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Really feels like it’s a full comeback this time round, intrigued what they’ve got planned for next year!
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Jon said: “Moving forward, you realise life is too short. You never know what’s going to happen.

 

“So when you’re given an opportunity like this, you grab it and run with it. We’re going to push it as far as we can go because it’s a gift.”

 

“She’s not going to be joining us on this tour but we’ve got loads of stuff that’s happening next year so the door is always open.

 

“She might join us on the project next year at some point.”

 

Source: The Sun

Wasn’t sure where to the post this as it sorta discusses everything:

 

S Club revealed in an interview with The Sun that concerns grew when Paul stopped answering the phone and replying to messages as the reunited group planned their comeback.

 

The hit group was told the news in a late-night phone call.

 

It left Rachel Stevens, Jo O’Meara, Bradley McIntosh, Jon Lee, Tina Barrett and Hannah Spearitt reeling.

 

Jo, 44, said: “Our management called. Me and Jon were the first to hear. It was about half past nine on Thursday night.

 

“I think I just went completely silent at first. It was awful.”

 

Jon, 41, revealed: “It was like someone had punched me in the stomach.”

 

Tina, 46, said: “I was at home with my son, we were just watching TV and I picked up the call.

 

“At first I was just like, ‘This isn’t real . . . it can’t be real. You’ve made a mistake’.

 

“I still can’t believe it’s real.”

 

Jo added: “It was horrendous. It was just a complete shock.”

 

Paul was found dead at his home in Dorset on April 6.

 

The news was announced the following day, Good Friday — with a coroner later stating it was due to “natural causes.”

 

In an exclusive first interview since the tragedy, the group told The Sun how they had made panicked phone calls to Paul in the hours before he was discovered.

 

They became worried when he stopped answering the phone and replying to messages.

 

Jon recalled: “We’d done a Zoom call with him, all of us, on the Monday. Then our management had messaged him a few times and it hadn’t shown that it’d been read on WhatsApp.

 

“So it was like, ‘Is he all right?’ But then it was like, ‘Yeah it’s Paul. You know, sometimes he doesn’t answer his phone’.

 

“Then the next day I phoned him and messaged him.

 

“Everyone was trying to get hold of him . . . and no one could.”

 

Seven weeks before Paul died, the group announced in The Sun that they were reuniting.

 

And three days before his passing they had all spoken of their plans for the future as a group.

 

S Club had already almost sold out a 15-date arena tour and were planning to record new music.

 

As S Club 7 they were one of the biggest groups of the late Nineties and early Noughties — with four UK No1 singles including Never Had A Dream Come True and Don’t Stop Movin’.

 

Today they return with their first single in 20 years called These Are The Days, and a tear-jerking music video in which they pay tribute to Paul by looking back at moments from their lives together.

 

Speaking about bonding over their grief, Rachel, 45 said: “It’s brought us even closer.”

 

Jo continued: “He was so excited about this reunion and so I think we’re all trying to make this as special as we possibly can.

 

“We all reflect on him with a smile on our face.

 

“The smiles have replaced the tears, in a really positive way.

 

“We just remember him for the goofy Paul that he always was.

 

“We’re always referencing him and he’s always part of everything that we’re doing, especially with the single, the video and the tour.

 

“He will always be around in some way, shape or form.”

 

Bradley, 41, explained: “His presence is so strong. It doesn’t feel like he’s gone. It feels like he’s still here. We miss him dearly, though.”

 

The group said they feel lucky that they were able to reconcile before his death, having not been in the same room for eight years until they reunited in February.

 

Rachel said: “To have that time together was really special. We all reconnected again as who we are now. Paul felt part of it. We all felt part of it.”

 

Jon said: “Moving forward, you realise life is too short. You never know what’s going to happen.

 

“So when you’re given an opportunity like this, you grab it and run with it. We’re going to push it as far as we can go because it’s a gift.”

 

But they are continuing without Hannah, 42, who pulled out of the reunion following Paul’s death.

 

She had dated him from 2001 to 2006 and they briefly rekindled their romance in 2015.

 

Speaking in April, Hannah said: “I don’t quite believe that it’s real. I still can’t believe I will never see him again.

 

“It’s all the more tragic because he was looking forward to the tour the most out of all of us. He just wanted to have fun and enjoy it.”

 

Asked about Hannah’s departure, Jon said: “I guess that’s a conversation for Hannah to have.

 

“She’s not going to be joining us on this tour but we’ve got loads of stuff that’s happening next year so the door is always open.

 

“She might join us on the project next year at some point.”

 

Tina added: “It’s nothing bad. It’s just that everyone needs their own space.”

 

They are continuing with the reunion in Paul’s memory and have renamed their forthcoming series of shows The Good Times Tour — a reference to a 2001 song on which Paul had lead vocals.

