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Celebrating 25 years of Not That Kind
After storming the charts with her empowered single ‘I’m Outta Love’ in 2000, Anastacia became the toast of soulful dance pop.
Her distinctive voice, singular sass, never-say-die attitude and trademark look of crop tops and tinted glasses immediately offered her a seat at the table alongside the era’s defining divas. But her story has been one of comebacks and powering on against the odds.
Raised in New York City, Anastacia Lyn Newkirk took note from her parent’s careers as a club singer and Broadway star as she set her sights on stardom herself. While studying at the Professional Children's School in Manhattan, she was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at the age of just 13. In the face of her illness, Anastacia was unwavering in her pursuit, carving out a career as a dancer from the age of 15 and featuring in two Salt-N-Pepa music videos in the 80s.
The next decade proved to be littered with setbacks. Anastacia later recalled: “For years, I had been told that I should get contacts and ditch the glasses, that I was too in-your-face, the list goes on.” Though, it was her idiosyncrasies that the music world would eventually embrace – and her singular talent.
‘I’m Outta Love’ became a global hit upon its release on 13 June 2000, topping the charts in Australia, Belgium and New Zealand, peaking at number six in the UK. Her equally emancipating follow-up ‘Not That Kind’, her debut album’s namesake, was also a major hit. Anastacia’s 2001 sophomore album, Freak Of Nature, harnessed the adoration she’d been grinding for all the years prior, laying bare her personal history with autobiographical singles such as ‘Paid My Dues’ and ‘One Day In Your Life’. She was even appointed to sing the official anthem for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, in dance pop rocker ‘Boom’, then asked to join peers Cher, Céline Dion, Shakira, Stevie Nicks and Mary. J. Blige for a one-off VH1 Divas Las Vegas concert that same year.
Then personal disaster struck once again: Anastacia was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003 when her career touched the stratosphere. Though her harrowing experience inspired her rock-indebted comeback album in 2004. Led by single ‘Left Outside Alone’, Anastacia’s bravery and bullish attitude ensured her eponymous album became her most critically acclaimed and best-selling album ever.
The smokey, dark timbre and sheer power of Anastacia’s voice has solidified her place in the public consciousness ever since, releasing a total of eight studio albums – including 2014’s Resurrection after recovering from a second bout of breast cancer. Having strutted her stuff on Strictly Come Dancing in 2016, Anastacia later won the third season of The Masked Singer Australia in 2021.
Bringing it back to her breakthrough, Anastacia announced the ‘Not That Kind’ tour in 2025 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘I’m Outta Love’, including dates across the UK at the London Palladium, the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, Manchester’s O2 Apollo and more.
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Anastasia was outstanding. Her band were superb and the warm up act well worth sitting down early for. 2nd time I've seen Anastasia at Bath Forum. We love this venue as it's not too big. The stewards weren't too happy but Anastasia encouraged us all to dance and it was a party from start to finish. One of the very best concerts I've ever seen. Congratulations Anastasia you rock!
Fantastic show! Anastasia sounds just the same as on her cd's, her vocal range is so amazing and she was very entertaining. We enjoyed it that much we even tried to get tickets for the show the following night but they had sold out and I'm not surprised they were. We will definitely go to a show again if she tours the UK in the future.
This is the 2nd time I've seen Anastasia (25 years apart) and she is still as good (if not better) than ever! She belted out the classics from her old albums plus some new songs not heard before. She interacted with the Auduience and had us singing back the lyrics to "one day in your life". Everyone was up dancing, clapping, whooping and hollering all through. The support act Casey Macqillen was excellent too. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
One of the best concerts I've been to. Anastacia was fantastic, great music, great atmosphere and wow she comes across as such a lovely person. It's 5 stars from me. !!!
Anastacia was amazing as always however some of the audience members where rude and behaved appallingly yet they seem to get away with it
Yet another amazing performance, enjoyed every minute of it. Support act was fab too. Anastacia has great stage presence and her band did her proud. Very talented artists all round
Our first time at the O2 City Hall in Newcastle and first time to see Anastacia Live. The smaller 2000-seater theatre made the show that much more intimate. The sound was fantastic (we were 5 rows from the front and our other family were at the last row at the back of the balcony and we had the same./ similar sound experience. Of course nothing beats being that close to the artist and the band. I didnt appreciate having to sit 2hrs before even the cover band took to the stage and the seats are not the most comfortable with your knees against the seat in front and no elbow room margin for wider people. Overall great experience and will go back to the O2 City Hall for other artists we are keen on seeing. Access in/out is also relatively easy with lots of parking options and public transport in the area.
The main thing is Anastacia and her band were excellent. Great song choices, including the rock middle section. The band were superb musicians, Anastacia was on top form. The only issue, on the circle, was the crowd. People behind continually talking. If you don't want to listen to the music and watch the show then don't by a bloody ticket. If you need to talk, stay in the bar. Also people having to stand up and dance from the first song, even when requested by the person in front of me to sit down, just ignored it. There are some real ignorant twats about.
Wonderful evening of her greatest hits thoroughly enjoyed the venue and will definitely be back at some point
She was brilliant. Her voice still amazing. Loved it.
