Massive Noughties girl group plotting shock reunion concert to mark 25th anniversary of huge album
IT’S shaping up to be a very exciting year for Alesha Dixon, Sabrina Washington and Su-Elise Nash.
I’m told the singers, who you will know better as Noughties girl band Mis-Teeq, have been discussing how they can celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album, Lickin’ On Both Sides.
The record, which came out in October 2001, peaked at No3 in the Official Album Charts and bagged them five Top Ten singles including All I Want, One Night Stand and B With Me.
And now the trio are considering reuniting for a special show to mark the milestone.
A source said: “Alesha has been excitedly talking about this for a while and would love a Mis-Teeq reunion with Sabrina and Su-Elise happen.
“Fans shouldn’t expect a Girls Aloud-style comeback tour, though.
“At the minute, lots of things are being discussed and one thing that has come up is the idea of a one-off show. It could be an intimate gig for their die-hard fans or a performance on a big TV programme such as Britain’s Got Talent — which Alesha is a judge on.
“Nothing has formally been offered but nothing is off the table.
“Lickin’ On Both Sides launched Alesha, Sabrina and Su-Elise’s music careers and that record holds a really special place in their hearts.
“They want to celebrate that album with their fans.”
Alesha and Sabrina now appear to be back on good terms after the latter threatened to sue over unpaid royalties in 2020.
Sabrina, who was the group’s lead singer, started legal proceedings against Alesha over royalties going back 15 years as well as action against former label Universal.
She alleged Alesha had “wrongfully claimed” song-writing cash for their first two singles Why and All I Want.
A pal said at the time: “Alesha received five per cent royalties for the girls’ first two songs whereas Sabrina received nothing.
“They both should have got 2.5 per cent. Sabrina wasn’t listed as a writer for the tracks but it was written in her contract that she would get pay parity.
“She feels she is owed thousands.”
At the time, a spokesman for Alesha said: “Alesha wrote the raps on both Why? and All I Want and that is why she gets a split.
“The rest of the song was written by a production team. Sabrina has no reason to sue Alesha.”
Earlier this summer Alesha admitted a reunion could be on the cards but added: “Thinking doesn’t mean we are doing, but we’re thinking.
“Which is more than we’ve done.”
Dua toasts a top year
DUA LIPA has been knocking back the cocktails to celebrate a stellar 2025.
I can reveal the Training Season singer raked in £70million in the year to March 2025, making it the most lucrative of her career.
Dua kept it real, though – despite earning the mammoth amount, she only paid herself a paltry £500.
New documents show her live gigs company, Radical22 Live, banked £45.6million, while Dua made a further £45.6million from her management, publishing and production company.
It’s almost double the earnings of other big British pop acts, including Ed Sheeran, over the past year – so I’m not surprised she’s busting open the booze.
Sharing snaps of her end-of-year celebrations, with her family and actor fiance Callum Turner, Dua wrote online: “Thank you for making my last year so special.
“I’m excited to make this the best one yet.”
It certainly will be if 2026 is the year she and Callum get married . . .
No more Fab secrets
THE BEATLES’ vaults have been slammed shut after 63 years, with super producer Giles Martin admitting fans will never hear any more secret tracks from the Fab Four.
Giles has spent a number of years scouring through the band’s audio recordings, studio archives and even individual projects penned for them over their history.
His efforts have helped produce the current Disney Plus revived Beatles’ Anthology series and remixed albums and tracks.
Asked how much untouched Beatles content exists now, Martin said:
“I don’t think there’s anything. I always say that then something turns up.
“But I don’t think there’s anything. It’s incredible how much interest there still is over Beatles stuff.
“You do [hear new] things on this Anthology box set. There’s that first round of Helter Skelter, which for me is great because it’s really raw.
“It’s proper in your face music.
“And then people go, ‘Well, how come we haven’t released the 20-minute long version of Helter Skelter?’ I think we’re done.” Giles curated the new
Anthology 4 album and remastered the entire collection for the 2025 re-release of The Beatles’ Anthology series.
