Girls Aloud announced as first headliners of this year’s Brighton Pride in August: ‘Brace yourselves for the ultimate girl band takeover!’
Girls Aloud have been announced as the first headline act of this year’s Brighton Pride and will perform in the city on August 3.
The girl group will headline the LGBTQ+ festival’s Pride in the Park event, with a range of artists performing live as part of the Pride celebrations.
Announcing the news on X, formerly Twitter, Brighton & Hove Pride’s official account posted: ‘Brace yourself for the ultimate girl band takeover!
“A global sensation, @GirlsAloud will headline FABULOSO’s Main Stage on Saturday, August 3.”
Other artists performing at Brighton Pride during the first weekend of August include Mika, S Club and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
Girls Aloud have been announced as the first headline act of this year’s Brighton Pride and will perform in the city on August 3
The girl group will headline the LGBTQ+ festival’s Pride in the Park event, with a range of artists performing live as part of Pride celebrations
Tickets for the Fabuloso event at Preston Park are available from £59.50 via the official Brighton Pride website.
Fans of the band reacted to the news at X with ecstasy, with many excited at the prospect of seeing them live.
One user wrote: ‘Girls out loud at Brighton Pride, ICONIC’.
A second fan added: ‘Girls loudly headlining Brighton Pride just made my life
Another wrote: ‘Girls Aloud headlining Brighton Pride?! I can’t wait for this content’.
Another message read: ‘I’m not getting Girls Aloud tickets but they’re turning up at Brighton Pride when I get booked there for the first time, it’s actually PHENOMENAL!’
They talked about missing out on tickets for the band’s 2024 reunion tour, which the group announced to mark their own 21st anniversary and the late Sarah Harding’s win on Popstars: The Rivals.
Cheryl revealed that the group had been discussing plans for a reunion for some time, but put the idea on hold when Sarah – who died in September 2021 – was diagnosed with breast cancer.
She said in a statement: “We all started talking a few years ago about the possibility of doing something to celebrate Girls Aloud’s 20th anniversary. The anniversary seemed like an obvious thing to celebrate.
Fans of the band reacted to the news on X and were ecstatic, with many excited at the prospect of seeing them live
‘But when Sarah got sick, all priorities changed. She passed away a year before the anniversary and it just didn’t feel right, it felt too soon.”
The group plans to use the tour to “celebrate” their late friend.
Cheryl added, “But now I think there’s an energy there that makes it feel good. It’s the right time to celebrate Sarah, it’s the right time to celebrate the bond and the right time to celebrate that we can still do this 21 years later. That is a great honor in many ways.’
Girls Aloud originally formed in 2002 and rose to fame after winning ITV’s Pop Stars: The Rivals with twenty top ten singles and five BRIT Award nominations.
The group took an initial hiatus in 2009 to pursue other projects before splitting for good in 2013.
The band will embark on a reunion tour in 2024, which the group announced to mark its own 21st anniversary and the late Sarah Harding’s win on Popstars: The Rivals.
Icons: Girls Aloud was originally formed in 2002 on ITV’s Pop Stars: The Rivals and rose to fame with twenty top ten singles and five BRIT Award nominations (pictured with Sarah, far left in 2005)