{"id":19704,"date":"2025-07-24T06:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/19704\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T06:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:50:12","slug":"blues-anthony-costa-reveals-how-band-have-dramatically-changed-their-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/19704\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue&#8217;s Anthony Costa reveals how band have dramatically changed their ways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: Blue are set to celebrate 25 years in the business with a summer packed full of gigs and festivals &#8211; but life on the road isn&#8217;t quite the late-night blur it used to be<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2_JS375925387.jpg\" alt=\"Antony Costa is opening up on the Blue reunion and being fit on and off stage\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Antony Costa is opening up on the Blue reunion and being fit on and off stage<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Boyband life may have once been all backstage antics and wild nights out, but <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/antony-costa\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blue\u2019s Anthony Costa <\/a>says the upcoming tour is looking a lot more grown up these days \u2014 and that\u2019s exactly how he likes it. With a whopping 25 years (yes, really!) in the business next year, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/blues-anthony-costa-unrecognisable-shows-33949403\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the band are celebrating with a summer packed full of gigs, festivals, and a sold-out jaunt to Italy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cIt will be 25 years next year and that&#8217;s crazy,\u201d Anthony tells us. \u201cI mean things are really great. We&#8217;re writing in the studio again. There&#8217;s a lot of excitement things happening, but we&#8217;re so lucky to be to be doing it after all these years on and off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He adds: \u201cThe whole of this summer, we&#8217;ve got festivals, gigs booked and we&#8217;re going to Italy next week and we&#8217;ve put a couple of sold out shows there. We can&#8217;t complain, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_JS375925386.jpg\" alt=\"Mama Mia\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Antony Costa is currently starring as Nikos in Mamma Mia! The Party at London\u2019s O2<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">And <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/lifestyle\/going-out\/music\/blue-o2-review-boys-once-28732079\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">while the crowds are just as big and the bangers just as nostalgic,<\/a> life on the road isn\u2019t quite the late-night blur it used to be. \u201cThings have changed\u2026 just a bit! When we were younger after every gig we went OUT! But we just can\u2019t do it anymore,\u201d he laughs. \u201cWe haven&#8217;t done it for ages, but, you know, we&#8217;re in our 40s and it&#8217;s just like, I can&#8217;t think of anything worse than waking up, even with a hangover, headache and no voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Now it\u2019s all about staying healthy \u2014 and responsible. \u201cWe\u2019re in the gym all the time and keeping fit and trying to keep healthier and everything else. But yeah, a lot changed but it\u2019s changed for the better. And the thing is we&#8217;ve all got kids now. We&#8217;ve all got families and we just want to work and be grafting and pay our bills and pay our way in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">And it\u2019s that family life that gives Anthony the most joy these days \u2014 especially when his daughters get to see their dad doing his thing on stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cIt\u2019s my favourite. My girls love to come and watch but they love hanging out backstage best,\u201d he beams. \u201cThey came the other week to see us in Chelmsford\u2026 they loved it. They loved the backstage the most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThey like getting their passes and their access all areas passes\u2026 they can go to school the next day and tell their friends. My girls love the fact that, you know, their dad and his mates get up on stage and sing All Rise and One Love. They love the VIP experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;You know, I never had that growing up, so to be able to say to my kids look this is where your dad works \u2014 as a dad all you want is to give your kids the best in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2_JS281808889.jpg\" alt=\"Blue\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Anthony features in the boy band Blue alongside Lee Ryan, Duncan James and Simon Webbe(Image: FILE)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The singer is a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/costa-blue-blur-donatella-versace-24069463\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">proud father to two daughters,<\/a> including Savannah, whom he shares with his fianc\u00e9e Rosanna Jasmin. Over the years, Anthony\u2019s spoken candidly about how fatherhood changed his life, describing his girls as his greatest joy and motivation. While he occasionally gives fans glimpses into his family life on social media, he\u2019s always been protective of their privacy \u2014 opting to share sweet moments without putting them fully in the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Whether he would encourage them into showbiz? &#8220;Listen, it&#8217;s up to them. It&#8217;s up to them what they want to do I&#8217; support them,&#8221; he says. &#8220;They want to become a doctor or a scientist or a lawyer or travel agent, or whatever they don&#8217;t good luck to them, I&#8217;ll always support them. If they want to go into to showbiz, where, I just said, theatre or music, I&#8217;ll always support them, but I&#8217;ll always say, look, you know, if it&#8217;s not as easy as you think, so, yeah. 100%, yeah.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I feel really blessed right now to still be doing what I&#8217;m doing in mid 40s. Life is very good right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Antony Costa is currently starring as Nikos in Mamma Mia! The Party at London\u2019s O2 until 4 September 2025. Book tickets at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"http:\/\/mammamiatheparty.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">mammamiatheparty.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Like this story? 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