Hear’Say and Liberty X tickets are on sale, and both bands admit the feud was manufactured

Updated on|October 21, 2026

Hear’Say and Liberty X tickets are on general sale now through Ticketmaster, Gigantic and AXS. Here are all 15 tour dates, who is selling which show, the prices confirmed so far, and why the start time you are looking at is probably wrong.

Hear’Say and Liberty X are reuniting for a major 2027 tour, bringing together two groups whose careers began on ITV’s Popstars in 2001.

The joint tour, titled Popstars: The Originals, will visit 15 venues across the UK and Ireland between 17 April and 12 May 2027.

General tickets went on sale at 9 am on Friday 16 October, after three days of artist and venue presales. No date had sold out when general sale opened, and none had been reported sold out by 21 October.

The reunion also comes with an unexpected lineup difference. Hear’Say are returning without Myleene Klass, while Liberty X, the group formed by the five Popstars finalists who missed out on Hear’Say, will reunite with all five original members.

Where to buy Hear’Say and Liberty X tickets

Ticketmaster sells all 15 dates, Gigantic sells 11 and AXS sells five. Which ones you can use depends on the venue.

MyTicket lists all 15 dates with links to every seller for each one, which makes it the quickest way to see who is selling your show. It does not sell tickets itself.

That matters more than it sounds. If one seller’s queue is long, the same date may be sitting there on another, and fans who only check Ticketmaster are queueing behind everyone else who did the same. Check every seller for your date before you decide it has gone.

Seat Unique sells premium packages for every date except Dublin, Belfast, Aberdeen and Sheffield, separately from the venues’ own premium seating.

Availability differs between venues, particularly where earlier presales took a large share of the allocation.

How much are Hear’Say and Liberty X tickets?

Glasgow is listed between £62.25 and £141.70 including the admin fee, with premium seating £119.65 to £134.65. Bournemouth starts from £57 and Leeds from £50 plus fees.

The Glasgow figures come from the official OVO Hydro event listing, which notes that a fulfilment charge may apply on top. The Leeds figure is from the first direct bank arena listing and the Bournemouth figure from Bournemouth International Centre.

These prices apply to the venues named and are not a price list for the whole tour. Pricing varies by venue, by seating tier, and by how much of the allocation the presales took. Check your chosen venue for confirmed prices, seating options and additional booking charges.

Glasgow’s OVO Hydro has a six-ticket purchase limit per person and per credit card, and Gigantic applies the same limit at Leeds. Other venues may impose their own limits and age restrictions.

Hear’Say and Liberty X tour dates 2027: full list of venues

The tour begins in Dublin on 17 April and finishes in Sheffield on 12 May.

Aberdeen and Sheffield were added after the original announcement, taking the tour from 13 dates to 15.

What time do the Hear’Say and Liberty X shows start?

Seven venues have published a door or start time, between 6 pm and 7.30 pm. Eight have not. Ignore the 7 pm you may see on MyTicket.

Times are taken from the AXS listings, the OVO Hydro and The O2 event pages, and Bournemouth International Centre. The other eight venues have not published times.

Here is the thing to watch. MyTicket lists 7 pm against all fifteen dates, which looks authoritative until you notice it is the same figure every time. AXS has Leeds and Newcastle at 6 pm and Birmingham at 7.30 pm for the same tour. A blanket 7 pm across an entire arena run is a default value, not a schedule.

OVO Hydro says timings are usually confirmed two to three days before the show, which is normal across arena tours. Treat anything listed now as provisional and check your venue in the week of the gig.

The O2’s listing also promises “special guests”. They have not been named yet.

Who are the Hear’Say and Liberty X members on the tour?

Nine of the ten original Popstars are back. Hear’Say return as a four-piece without Myleene Klass, and Liberty X return with all five members.

Why is Myleene Klass not joining the Hear’Say reunion?

Klass said she could not commit to the tour because of existing commitments. She has not ruled out joining in future.

Speaking on Loose Women, Klass explained that her former bandmates had included her in discussions about the reunion. “It’s not something I can commit to at the moment,” she said, adding that some details were still being worked out. She did not rule out taking part later: “I would say never say never about anything.”

