A star of one of the biggest pop bands of the nineties shared a glowing selfie to her Instagram page – but you’d be forgiven for not recognising her at first glance.
The singer, 49, took to social media to share the snap taken from a garden alongside the caption: ‘You’d be proud of me mum [heart]’.
She looked radiant in the snap, sporting a full face of natural make-up with a winged eyeliner and a slick of bronze lipstick.
Her dark blonde highlighted locks were swept back off her face with a pair of black sunglasses and she was wearing a sleeveless striped shirt.
The stars pals left supportive messages in the comments section of the post, including one from her well known bandmate.
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A star of one of the biggest pop bands of the nineties shared a glowing selfie to her Instagram page – but you’d be forgiven for not recognising her at first glance
The pop star is Faye Tozer, the star of nineties band Steps.
Faye’s mother Dorothy was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019 before she was later told she also had lung cancer. She passed away in 2022.
During a Loose Women appearance how there is ‘a real void’ in her life after losing her mother to cancer during an appearance on Monday’s Loose Women.
Her caption reflected on her mother’s passing as she said she would have been ‘proud’ of her.
In the comments section, her bandmate Claire Richards shared a supportive message, which read: ‘Love you so much’.
While she also received messages from other celebrity pals including Mazz Murray and Stacey Dooley.
Earlier this year it was revealed that the ‘Strictly curse’ had struck again and Faye had moved out of the family home in South Tyneside just weeks before Christmas after splitting from her ex-husband Mick Smith.
Faye pictured last month at the press night for Dita Von Teese Presents: Diamonds And Dust
The pop star is Faye Tozer, the star of nineties band Steps
During her first TV interview since the split in May, Faye failed to discuss her relationship after sparking fears for their 16-year marriage after posting a cryptic post about his heartbreak.
When MailOnline approached businessman Mick this week he said: We’re going through some things and trying to work some stuff out. That’s all I will say.’
Faye had previously jokingly styled herself as ‘Mrs Smith’ and said of younger Michael – known to friends as Mick – that he is ‘my husband, my rock, my best friend and my partner in crime’.
But just days after celebrating Faye’s birthday in a gushing post on Instagram, Mick, 43, her second husband, signalled that the relationship could be breaking down posting on social media.
The post read: ‘I met you when I was not looking for you and lost when I loved you the most.’
A day later, he shared a picture of Banksy’s famous broken heart with a plaster labelled ‘closed for repairs’.
A source said: ‘It is really sad. She was on Strictly Come Dancing seven years ago and we were all a bit concerned because of the famous so-called ‘curse’ on the programme [inspired by the number of contestants whose relationships have broken up shortly after appearing].
Earlier this year it was revealed that the ‘Strictly curse’ had struck again and Faye had moved out of the family home in South Tyneside just weeks before Christmas after splitting from her ex-husband Mick Smith (pictured)
‘But Faye and Mick sailed through that and seemed even stronger as a couple after it. They seemed a really solid couple right up to the moment Faye left.
‘It just seemed to happen out of the blue. They always used to be so lovely, both really nice people. It’s such shame.’
A neighbour said: ‘Faye and Michael haven’t been doing the simple things that they enjoyed together around here for so long.
‘They were regulars in our local pub, which they used to be in together all the time, and you’d also see them around the village happily walking their two dogs together.
‘But Faye has not been seen around here for months now so we started to work out that she was no longer living there.
‘Then people started to worry about Michael in particular after some of his social media activity – he posted a picture of a broken heart which was ‘closed for repairs’ and a really sad message with it.
‘If the marriage is in trouble, it’s really sad as they were such a great couple.’
Faye and Michael – who share a son and married at Beamish Hall, County Durham, in December 2009 – survived the ‘Strictly curse’ when she appeared on the show in 2018, partnering Giovanni Pernice.
When MailOnline approached businessman Mick this week he said: We’re going through some things and trying to work some stuff out. That’s all I will say’
They are yet to confirm publicly if they have split.
Steps ruled the charts after forming in 1997, with mega-hits such as Tragedy, 5, 6, 7, 8, and Deeper Shade Of Blue, before parting ways in 2001.
The fivesome reunited in 2011 and then again in 2017 in celebration of their 20th anniversary, going onto release their fifth album, Tears on the Dancefloor.
Here & Now was written by Shaun Kitchener and is produced by the band themselves in collaboration with theatre company ROYO and music mogul Pete Waterman.
Announcing the project in January last year, the group said: ‘We’ve been lucky to do many things together as a band, but the question we get asked again and again is “where is the Steps musical?” Well…it’s finally here and we couldn’t be more excited.
‘We’ve searched for the perfect story for our music and we’ve found it in the aisle of a seaside superstore where four friends set out on their own Summer of Love.
‘It’s a story of friendship, romance and community; packed with our biggest hits and sure to have everybody laughing, crying and dancing in the aisles. We can’t wait to open the doors this year, and see you there!’
Fans went wild for the announcement, with one quipping on X: ‘Not getting a ticket would be a Tragedy.’
The musical follows in the footsteps of other jukebox musicals such as Greatest Days, which is based on Take That’s songs, and ABBA’s global smash hit Mamma Mia which is the sixth longest-running show in West End history.
