Girls Aloud have stated they’ll reunite for a UK and Ireland tour subsequent 12 months to ‘have fun’ bandmate Sarah Harding.
The band, made up of Cheryl, Nicola, Kimberley and Nadine, made the announcement on their twenty first anniversary after weeks of hypothesis.
The performances shall be devoted to Harding two years after her demise from breast most cancers.
However, the band have been fast to dispel rumours they are going to be releasing new music for the tour.
Instead, it is going to be a “celebration of Girls Aloud’s rich back catalogue” together with songs like The Promise, Love Machine and Biology.
Speaking concerning the upcoming tour, Cheryl stated: “We all started talking about the possibility of doing something to celebrate Girls Aloud’s 20-year anniversary a few years ago.
“The anniversary appeared like an apparent factor that we might have fun. But when Sarah fell sick all priorities modified. She handed away a 12 months earlier than the anniversary and it simply did not really feel proper, it felt too quickly.
“It’s the right time to celebrate Sarah, it’s the right time to celebrate the band and the right time to celebrate the fact we can still do this 21 years later. That’s a big honour in lots of ways.”
In a video posted on X, previously Twitter, every particular person member is seen in a automotive travelling by grid-locked visitors whereas a medley of among the band’s hottest songs performs excessive.
The ladies then meet underneath a drive-in cinema display screen taking part in clips of their outdated excursions.
“We can’t wait to sing & dance with you again,” a press release alongside the video learn.
The tour is ready to happen in May to June subsequent 12 months, beginning in Dublin and stopping in Manchester, London, Cardiff, Glasgow and Liverpool.
Fans instantly reacted to the video announcement with one X consumer writing: “Oh My God, this is the best news ever I’m so happy,” and one other including: “Best news ever!!!!! I still can’t believe it”.
The woman band first discovered fame within the early 2000s after being created by the ITV expertise present Popstars: The Rivals.
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Claiming the title of most profitable woman group of the noughties, the band have bought in extra of 5 million albums within the UK and nonetheless maintain the Guinness World Record for his or her 20 consecutive UK Top 10 singles.
The track Sound Of The Underground topped the 2002 Christmas chart, and the band nabbed the Brit Award for Best Single for The Promise.
The group then went on a hiatus between 2009 and 2012 earlier than lastly splitting the next 12 months.
In 2012, they briefly got here again collectively for a 10-year anniversary tour, with their final present happening in March 2013.
Last 12 months the ladies once more reunited for a charity gala occasion for The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and Cancer Research UK as a part of The Sarah Harding Breast Cancer Appeal.
The band have raised greater than £1m for breast most cancers charities up to now 12 months.
Tickets for the 2024 tour will go on pre-sale on 29 November at 9am, with the final sale happening at 1 December at 9am.
Source: information.sky.com”