A short while later, after being dropped by their record label, the band decided to become independent artists, setting up their own management company, Set It Off Management. In April 2002, the band supported Gabrielle on her UK Arena Tour, where they premiered new material for the first time. In an attempt to re-invent themselves, the band decided to become a musical ensemble , with Andrez moving to drums, Noel to keyboards and Rahsaan to lead guitar, retaining Jade and Coree on lead vocals. An EP of tracks recorded on the tour, entitled “Live and Liberated”, was made available for a short time. The tracklisting includes the previously unreleased tracks “Scum”, “Boogie Woogie”, “That’s It”, “So Ridiculous” and “Diamonds & Roses”, the intended lead single from a third album that the band were recording at the time. The group claimed that the EP was the first time they had recorded music “we truly wanted to make”.
Supported Gabrielle on UK Arena Tour
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