Sugababes: Women in music don't have to look perfect now

Sugababes accidental women look little unit to look cleanable present than erstwhile the set archetypal roseate to fame successful the 2000s.

Keisha Buchanan said there's been a "lot of change" successful the manufacture since, and it was "not needfully negative".

The set were speaking up of a show connected Friday astatine Chepstow Racecourse, successful Monmouthshire, alongside Lionel Richie and Gabrielle.

Lewis Capaldi had been owed to execute astatine the venue connected Saturday, but postponed his tour to absorption connected his intelligence health.

Sugababes reformed past twelvemonth with their archetypal line-up of Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena and Siobhan Donaghy, aft the trio antecedently performed nether the sanction MKS.

Keisha told the BBC Radio Wales Arts Show: "I deliberation there's been a batch of affirmative alteration [in the industry] arsenic well... I deliberation determination was mode much unit to look cleanable backmost successful the day, and present not truthful much.

"I'm seeing women embracing their bodies and going retired determination and sidesplitting it and being comfy and we're conscionable each for that."

Siobhan said determination were "so many" unthinkable pistillate artists successful the UK currently, particularly successful RnB, and they merit a changeable astatine headlining much large festivals.

She said the existent deficiency of pistillate headliners astatine large UK festivals was a occupation needing to beryllium tackled connected "many levels".

"From who the euphony manufacture invests in, who they proceed to put successful erstwhile a idiosyncratic is of a definite age, determination are truthful galore factors that spell into it," she said.

The set spoke of their excitement astatine playing with "legends" Lionel Richie and Gabrielle astatine Chepstow, earlier going connected to a solo amusement astatine London's O2 arena and supporting Take That aboriginal successful the year.

"It's been truthful lovely, past twelvemonth was our large comeback and it's conscionable been onward and upward, we've had a batch of fun, we're getting much assured connected signifier and conscionable taking it in," added Keisha.

Ahead of the play of euphony astatine Chepstow, that volition besides diagnostic George Ezra connected Sunday, Joe Robinson, of promoters Cuffe and Taylor, said it was "a large opportunity" for the town's economy.

Capaldi had been owed to execute astatine the racecourse connected Saturday, but the 26-year-old announced aft his Glastonbury show past play that it was evident helium needed to walk "much much clip getting my intelligence and carnal wellness successful order".

Mark Duthie, of The George pub successful Chepstow said helium was expecting to beryllium engaged but it was a shame the Saturday performance with Capaldi was not going ahead.

He said large events brought a batch of radical into the town, with galore going for a portion oregon a wound to devour earlier the concert, truthful businesses were expecting thousands much walk-ins crossed the weekend.

"Saturday was the 1 that everyone was talking about… it volition interaction financially due to the fact that it volition beryllium quieter than we expected to be," helium said.

People are expected to campy retired astir the racecourse this play up of George Ezra headlining connected Sunday.

Transport for Wales said it expected bid services to beryllium engaged and advised radical to cheque earlier they travel.

Organisers person besides warned summons holders to program their journeys with roads expected to beryllium busy.

Mr Robinson said: "We person hundreds of members of unit that enactment connected the site, connected the bars and the merchandise, the food.

"Often we root a batch of radical locally from the section area, giving a batch of young radical accidental to get progressive astatine a festival tract that possibly they've ne'er had the accidental to enactment retired before.

"The fiscal interaction is large erstwhile you bring a large festival to a town. Lots of radical enactment successful hotels usage taxis, usage the autobus network, the trains, section restaurants volition person whitethorn possibly marque a play of it peculiarly successful determination truthful beauteous arsenic Chepstow."