buggies or rocket ships this time; instead, we’re treated to a Gothic City set, with the band determined to prove they’d grown up and earned…
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Steps ‘Buzz’ Album - 25th Anniversary Track-by-Track
Get the b-b-buzz as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Steps poptastic 3rd studio album. Producing 6 UK Top 5 singles (including the #1 ‘Stomp’) Buzz marked a huge step up for the group — both musically and visually — featuring co-writes from all 5 members, plus recording sessions in New York…
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Steps 'The Next Step Tour' (1999) - Concert Rewatch
GO STEPS, GO STEPS!!! Strap into the Steps space buggy and blast off with us to the glittering world of 1999, as we relive one of the most iconic pop arena tours the UK has ever seen. We take a nostalgic deep dive into The Next Step Tour, the Steptacular arena tour that didn’t just break records…
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Shaun Kitchener Interview – Inside the Steps Musical ‘Here & Now’ UK Tour
It is just a matter of weeks before 'Here & Now - The Steps Musical' begins its 10 month tour across the UK and Ireland, so we had to get writer of the show Shaun Kitchener back on the podcast for a little catch up before the madness begins again. We have a quick reminisce on the Birmingham run…
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10 Songs Steps Should Cover (with Right Back At Ya!)
It’s the supergroup you never knew you needed and the most fabulously chaotic episode we have ever done. Joining us on the pod to help celebrate our 30th episode is the iconic young divas from Right Back At Ya! Joel and David. As we manifest potential new music in 2027 for the 30th anniversary…
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Tony Moran Interview – The Story Behind the Steps ‘One For Sorrow’ Remix
Steppers, this is a BIG one. THE Tony Moran, responsible for the 'One For Sorrow (Tony Moran Remix)' and who Billboard ranked as one of the most successful dance artists of ALL TIME is our very special guest on Glitter & Gold. For the first time since he created the remix back in 1999 (to…
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Chris Fox Interview – Restoring 60 Steps Music Videos for Steps 25
We are beyond thrilled and honoured to have the legendary Mr. Chris Fox on the podcast to talk to us about his involvement in the Steps 25 campaign in 2022. This included restoring, remastering and recreating over 60 (!!!) incredible Steps music videos, live performances and never before seen...
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Helen Colby Interview – Behind the Scenes of the Steps Musical ‘Here & Now’
We are back for 2025 and what better way to kick things off than popping into Better Best Bargains with our fabulous special guest Helen Colby, who absolutely stole the show in her role as Tracey in Here & Now. Helen shares all the behind the scenes gossip on how she got cast in the show, the...
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Shaun Kitchener Interview - Here & Now 'The Steps Musical'
We have been building up to this very special episode all year. With the opening night of 'Here & Now' just days away, we are thrilled to have writer of the show Shaun Kitchener on the podcast to tell us everything he is legally allowed to say before November 9th. Is 'Experienced' the encore in…
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Steps ‘Steptacular’ Album - 25th Anniversary Track-by-track
In celebration of its 25th anniversary this month, we are delving into one of the most poptastic albums of the 90s ‘Steptacular’. Steptacular undoubtedly cemented Steps reputation as being the best pop act in the UK; producing 6 top 5 singles, 2 sold out arena tours and going 4x platinum.…
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H & Claire - Part 2 - 'Another You, Another Me'
Our H & Claire deep dive continues with Part 2 focussing on the album 'Another You, Another Me' and the conclusion of the duos story (for now...). The album had some big name songwriters on board, including swedish writer Jorgen Elofsson who wrote ‘Its The Way You Make Me Feel’ by Steps and has...
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H & Claire - Part 1 - 'DJ', 'Half a Heart' & 'All Out Of Love'
The time has finally come to take a deep dive into the 'H & Claire' story. In Part 1 we are deep diving into the formation of the duo and the 3 singles ‘DJ’, ‘Half a Heart’ and the AA side ‘All Out Of Love/Beauty and the Beast’. We went into this with the goal to celebrate an era that has been...
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Steps Reunion with Producer Conor Sullivan
To celebrate it's 13th anniversary, we are diving into the 2011 documentary series 'Steps Reunion', which followed the band as they celebrated their tenth anniversary since their split. The show led to the 'Ultimate Collection' topping the charts and the sold-out 'Ultimate Tour'. It also inspired...
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Songs Steps Did First
Everyone knows Steps for their range of covers, including staple tracks like ‘Last Thing On My Mind’, ‘Tragedy’, ‘Chain Reaction’ and ‘Something In Your Eyes’ (just to name a few). But, did you know there have been a number of songs Steps recorded first (either as a group or solo tracks) that…
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Interview with Point4 - Lisa Scott-Lee ‘Unleashed’ Album - "Lately", "Too Far Gone" and more
To celebrate 21 years of ‘Lately’, we are thrilled to have Pete Day & Paul ‘Bronze’ Newton from Point4 on the podcast to tell the complete untold story of the making of ‘Unleashed’, the original debut album from Lisa Scott-Lee that was recorded with Mercury records. The guys tell us EVERYTHING…
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Steps 'The B-sides' Ranking
There is SO much love for the b-sides from the original 1997-2001 run, so we thought it was about time we gave you our "Words of Wisdom" by taking a deep dive into them. Rather than talk through them in order of release, we asked you over on Instagram to vote for your favourite tracks so we could...
