Cheryl has revealed Girls Aloud's plans to honour their late, great band mate Sarah Harding with the upcoming charity gala, The Primrose Ball.
Named after Sarah's soaring solo verse in UK Number 1 single The Promise ("here I am, walking Primrose..."), Sarah's Primrose Ball is scheduled to take place in London on October 8 at The Londoner Hotel.
With the aim for raising much needed funds and awareness of the Sarah Harding Breast Cancer research appeal project, and will include special performances by the likes of Years & Years' Olly Alexander, Ricky Wilson and Chrissie Hynde.
In a piece for British Vogue, Cheryl details how it was one of Sarah's last wishes that the members of Girls Aloud hold a gala in her honour. "The rest of Girls Aloud and I took up the baton soon after, rallying together to make sure we made Sarah’s last wish come true, " Cheryl writes. "I feel a great deal of responsibility to make it what she wanted and help create and provide help for others moving forward." She continued: I would like to move forward by remembering Sarah before her illness.
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