Lee Latchford-Evans
| Lee Latchford-Evans | |
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 Latchford-Evans in April 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lee Latchford Evans |
| Born |
28 January 1975 Chester, England |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, dancer, stage actor, kickboxer, celebrity personal trainer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Jive, Sony, Steps, Warner |
| Associated acts | Steps, Upper Street |
Lee Latchford-Evans (born 28 January 1975)[1] is an English singer, dancer, stage actor, kickboxer and a celebrity personal trainer, most famous for being one of the two male backup singers of the British pop group Steps.
Early life
Evans was born as Lee Latchford Evans, with his middle name Latchford taken from the surname Bob Latchford, Everton Centre Forward, as his father was a lifelong fan. At the point he started performing the comedian Lee Evans was well known, and so the Latchford name came into play and he was known as Lee Latchford for a short time. He later changed his name to Latchford Evans (without the hyphen).
Evans studied at Laine Theatre Arts in Epsom.
Career
In 1997, Evans became a member of the multi million selling pop group Steps; they went on to sell 14 consecutive Top 5 singles (a feat for a British act, at the time bettered only by the Beatles), sold more than 20 million records worldwide and announced their split on Boxing Day 2001. His role in the band was mostly choreographer and providing backing vocals, and he rarely sang lead on the songs. However, he did perform lead on "Turn Around" (which he co-wrote) and the two verses of 5,6,7,8.
Evans has appeared in London's West End starring in Grease; A Charmed Life as part of London's Sitcom Trials, and he made his debut at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh in August 2009 in the production of Wolfboy. He played the Prince in Rotherhams Pantomime version of Snow White in 2010 and will reprise his role of the Prince at Weymouths Pavilion Pantomime in December 2011. Latchford-Evans has appeared in the reality television shows The Games, Fear Factor, I'm Famous and Frightened!, The Match and went on to win Commando VIP. In 2006, he appeared in a new reality show on MTV, Totally Boyband. This show was from the same creators as the show Totally Scott-Lee, which featured his ex groupmate Lisa Scott-Lee and her family. In 2008 he appeared as part of Team Ant on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. He also appeared on Never Mind The Buzzcocks in October 2010. Steps have recently announced that they will be filming a four-part documentary for Sky Living, which will be aired late September 2011. He appeared in Ten Dead Men (2008) produced by Phil Hobden, and also appeared in Britflick Cash and Curry playing the villain, Casper Warrington-Boothe.
Evans is currently the face of OK!Famouslyfit. A joint venture between OK! Magazine and Evans' own business, Famouslyfit.com, Evans was also the manager of Kerry-Lucy Taylor's band, A Girl Called Alice until they changed their name to Concrete Rose.
Personal life
Evans is currently living with his wife, Kerry-Lucy Taylor. They both appeared in OK! Magazine in June 2011 discussing the up-and-coming OK!FamouslyFit range of fitness equipment. They announced their engagement in March 2012. On 10 November 2012, they married at an 18th-century palladian-styled mansion in Surrey. Their wedding featured in November's edition of OK! Magazine with bandmates Lisa, Faye, H and Claire on the front cover as well.
Evans is a fully qualified personal trainer and owner of fitness web magazine www.famouslyfit.com.[2]
Discography
Studio albums
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Compilation albums
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Tours
- Step One Tour (1999)
- Next Step Tour (1999)
- Steptacular Tour (2000)
- Steps Into Christmas Tour
- Gold Tour (2001)
- The Ultimate Tour (2012)
- Christmas With Steps (2012)
References
- ↑ "Steps Biography: Lee". Zomba Records. 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2003. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ "South Africa UK Health & Fitness Partnership USN & FamouslyFit.com sign a "Fight for Britain's Fitness" Deal". Fox Business Network. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.