BLUE live in Jakarta with support by M.E. Voices

A MESSAGE FROM BLUE TO INDONESIAN FANS

Antony Costa, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe, more widely known as Blue, have sold 15 million records worldwide. In the UK they’ve had three number 1 albums ten top 10 singles (including three  number 1s), won Brit and MTV Asia Awards and sung with Elton John and Stevie Wonder. They  formed in London in the year 2000 and had their first hit All Rise in 2001, a track which still sounds amazing today. Their first appearance came on the Big Breakfast, where as an  unknown band they were the ‘family of the week’ appearing on the show from Monday to Friday, and then performed on live TV for the first time that Saturday on CDUK. By the time the track entered the top 10, fans were flocking to see them and Blue fever started!  

Their debut album also called All Rise spawned four top 10 singles, including the number 1s Too Close, If you come back and the excellent Fly by. The album hit number 1, sold over a million copies and in under a year the band played their first fully live gig at the MTV5 Night Stand series of gigs in April 2002, the band having just won their first Brit Award for Best British Breakthrough act.  

The boys followed up their successful debut with two more huge albums, One Love (Number 1 - 2002) featuring the number 1 lead track also called One Love and follow up singles U Make Me Wanna and Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word with Elton John. The album was certified 4 x platinum in the UK.  

The third album Guilty (2003) was the third consecutive album to debut at Number 1 and featured  another star duet from Stevie Wonder and Angie Stone on the track Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m  Yours which reached number 11. Further tracks from the album Breathe Easy, Bubblin' and the title track Guilty (co-written by Gary Barlow) all hit the top 10.  

In November 2004 the band released the Best of Blue, which would signal the start of a hiatus for the band. The Greatest Hits compilation also contained newly recorded tracks, Curtain Falls, Get  Down On It and Only Words I Know and peaked at number 2 in the UK and was certified double platinum. Blue never split up, they decided to take an extended break, to pursue solo interests in music and acting.  

In 2011 Eurovision called – and Blue answered. Their song I Can was incredibly popular with the viewers voting, and when the final tally was released it was placed in 5th position. However the band came 11th in

the show with 100 points due to the jury and public vote tally. From the position of the UK  however, not a bad result – and the European public voting showing how popular they were still 10  years on from their first release. A documentary also accompanied the show called Your Country  Needs Blue. 

2013 gave us the Big Reunion – a documentary series and live tour that captured the hearts of pop  fans all over the country. Blue joined the likes of 5ive, Atomic Kiben, 911, Liberty X, Bewitched and  the Honeyz selling out venues across the country.  

Albums Roulette and Colours followed in 2013 and 2015 and a tour in 2015. Bringing us up to the present day the album Heart and Soul was released in 2022 along with an Arena tour to promote  that album. 

In October 2023 Blue announced that they would be embarking on their ‘Greatest Hits’ theatre tour  in the spring of 2024, playing their biggest hits and telling stories from the past 20 plus years. They  said: 

‘As this is a theatre tour, we wanted it to have a different kind of feel – welcoming, more intimate with the chance to sing our biggest hits and share stories with our fans who have been with us for so many years now. We can’t wait to get it out there!’ 

Don't miss your chance to see Blue live on stage in Jakarta, delivering the hits you know and love. Grab your tickets now and be part of an incredible night of music, memories, and pure entertainment!

Opening act for the evening will be Indonesian Boy Band sensation ME Voices!