Her absence means Hear’Say return as a four-piece: Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw, Noel Sullivan and Danny Foster.

Who are the Liberty X members?

Michelle Heaton, Jessica Taylor, Kelli Young, Kevin Simm and Tony Lundon, the five Popstars finalists who missed out on Hear’Say. All five are on the tour.

Jessica Taylor is also known by her married name, Jessica Pietersen.

That creates the contrast at the heart of this tour. When Popstars aired in 2001, Hear’Say were assembled as the winning group, while the five finalists who were not selected went on to form their own act. They performed first as Liberty, then as Liberty X, after a funk band called Liberty won a High Court case over the name.

Twenty-five years later, the five who missed out are the ones returning complete.

Were Hear’Say and Liberty X really at war?

Yes, and both bands now say the rivalry was encouraged because it sold records.

Tony Lundon of Liberty X has been the most direct about it.

His bandmate Kelli Young puts it differently. “Healthy, friendly competition is fine, but that kind of sensationalised rivalry never made any sense to me.”

Suzanne Shaw of Hear’Say has described the atmosphere at the time plainly enough. “Back then it was all about achieving success for your band and no-one else’s.”

Which is a fairly generous way of describing what ten people in their early twenties were put through by an industry that had worked out the feud was worth more than either record.

Danny Foster of Hear’Say frames the tour as the answer to it. “For me this project is about unity, celebration and collaboration.”

Michelle Heaton of Liberty X is blunter. “It would be a shame if we didn’t do something together.”

What happened to the members of Liberty X and Hear’Say?

Kevin Simm won The Voice UK and now fronts Wet Wet Wet. Kym Marsh spent twelve years in Coronation Street. Suzanne Shaw won Dancing on Ice.

Simm’s is the strangest second act. He won The Voice UK in 2016 and became lead singer of Wet Wet Wet in 2018.

Kym Marsh joined Coronation Street as Michelle Connor and stayed twelve years, later appearing on Strictly Come Dancing. Suzanne Shaw went to Emmerdale and won Dancing on Ice. Noel Sullivan moved into musical theatre. Danny Foster has kept working as a vocalist and vocal coach.

Michelle Heaton and Jessica Taylor have both remained public figures in Britain, and Myleene Klass built the biggest post-band career of any of the ten.

What were Hear’Say and Liberty X’s biggest hits?

Hear’Say’s Pure and Simple reached number one in 2001. Liberty X’s signature hit is Just a Little, which also reached number one.

• #1
  Pure and SimpleHear’Say, 2001
• #1
  The Way to Your LoveHear’Say, 2001
• #1
  Just a LittleLiberty X, 2002
• #2
  Got to Have Your LoveLiberty X, 2002
• #5
  Thinking It OverLiberty X, 2001

Hear’Say’s follow-up, The Way to Your Love, topped the UK singles chart too. The band lasted less than two years, splitting in October 2002.

Liberty X had the longer run, with Just a Little, Thinking It Over and Got to Have Your Love. Just a Little is the song most people can still sing, and it belonged to the band that lost.

What should you check before buying tickets?

• Check every seller for your date. Ticketmaster, Gigantic and AXS are selling the same tour, and availability will not be identical across them. MyTicket’s tour page links to all of them.
• Check the total price at checkout, including booking and fulfilment fees, rather than the headline figure.
• Do not book travel around a start time yet. Eight venues have not confirmed one, and the times currently showing are provisional.
• Check accessibility before booking. Some seating levels at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro are reachable only by stairs, so anyone with mobility requirements should review the venue’s accessibility information first.
• Buy from the official sellers. Resale listings appear within minutes of a general sale opening, and a markup is rarely worth paying while tickets are still available at face value.

What happened in the presales?

Three presales ran before general sale, and all of them are now closed.

The registered artist presale, run by tour promoter Kilimanjaro Live, opened at 9 am on Wednesday 14 October, alongside selected membership presales including OVO’s. Venue and subscriber presales followed at 9 am on Thursday 15 October, including Manchester’s AO Arena and Glasgow’s SEC newsletter presale.

If you missed them, it makes no difference now. Everything still unsold is in the general sale.