He may no longer have his bandmates around. But former Blue star Lee Ryan didn't look too lonely when he sang and met fans at Doncaster's Trilogy nightclub. The 23-year-old has described himself as the wild one in the band who was always getting into trouble. He says at one stage he had around 10 girls selling their stories about him to the national newspapers.
But the women of Doncaster were happy to queue to meet him at the Silver Street venue after he gave them a sneak preview of songs he has planned for his next album.
After 30 minutes on stage singing his own solo material with backing tapes, he signed pictures of himself. T
rilogy marketing and promotions manager Alan Spencer said: "He only had about 15 minutes to sign autographs and the queues were massive - I think there must have been 200 fans waiting trying to get to see him. But he probably only got to meet around 30. Those who did meet him were really pleased and were all over him. We had people who had come to Doncaster from as far afield as Liverpool and Stoke and Coventry. He was certainly a big favourite with the girls. But his show was good and went down really well. It was all new material, no Blue songs, which I think some had expected, but people stayed on the dance floor."
Trilogy estimates Lee's appearance added around 500 to its usual Saturday night attendances. After his performance at the venue, he left to perform at two more venues, both in Leeds.
As a member of Blue, he sold around 11 million records between 2001 and 2005, including three number one singles. They even performed a duet with Elton John in 2002 for 'Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word'. [Source: Sheffield Today]