[Source: BBC]
S Club 7 have confirmed they will be embarking on a planned tour after the death of Paul Cattermole – but without remaining member Hannah Spearritt.
In a video posted to the group’s official Instagram page, the other five members confirmed she would not be taking part in the 19-date tour.
Cattermole died last month aged 46 at his home in Dorset, weeks after the 25th anniversary tour was announced.
He and Spearritt had been in a relationship while in the band.
Last month, she gave an interview to the Sun in which she said she had been unable to stop crying since learning of his death.
The cause of the star’s death has not been confirmed but police said there were “no suspicious circumstances”.
S Club 7 were one of the biggest pop acts of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Their hits included Reach, Don’t Stop Movin’ and S Club Party. In total, they had 11 UK top 10 singles, including four number ones, and sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. They also won two Brit Awards.
The tour will take place in October this year, taking in arenas across the UK, plus one date in the Republic of Ireland.
In one other change, the branding on the band’s website had been updated with the ‘7’ in the group’s logo removed as they have reverted to their previous name of S Club. The band used this version of the name in the mid-2000s when Cattermole initially left the band.
In the Instagram video, the band sit on a sofa and appear to be clearly emotional.
It opens with them explaining they had recently been taking time to deal with Paul’s death, saying it had been “a bit of a shock”.
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