 

S Club has had the blessing of his family to continue.

 

Jon explained: “We were talking to his family quite a lot and we’ve been working very closely with them to make sure everything’s had their OK.

 

“We want to be very respectful towards his family. But they’re very private.”

 

The group also believe his spirit visited them on set while they shot the video to their new single.

 

Tina recalled: “We were all sat down and a butterfly came from nowhere. It was a really bright, beautiful butterfly which flew down and went off.

 

“I don’t know why, but I just thought, ‘That’s Paul’. It came from nowhere.”

 

Rachel added: “There’s little signs of Paul everywhere. On the video shoot, there was a vinyl coaster and it said ‘Good Times’ on it. That was his song.”

 

On their new single, Rachel said: “I think it’s got such a balance of everything that’s happened but also still positive and uplifting.

 

Jo continued: “It’s a celebration of everything we’ve achieved as a band and looking back on the past, as we move forward.”

 

They will kick off the tour in Manchester on October 12 and conceded that it will be emotional and there will be tears as they remember Paul.

 

But they promised their tour as a five-piece will still be a fun show for their fans.

 

Jo said: “We don’t want people to come to the tour and be sad. It’s more of how amazing he was and let’s celebrate.”

 

Source: The Sun

How exciting that they have plans for the band after the tour and in 2024! :cheer: Can't wait to see what they have in store for us. Lovely update to the website too. :D

Nice to hear they have plans past this tour.

 

I'm not feeling the "the group believe that Paul's spirit visited them on set of the video" but that's just me not believing in anything like that so finding a bit 'yeah whatever.'

Yeah I’m not sure about the article as I think Simon would have thought all 6 would be better.

 

Plus I feel Hannah was the least interested/keen to join the reunion. I think she didn’t want to come back after what happened to Paul, which is completely fair enough. I don’t know how she was blindsided when s club posted about continuing and posting in the studio, with Hannah even liking a post.

 

Hannah/her team chose to release the book when the tour is happening so it’s unlikely she had plans to be involved in the tour if she’s dishing the dirt. Wouldn’t be surprised if someone on her team thought planting this article would be good promo for her book.

 

I hope there isn’t animosity between s club and her.

Sounds pretty much like I would expect tbh. Hannah being more of a pain than the other 5 (6 before Paul died). Most tickets already sold and Simon probably saw it as a good time to out Hannah with the rebrand after Paul's death.

 

The article at the bottom confirms that agents for S Club say Hannah didn't sogn the initial contract and the group aren't in contact with her.

An S Club fan has posted a good analysis of this situation + the entire timeline of events on the S Club fan discord server. Hannah was the last to sign up to the tour it seemed, even speaking out to say that she and the band weren't "millionaires" and her partner namedropped Simon Fuller (link). She eventually signed up to the reunion of course, Paul passed, and then they move forward with the tour but Hannah's not a part of it.

 

It seems clear the issue is Simon Fuller. Perhaps he wasn't liking how outspoken Hannah could be (particularly now we know she'd been working on a book) and wasn't up for negotiating new terms with her. It's upsetting that this is going on in the background when S Club have brought nothing but positivity and happiness to the world, and it appears Hannah and the band have no bad blood between them (the "not in contact" thing is likely as a result of lawyers apparently being called in, Hannah's liked a post on the S Club account recently so she's clearly not bitter towards her bandmates).

 

Perhaps Fuller's trying to make his life easier, but I'd honestly say that as much as the single and tour have been handled really sensitively and positively so far with the five-piece group, a lot of fans have been saying they miss Hannah, and some are still asking where she is...! I'd love to see her rejoin one day, when she's ready, though I'm not sure how likely that is with Fuller still at the reigns and the way Hannah's seemingly been treated.

They seemed really nervous from the beginning of the interview.

 

I feel bad for them, it’s a shame these articles are coming out when they just want to focus on the tour and honour Paul.

 

 

Maybe there is something going on but I’m enjoying these five together and I’m very excited for the tour and what is to come. Hopefully Hannah will rejoin one day but I’m very happy with this line-up and their passion, it really seems to be there.

 

As I said on the Hannah book thread, it's patently obvious to me that the issue here is neither her or the rest of the band. It's Simon Fuller. Of course we'll just have to wait a few more months to see what the book brings but my gut feeling is that he's at the centre of what's happened here since Paul died.

 

And I agree with you Slayer, it's not nice for the rest of the band to have to be answering questions about articles from "sources" when they're wanting to focus on the tour and promote a single which obviously has a really personal meaning to them all. (Although side note, I was legit expecting a Highgate mum PR rep from 19 Management to come storming in a la Liquid News when Craig started asking about it)

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