Coleen Nolan drew criticism from fans as she took to the stage as part of her one-woman tour in her hometown of Blackpool last week.
The singer, 58, performed during her Naked tour at the Blackpool Grand Theatre last week, belting out songs such as her son Jake Roche’s ex-fiancée Jesy Nelson’s song, Little Mix’s Shout out to My Ex, Spice Girls hit Stop and her family’s band The Nolans’ 1979 single I’m in the Mood for Dancing.
Loose Woman Coleen looked glamorous in a sequinned black jumpsuit which was cinched in at the waist as she got the audience up on their feet to dance, with the help of her ex-husband Ray Fensome, who played with her backing band on guitar.
But the quality of her vocals on the night was questioned by some critics after they saw footage from the gig online.
One person wrote: ‘I love Colleen but this sounds so awful. The highlight of the show is when her son comes on stage and sings with her. He’s got a really good voice and is in tune. Unfortunately Colleen is not in tune at all.
Coleen Nolan drew criticism from fans as she took to the stage as part of her one-woman tour in her hometown of Blackpool last week
The singer, 58, performed during her Naked tour at the Blackpool Grand Theatre last week, belting out a variety of songs
‘She should not try and walk around the stage as this makes her out of breath and it all sounds really bad.’
Another person wrote on YouTube: ‘That was really bad!! Cringeworthy!!!’, while someone else shared: ‘Won’t pay money for that!!!’
Someone else posted: ‘Don’t give up the day job.’
Offering a more positive view, someone else posted: ‘The audience were enjoying it and that’s what counts. A classic song.
‘And at least no one is going to say she was miming to a track. Well done Coleen.’
While someone else commented: ‘Exactly. Coleen was the baby of the Nolan’s. Together they were AMAZING. Great memories for us all of that era. Coleen is just perfect, to me anyway.’
Coleen is set to perform numerous shows throughout the UK, taking her audiences back to her first love of getting up on stage.
During the concerts, she performs a number of her favourite songs and also answers questions from the audience.
The quality of her vocals on the night was questioned by some critics after they saw footage from the gig online
She is also set to stop at Bolton, Dundee, Aberdeen, Stockport, Croydon and more as part of her tour.
It comes after Coleen revealed she may marry her partner Michael Jones in the future – but only if he agrees to sign a prenup first.
The former Celebrity Big Brother housemate, who was previously married to Shane Richie and Ray Fensome, told how the financial difficulties of getting divorced have put her off ever having to go through it again.
Speaking on Kaye Adams’ How To Be 60 podcast, she said: ‘I think Michael would very much like to get married at some point.
‘If it meant a lot to him, maybe I would, but I’d bloody make him sign a great big piece of paper before I did, because I’m not going through that again.
‘I’ve looked into it. 100 per cent. It’s sorted from there and it’s a reference point; no-one thinks they’re going to split up. I got married twice thinking both of them were for life.’
Coleen described sorting out finances after a couple decides to get divorced as ‘horrible’ and she would like everything to be worked out in advance.
She said: ‘I never went into marriage thinking – what if it doesn’t work? And neither of them did in the end.
It comes after Coleen revealed she may marry her partner Michael Jones in the future – but only if he agrees to sign a prenup first
Coleen, who was previously married to Shane Richie and Ray Fensome, told how the financial difficulties of getting divorced have put her off ever having to go through it again
‘It’s traumatic enough on an emotional level, but then when there are solicitors involved and you’re dividing up everything, what it comes down to is who owns what. How much have you got? Give him 50 per cent. Off you trot.
‘It’s a horrible stage and I would like to have that stage worked out. That if this doesn’t work out – which I hope it will forever more – but if it doesn’t, then this is the situation that is in writing in a legal form.’
Coleen added: ‘I’ve always been against prenups, because I find them really unromantic and very much like you’re going into it going: ‘well, it probably won’t work, so sign this.’
But she told her fellow Loose Women host Kaye that her 2018 divorce from Ray left her particularly fearful of going through the same thing again.
She said: ‘Hopefully it will work and we’ll never have to look at that piece of paper again, but what I went through on my last divorce I don’t ever want to go through again. Even though I didn’t hate Ray, there were times when I was going: “Oh my God, this is so unfair.” ‘
Coleen has remained friends with her exes and Ray is even playing the guitar as part of her solo show Naked which she is currently touring the country with.
She said: ‘It’s a very different relationship and I actually feel grown-up for the first time in my life. I don’t feel like a silly teenager in a relationship. It’s a 100 per cent partnership.
‘I live quite an unpredictable life as far as work and I just want to be peaceful in my personal life and he brings such a calmness to my crazy life. Nothing’s a drama. I’ve never had that and it’s a beautiful feeling.’
Coleen was married to Shane Richie from 1990 to 1999 (pictured together in 1995)
Coleen has remained friends with her exes and Ray is even playing the guitar as part of her solo show Naked (pictured with ex Ray in 2013)
The presenter told how she broke up with Michael several times and eventually went to therapy to sort her feelings out.
She said: ‘I was so messed up that I actually finished with Michael three times. It was nothing to do with him.
‘I went and had therapy, because I wasn’t used to being with somebody like that. I’d say: “I’m going to Teso,” and he’d say: “I’ll come with you,” and I’d say: “why are you coming to the supermarket with me?”
‘I was pushing away everything I’d wanted in my life from a relationship because I wasn’t used to it.’
