UK festival touring huge 90s and 00s bands over Christmas period-Kitty Chrisp-Entertainment – Metro

It’s a 00s Christmas, alright (Picture: YouTube)

It’s definitely everyone’s 90s and 00s era at the moment, and there’s now a North East festival that’s touring some of the biggest names from the golden pop period – when Tamagotchis were a must, and iPods a given.

Kubix On Tour will see names including the Vengaboys, East 17, and Five on the four-date line-up which is touring Leeds, Hull, Newcastle and Aberdeen to get nostalgia lovers in the festive spirit this December.

Kicking off in Newcastle’s Utilita Arena on December 14, the party is heading to the P&J Arena in Aberdeen on December 20, Leeds’ First Direct Arena on December 21 and Connexin Live Arena in Hull on December 22.

The line-up varies from night to night, so make sure you check out exactly who will be performing before you book. Tickets are priced from £42 and are available now.

These dates follows the festival’s summer series, but this time it will be an indoor affair – promising bright lights, lasers, and bangers – so you can leave the scarves and muddy boots at home.

The Vengaboys are still thriving since hopping onto the scene in 1997 as the wildest Euro-tastic group ever, as they were behind some of the decade’s biggest earworms including Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom! and We Like To Party.

Five will be making an appearance (Picture: Supplied)

East 17 too (Picture: Supplied)

Other names on the lineup include 911, N Trance, 2 Unlimited, and Alice Deejay.

Five were one of the biggest bands of that golden pop era, having won the best pop Brit award in 2000 with their bangers including Everybody Get Up, Slam Dunk (Da Funk), Let’s Dance, and Keep on Movin’.

Original members Sean Conlan, Ritchie Neville and Scot Robinson are still going after forming in 1997, but two have since departed.

Meanwhile, East 17 have soundtracked many Christmasses with their festive classic Stay Another Day – yep, that’s the music video with white fur jackets, fake show, and deep camera stares.

East 17 were formed in 1991 with the first line up of Tony Mortimer, Brian Harvey, John Hendy, and Terry Coldwell.

As of 2020, the group consists of Coldwell – the only remaining original member – Robbie Craig and Joe Livermore.

The Christmas hit was not written with the intention of being a festive favourite, but it’s actually about grief.

Written by Tony following the death by suicide of his brother Ollie, Terry told Metro in a 2022 interview he still receives ‘loads of messages’ every year saying the song has been played at someone’s funeral.

The Vengaboys are coming, da, da, da, da, da, da, da (Picture: Supplied)

‘We recorded the demo and then it went to our producers… and they stuck in these tubular bells and made it all Christmassy,’ he said.

‘We got it back and were all, “Wow!” No one thought it would be a massive Christmas hit at the time, though.’

Meanwhile, bandmate Brian dropped out of the limelight after he ate too many jacket potatoes, fell out of his car and ran himself over.

He was trying to be sick out of the door when he put his foot on the gas instead of the brakes, and ended up rolling under his car.

Brian crushed his pelvis in six places, broke ribs, punctured his lungs and was in a coma for several weeks.

‘I had just been stuffing my face with a load of jacket potatoes and I felt sick, so I opened my car door to be sick,’ the singer explained at the time.

‘Instead of putting my foot on the brake, I put it on the accelerator and it flew back. I must have hit four or five parked cars.’

Buy tickets for £42 via www.kubixfestival.co.uk.

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