Kimberley Walsh has revealed how Girls Aloud will mark the 20th anniversary of their first album (Picture: REX/ITV)
Kimberley Walsh confirmed this week that a Girls Aloud release is on the way.
The iconic pop group disbanded in 2013, but their debut album Sound Of The Underground turns 20 in two months, and Kimberley, 41, has now revealed the girl band will mark the occasion with the release of never-before-heard music.
The hitmaker explained: ‘20 years is a long time and the love that we still feel for Sound Of The Underground and some of the songs from the first album are still huge.’
‘We’ve got some fun alternative versions of songs lying around and little re-releases just to kind of mark that because, you know, it’s a big deal,’ the mum-of-three added to MailOnline.
However, although Girls Aloud fans can expect to wrap their earbuds around never-before-heard tracks, Kimberley said the band won’t be returning to the studio ‘for obvious reasons’.
The star was likely referencing the tragic death of singer Sarah Harding in 2021.
Kimberley said the girl band will mark the occasion with the release of never-before-heard music (Picture: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
The iconic pop group disbanded in 2013 (Picture: JMEnternational/Getty Images)
Sarah Harding tragically died of cancer in 2021 (Picture: James Shaw/REX/Shutterstock)
In September that year, 39-year-old Sarah passed away after battling breast cancer.
Kimberley and Sarah were joined by Cheryl, Nicola Roberts and Nadine Coyle in Girls Aloud between 2002 and 2009, as well as in 2012 and 2013.
The group formed on Popstars The Rivals in 2002 and went on to score 21 Top 10 singles alongside four Top 10 albums.
Kimberley’s comments come after Cheryl, 39, spoke about the prospect of a reunion.
She told Metro: ‘To be honest, we found out Sarah was sick because we’d sat down together to talk about how, if, and what we would like to do to celebrate the 20 years [of the band].
‘And then all that happened, and it changed the feeling of it. It just put a funny taste in my mouth.
‘I’ve learnt throughout my life [though] that you should never say never, because the universe has a funny way of going, “Oh, really?”
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‘But right now, we’re not there. We want it to be fun, not sad. Girls Aloud weren’t sad, we were fun, happy, upbeat, everything that that’s not.
‘I think more time would be needed before we even – none of us have even uttered a word [about] that. We just have spoken about Sarah. We’ve become really close together.’
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Quite literally music to our ears.