Brighton and Hove Pride: Girls Aloud give showstopping performance

The appearance at Fabuloso in Brighton’s Preston Park on Saturday night marked the end of the band’s reunion tour this summer, which saw them reunite following an 11-year break.

Kimberley Walsh, Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle and Cheryl shone in gold sequins as they performed in front of flames, lasers and colourful backdrops.

A packed park danced and sang along with them and hits including Love Machine, No Good Advice and Sound Of The Underground were met with rapturous cheers.

Among the surprises the group had hinted at was special guest pop star Olly Alexander, this year's Eurovision contestant, who was brought on to the stage to sing some Girls Aloud hits as well as some of his own.

Girls Aloud brought special guest Olly Alexander onto the stage (Image: The Argus/Andrew Gardner)

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The group also sang a number of covers including Madonna’s Material Girl.

Touching tributes were paid to the group’s late bandmate Sarah Harding who died of cancer in 2021.

During one poignant moment, the women left the stage and a black and white video showing clips of Sarah singing was left to play alone on stage. You can tell Sarah’s absence is keenly felt by the four women.

Fans were treated to a high energy, visually stunning and emotional show.

It was a truly special and fitting performance for Brighton and Hove Pride.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor performs for Pride crowd (Image: Andrew Gardner / The Argus)

Earlier in the festival Sophie Ellis-Bextor got the crowd dancing with hits such as Murder On The Dancefloor.

Actor and singer Billy Porter also performed as well as Beth Mccarthy, former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Tia Kofi and House Gospel Choir.

Tonight, RuPaul's Drag Race UK series four winner Danny Beard will kick things off on the main stage at 2.30pm followed by Bjorn Again at 3.30pm, Gabrielle at 5.10pm, S Club at 6.30pm and Mika will bring the weekend to a close at 8.30pm.