Girls Aloud have added an extra show at Dublin's 3 Arena on 17 May and Belfast's SSE Arena on 21 May due to phenomenal demand.

Their Dublin gig on Saturday 18 May is now sold out.

The occasion marks 21 years since Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah were voted the winners of Popstars: The Rivals, thus forming that massively popular pop band.

In celebration of the milestone, Girl Aloud will be touring arenas across the UK and Ireland in May of June 2024.

 

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The shows are set to feature all of the band’s throwback pop hits, including 'Sound Of The Underground', 'The Promise' and 'I'll Stand By You', alongside other fan favourites such as 'Love Machine', ‘Call The Shots’, Biology', 'Something New' and 'The Show'.

Amongst the most successful girl groups of the noughties, Girls Aloud have sold in excess of 5 million albums in the UK alone. ‘Sound Of The Underground' was the 2002 Christmas Number One, spending four weeks at the top of the charts and selling over a half a million copies in the process.

"We all started talking about the possibility of doing something to celebrate Girls Aloud’s 20-year anniversary a few years ago,” said Cheryl. “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.”

Tickets for the extra Dublin and Belfast dates are on sale now via girlsaloud.com.