Sugababes 2025 Dublin Review: A Night of Pure Pop Perfection
By A Setlist of Nostalgia and Fresh Beats at The 3Arena
There are gigs—and then there are moments. The Sugababes played the 3 Arena in Dublin last night and when I say play, I really mean they pushed the button unleashing a wave of euphoric memories that swept through the crowd like a tidal surge. They transformed the arena into a kaleidoscope of sound, movement, and nostalgia.
Luna
The first opening act of the night was Luna, Poland’s entry for the 2024 Eurovision, who brought major electro-pop vibes to kick things off. She began her set with cool confidence, and before you could say “Eurovision,” she had the crowd swaying and bopping along.
Her performance featured some real gems—Tower and Hideaway stood out with their catchy hooks and dreamy beats. With the surprise highlight being a super slick electro-tinged cover of the Britney Spears’ Toxic that gave the famed track a fresh twist.
Rose Grey
Rose Grey followed, her set steeped in nineties dance, channelling the pulse of an era while making it undeniably her own. Tracks like Tectonic and Party People did not just fuel the party atmosphere—they electrified it. But it was her haunting reinterpretation of Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) that truly arrested the crowd, stripping back the familiar and exposing a raw, almost haunting version. Grey’s voice—equal parts velvet and voltage—is something rare, the kind that does not just carry a tune, but completely owns it.
Sugababes Take The Stage
As the main event fast approached, the atmosphere inside Dublin’s 3Arena became total high of anticipation. Fans of every generation — teenagers, millennials, longtime devotees — poured into the venue, united by a single reason and that reason was about to appear in one, two, three and whoosh the curtain drops the crowd erupts and the Sugababes are kicking off their Dublin date with Overload.
The choreography was tight, the vocals pristine, and the chemistry — unmistakably real. As they rolled seamlessly into Red Dress, their harmonies wrapped around the arena like a warm memory, made more poignant by the enormous screen behind them, cascading through archival footage and evocative imagery from their early days to the present.
New tracks Jungle and Weeds. which have already garnered critical acclaim — were met with just as much enthusiasm as their early 2000s hits, a testament to the group’s ability to evolve without losing their essence.
The whole setlist seemed to fly by with classics such as Too Lost in You, Flowers and of course the iconic Push The Button but there’s one point in the show that’s somehow sticks with me, Siobhán talks about their early years and how hard they had to work, Behind her, footage of the group as fresh-faced teens reminded the audience just how young they were when they first captured the public’s attention
To say I have been a lifelong Sugababes fan would be disingenuous. If anything, I hovered somewhere in the middle — aware of the hits, respectful of the talent, but not fully immersed. That changed tonight, because what the Sugababes brought to the stage was not just nostalgia or polished pop, it was authenticity. They have not forgotten where they come from. They have not forgotten their fans. And perhaps most strikingly, they’ve never lost sight of what made their music resonate across so many years: they’ve always had a way of channelling raw emotion and honesty, with a natural gift for evolving—without ever losing the spark that made us fall in love with them in the first place
As they closed with About You Now, the 3Arena transformed into one massive singalong, every voice joining theirs, echoing into the rafters. It was a moment suspended in time — joyful, cathartic, and utterly unforgettable.
They say cream always rises to the top. For the Sugababes, that rise was never in question. They just pressed pause — Now they have pushed that play button again and I am so glad they did… Amazing performance.
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