Girls Aloud flooded with offers to bring their reunion to the screen after selling 200,000 tickets
GIRLS ALOUD’s reunion has already been a massive success, with more than 200,000 tickets sold for their first tour in over a decade.
Now a series of production companies are bidding for the chance to bring the Sound of the Underground singers’ comeback to the screen so millions more people can see them.
I can reveal the band — Cheryl Tweedy, Kimberley Walsh, and Nicola Roberts — have been inundated with offers about filming their return, with options including a concert movie, documentary or a series about their career.
The four-piece are mulling over the offers ahead of the launch of their tour in Dublin next May.
A music insider said: “Since the news of Girls Aloud’s reunion their management have been bombarded with offers for all sorts of things, particularly loads of TV and streaming specials.
“Girls Aloud regularly filmed and released their tours on DVD back in the day but things have moved on, so they have been interested to hear what other options are on the table.
“The demand for tickets has been so phenomenal that it has sparked a bidding war between companies who are keen to land the rights to their show.
“They are very careful about what they do though because they don’t want to exploit their legacy or do anything that cheapens their brand.
“It is important that they are all in complete agreement when it comes to accepting any offers on the table.”
They announced their return last month, having originally cancelled plans for a 20th anniversary reunion tour pencilled in for 2022 following their bandmate Sarah Harding’s death the previous year.
But they have now decided to celebrate the group’s history, which included hits such as Love Machine, No Good Advice and The Promise.
The group originally announced 15 shows at arenas across the UK and Ireland but following exceptional demand when tickets went on sale last week, they have now added a further 14 shows.
It has been a very long time coming so I’m glad it is already proving to be a smash.