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With Little Mix recently finishing their final tour, bandmate Leigh-Anne Pinnock is reportedly set to marry her fiancé Andre Gray. The 30 year old Black Magic singer and her Queen’s Park Ranger’s beau, who got engaged two years ago in a lavish lockdown proposal, have allegedly jetted off to Jamaica for the big day. According to the reports, it’s alleged that the couple have chosen to hold the ceremony following the end of football season in order to enjoy a long holiday in the sunny location with their nearest and dearest.

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Little Mix singer Jade Thirlwall has revealed the shock reason that the band changed their name.The girl band were formed on The X Factor over 10 years ago back in 2011, and when Jade, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and former member Jesy Nelson were first put into the group they were initially called Rhythmix. And now Jade, 29, has revealed that it was thanks to her now-boyfriend, Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens, that the girls changed their name in the first place.

Jade Thirlwall has broken her silence following Little Mix's final tour performance, as she posted an emotional goodbye to her bandmates and all the backing dancers and people involved in Confetti. Over the moon with the tour as a whole, 29 year old Jade, who signed off from the tour with an incredible beauty look, shared a series of snaps from over the weeks, including images of her, Perrie Edwards, 28, and Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 30, grinning and hugging on stage.The trio wore a mixture of purples, blues and greens as they posed in a variety of quick-change outfits for the show.There were also boomerang shots of Jade dancing to a jam-packed audience along with tears on stage.

Little Mix gave an emotional speech to their fans before letting their hair down for a wild party to celebrate the final stop in their Confetti tour before their hiatus. Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall went out on a high over the weekend at London's O2 Arena – where they broke down in tears during their final performances. And after the show came to an end, the hitmakers addressed their fans following ten hugely successful years of being in the UK's biggest girl group.

Pop band Little Mix has broken down in tears as they performed their final gig before taking a well earned hiatus. Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall went out on a high on Saturday evening as the girls performed their penultimate gig at London’s O2 Arena.

To Jade, Leigh-Anne and Perrie, Before I congratulate you on 10 incredible years in pop music and bid Little Mix farewell (for now) as you finish your last tour, I want to tell you a little bit about me. I have loved girl groups since I can remember. As a 1990s baby, the Spice Girls ruled my childhood.

Peter Crouch has left fans in giggles as he resorted to watching the North London derby on his phone after taking wife, Abbey Clancy, and their children to watch a Little Mix concert at The O2 arena.The former Tottenham Hotspur footballer, 41, couldn't let a night out with his family distract him from his former side taking on rivals Arsenal. Sneaky Peter was caught out by wife Abbey, 36, who uploaded a video of her sheepish husband glancing down at his phone as the girl band took to the stage, The couple share children Sophia, 11, Liberty, six, and Johnny, four, but it's unclear which ones attended.The family were also joined by music agent John Giddings.

Perrie Edwards refused to let a throat infection stop her from performing for Little Mix fans, and went on to break down in tears while thanking concert-goers for their support. Little Mix are currently on their Confetti Tour ahead of the remaining group members, Perrie, 28, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 30, and Jade Thirlwall, 29, taking a hiatus from the band to pursue their own projects.Tonight, Friday 13 May, will be their final performance. With this in mind, mum-of-one Perrie, whose young son has been supporting the band on their tour, went on to perform at London’s O2 Arena, despite feeling under the weather.

Little Mix were spotted out and about in Nottingham on Tuesday following back to back performances at the city's Motorpoint Arena. Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jade Thirlwall were joined by a burly bodyguard as they headed for lunch at Latin American restaurant Las Iguanas. Despite the warm weather Perrie, 28, wrapped up warm in a cream fleece jacket, which she wore with a white T-shirt, matching joggers and trainers.

Jade Thirlwall was struggling not to cry in her last interview with Little Mix before they embark on their break as a band. Jade, 29, sat sandwiched between her fellow singers Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 30, and Perrie Edwards, 28, by her side as she got emotional. While the group are still completing their Confetti tour performances, once the whirlwind is over the close-knit trio will go their separate ways for a while.

Originally a creation of the X Factor, popular girl-band Little Mix are taking a break as a band but the three remaining members say they’ll reunite within three years as they “can’t live without each other”. Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock announced back in December they are taking a break from the band to focus on separate projects, but insisted they were not splitting up.