00s icon with 'pop's biggest voice' announces UK tour 25 years after debut hit
Anastacia is back for a huge tour next year (Picture: Snapshot-photography/D Vorndran/Shutterstock
It was impossible to exist in the year 2000 without hearing Anastacia belting out her epic single I’m Outta Love, and fans are about to be able to hear it all over again as she’s announced an anniversary tour.
The US singer-songwriter, 55, will embark on a massive European 25th anniversary tour of her debut album Not That Kind next year, with 12 dates in the UK.
The album, which featured absolute banger I’m Outta Love as well as title track Not That Kind and hit singles Cowboys & Kisses and Made For Lovin’ You, was released in June 2000 to critical acclaim, reaching number two in the UK charts.
Anastacia, who has one of the most recognisable vocals in pop, was buzzing as she confirmed the tour on Monday.
‘I am beyond excited to be on the road again in Europe and blessed to get to come and perform in so many gorgeous places to my very special family,’ she said.
‘I didn’t get to do a tour for my first album which makes this all the more special. I can’t believe it’s been 25 years since Not That Kind, we will be sure to celebrate in true Anastacia style. It’ll be one big anniversary party. I can’t wait to see you all there!’
Anastacia burst onto the scene in 2000 with her debut album and hit single I’m Outta Love, and her famous dark shaded glasses (Picture: EPA)
Her Not That Kind tour will kick off next year and includes 12 UK dates
The singer, real name Anastacia Lyn Newkirk, will take her tour across Europe, starting in Spain and hitting Italy, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Czechia, Poland, Germany, The Netherlands, France, Belgium and Ireland.
She will then hit up 12 venues in the UK for the final leg of the tour from mid-April, including in Swansea, Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester and London.
After Not That Kind, Anastacia – who appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2016 – did it again with the release of her second album Freak Of Nature, which features modern classics Left Outside Alone, Paid My Dues and One Day In Your Life.
We hope she brings this Nougties style to her new shows (Picture: Toni Anne Barson/WireImage)
Years after finding pop success, Anastacia also appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2016 (Picture:BBC/Guy Levy)
With more than a handful of top 10 hit singles and highly-charting albums across the UK and Europe, and with her infectious pop megahits filling the airwaves for much of the 2000s, Anastacia was certainly one of the biggest stars of that moment in time.
She was unmissable thanks to her powerhouse vocals and recognisable aesthetic, complete with dark-tinted glasses and usually several layers of cowgirl-style leather.
However, she struggled to gain the same kind of popularity in her native United States, and she has previously addressed the possibility of being ‘blacklisted’ from US radio.
Not That Kind UK tour dates
16/04/25 – Portsmouth, UK – Guildhall
17/04/25 – Bath, UK – Forum
19/04/25 – Swansea, UK – Arena
23/04/25 – Belfast, UK – Ulster Hall
25/04/25 – Glasgow, UK – Royal Concert Hall
27/04/25 – Oxford, UK – New Theatre
28/04/25 – Birmingham, UK – Symphony Hall
30/04/25 – Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo
01/05/25 – Nottingham, UK – Royal Concert Hall
03/05/25 – Newcastle, UK – O2 City Hall
04/05/25 – York, UK – Barbican
06/05/25 – London, UK – Palladium
You can find out more information on tickets here.
Asked about being more successful this side of the pond, she told Official Charts in 2016: ‘I don’t know the exact reason but I can give you an idea of what may have happened. My first record was scheduled to be delivered in America, radio and everything. I was with Sony Worldwide but as I was an American signed artist, so they were starting with America.
‘Either something happened with radio promotions, somebody made somebody mad; something happened with my release. I don’t know anything about it and I can’t understand it.
‘Simultaneously my name was a part of it so I think I was blacklisted from radio.’
Anastacia, who was diagnosed with breast cancer twice and also has Crohn’s disease, recently opened up about another health scare.
The star thought she had a brain tumour after suffering so badly from hormonal imbalance due to going through the menopause.
‘I didn’t know my exhaustion; I didn’t know my brain fog. I didn’t know all the things – I just thought I was tired,’ she told Kate Thornton on the White Wine Question Time podcast.
‘I was diagnosing myself, but had no idea any of this was hormone-related.’
Tickets for Anastacia’s Not That Kind tour are on sale from July 5.
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