On 29th January 2011 they were unanimously chosen to represent the UK at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf, and have consequently reassembled into a boy band once more.Ģ) Blue was a British pop/rock group formed in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1973 by Timmy Donald (b. They did so after releasing their Best Of Blue greatest hits compilation in 2004, which contained a few new tracks such as "Curtain Falls", "Get Down On It" and "Only Words I Know". The band decided to split after Elton John suggested that their popularity was decreasing and that they should concentrate on their solo careers. This track was number one in Europe for 6 weeks
Their next single, which also reached number one on the British Top 40, was a duet with Elton John entitled "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word", a cover version of one of John's songs. The band released a new single and album, in the summer of 2002, both called "One Love" which was the best Blue album, selling more than 3.000.000 copies. Those singles sold more than 200.000 copies in the UK. After the cd single Too Close there were two new singles from the album All Rise If you Come Back and Fly By II (which is a remix of Fly By).
Blue released their next single, "Too Close" (a cover version of Next's song), on Augand this song was Blue's first number one single. The band released their debut single "All Rise" which sold more than 1.300.000 copies on and the song rose to number four on the British Top 40. Their only confirmed gig so far is Capital FM's Summer Ball in London. The band recently announced in April 2009 that they had reformed. All of the band members pursued solo singing careers alongside other interests. The band debuted in 2001, and split up after much success, in 2005. There are multiple artists with this name, including a British pop/rock group formed in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1973, and a British boy-band that debuted in 2001, and, after much success, split up in 2005:ġ) Blue are a British boy band consisting of four members: Lee Ryan, Duncan James, Antony Costa, and Simon Webbe.