Iconic ’90s R&B group performs on first headlining tour in 26 years

Iconic 90s R&B group Damage have returned to the spotlight – 26 years after their last headlining tour.

The British boy band rose to fame in the early 1990s with hit singles Love II Love, Forever, Ghetto Romance and a moving cover of Eric Clapton’s Wonderful Tonight.

Originally consisting of founding members Rahsaan J Bromfield, Andrez Harriott, Jade Jones (who is Emma Bunton’s husband), Noel Simpson and Coreé Richards, Damage burst onto the scene with the release of their debut album Forever in 1997.

After three decades in the game (and without Coreé, who left in the early 2000s), Damage recently marked the occasion with 30Irty: The Anniversary Tour.

Visiting Birmingham, Liverpool, Islington and Leicester in November, the band celebrated 30 years of making music together.

And, with the last of those dates behind them, the band reflected on how the music scene has changed over the past few decades.

Talk to The SunAndrez Harriott revealed: “I think we are now much more strategic about what we do and where we position ourselves.

“What shows do we want to do? What shows don’t we want to do? How do we want to appear? What is the song selection? What will create the most intense emotion at that moment? What do people want to hear?

“Again, the way we present ourselves, all those things really come into play. They always have, but at this age now you really think about how you present yourself as a group at the audience.”

He continued: “There is a lot of truth and integrity in what we do. When people look at us now, they can feel us. It’s the feedback that we get, they can just feel the honesty and the commitment to the music and the commitment to the journey that they’ve been on with us.

“It’s appreciated. Truth and integrity shine through strongly in much of what we do.

“I think it’s good to be there just for the love. It’s not a question of business,” he added.

“It’s not about trying to make money, it’s just about, like I said before, us boys getting together and having fun on stage. Like Andre said , we do it out of love,” Noel Simpson continued.

Throughout the 90s, Damage released a total of 11 hit singles, including four top 10 hits on the UK Singles Chart.

Following the release of Forever, the group released their second album, Since You’ve Been Gone in 2001. This included the singles Ghetto Romance, which reached number one on the UK R&B Chart, and Rumours, which dropped to number one. . 2.

Shortly after supporting Gabrielle on her 2002 tour, founding member Coreé Richards left the group – with the group breaking up completely less than six months later.

They reformed, without Coreé, in 2014 after take part in the ITV show The Big Reunion alongside Liberty X, Blue and B*Witched.

Since then, they have continued to perform live and release new music, including the live albums Acoustically Yours and Live at the BBC.

Most recently, they surprised fans when Jade Jones’ wife Emma, ​​aka Baby Spice joined them on stage at the O2 in Islington for a rendition of their 2001 hit I Don’t Know.

Announcing the arrival of the Spice Girl – whose voice featured on the original track – Jade said: “People, I think you’ll know this lovely lady here. This is my beautiful wife.

To which Emma replied: “I love you” before frowning in front of her husband for everyone to see.

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