Brighton Pride held last August 3 witnessed a special performance from Girls Aloud and Olly Alexander. Alexander joined the group onstage for a rendition of ‘The Loving Kind’, which was last performed in 2009. The group also performed Alexander’s hit ‘King’, as well as ‘Material Girl’, a Madonna cover. To cap off their set, Girls Aloud performed ‘Watch Me Go’ for the first time in 15 years.
The audience of around 300,000 enjoyed the performances from the girl group, which saw them appear in coordinated, gold outfits. The performance was part of Brighton’s annual Pride event, with Girls Aloud headlining on the first day.
Girls Aloud, who had their first live performances in 10 years, made numerous tributes to member Sarah Harding who passed away due to breast cancer in 2021. Audio of Harding’s vocals played during the group’s performance of ‘I’ll Stand by You’, with the other members of the group singing backing vocals.
To conclude the night with a solo performance from Harding herself, the group chose to showcase a video of her singing during the final song of the night, ‘The Promise’. In Newcastle, however, Cheryl Tweedy had an incident when a fan attempted to pull her off stage during the group’s performance.
Girls Aloud’s reunion tour has been highly anticipated since it was announced. The group’s setlist at Brighton Pride included some of their biggest hits such as ‘Love Machine’, ‘Biology’, ‘Call the Shots’, and ‘Jump (For My Love)
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