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Girls Aloud at First Direct Arena, Leeds – setlist, stage times, tickets, and more
Two nights of pure, unadulterated pop.
Girls Aloud will be performing in Leeds for the first time in more than a decade this week.
The iconic pop group are about to take on a two-night residency at the huge First Direct Arena, a tour that will honour founding bandmate Sarah Harding who sadly passed away in 2021.
Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah won over the nation on Popstars: The Rivals, and have legions of loyal fans excited to see hits like Sound of the Underground, Love Machine, and The Promise live.
Girls Aloud will be marking their 20 year anniversary with the tour, which kicked off in Dublin.
If you're going along to the First Direct Arena, here's everything you need to know.
Tickets for Girls Aloud in Manchester
Unfortunately, only VIP tickets and resale tickets are available for the two nights.
Take a look here for more up to date information regarding tickets.
Stage times for Girls Aloud at the AO Arena
Stage times are always subject to change, but based on Girls Aloud’s tour dates so far, this is when you should be able to expect them to hit the stage.
- Doors – 6pm
- Support – 7.30pm
- Girls Aloud – 8.45pm
Support act
Warming up the crowds so far has been DJ Mr Theo, who’s been filling arenas with back-to-back pop bangers.
- 21 May 24 – Belfast SSE Arena
- 23 May 24 – Manchester AO Arena
- 24 May 24 – Manchester AO Arena
- 25 May 24 – Manchester AO Arena
- 27 May 24 – Cardiff Utilita Arena
- 28 May 24 – Sheffield Utilita Arena
- 31 May 24 – Newcastle Utilita
- 01 Jun 24 – Newcastle Utilita
- 02 Jun 24 – Newcastle Utilita
- 04 Jun 24 – Aberdeen P&J Live
- 08 Jun 24 – Glasgow Ovo Hydro
- 09 Jun 24 – Glasgow Ovo Hydro
- 10 Jun 24 – Glasgow Ovo Hydro
- 12 Jun 24 – Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
- 13 Jun 24 – Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
- 15 Jun 24 – Leeds First Direct Arena
- 16 Jun 24 – Leeds First Direct Arena
- 18 Jun 24 – Birmingham Resorts World Arena
- 19 Jun 24 – Birmingham Resorts World Arena
- 20 Jun 24 – Birmingham Resorts World Arena
- 22 Jun 24 – London The O2
- 23 Jun 24 – London The O2
- 25 Jun 24 – London The O2
- 26 Jun 24 – London The O2
- 27 Jun 24 – London The O2
- 29 Jun 24 – Liverpool M&S Bank Arena
- 30 Jun 24 – Liverpool M&S Bank Arena
Expected setlist
Act I
Untouchable
The Show
Something New
Love Machine
Can’t Speak French
Biology
Whole Lotta History
Act II
Wake Me Up
Sound of the Underground
Girl Overboard
No Good Advice
Graffiti My Soul
Long Hot Summer
I’ll Stand by Youn(Pretenders cover)
ACT III
Sexy! No No No…
On the Metro
Jump (For My Love)
Call the Shots
Something Kinda Ooooh
Encore:
The Promise
Read more: Leeds First Direct Arena crowned second best indoor arena in the UK
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Major DJ has set cancelled as overcrowding concerns continue at Leeds Festival
Clementine Hall
After closing for the entire second day, The Warehouse stage at Leeds Festival has once again been forced to evacuate.
One of the most anticipated dance acts of the day has been cancelled due to health and safety concerns just moments before the set.
Sheffield DJ Silva Bumpa was due to take to The Warehouse stage today at 1:30pm, but the set was cancelled due to overcrowding.
It's not the first time this has happened at Leeds Festival 2026, as yesterday Omar+'s set was cancelled due to the same issue and the stage was subsequently closed for the rest of the day.
The Warehouse stage is completely new for this year, and supposedly is designed specifically for dance music...which is quite ironic.
Announcing the news to Instagram, Silva Bumpa said: "So so sorry Leeds Fest but due to over crowding my set was cancelled last min I was just behind the stage and got told right before such a massive shame."
Prospa, another prominent DJ who's set was cancelled at Reading on Friday afternoon, spoke up on the situation: "We are disappointed in The Warehouse stage closure at Reading Festival. We were told it wasn't possible to play whilst on the way. This was due to too many people outside the stage.
"We have seen this happen before at larger festivals in the UK. It's time to double the capacity of tents or put dance music on the main stage."
It comes after another dance stage, LS23, was closed mid-set last night due to a health and safety hazard when all the lights suddenly switched off and ravers were forced to evacuate.
If yesterday is anything to go by, we wouldn't be surprised if The Warehouse was closed for the rest of the day which means anticipated sets from Rossi and Mall Grab will also be cancelled.
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‘Actually lost for words’ – huge artist speaks out as Leeds Festival set is cancelled due to overcrowding
Clementine Hall
For the second day in a row, a huge set has been cancelled due to overcrowding at Reading and Leeds Festival.
Day two of the festival and there's some pretty disappointed ravers hanging their head as one of the biggest dance music sets of the day is cancelled.
Omar+, a rising British electronic DJ and producer, was due to play on the brand-new Warehouse stage at Reading yesterday and Leeds today.
Yesterday's set was cancelled last minute due to overcrowding, and low and behold the same has happened here in Leeds.
Announcing the sad news to his story, Omar+ said "Actually lost for words. My Leeds set has been cancelled due to overcrowding."
He then went on to show a screenshot of a text message, reading: "I've never seen something like this in my entire life where two shows back to back are cancelled due to overcrowding."
The Warehouse stage is completely new for this year, and supposedly is designed specifically for dance music...which is quite ironic.
Prospa, another prominent DJ who's set was cancelled at Reading yesterday, spoke up on the situation: "We are disappointed in The Warehouse stage closure at Reading Festival. We were told it wasn't possible to play whilst on the way. This was due to too many people outside the stage.
"We have seen this happen before at larger festivals in the UK. It's time to double the capacity of tents or put dance music on the main stage."
It comes after another dance stage, LS23, was closed mid-set last night due to a health and safety hazard when all the lights suddenly switched off and ravers were forced to evacuate.
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