Girls Aloud is a UK all-girl band which was created out of television show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. Several thousand young hopefuls were audition with Girls Aloud becoming the winning girl band and One True Voice the winning boy band. Girls Aloud have achieved notable success for a manufactured band.

Members

Cheryl Tweedy, born June 30, 1983 in Newcastle, England

Sarah Harding, born November 17, 1981 in Manchester, England

Nicola Roberts, born October 15, 1985 in Stamford, England

Nadine Coyle, born June 15, 1985 in Derry, Northern Ireland

Kimberley Walsh, born November 20, 1981 in Bradford, England

History

In 2002 a new talent search show was launched called Popstars: The Rivals. Several thousand young hopefuls were audition and where whittled down to a final line-up of five females and five males. The resulting female line-up became Girls Aloud and is managed by Louis Walsh. The winning boy band was called One True Voice and was managed by Pete Waterman, however they achieved little success and quickly disbanded.
In Christmas 2002 the two bands battled for the number one position in the UK's singles chart. Girls Aloud won with their single Sound of the Underground. Their debut album of the same name was released in May 2003, following the #2 hit No Good Advice, which proved most critics wrong in the fact that Girls Aloud were going to be one-hit wonders.
Life Got Cold (#3) and Jump (#2) – cover of a Pointer Sisters song which featured on the soundtrack to 2003's Love Actually – were also released in 2003. Both received great feedback from the British public and helped increase sales of the album, which reached platinum status at the end of the year.
In 2003 bandmember Cheryl Tweedy was convicted of assaulting a nightclub toilet attendant and sentenced to community service.
Their first 2004 single, The Show, also debuted at #2 as did Love Machine – a track which split opinion but became one of the years anthems, and was even nominated for ITV's Record Of The Year accolade, but they were beaten by Busted with Thunderbirds Are Go. They finally hit Number 1 again with their next single, a cover of The Pretenders' I'll Stand By You, released towards the end of November. It was the official single of the Children in Need 2004 appeal.
Their second album, entitled What Will The Neighbours Say? was released on November 29 and entered the album charts at #6, going platinum in under one month. An important element in the success of What Will The Neighbours Say? was the production and song writing work of Xenomania, a British production house. The girls' next single Wake Me Up was released on February 21 and charted at #4.
They are currently (July, 2005) working on their next single entitled "Long Hot Summer" which is to be released in August or September, 2005. Their third studio album, of which no details are yet available is due to be released in October or November, 2005.

2004 Tour

Success in 2004 and high sales of their second album, which strongly out-performed the first, resulted in the group announcing a tour for May 2005. Tickets sold fast and the initial 17 date tour grew to 24 dates in a matter of weeks.
The tour consisted of the following dates:

2nd May – Rhyl Pavilion Theatre

3rd May – Rhyl Pavilion Theatre

4th May – Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

5th May – Brighton Centre

7th May – Plymouth Pavilions

8th May – Cardiff International Arena

9th May – Oxford Apollo

11th May – Blackpool Opera House

12th May – Sands Centre Carlisle

13th May – Glasgow Auditorium

14th May – Edinburgh Playhouse

16th May – Newcastle City Hall

18th May – Manchester Apollo

19th May – Manchester Apollo

20th May – Sheffield Arena

21st May – Birmingham Nia

23rd May – Bristol Colston Hall

24th May – Portsmouth Guildhall

25th May – Ipswich Regent

27th May – Liverpool Empire

28th May – Hammersmith Apollo

29th May – Hammersmith Apollo

31st May – Belfast Waterfront Hall

1st June – Dublin Olympia Theatre

2nd June – Dublin Olympia Theatre

Discography

Albums

Sound Of The Underground, Released: 26th May 2003, (UK Album Chart: #2)

Sound of the Underground (re-release album), Released: 1st December 2003

What Will The Neighbours Say?, Released: 29th November 2004

Singles

Sound of The Underground

Release Date: 16th December 2002

Highest UK Chart Position: #1

CD1

Sound Of The Underground

Stay Another Day

Sound Of The Underground Remix

CD2

Sound Of The Underground

Stay Another Day (Instrumental Version)

Exclusive Interview with Girls Aloud

Cassette

Sound Of The Underground

Stay Another Day

No Good Advice

Release Date: 12th May 2003

Highest UK Chart Position: #2

CD

No Good Advice

On A Round

No Good Advice (Dreadzone Vocal Mix)

No Good Advice Enhanced Video

DVD

Sound Of The Underground Video

No Good Advice Audio

Photo Gallery

Behind the scenes footage from the No Good Advice video shoot

Cassette

No Good Advice

On A Round

Life Got Cold

Release Date: 18th August 2003

Highest UK Chart Position: #3

CD1

Life Got Cold

Girls On Film

No Good Advice (Double Funk Clean Vocal Mix)

Life Got Cold (Video)

Photo Gallery

CD2

Life Got Cold (Album Version)

Life Got Cold (Radio Edit)

Life Got Cold (29 Palms Remix Edit)

Life Got Cold (Stella Browne Edit)

Cassette

Life Got Cold (Album Version)

Life Got Cold (Radio Version

Lights, Music, Camera, Action!

Jump

Release Date: 17th November 2003

Highest UK Chart Position: #2

CD1

Jump (For My Love)

Girls Allowed

Grease

CD2

Jump (For My Love)

Love Bomb (Album Version)

Jump (Almighty Vocal Mix)

Cassette

Jump (For My Love)

Girls Allowed Almighty Vocal Mix

The Show

Release Date: 28th June 2004

Highest UK Chart Position: #2

CD

The Show

Jump (Flip and Fill Remix)

MAXI CD

The Show

The Show (Gravitas Club Mix)

The After Show (Interview)

The Show (Instrumental)

The Show (Enhanced Video)

Love machine

Release Date: 13th September 2004

Highest UK Chart Position: #2

CD1

Love Machine

The Show (Flip & Fill Remix)

CD2

Love Machine

Love Machine (Gravitas Disco Mix)

Androgynous Girls

Love Machine (Enhanced Video)

Love Machine (Karaoke Video)

Club Game

7" Picture Disc (Limited Edition)
A. Love Machine B. Love Machine (Tony Lamezma Mix)

I'll Stand By You

Release Date: 15th November 2004

Highest UK Chart Position: #1

CD

I'll Stand By You

Real Life

MAXI CD

I'll Stand By You

I'll Stand By You (Tony Lamezma's Club Romp)

Medley (What Will The Neighbours Say medley)

I'll Stand By You (Enhanced Video)

Wake Me Up

Release Date: 21st February 2005

Highest UK Chart Position: #4

CD1

Wake Me Up

I'll Stand By You (Gravitas Vocal Dub Mix Edit)

CD2

Wake Me Up

Wake Me Up (Tony's Lamezmas "Love Affair")

History

Wake Me Up (Video)

Wake Me Up (Karaoke Video)

Motorbike Game

7" Picture Disc (Limited Edition)

Wake Me Up

Loving Is Easy

Wake Me Up (Gravitas Club Mix)

External links

Official site

Photos from their 2005 tour