GIRLS ALOUD ANNOUNCE NATIONWIDE ARENA TOUR IN 2013 - ‘TEN – THE HITS TOUR 2013’NEW SINGLE ‘SOMETHING NEW’ RELEASED 18TH NOVEMBER GREATEST HITS ALBUM ‘TEN’ RELEASED THE RETURN OF THE UK’S #1 GIRL GROUP GIRLS ALOUD ANNOUNCE NATIONWIDE ARENA TOUR IN 2013 PRESENTED BY PANDORA
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Friday 19th October 2012 - Following months of speculation, the UK’s greatest girl band today announced their return with a new single, a new album and an Arena tour of the UK. Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah held a press conference today at the Corinthia Hotel, London to announce their plans. Girls Aloud tickets go on-sale 9am on Friday 26th of October and are available from www.livenation.co.uk or www.ticketmaster.co.uk. The new single Something New will be released on 18th November through Polydor Records. It is the Official Single for BBC Children In Need 2012 which will help change the lives of some of the most disadvantaged children in the UK. The girls will perform the song for the first time on Children In Need on 16th November. The single will be followed by the album Ten which is a collection of the BRIT award-winning group’s singles over the last ten years as well as four new songs which the girls worked on over the past year. Ten will be released on 26th November. It is the first time all of Girls Aloud’s greatest hits are together on one disc. Disc two of the deluxe version of the album will be completely decided by the fans as they will be able to vote for the songs they want included. The list of songs they can choose from spans the entire Girls Aloud catalogue from album tracks through to b-sides. The vote will go live at 12.30pm on Friday 19th at girlsaloud.com/ten and will be live until Sunday Oct 21st at midnight. Luxury Jewellery brand, Pandora, is the official tour sponsor. As part of the partnership each girl has designed their own Pandora charm bracelet, reflecting their personalities and story. The unique bracelets are featured in the video for Something New. Since they debuted with Sound Of The Underground in 2002, Girls Aloud have had 20 top ten singles and four #1s. Each of their five albums have gone platinum or above. In total they have sold over eight million records and have clocked up over 45 million You Tube views, close to six million Facebook likes and three million Twitter followers.
FEBRUARY 2013 THURSDAY 21 METRO RADIO ARENA NEWCASTL FRIDAY 22 METRO RADIO ARENA NEWCASTLE MONDAY 25 MOTORPOINT ARENA SHEFFIELD TUESDAY 26 LG ARENA BIRMINGHAM MARCH 2013 FRIDAY 1 THE O2, LONDON SATURDAY 2 THE O2, LONDON TUESDAY 5 MANCHESTER ARENA WEDNESDAY 6 MANCHESTER ARENA SATURDAY 9 GLASGOW SECC SUNDAY 10 GLASGOW SECC TUESDAY 19 CAPITAL FM ARENA, NOTTINGHAM WEDNESDAY 20 ECHO ARENA LIVERPOOL
For more information please contact: National Print – Asha Oojageer / Supersonic: asha@supersonicpr.com Radio – James Bass / Polydor: james.bass@umusic.com TV – Claire Close / Polydor: claire.close@umusic.com Tour – Sam Corbett / Live Nation: sam.corbett@livenation.co.uk
NOTES TO EDITORS: The press conference was live-streamed on Youtube (at youtube.com/girlsaloud) and selected fans were given the chance to ask the girls a question directly via a Google+ Hangout.
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October 19, 2012 8:16am ET by Live Nation
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