S Club 7 breaks silence on claims Hannah Spearritt was 'left out of reunion tour'

S Club 7 have broken their silence on claims Hannah Spearritt was 'left out' of the band's upcoming reunion tour.

Spearritt, 42, was one of the original members of S Club 7 when the group was formed in 1998, along with Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, Jo O'Meara and Rachel Stevens.

Earlier this year, the band surprised fans by announcing a reunion tour to celebrate their 25th anniversary, with all seven original members set to return.

But just two months later, Cattermole sadly passed away at just 46 years old.

While the band continued with plans for the reunion tour, Spearritt was nowhere to be seen when the band announced further information to fans.

Sources familiar with the inner workings of the tour have claimed Spearritt was unaware that she was being 'left out' of the tour, and that she only found out when the announcement was shared online.

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“Hannah is devastated," the source told The Sun. “She was pushed out, and doesn’t understand why. The rest of S Club has been told not to contact her.”

This came despite the fact in an interview on BBC’s The One Show last week, the band said the ‘door was always open’ for Spearritt to make a return.

Now, the five remaining members of S Club 7 have broken their silence on claims Spearritt was left out in an interview on ITV's This Morning on Monday (31 July).

During the interview, presenter Craig Doyle said: "We gotta talk about Hannah because she's obviously not here today and we read that, you know, you're hoping that she might re-join at some stage. In the papers today, slightly different story being told but I'll just tell you what's been said in the papers.

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"It said that an 'anonymous source claimed that Hannah Spearritt is no longer on speaking terms with the band, claims that Hannah was not aware she wouldn't be included in the tour until the group posted a video on Instagram with tour details'. So that's what's been written in the newspapers today and I guess to give you the chance to respond to that."

Jon Lee replied: "I mean, for us, and for everyone listening actually, whenever an article starts with 'a source said' you can kind of take it with a pinch of salt."

The band agreed that the door is always open for Spearritt to return, labelling the reports as 'nonsense'.

Meanwhile, O'Meara added: "We're doing a lot of stuff in 2024 so you never know what's gonna happen in the future but I think just, right now, we're just really excited and really looking forward and concentrating on the tour and making it a really special show."

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