This month marks the 21st anniversary of Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola, and Sarah winning Popstars: The Rivals and forming the all-conquering legendary pop band Girls Aloud.
To commemorate this achievement with all of their fans, Girls Aloud has announced a massive arena tour of the UK and Ireland in May and June 2024 with a date at the M&S Bank Arena Liverpool.
The hugely anticipated shows will feature all of the band’s historic pop hits, including No. 1 songs ‘Sound Of The Underground’, ‘The Promise’, and ‘I’ll Stand By You’, alongside cast-iron classics such as ‘Love Machine’, ‘Call The Shots’, Biology’, ‘Something New’, and ‘The Show’.
Cheryl says:
“We all started talking about the possibility of doing something to celebrate Girls Aloud’s 20-year anniversary a few years ago. The anniversary seemed like an obvious thing that we would celebrate. But when Sarah fell ill all priorities changed. She passed away a year before the anniversary and it just didn’t feel right, it felt too soon. But now, I think there is an energy that does makes it feel right. 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.”
Nadine said:
“Girls Aloud are a band that made such a huge impact on people’s lives. We grew up with the band, but so did so many other people. So for us not to do something again feels like such a shame and a waste. We want to have that moment with fans where we can all enjoy it together.”
Kimberley said:
“Over the last year, we’ve felt this outpouring of love – obviously towards Sarah, but actually towards all of us as a group. And I guess it’s ignited something in all of us again. It feels like something has changed and it does feel like the right time to celebrate Sarah and the 20-year anniversary that we didn’t celebrate at the time.”
Nicola said:
“I think what’s really encouraging is that whenever people ask us about reuniting it’s not, “Would you guys ever do it?” but “When are you guys gonna do it?” To know we still have that love from our fans and people who watched us grow up gives us the confidence to do the tour. It will be massive celebration of everything we’ve done up to this point. We want people to leave being like, “Wow, I’ve just had one of the best nights of my life.”
Tickets will go on pre-sale on Wednesday 30th November at 9am, with the general on sale Friday 1st December at 9am, all info and sign-up for presale is here.
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