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The End OF Girls Aloud?

• 14th Apr 2010

Nicola Roberts has announced that the UK's favourite girl band Girls Aloud have not spoken in months, adding fuel to the gossip-filled fire that the band are going their separate ways.

Speaking to OK!, Roberts said that Nadine Coyle has been m.i.a. for the past few months and hasn't spoken to the other bandmates since the Coldplay concert in Wembley last September. The band had agreed to go on a hiatus during 2009, with an album release this year but plans seem to have been shelved for the foreseable future.

Rumours have been rife that Coyle is jealous of her bandmates' blossoming careers in television, film and music and is desperate to get her own solo career on track, rather than return to the reality tv-born girlband.

Roberts added: “I talked to the other girls about it on Monday and no, none of us have heard from her”.

Cheryl has achieved massive success on a broad spectrum with her album '3 Words', her haircare endorsement and her judging gig on X Factor. The recently single starlet is also slated to be joining Simon overseas on the US X Factor. Meanwhile the pale beauty of the group, Nicola has released her own make-up line entitled 'Dainty Doll'.

Kimberly is taking presenting gigs in her stride and is even slated to replace Holly Willoughby as Xtra Factor presenter. Sarah Harding has been making her acting debut in the St. Trinians movies, while recording three songs for the soundtrack as well.
It seems Coyle, at one stage the forewoman of the group, is the only one seeming to be left behind and in the shadows over in L.A., the hub of all things entertainment.

Continuing the hearsay, Xenomania man and long-time producer of the band, Brian Higgins has stated that it would take a “small miracle” to get the band back together, but was adament about never saying never.

Speaking to ponystep.com, he says “I think that the body of work in terms of released songs is 110 or 120 songs now. It is very rare that anyone will do that again, that any group coming from any scene will release five or six albums, because careers just don't last that long.”

After nearly 10 years together, five Brit Awards, 20 consecutive top ten singles and six platinum albums, is it really time to say goodbye to the biggest girlband bar none the UK has to offer since The Spice Girls?
Either it's the end of an important era or expect a major comeback which will surprise us all and blow us out of the water.