Girls Aloud Show's heartbreaking TV air date in tribute to Sarah Harding

The Girls Aloud Show this twelvemonth marked the group's archetypal circuit since 2013's Ten: The Hits - and the archetypal arsenic a quartet pursuing the decease of Sarah Harding successful September 2021

The Girls Aloud Show volition beryllium aerial connected ITV connected Sunday November 17 - what would person been Sarah Harding's 43rd birthday.

The reunion circuit saw Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh and Cheryl play 30 shows crossed the UK and Ireland. Footage astatine 1 of these gigs, the show astatine The O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire successful westbound London, volition aerial connected TV aboriginal this month, the set confirmed today.

The day - November 17 - is peculiarly poignant due to the fact that their precocious bandmate Sarah would person turned 43 then. She died aged 39 successful September 2021 pursuing a brave travel with bosom cancer. The Girls Aloud Show is the group's archetypal circuit since Sarah's death.

Speaking astir the premiere date, vocalist Nicola said: "This amusement is simply a monolithic solemnisation of our travel implicit the past 22 years. It was a large accidental for america to showcase our catalogue of euphony that we’re truthful arrogant of, and to observe and punctual radical of our unthinkable Sarah."

The Girls Aloud Show, the group's archetypal gigs successful much than 10 years, saw the girls execute fig 1 singles Sound of the Underground, I'll Stand By You and The Promise.

Cheryl, who betwixt 2009 and 2014 embarked connected a palmy solo career, said: "It was axenic joyousness and nostalgia astatine each show. It was astonishing to look retired astatine the assemblage each night, particularly successful the moments erstwhile we each remembered Sarah together."

Nadine added: "The Girls Aloud Show is simply a unsocial acquisition due to the fact that there's truthful overmuch excitement and camaraderie successful the country – we're each successful it together. Our fans got truthful originative with their costumes – they came arsenic antithetic eras of Girls Aloud."

And Kimberley said: "It's breathtaking to deliberation that anyone who didn't negociate to spot The Girls Aloud Show erstwhile we toured the UK is going to person this accidental to stock it with america now."

Cheryl patched things up with Nadine up of The Girls Aloud Show tour, it is understood. Girls Aloud broke up for a 2nd clip successful 2013, but Cheryl, Kimberley and Nicola Roberts kept a adjacent bond, portion Sarah and Nadine didn't.