Inside Girls Aloud's emotional tribute to Sarah Harding: KATIE HIND reveals ... trends now
They were left heartbroken by the death of their bandmate Sarah Harding almost three years ago.
But as Girls Aloud performed together for the first time since she died of breast cancer aged 39, they made sure that Sarah still had a starring role.
Thanks to technology, images of Sarah were beamed on to a screen behind them – and together they all sang their cover of I'll Stand By You, which became their second number one, in 2004.
Sarah's vocals were used and Nadine Coyle, Cheryl Tweedy, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh sang along with her.
Girls Aloud performed together for the first time since she died of breast cancer aged 39, they made sure that Sarah still had a starring role
Sources say that after the concert, there were 'tears shed' by the band. Pictured, the concert in Dublin
Sarah died in September 2021, just over a year after she revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Pictured, Sarah Harding on The X Factor, 2008
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As they began, Nadine said: 'We're going to do a duet with Sarah tonight. It's going to be us, Sarah, you. Let's do this together.'
That prompted tears from many among the sell-out audience at Dublin's 3Arena on Friday evening.
It was the first night of Girls Aloud's 30-night reunion tour across the UK and Ireland, which they want to dedicate to Sarah.
So keen were they to get the tone right, they visited her mother Marie Hardman at her home near Manchester to receive her blessing.
The band wanted
