Girls Aloud reunite to fulfill late bandmate Sarah Harding’s dying wish to throw a charity gala – but they won’t be singing because “it doesn’t feel right without them”.
- Girls Aloud will reunite at a charity gala this week to celebrate their late bandmate Sarah Harding after she died of cancer last year
- Singers Kimberley Walsh, 40, Cheryl Tweedy, 39, Nadine Coyle, 37, and Nicola Roberts, 36, will fulfill their friend’s dying wish to host an event to raise funds for a study being conducted by Sarah’s oncologist
- The doctor wants to find out why so many young women are dying of breast cancer
- The band won’t be performing at the event, however, and Kimberley said, “It doesn’t feel right without them.”
Girls Aloud will reunite at a charity gala this week to celebrate their late bandmate Sarah Harding after she died of cancer last year.
Singers Kimberley Walsh, 40, Cheryl Tweedy, 39, Nadine Coyle, 37, and Nicola Roberts, 36, will fulfill their friend’s dying wish to host an event to raise funds for a study by Sarah’s oncologist to find out why many young women die from breast cancer.
The group have invited a number of stars to perform but they won’t be performing themselves and Kimberley told The Sun: “It doesn’t feel right without them.
Special moment: Girls Aloud will reunite at a charity gala this week to celebrate their late bandmate Sarah Harding after she died of cancer last year (LR: Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Kimberley Walsh and Cheryl Tweedy, seen In 2013)
“We miss her so much. It’s just so hard to realize – to realize that she’s gone.
She added, “Before Sarah died, we spoke to her and she told us she wanted us to raise as much money for charity as we could.”
Years & Years singer Olly Alexander, 32, Sarah’s St Trinian’s Film co-star Ricky Wilson, 44, and pop legend Chrissie Hynde, 71, will take the stage.
Promise: The singers will fulfill their boyfriend’s dying wish by hosting an event to raise funds for a study by Sarah’s oncologist to find out why so many young women are dying of breast cancer (Sarah pictured in 2018)
Cheryl, Nadine and Nicola met for a charity walk Race for Life for Sarah in London’s Hyde Park earlier this year.
Whilst Kimberley was unable to attend the Cancer Research UK event as she was abroad, she did take part in the 5km walk remotely.
It comes after Cheryl said she wanted to remember Sarah “before her illness”.
Fundraising: Nicola, Cheryl and Nadine reunited earlier this year for a Race for Life for Sarah charity walk in London’s Hyde Park (pictured in July)
Entertainers: Sarah’s St. Trinian’s film co-star Ricky Wilson, 44, and Years & Years singer Olly Alexander, 32, will perform at the event
Making music: Pop legend Chrissie Hynde, 71, will also take the stage at the gala (pictured 2021)
The pop star was devastated when her former bandmate died of breast cancer in September 2021
While Cheryl says it’s “hard to shake off” her friend’s misery, the “Fight for This Love” hitmaker is hoping she can finally “put the dark days on the back burner.”
Cheryl wrote in an article for Vogue: “I want to move forward by remembering Sarah before she got sick.
“While memories of that time exist and are hard to shake, they do not compare to the light that shone so brightly in the years before.
“I’ve got many, many of those years to hold on to and that’s my intention. Her fun, bubbly side, her risky side on the edge, and her deeply soft and vulnerable side are some of the subtleties that defined Sarah in all her glory.
“In the last few days that we have been with her, we have been able to laugh, cry, reminisce, cook, watch spiritual programs (our mutual love) and pray together. These are the parts I will keep in my heart as I let the disease take a back seat.’
Throwback: It comes after Cheryl said she wanted to remember Sarah ‘before her illness’ (pictured in June)