Thursday 30 June 2022 09:42 AM Sugababes claim they were 'sabotaged' by music industry figures who didn't want ... trends now

The Sugababes have claimed their career was 'sabotaged' by music industry people who did not have their best interests at heart. 

The band's original line-up of Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhan Donaghy recently announced they are heading on their first UK headline tour in over two decades later this year.

Speaking to The Sun, the girl group admitted getting to where they are now has not been easy as they hit out at people they woked with who didn't want them to succeed.

Mutya, Keisha and Siobhan first reformed back in 2012 and went by the name MKS after they were blocked from using the Sugababes name due to trademark issues - despite being the original members of the band. 

The trio also believe the same people who caused problems over the Sugababes name - which they now own the trademark to - also leaked an MKS album that is yet to be officially released.

'Someone leaked our music,' Keisha said, with Siobhan adding: 'Some people would say it was sabotage.'    

Keisha went on: 'We had to go against people obstructing us. It wasn't fun and it wasn't fair. But we carried on. We stuck together, we pushed through and we just thought, "We created the name ourselves and it's part of us."

'So we went with the name MKS because of the obstruction. It was unfair because when that happens and you don't get to explain it to the masses, it falls back on us and then the people who obstruct, they run off into the sunset.' 

Keisha said the group felt misunderstood when they were known as MKS and credited their commitment to not giving up that got them the Sugababes name back.

Their resolve to stick together bucks years of rumours that the group - which underwent several line-up changes - was plagued by infighting.

Recalling the rumours, Mutya said the group were formed as teenagers and had a lot

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