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On this day, 18 June 1999 All Saints played Cardiff International Arena on the group’s The U Tour after playing the previous night at Port Talbot’s Afan Lido.
They were founded as All Saints 1.9.7.5 by music manager Ron Tom, who later also founded Sugababes, with members Melanie Blatt, Shaznay Lewis, and Simone Rainford.
The group struggled to find commercial success upon being signed to ZTT Records and were dropped by the label shortly after Rainford left the group. In 1996, the group were joined by Canadian-born sisters Nicole and Natalie Appleton and signed to London Records under their shortened name.
Part of the 1990s wave of British girl groups, their debut album, All Saints (1997), peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and went on to become the UK's third-best-selling girl group album of all time.
The album contained three UK number one singles: "Never Ever", "Under the Bridge"/"Lady Marmalade" and "Bootie Call". "Never Ever" is the third-best-selling girl group single of all-time in the UK, behind the Spice Girls' "Wannabe" and "Shout Out to My Ex" by Little Mix.
It also won two Brit Awards: Best British Single and Best British Video, and the group were nominated for Best British Breakthrough Act.
Their second album, Saints & Sinners (2000), became their first UK number-one album and achieved multi-platinum success. It included the UK number-one singles "Pure Shores" and "Black Coffee". Amid in-fighting among the group members, All Saints split the following year.
