\n A familiar face from one of Britain\u2019s biggest groups spent a week in November 2006 blending into everyday seaside life.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ian \u201cH\u201d Watkins, the charismatic star from Steps, was in town for his leading role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Weymouth Pavilion.\n<\/p>\n
\n While his 12\u2011metre silk coat dazzled audiences each night, locals were just as delighted to find the singer quietly going about his days in the town.\n<\/p>\n
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\n Ian Watkins (H) as Joseph in Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat\n<\/p>\n
\n During his stay, residents recall spotting him relaxing over dinner at the Italian restaurant Prezzo or fitting in trips to the gym between performances.\n<\/p>\n
\n According to the town\u2019s then\u2011tourism spokesman Paul Beecroft, H was hard to miss but impossible not to like.\n<\/p>\n
\n He described him as professional, dedicated, and warmly received by everyone he met, adding that Watkins delivered an outstanding performance every single time he stepped on stage.\n<\/p>\n
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\n Ian Watkins from Steps performs in Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Following his week in Weymouth, H went on to appear in Celebrity Big Brother in 2007, earning a respectable fourth\u2011place finish.\n<\/p>\n
\n Steps later reunited after a five\u2011year pause, returning in 2017 with new music and renewed popularity.\n<\/p>\n
\n More recently, Steps have continued their reunion with fresh momentum, celebrating their 25th anniversary and releasing the Platinum Collection, a number one album that marked yet another milestone in their long run of chart success.\n<\/p>\n
\n The group have also remained active on stage, producing the new jukebox musical Here & Now, featuring many of their best\u2011loved hits and keeping their music firmly in the spotlight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A familiar face from one of Britain\u2019s biggest groups spent a week in November 2006 blending into everyday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-513905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}