Olly Alexander made a shock look with Women Aloud at Brighton Pleasure. (Jeff Spicer/Getty Photographs)
Olly Alexander shocked the viewers at Women Aloud’s Brighton Pleasure present at Fabuloso within the Park.
After being launched by Married at First Sight UK star and trans activist Ella Morgan, Women Aloud members Nadine Coyle, Cheryl, Kimberly Walsh and Nicola Roberts burst onto the Brighton Pleasure stage at Preston Park on Saturday (3 August).
Dripping in gold metallic coats for his or her opening monitor “The Present”, the band impressed the group with their signature vocals.
After performing hits like “One thing New”, “Can’t Communicate French”, “Sound Of The Underground”, and even a canopy of Madonna’s “Materials Woman”, Women Aloud left followers reeling after being joined by Eurovision 2024 contestant Alexander.
Alexander joined the quartet for his or her first efficiency of “The Loving Type” since 2009. The performers additionally banded collectively to carry out the Years & Years monitor “King” alongside Alexander.
“I can’t let you know what an honour it’s to be on this stage,” Alexander advised the group, visibly humbled by the viewers’s reception. “This can be a dream come true.”
Women Aloud’s Brighton Pleasure present concluded their The Women Aloud Present UK tour, which noticed their first reside performances collectively for greater than 10 years. The reveals additionally marked their first since their late band member Sarah Harding died in 2021 after a breast most cancers prognosis.
Their Brighton set noticed a number of emotional nods to Harding, together with the emotional tribute, “Entire Lotta Historical past”. Behind the singers, a montage of movies of the late star performed, whereas the star’s vocals have been heard on the finish of the monitor. A quote was additionally projected onto the display screen which learn, “The darkest nights produce the brightest stars.”
Elsewhere within the present, Sarah’s recorded vocals led the band into a canopy of The Pretenders’ “I’ll Stand by You”. They completed the monitor a capella, with the band’s haunting vocals resonating throughout the group of 300,000 attendees.
After a reasonably lengthy encore, and a dressing up develop into matching silver glittering attire, the band got here again to carry out “The Promise”. Harding appeared once more on the display screen to sing her solo, with the band members pausing to observe the emotional footage.