About Faye Tozer
Faye Tozer is a British singer-songwriter, dancer and stage actress. She is best known as being one of the three female singers of pop group Steps (she, Claire Richards, and guitarist-musician Lee Latchford-Evans) who came together in 1997 and had 14 top 5 singles in the UK, split up on Boxing Day 2001 before reforming in May 2011. During the Steps split, Tozer returned to the pop charts once, duetting with Russell Watson. Their UK single "Someone Like You" charted at No. 10 in May 2002[3] and she joined him on his UK tour around the same time. In 2006, Tozer was featured as a guest vocalist for Plastic Cinema for two songs: "Take Me Under" and "Any Minute Now".
Steps reformed in May 2011 for a four-part documentary series on Sky Living titled Steps: Reunion. The series started airing on 28 September, following an announcement of a second greatest hits album, The Ultimate Collection, that was released on October 10, 2011. The album entered the charts at number one, becoming the band's third album to achieve this feat. The second series of Steps: Reunion titled "Steps: On the Road Again" aired on Sky Living in April 2012; the series followed the band as they embarked on their sellout 22-date UK tour. On 24 September 2012, the group confirmed they would release their fourth studio album Light Up The World on 12 November 2012, alongside a six-date Christmas tour, starting from 30 November and ending on 5 December.
The group reformed for a second time on January 1, 2017 in celebration of their 20th anniversary, and later announced their fifth studio album Tears on the Dancefloor, which was released in April 2017 and entered the charts at number 2. On March 5, 2017, the group confirmed the release of the new album, alongside its lead single, "Scared of the Dark", and a 22-date tour, Party on the Dancefloor. A deluxe edition of the album, titled Tears on the Dancefloor: Crying at the Disco, was released on 27 October.
In November 2017, Tozer announced that the reunion was no longer just a 20th-anniversary celebration and that the group intends to continue after their 2018 Summer of Steps tour.
In April 2018, Richards announced that following their summer tour, they would begin work on their sixth studio album. In February 2019, Richards announced the group would begin recording their next album during the summer months.
On September 7, 2020, via their social media accounts, Steps announced the release date of their album entitled What the Future Holds. The album was released on November 27 of the same year, with pre-orders available from September 8. The next day, they confirmed a new 14-date UK tour (with special gues Sophie Ellis-Bextor) starting in November 2021. The first single from the album was the Greg Kurstin-and-Sia-penned "What the Future Holds", released on September 9, 2020. It was followed by "Something in Your Eyes" on 27 October 2020. "To the Beat of My Heart" was released as the album's third single in January 2021.
The first single of What the Future Holds Pt. 2 was confirmed as a reworked version of "Heartbreak in This City" featuring Michelle Visage.
Born Faye Louise Tozer on November 14, 1975 in Northampton, England, she has an older sister named Clare. She joined her first dance class at the age of six. She made her professional musical-theatre debut in 2004 in a national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s one-woman musical Tell Me on a Sunday. She has been married to Michael Smith since December 5, 2009. Together they have one son, Benjamin Barrington Tozer-Smith. She was previously married to Jasper Irn.
