Girls Aloud fans have gone wild after the iconic noughties band announced they will be reuniting for a tour in 2024.
Cheryl Tweedy, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh confirmed they are coming together for a greatest hits tour in honour of their late bandmate Sarah Harding.
Sarah tragically died in September 2021 at the age of 39, after a battle with breast cancer.
The group are planning to hit the road in May and June 2024 in recognition of this month marking 21 years since they and the late Sarah won Popstars: The Rivals.
The tour will see the band provide fans with a whole dose of nostalgia by performing their best-loved hits, as the group have not recorded new music but just want to celebrate their back catalogue.
MailOnline has gathered all the information you need to book tickets to see the reunion.
When and where will the Girls Aloud reunion tour be?
The girls will be doing 15 shows across the UK and Ireland, with the first kicking off in Dublin in May.
They will also be visiting Wales and Scotland before finishing up in England, with the last show in Liverpool on June 29.
Here are all of the dates and locations:
- 18 May – 3Arena Dublin
- 20 May – SSE Arena Belfast
- 23 May – Manchester AO Arena
- 24 May – Manchester AO Arena
- 27 May – Cardiff Utilita Arena
- 31 May – Newcastle Utilita Arena
- 1 June – Newcastle Utilita Arena
- 4 June – Aberdeen P+J Live
- 8 June – Glasgow OVO Hydro
- 12 June – Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
- 15 June – Leeds First Direct Arena
- 18 June – Birmingham Resorts World Arena
- 22 June – London The O2
- 23 June – London The O2
- 29 June – Liverpool M+S Bank Arena
How to get tickets for the Girls Aloud reunion tour?
Fans all over the country will be eagerly hoping to get their hands on tickets to see the iconic group perform.
To ensure your place at the tour, there is a pre-sale for tickets that starts at 9am on Wednesday, November 29.
The general sale will then be open from 9am on Friday December 1, with tickets expected to sell out quickly.
All tickets can be bought via girlsaloud.com.
Why are Girls Aloud reuniting now?
Girls Aloud originally formed in 2002 on ITV ‘s Pop Stars: The Rivals and shot to fame, achieving 20 top-ten singles and five BRIT award nominations.
The girl group then took an initial break in 2009 to pursue other projects before they split for good in 2013.
Fans have had their fingers crossed for a reunion ever since, and the band had explained why now felt like the ‘right time’.
Cheryl revealed they had been discussing the plans for some time but put the idea on ice when Sarah was diagnosed with breast cancer.
She said in a statement: ‘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.’
Cheryl continued: ‘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.’
Kimberley added: ‘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.’
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.’
Nicola added: ‘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”.’
How will the Girls Aloud tour incorporate Sarah Harding?
The group have said that they plan to use the tour to ‘celebrate’ their late friend, Sarah and will keep her vocal parts the same.
Cheryl revealed that in her final months before her tragic death, Sarah expressed her wish that the girls reunited without her one day.
Speaking to British Vogue, she detailed the moment Sarah gave her blessing for a Girls Aloud reunion, admitting at the time she couldn’t fathom the idea of losing her friend and was still waiting on a ‘miracle’.
She said: ‘She [Sarah] turned to me once and said, “You know when I’m not here, you girls should do something.”
‘But when you’re face to face with someone that’s dying… We just thought some miracle was going to occur. We all thought we might be able to do something together.’
The foursome appeared on Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden on Thursday to discuss Sarah’s impact on the tour.
Amanda said: ‘I think she would be absolutely thrilled that you were doing this.’
Kimberley responded: ‘We always talk about how much she loved Girls Aloud. She loved it.
‘It was just the best time ever for her, we spoke so much about it the few months before she passed away and how much she loved it, she made us watch old videos, the things we’d done together, she always said we had an amazing time together.
‘Amanda you’re absolutely right, she would love that we were doing this.’
They also confirmed that Sarah’s vocals would be kept in and unchanged for the tour, and they would not be taking over her ‘iconic’ solo parts.
Nadine explained: ‘They [Sarah’s vocal parts] will remain the same, her vocal parts are big parts like ‘Walking Primrose’, she is the actual walking primrose and ‘take a walk on the wild side’, she’s got some iconic Sarah’s bits. They will be Sarah’s bits. Why would we? They are her bits.’
Asked if the foursome would include Sarah in the tour, Nadine confirmed: ‘Absolutely, she’s such a huge part of the music, such a huge part of the group, the visuals, everything that makes Girls Aloud what it is.
‘This is so different as a four, such a different experience, as much as we can bring in Sarah and bring her energy and everything she brought.’
During an appearance on Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp on Thursday, Cheryl added: ‘I’m not sure it will ever feel right. It will never feel how it felt, but we’re trying our best to make it as magical as we possibly can for her. With her in mind.’
Nicola added: ‘People say “I’m sorry to ask” but we want to be asked, because we have to keep her memory alive. She is part of us still and part of this.’
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