These measures reduce the remaining tour dates due to new Covid cases.

Pop group Steps have announced that the remainder of their UK tour will be postponed due to a positive case of Covid-19 on their tour.

The move comes just days after it was revealed that singer Lee Latchford-Evans had tested positive for the coronavirus.

His positive test results came on the same day that bandmate Faye Tozer was allowed to return to the stage after self-isolation from Covid. With new cases emerging, Steps said continuing the tour was “impossible.”

They added that they were “disappointed” that this week’s shows at Cardiff and Bournemouth had now had to be postponed for some time next summer but noted that safety was priority number one. “We have tried in some possible way to continue our previous shows. But we must make everyone’s health and safety our top priority. They told fans in an online statement.

They asked him to “join us and wish those affected a speedy recovery. Steps to discuss the benefits of participating in Eurovision. Steps out in the late 1990s with radio-level pop hits like 5,6,7,8. One For Sorrow, and the impressive cover of Tragedy by the Bee Gees.

They have been on their way back for the past few years. And have been touring since the release of their seventh album, What the Future Holds Pt. 2, in September.