(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)

:lol: Jo's look when the question was being asked made me think of this too!

 

That question being asked (for what was like 30 seconds) was so awkward but I think they answered it well and brought it back to the tour and things happening in 2024.

Tina responded to a comment on her recent Instagram photo following the interview saying ‘we have a lot of love for Hannah and the door is always open ❤️’

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Love seeing them being an active group again, really enjoyed all this promo!

I'm glad they seem to be enjoying themselves!! Quite the contrast to some of the interviews they did back in the day where they just looked exhausted.

:lol: Jo's look when the question was being asked made me think of this too!

 

That question being asked (for what was like 30 seconds) was so awkward but I think they answered it well and brought it back to the tour and things happening in 2024.

 

 

I think they did a great job of spinning the question away without actually answering it! It kind of confirmed to me that there is issues there but probably not with the band members themselves. Something clearly went down and the band members are in an awkward position of having no issues with Hannah themselves but not really being able to say much due to their management team.

Loved this, so good to see the chemistry!

 

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Another probably sensationalist article, but I'll post it in here anyway:

 

 

Accepting a five-figure sum to tell her story to The Sun, Spearritt laid bare her heartache.

 

The controversial interview is said to have breached an unofficial agreement by the band not to speak publicly about Cattermole’s death until its cause — later revealed to be heart failure — had been officially established. Interview requests to the group’s PR company, Dawbell, had been flatly declined.

 

Sources close to S Club 7 said Spearritt’s interview was ‘the last straw’, generating what insiders describe as ‘serious ill feeling’ towards her.

 

One tells the Mail: ‘There was a lot of upset over the interview. There was an agreement in place that no one would talk — then Hannah went off and spoke about Paul.

 

‘It caught them unaware: they thought they were a group, that they were tight. There was fury — people were asking: “How could she do this?” It didn’t seem right that she’d take a big sum of money to talk about their friend.’

 

The widely read interview was followed up in the U.S. media — prompting yet more bitterness and eventually leading to that bombshell Instagram video from Jon Lee, announcing that Spearritt would not be joining them on the tour.

 

Fuller’s team have reportedly ordered her fellow bandmates not to speak to her. The Mail can now reveal that Spearritt has instructed lawyers to fight her case, threatening to mar S Club’s comeback tour with a potentially ugly — and expensive — legal action.

 

Friends of Spearritt have described her treatment as ‘incredibly hurtful’, insisting: ‘She can do what she likes. Paul was her boyfriend and she is entitled to tell her story.’

 

The interview may have been the final straw, but the first cracks between Spearritt and her bandmates had emerged during early negotiations on the tour last year.

 

One insider tells the Mail that Spearritt began acting as though she was a ‘union rep’ to squeeze as much money as possible out of Fuller.

 

On the face of it, there’s nothing wrong with her seeking to get the best possible deal. But the suggestion is that her hard-headed negotiations threatened to jeopardise the entire project.

 

Her determination to extract as much cash as possible from the tour irritated her fellow bandmates Lee, Barrett and O’Meara, who had been looking forward to singing to the fans again as much as enjoying a decent payday.

 

Sources have told this newspaper that Fuller has ‘not exactly been generous’ with the fees he is giving the remaining singers — but they added that the excitement and chance to relive the ‘good old days’ had been incentive enough for most members of the group to get back together.

 

One says: ‘It all became really irritating. The rest of the band were happy to have a bit of fun and earn a bit of cash, but Hannah wanted much, much more.

 

‘Because Fuller was insisting that all of them got on board or the reunion wouldn’t happen, it was a bit shaky for a while.

 

There were weeks when some of the group feared they would lose the opportunity and it worried them. It caused much ill feeling.’

 

Sources close to Fuller — who has represented tennis legend Sir Andy Murray and Formula 1 ace Sir Lewis Hamilton — say the tour was meant to be ‘a joyous occasion’, but now he could find himself battling Spearritt in court.

 

One friend said: ‘Simon always knew that getting seven people together was going to be a challenge.

 

Even back in the day there were many difficulties within the group. But he thought that he was through the worst of it . . .

 

‘He has had to deal with Paul’s tragic death and now there could be a huge legal case.

 

‘Hannah signed a deal with him and now she isn’t involved. She is insisting that wasn’t her choice. It could get expensive.’

Of course the Hate Mail will want to try and portray Simon Fuller as the innocent party in all of this (multimillionaires etc). When - let's call a spade a spade - Hannah is absolutely in the right here. He can't still treat them like it's 25 years ago in terms of their renumeration. I call planted bulls*** from 19 on this.

Of course the Hate Mail will want to try and portray Simon Fuller as the innocent party in all of this (multimillionaires etc). When - let's call a spade a spade - Hannah is absolutely in the right here. He can't still treat them like it's 25 years ago in terms of their renumeration. I call planted bulls*** from 19 on this.

 

 

I have to agree with this.

Also agreed, Simon Fuller is clearly the problem here and I feel for Hannah being put in that sort of position. She had every right to do her own interview, she knew Paul on another level to the others so it's fair she wouldn't want to keep quiet.

 

The Daily Fail have named the article about how "the 90s supergroup's reunion for 25th anniversary tour descended into chaos" :rolleyes: it's not been plain sailing but the band themselves have handled it well and seem to have pulled together so nicely.

Jo and Bradley were interviewed by the OCC! https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/s...adley-mcintosh/

 

No confirmations but acknowledgements that the fans want Let Me Sleep, Rain and Gangsta Love on the setlist...!!!

I loved this interview!!

New interview with Bradley and Jo in Euphoria magazine!

 

https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2023/08/interviews-s-club/

I absolutely LOVED reading that!

 

Very excited music is on the cards and sounds very likely, as well as re-issues potentially!

Catching up on the interviews now, love the Magic one, felt so poignant seeing the photo of the press conference from earlier this year :(

 

Another interview!!

Rachel has said they are "back in the studio" :o :o https://www.worldofsclub.com/rachel-stevens...on-the-horizon/

 

Perhaps just referring to These Are the Days, though the phrasing suggests more present tense. Interesting...