Tangled Up Tour 2008
Written - Sunday 1st June 2008
Picture gallery of the georgeous Girls Aloud live in action at the bottom of the report.
On 3rd May 2008 Girls Aloud kicked off their ‘Tangled Up Tour’ summed up by the press as “the Madonna erotic era” The tour has cost over £3 Million to stage….and it was worth every penny!!!! I went to see Girls Aloud perform the tour at Manchester MEN arena on Saturday 31st May 2008.
The 3 supporting acts were:
- Luigi Masi
- Billiam
- The Saturdays
The show kicked off with the girls hanging in the middle of the sky in black, blue and white PVC outfits and after about a minuite of just hanging in the sky……they sang Sexy! No No No. Then after this they sung an album track called Girl Overboard still in the same outfits!
Then Cheryl had a chat with the audience….saying that Manchester was the best audience yet…..me thinking she says that at every tour…and Cheryl and Sarah asked the question “Who’s a better cerowed Manchester or Liverpool?” As soon as Sarah Said Liverpool everyone started booing…..which i bet made Nicola feel welcome! While Cheryl was entertaining the crowd Kimberley ran to the side of the stage….not looking well but after Nadine went over and have her a quick hug the girls started performing this time….going all the way back to 2002 by singing Sound of the Underground…cleverly changing the line “Bass line jumps in the backstreet lights” to the “Bass line jumps in Manchester” and this line was sung by Cheryl….this got the audence cherring like mad! this was then followed by Close to love - another album tack from their Tangled Up album.
Then all 5 got out of their tight fitted PVC outfits and put…well…nothing on! The girls got into a black cabaret outfit….lets say theyre were a little bit revealing!!!!! The next song on the playlist was Cant Speak French followed by Love Machine. Still in their virtually nothing dresses they then sang another popular album track from their Tangled Up Album called Black Jacks. Then it was Nicola’s turn to entertain the audience….she didn’t say much apart from she was loving the banners, she loved her fans and thanked everyone for coming! Then a song that had everyone singing…Biology!
Then it was time for another dress change into multi-coloured dresses…..only this one took 3 minuites…..by the time the lights came on there was a massive bridge….from the main stage at the front of the arena….to a little stage at the back of the arena. The girls walked along the bridge singing Whole Lotta History. Our row and the few surrounding us were just boring and starting at them….so I just started waving like mad and Cheryl waved at me and gave a very sexy cheezy smile!!!! Oh My God Cheryl waved at me 
Probably the best thing that has and will happen to me in 2008!!!!!!
By the time they got to their mini stage….so did the audience! Then the girls sung the acoustic version of the 2007 number 1 hit for Robyn’s With Every Heartbeat which was the B side to Cant Speak French. After covering another artists number 1 they sung 1 of their own number 1 hits….which is my favourite song of all time I’ll Stand By you! Cheryl dedicated this song to the audience for still supporting Girls Aloud 6 years after they formed! As the girls sang this they walked back over the bridge and waved at their fans while singing.
Another dress change and this time the girls went into gold dresses…and while they were getting changed and also getting rid of the bridge they played some VT footage of the girls preparing for the tour….by getting dressed and in rehersals! Then came the girls talking about..in theory “A guy they were …lets say going out with”…and they sumed it up that it was a Fling which funnily enough was the title of the next song….another track from their Tangeld Up album. Time for another cover now and its the classic Salt N pepper song Push it which Cheryl mainly dominated this song as far as vocals! Then time for 2 classic Girls Aloud songs….although they never sung the full songs! The songs were Wake me up and Walk this way. With walk this way on last years tour Sarah and Nicola sung the Sugababes lines….this year Nadine and Kimberley sung their lines as usual….then they cut out the second verse then they all sang their normal lines…except for Cheryl who sung Amelle’s lines towards the end! Then time for the final song from their album tanged up and this was Control of the knife…..followed by a very short version of Kelis Trick me….sung by Cheryl and she liturally shouted…..”You tricked me once….I wont let you trick me twice”….me thinking could that have something to do with the whole Cheryl/Ashley Split in January????? Then it was Nadine’s turn to speak to the audience…Secretly she was loving it….if anyone could of understood her Irish accent! She also sounded really high pitched for some reason….like a chipmunk! Anyway she then introdueced their biggest hit from 2007….Call the shots! And when Nicola did her solo part in the song sparks were on the stage left right and centre!!!! It was truly one of their best performances ever! They ended the tour with their version of the 1980’s hit for the Pointer Sisters Jump….or so we thought!
There was time for 1 more song….and 1 more dress change! This time they wore neon lycra leotards and were Tangled Up…with the male dancers un-tangling them! and they sung their biggest hit from 2006 - Something Kinda OOOOH!
Yes all 5 Girls sang live. Girls Aloud were the very first band (and the only band) ive ever seen in concert….this being the second time I’ve seen them touring! It was an amazing night and the atmosphere was immense!!!
Girls Aloud today…
6 Years down the line and Girls Aloud are still going strong….but are their days numbered? the answer…No! When the tour DVD was being filmed Cheryl announced that there was to be a new album…..a new book….new singles…and of course their 1 year contract with Kit Kat… I think girls Aloud will be around for just a little bit longer!
Girls Aloud Tangled Up Tour Pictures
