The three remaining members subsequently decided to split due to exhaustion from being on the road for the best part of four years straight.

In December 2009, Ingebrigtsen, Read and Adams reformed a1, without Marazzi, in Norway for a series of concerts at the Christiania Theatre in Oslo.

Paul Marazzi, who had missed the cut for Steps, met Tim Byrne in 1998 to talk about forming a second group.

Auditions were held where Christian Ingebrigtsen, Mark Read, and Ben Adams were recruited and the band was formed by the management team of Byrne and Vicky Blood.

[2] In 2001, Sony Music launched a paid subscription service for a1 called 'Access All Areas', the first for an artist signed to the company.

[5] In January 2004 a Best of A1 album was released in Asia; a compilation featuring all of their singles, two previously unreleased concert recordings, and three exclusive B-Sides.

The song was swiftly followed by "Things Are Gonna Change", which became Ingebrigsten's final solo single before he moved into other areas of showbusiness.

Read has written for artists such as Charlotte Church, Boyzone, Michael Bolton, Robin Gibb, and The Hollies.

Months after he left the band, Marazzi hosted the Andy Cole Children's Foundation (now All Star Kids) on 26 April 2003 together with Jo Good.

[12] In summer 2009, the band made an official announcement, stating that not only were they to reform, but they were to play a series of concerts in Oslo in December of that year.

Marazzi posted on his Facebook that he wished them good luck when he found out about his former bandmates' reunion on a TV show in Norway.

[citation needed] Incidentally, Adams would go on to represent Norway in the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest as one half of Subwoolfer finishing in 10th place in the grand final with the song Give That Wolf a Banana.The band made their official UK comeback on New Year's Eve by performing at the Heaven New Year's Eve Party in London.

In March 2010, the band embarked on a worldwide tour that began in Norway, with performances in Oslo, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Bergen, Trondheim and Haugesund.

The band's first new studio album since 2002 was released on 11 October 2010, and includes the singles "Take You Home", "Don't Wanna Lose You Again", "In Love and I Hate It" and "Waiting for Daylight".

The concert was entitled "The Greatest Hits Tour: Blue, Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees and a1 – Live in Singapore.

[23] On 7 May 2018 Ben Adams called BBC Radio 2 host Matt Lucas, announcing A1 would go on a 20th anniversary tour the next year.

[29] In September 2023, a1 released "Call Me When You Land", a song they wrote during the pandemic, ahead of their Asian a1 Twenty Five tour.