Girls Aloud announce comeback with 2024 live tour

Girls Aloud have officially confirmed their comeback with a brand new live tour in 2024.

Put together on the reality TV show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002, Girls Aloud enjoyed a string of successful albums and tours before splitting in 2013.

Marking 21 years since Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah were put together on the TV sow, Girls Aloud have announced that they will be coming together for a huge arena tour of the UK and Ireland in May and June of 2024.

Tickets for The Girls Aloud Show will go on sale from Friday, 1 December at 9AM here on TicketMaster.

Girls Aloud 2024 tour dates

• Sat 18 May – 3Arena Dublin
• Mon 20 May – SSE Arena Belfast
• Thurs 23 May – Manchester AO Arena
• Fri 24 May – Manchester AO Arena
• Mon 27 May – Cardiff Utilita Arena
• Fri 31 May – Newcastle Utilita Arena
• 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 Jun – London The O2
• Sun 23 Jun – London The O2
• Sat 29 Jun – Liverpool M&S Bank Arena

Cheryl said: “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 added: “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 commented: “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.”

And Nicola shared: “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.”