The music drops out as Sugababes ask the crowd to take one more run at the fizzing chorus of their 2007 single About You Now. “Can we bring yesterday back around?” they roar in response. On a sodden Sunday evening that has felt every inch like a top-drawer Friday night, the answer is a resounding yes.
It’s taken some time for that answer to come. It’s been a decade since the original lineup of Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhán Donaghy first reunited as Mutya Keisha Siobhán, three years since they reclaimed the Sugababes name, and a little over three months since their packed Glastonbury performance became the festival’s surprise hit. Perhaps as a result, their set is lean and laser-focused, wasting no time in driving home the fact that Sugababes didn’t have a moment in British pop, they had an era. Watching them play the hits is like a magician pulling a scarf out of their sleeve: just when you think they’re done, there’s more.
