Girls Aloud fans moved to tears by Sarah Harding tribute on what have been her 43rd birthday

Viewers of The Girls Aloud Show: Live At The O2 were near successful tears connected Sunday arsenic the performance featured a heartfelt tribute to precocious bandmate Sarah Harding, marking what would person been her 43rd birthday.

Sarah tragically passed distant successful 2021 astatine the property of 39 aft a conflict with breast cancer.

In her honour, Nadine Coyle, Cheryl, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh reunited earlier this twelvemonth for a UK tour, which culminated successful the O2 show present broadcast connected ITV.

During the show, the radical delivered a moving rendition of I'll Stand By You, featuring Sarah’s vocals and a montage of her on-screen. As they sang, the 4 held hands, visibly supporting 1 different successful an affectional moment.

The tribute besides included black-and-white footage of Sarah performing, followed by a touching video montage celebrating her life.

The conception concluded with the poignant message: "The darkest nights nutrient the brightest stars."

Following the affectional performance, fans took to societal media to applaud the tribute.

One penned: “Sobbing astatine Stand By You, RIP Sarah Harding” portion different shared: “Isn't this a beauteous tribute to Sarah Harding”.

A 3rd wrote: “Girls Aloud singing with Sarah Harding got me”.

“If you're not crying you're not human! Incredible tribute to Sarah,” different commented. A 4th remarked: “The Girls did Sarah proud! The opus was perfectly amazing”.

A instrumentality wrote: “Aww Sarah Harding would person been 43 contiguous blessed heavenly birthday,”

“Watching Girls Aloud...Well done girls tribute to Sarah Harding was truthful emotional,” different echoed.

Twenty years aft Girls Aloud archetypal released I'll Stand By You for BBC Children In Need, the iconic radical is acceptable to unveil a brand-new mentation of the track, featuring their precocious bandmate Sarah exclusively connected pb vocals.

Her antecedently unreleased vocals were discovered successful the Girls Aloud archives portion the radical was curating worldly for their sold-out The Girls Aloud Show arena circuit earlier this year.

Now reimagined with caller production, the peculiar foundation single, titled I’ll Stand By You – Sarah’s Version, was released connected November 15 successful enactment of BBC Children In Need.

The heartfelt way made its debut connected Zoe Ball’s Radio 2 Breakfast Show.

Zoe said: “The authoritative Children successful Need azygous for 2024 is here. If we look implicit the years immoderate monolithic hits. Hopefully this 1 volition rise tons of money. This year, we've waited agelong enough, truthful implicit to you Nadine Coyle.”

Nadine introduced the way saying: “Good greeting Zoe, it's Nadine present from Girls Aloud. We person thing truly peculiar to stock with you this morning. This is the authoritative Children successful Need azygous for 2024. 

“We've made a caller mentation of I'll Stand By You which features our fantastic Sarah connected pb vocals throughout. It truly is simply a peculiar solemnisation of Sarah and besides Girls Aloud's engagement with Children successful Need implicit the years.

“So, for the archetypal time, present connected Radio 2, this is the Children successful Need azygous for 2024, I'll Stand By You.”

After the opus played, Zoe shared: “We each person watery eyes, that was truthful special. I'm truthful gladsome it is Girls Aloud. 

“You are proceeding Sarah's dependable and reasoning astir those children that request support.”