Kimberley Walsh shares Girls Aloud's vow following Sarah Harding's death ahead of special gala night
04.10.2022 - 10:35
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Kimberley Walsh has shared her and her Girls Aloud bandmates' vow as they prepare for a special charity event in the late Sarah Harding's memory. The remaining former members of pop group are to host a fundraising gala for cancer research next week in honour of their late friend and bandmate.
The Primrose Ball will be held at The Londoner hotel in central London on October 8, with performances from the likes of Olly Alexander and a live auction which includes an original canvas depicting the pop star by artistic duo the Connor Brothers.
It comes just over a year after Sarah, who shot to fame alongside Kimberley, Cheryl Tweedy, Nadine Coyle and Nicola Roberts in Girls Aloud in the earlier noughties, died aged 39 after revealing she had breast cancer which had spread to other parts of her body.
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It was her mother, Marie, who announced her daughter's death on Instagram, describing her 'beautiful' daughter as 'a bright, shining star'. Her bandmates also shared their own tributes in the days following Sarah's death.
And next week, the charity gala will raise funds for the Christie NHS Foundation Trust, based in Withington, Manchester, and Cancer Research UK, as part of the Sarah Harding Breast Cancer Appeal.
But Kimberley has revealed that the group have vowed not to sing together at the event, saying to The Sun : "It doesn’t feel right without her." The singer and presenter went on: "We miss her so much. It’s just so hard to get your head around it — to realise that she’s gone."
Before her death in September last year, Sarah told her bandmates: “I would love you to create an evening, a gala of some kind for me. If I am here and can