Girls Aloud break silence on band reunion as they reveal how they kept secret for MONTHS
GIRLS Aloud confirmed they're going on tour next year after The Sun revealed they're epic comeback to the spotlight.
The foursome including Cheryl Tweedy, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts said they'd kept the reunion top secret for months.
They'll be taking to the stage without bandmate Sarah Harding and spoke of the tough few years that made them come back together after her devastating death in September 2021.
Kimberley told Zoe Ball today on BBC Radio 2 today: "Over the past couple of years we've felt this massive outpouring of love towards us, and it's been tough.
"But we were like, ok, we're feeling this love, maybe we need to do something."
Nicola, 38, chipped in, saying: "There's been a shift, a magical, so we thought lets go."
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And Cheryl, 40, echoed their excitment to return to the stage: "We're so fortunate to have the fans and the loyalty is off the scale.
"I've never felt anything like it. 21 years!"
The band are reuniting after more than a decade away.
On entering discussions earlier this year, Nicola said: "Months and months we didn't tell our closest friends, our families didn't know."
They're starting rehearsals in April and will go on tour in May.
Confirming their big return to music could even include their kids joining them on stage, mum-of-three Kimberley said: "I'm going to have to try and fight mine off I think, certainly the older two."
"They haven't really cared about Girls Aloud up until now. They were like, 'that was before we were born!'"
Cheryl's son Bear, who she shares with One Direction star Liam Payne, only recently discovered her music fame.
She joked: "He asked, 'mammy, may I ask, why all the nakedness?'
"Then he was curious as to why Kimberley was there and what she was doing and why we looked different now!"
She went on: "Do you know, the irony of how much I've tried for this to not happen and he is the one bursting at the seems, he's just full of it isn't he?"
Kimberley continued: "He's a little performer. He's just there. We've got a boyband between us."
Zoe pointed out a gap in their 2024 tour schedule could make room for a slot at Glastonbury.
"Can I Just be blunt," Cheryl teased.
"Glastonbury haven't even asked us, but it's a nice idea isn't it?"