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Gareth Shortland Interview - Remixing for Steps and Claire Richards
Joining us on the podcast this month is legendary remixer Gareth Shortland. Having first had the opportunity to remix tracks for Claires solo album 'My Wildest Dreams' in 2019, Gareth has since been an instrumental part of all the Steps and Claire campaigns and become the go to person for mixes…
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One For Celebrating - Part 2
The party (on the dancefloor) continues this month with Part 2 of our birthday celebrations as we listen to more of your FABULOUS voice notes and questions. You all came through with the messages and we cannot thank each and everyone of you enough for the love and support. Along with our usual…
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One For Celebrating - Part 1
We are BACK for 2024 and kicking things off with our 1st birthday celebrations. We put a call out for you all to send in voice notes and messages to read out and you delivered in a BIG way, with one particular voice note taking us all by surprise...... While we took a break over the Christmas and...
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Merry Christmas Everybody
Things are getting festive on the podcast this month as we bring you the final episode for 2023, talking all things Christmas. We are covering everything from the 2000 Christmas tour (release that footage H), the one off tracks AND most importantly, we deep dive into the 'Light Up The World'…
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Claire Richards ‘Euphoria’ Album with Steve Anderson
To celebrate Claire’s recent album EUPHORIA, who better to chat to than the ONE and ONLY Mr. Steve Anderson. We chat to Steve about the entire creative process of making the record (where he served as Producer), the song selection, the ones that didn’t quite make it, hopes to take the album onto...
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Gavin Scott Interview - Former Smash Hits Australia Editor
We had the absolute pleasure of talking to Gavin Scott from Chart Beats recently. While many of you may know him as the co-host of "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman" and "A Journey Through Aussie Pop," for us, he's the former editor of Smash Hits Magazine here in Australia. Gavin initially...
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Steps 'Buzz' Down Under with Gavin Scott
We are very excited to FINALLY be bringing you the next instalment in our Australian deep dive, talking all things ‘BUZZ’ and ‘GOLD’ down under. To tell this story we knew we needed to enlist the help of Gavin Scott from @chartbeatsau (host of A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman and A Journey...
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Steps 'Step One' Album - 25th Anniversary Track-by-Track
It's hard to believe, but it has been 25 years since the release of Steps debut album ‘Step One’, a record that has gone on to become one of the most iconic pop albums of the 90s. Released on September 14th 1998 in the UK, it would produce 5 hit singles, 4 of which went Top 10 and of course that…
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It Should’ve Been a Single - Part 2
You all LOVED our discussion on what should have been singles from the first era (so much so that it was our fastest downloaded episode yet), that we are bringing you Part 2. We have an open discussion where we take each album from the latest album run (Tears on the Dancefloor to What The Future...
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It Should’ve Been a Single - Part 1
This is the Original Steps Podcast for discussing and dissecting the legacy of Steps and that is exactly what this episode is all about. We have an open discussion where we take each album from the original 97-01 run (Step One, Steptacular & Buzz) and discuss a song we think should’ve been a...
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United Steps of America
From Britney to Nick Cannon; Shania Twain to Brad's desire to get slimed (on Nickelodeon); nothing is off limits as we evaluate STEPS' success in the USA. Throughout 99-01 the band released 2 studio albums, 3 singles and a best of state side, as well as TV specials for both Disney & Nickelodeon.…
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BONUS: 2006 Lisa Scott-Lee Interview
It is just a few days before Lisa takes to the stage at Mighty Hoopla for her first solo performance in over a DECADE, so we are officially calling this LISA SCOTT-LEE week and bringing you this BONUS episode to help celebrate. With the BIGGEST thank you to friend of the pod Leo Stubbing at Sound...
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Lisa Scott-Lee 'Lately' 20th Anniversary
On May 12th 2003 Lisa Scott-Lee released her ICONIC debut solo single 'Lately' via Mercury Records, becoming the only member of Steps to score a SOLO Top 10 single (and one she co-wrote) as well as inventing what we now know as 'Hun Culture', without even realising she was doing it at the time.…
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Our Ultimate Top 5 (6, 7, 8) Steps Songs
Join us as we each count down our TOP 5 Steps songs of all time. When we recorded this we didn't know what each others would be and their were definitely a few surprises along the way. SPOILER ALERT: 'Hard 2 Forget' wasn't Brads #1. Jump onto our socials (links below) and let us know what your…
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Steps 'Steptacular' Down Under
We continue our deep dive into the Steps journey down under, talking all things STEPTACULAR. By the end of the STEP ONE era, Steps had cemented themselves as a pop-force not to be messed with. In Australia they had already achieved 4 Top 10 singles (including #1 with 5,6,7,8), Top 5 platinum...
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BONUS: One Foot In The Past
We are SO excited to bring you an exclusive UNHEARD interview with Lee recorded in 1998. This was recorded just after the release of ‘Last Thing On My Mind’ in the UK and Australia, and before the album had been released. A big thank you to Shanes friend Lawrence (who conducted the interview) for...
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Steps 'Step One' Down Under
As 3 Australian fans, we thought it was only right that we discuss and dissect the Steps history down under, beginning with the enormously successful 'STEP ONE' era. In Part 1 of our Australian deep-dive, we relive our memories of this exciting time in 1998 when you simply couldn't escape the…
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Steptro
In our intro episode, we start things off by exploring our own individual Steps journeys, how we all got to know each other and our hopes and dreams for the podcast. Follow ‘Glitter & Gold: The Original Steps Podcast’: Instagram, TikTok & Twitter Shane: Steps Australia Facebook, Instagram Scott:...
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Welcome to Glitter & Gold: The Original Steps Podcast - the first podcast dedicated to discussing and dissecting the legacy of Steps; the UK's biggest mixed gender pop group of all time!
Follow Us: Instagram, Tiktok & X
Email: [email protected]
Logo & Brand Design: BvrlyCreative
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