He believes that collaborating with his late father George Martin, also known as the fifth Beatle, on these projects has been spiritually and professionally fulfilling.
He added: “The Beatles are so powerful that it’s what people want to know about.
“It’s really nice. I love my dad. We were incredibly close.
“Their music and what they did really makes people feel better about themselves. So it’s a complete honour to work on this material and to be close to my dad is a great thing.”
Giles is currently working with director Sam Mendes on the four upcoming Beatles movies, with each focussing on a different member of the band.
On radio in the US, Giles added: “I’m working on these films. They come out in three years.
“What’s amazing about The Beatles is that new generations hear stuff and go back and unearth this catalogue.”
Mel’s bid to mark big hit
THE SPICE GIRLS’ smash hit Wannabe, the song that soundtracked my childhood, turns 30 this year and Mel C has confirmed the group will be celebrating the milestone.
Incredibly, she is still convinced that she can somehow persuade Posh and Ginger to join her, Scary and Baby for a reunion.
Spilling the beans herself on Australian radio, Mel joked: “We’ve decided not to tell Mel B anything because she can’t keep her mouth shut – and also she doesn’t know any more because we’re not telling her.”
Speaking of Wannabe’s 30th anniversary Mel added: “We have to acknowledge it in some way.”
And she explained how plans for that are progressing.
“We are talking about what that looks like and for me, myself, Melanie and Emma. We’re going back on stage . . . but sometimes the others may need some convincing.
She said: “Getting the five of us together, it would be the best thing ever. Sometimes I feel like it’s my duty to the world.”
“There’s so much negativity, there’s so much mad s**t going on – let’s just spice up our lives.”
Of her relationships with her bandmates, Mel said: “We have a newfound respect for each other.
“We know when to leave it, we know each other’s irritations and insecurities and we respect that now as adults and mothers.
Recalling their 2019 reunion tour, she added: “The love we had last time that was beamed back from these stadiums was like nothing I’ve experienced as a Spice Girl before.”
Twigs bold and brave
FKA TWIGS has admitted that she’s finally found the courage to speak up for herself.
Speaking in the February edition of Elle UK, which is on sale now, the British singer said: “I’m reaching that age where I can really look back at my life and I can see so many things that have been beautiful and amazing, and other things that have been really brutal and violent.”
Twigs added: “I’m realising that I can hold my love of life and my artistry and the beauty of my life, and I can also hold the brutality and the sadness and the violence.
“I can hold things at the same time, and that feels really good.
“I’ve always wanted to be at this perfect cross point of growth and youth – to be able to be young and sexy and healthy – and also not be an idiot like I was in my 20s.”
Don’t be too hard on yourself, Twigs, no one is that proud of what they did in their 20s.
Ashley is boiling hot
ASHLEY ROBERTS is making me green with envy after sharing even more of her holiday snaps.
The Pussycat Dolls singer quit the freezing wind and snow we’re having in Blighty for the boiling hot sunshine of Mauritius.
Ash told her Instagram followers she’d had the “best time”.
I’m thrilled for you, Ashley. Just thrilled.
HARRY STYLES and Zoe Kravitz have added another destination to their extensive list of travel hotspots.
Since they started dating, the pair have been seen all over the world – including New York, Paris, Rome and London.
Now it’s claimed they spent the last few days holed up inside a luxury resort in the Bahamas.
This sure is a long honeymoon period.
One fan claimed they spotted the former One Direction singer jogging on a beach over the New Year.
NICK JONAS has dropped his reflective new single Gut Punch, before the release of his fifth album, Sunday Best.
On it Nick sings: “Hit me like a gut punch. I hurt my own feelings. How did I get so good at being mean to myself?”
The US star, who is married to Priyanka Chopra, said: “I do wonder if I’m being the best version of myself.
“Am I a present husband and father? Life weighs on you.
“It’s important to remember there was once a carefree version of you loved the world.”