The Nolans throughout the 1990s and 2000s in Japan, while several budget-priced compilations of their Epic-era material (sometimes re-recorded) appeared in the UK. Coleen, who had married performer Shane Richie in 1990, and was now a mother of two, quit the group in 1994. In 1995, longstanding lead singer Bernie left to pursue an acting career; Anne and Maureen continued as a two-piece version of The Nolans. A re-recorded version of "I'm In the Mood for Dancing", released on the Living Beat label, reached No. 51 in the UK in 1995. From 2000, the line-up consisted of Maureen and Anne, together with
The Nolans died of liver cancer in 1998. The Nolans' mother Maureen Nolan died in Blackpool in 2007, aged 81. on 30 December 2007 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Anne Nolan released her autobiography, "Anne's Song", on 27 March 2008. In the book, co-written with Richard Barber, Anne said she had been repeatedly sexually abused by her father, from the age of 11 until she was 15 or 16. In April 2009, Coleen claimed her father had been violent towards her, Anne, and their mother. In 1973,"The Singing Nolans" were booked to sing in Blackpool's Cliffs Hotel on Christmas Day. After their