Girls Aloud have sent fans into a frenzy after announcing a 2024 reunion tour. Eagle-eyed fans spotted on Thursday that the Ticketmaster links were primed and ready for the HUGE announcement of a tour in May and June 2024..
The four remaining members of the all-conquering girl group have spoken of their plans to reunite to celebrate their beloved bandmate Sarah Harding, who died aged just 39 from breast cancer in September 2021. Now the tour has been confirmed by the band.
Over the past four days, each member of the band has posted a retro cinema screen with a flickering number in a countdown sequence. It began with Nicola Roberts on Sunday posting the number 4, Kimberley Walsh continuing the theme on Monday with number 3, and then Nadine Coyle posting a 2 on Tuesday.
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On Wednesday evening, Cheryl Tweedy sent fans into a true frenzy when she posted the final number 1. The links for the tour are live now on Ticketmaster, which will include two huge gigs at Manchester's AO Arena.
Info about The Girls Aloud Show says: "This year marks 21 years since Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah were voted the winners of Popstars: The Rivals and formed the all-conquering legendary pop band Girls Aloud.
"To celebrate this milestone with all of their fans, Girls Aloud today announce that they will be coming together for a huge arena tour of the UK and Ireland in May and June of 2024.
"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'."
The profile goes on to quote the four female singers about the reunion.
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 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."
Nicola contined: "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."
Girls Aloud last performed on stage together a decade ago for their 10th anniversary with Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah. It included huge shows at the Manchester Arena.
Girls Aloud tour dates and tickets
Sat 18 May - 3Arena Dublin
Mon 20 May - SSE Arena Belfast
Thurs 23 May & Fri 24 May – Manchester AO Arena
Mon 27 May - Cardiff Utilita Arena
Fri 31 May & Sat 1 Jun - Newcastle Utilita Arena
Tues 4 Jun - Aberdeen P&J Live
Sat 8 Jun - Glasgow OVO Hydro
Weds 12 Jun - Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
Sat 15 Jun - Leeds First Direct Arena
Tues 18 Jun - Birmingham Resorts World Arena
Sat 22 & Sun 23 Jun – London The O2
Sat 29 Jun - Liverpool M&S Bank Arena
How to get tickets
TIckets go on sale from Friday, December 1. Ticket links have so far been posted for Ticketmaster, and we will add further links as they appear.
Is there a pre-sale?
The band has announced that there will be a pre-sale for fans who sign up to their official website here. The pre-sale will go live on Wednesday, November 29 from 9am.
