Nadine Coyle (Image: Joseph Okpako/WireImage via Getty Images) Nadine Coyle has opened up on heading to Northern
Ireland for the upcoming Girls Aloud Tour. The Derry woman also spoke about the band's former manager Louis Walsh’s recent stint on Celebrity Big Brother. Girls Aloud were formed 22 years ago on reality TV show ‘Popstars: The Rivals’ when Nadine was 17-years-old. The tour comes to Belfast’s SSE Arena on May 20 and 21. Speak to Vinny Hurrell and Cate Conway on
BBC Radio Ulster ahead of the Belfast shows, Nadine said: "It's really different because we don’t have Sarah around." READ MORE: Nadine Coyle reveals famous ex-boyfriend has naked snap of her tattooed on him READ MORE: Nadine Coyle on day she had to become chef at her LA restaurant Former bandmate Sarah Harding died of
cancer in 2021. When asked about the missing microphone stand on stage, Derry woman Nadine said: “It is very difficult because it is so much in your face whenever you’re doing things... This gaping hole that Sarah would have filled. You feel it all the time and so we are very much reflecting that in the show. “There is going to be lovely elements where Sarah is really going to be honoured..." Sarah and Nadine in 2012 (Image: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images) She explained that Sarah will be "having her moment", and that "she will definitely be part of it for people to see". The
Singer added: “Grief is a terrible, terrible thing." Nadine also told how she still returns back home to Derry as often as she can and added: “Probably
Christmas was the last time. "People are so lovely., they are. People are really, really lovely. You've got your family, all extended family members around. It's just home... as much as it changes it remains the same and it’s just always lovely to go back." The mum-of-one also commented on the online jokes which focus on her Derry accent. She said: "I actually don’t find most of the stuff funny. There’s the whole ‘flour’ thing. I’m like ‘what’s funny about that?’ It is the way that we say flour. If they find it funny great... "Isn’t it funny what people find funny? You just never know when the meme moment are going to strike, you just have to get on with it." And talking about Louis Walsh’s recent stint on Celebrity Big Brother, Nadine said: “I think I was the only person he had a good word to say about." Nadine says he exclaimed on the show she “has a brilliant voice” but the singer said: “When they put people in these Big Brothers and they film them all the time… some people just fall victim and some people are just not suited to doing that. "They are loose lipped, and are better off sitting in their own house having a cup of tea talking to somebody. And maybe Louis falls into that category.” You can hear Nadine’s full interview on Vinny & Cate on BBC Radio Ulster here . For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage here and sign up to our Be lifestyle newsletter for all the latest showbiz,
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