'IN SHOCK'
S Club 7’s Hannah Spearritt QUITS reunion tour after Paul Cattermole’s shock death
S CLUB 7 Hannah Spearritt has quit the reunion tour after Paul Cattermole’s shock death.
The band shared an emotional video on social media telling fans that Hannah won’t be taking part.
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“In all honesty, we’ve been in a bit of shock,” they began, as they discussed the death of Paul.
Hannah was set to join her bandmates to celebrate 25 years since they shot to international fame with their debut album.
But Jo O'Meara, Rachel Stevens, Tina Barrett, Jon Lee and Bradley McIntosh gave an update as they spoke together as a group for the first time since Paul's death.
With Jo and Tina fighting back tears, Jon said: "Although Hannah will always be a part of S Club, she won't be joining us on this tour."
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It was confirmed in April that S Club 7’s Paul was found dead at his home in Dorset aged 46.
Paul and Hannah, 41, got together in 2001, after becoming friends in their teens at the National Youth Music Theatre.
But their on-off relationship failed to launch and Hannah is now with a different partner.
In the clip, Rachel explained: “We’re taking the time to process and get our heads around it all.”
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Tina added: “It’s just really sad and really, really hard to process it right now.”
Paul was referred to as a “big brother” by Bradley in the heart breaking video.
He continued: “No one could ever replace our Paul. He lives on inside each and every one of us.”
“However, the five of us are really excited and geared up to crack on and it’s going to be our tribute to Paul.
“We’re renaming the tour ‘The Good Times Tour’ which is the song Paul was going to sing.”
Jon struggled to continue talking as he began to cry.
Tina added: "That was Paul's song and all the fans know that that was his song so it just feels right."
"He's always going to be with us," Rachel added.
The band finished by thanking fans for all their messages and love shared for Paul.
The day after Paul died — six months before the group’s sold-out tour was set to begin — Hannah woke up to a text message from the band’s tour manager saying she had “very sad and tragic news”.
In an exclusive interview with The Sun, Hannah said: “I called the number and was told, ‘Paul has sadly passed, Paul has died’. I couldn’t make sense of it and had so many questions. I was trying to process it but I just couldn’t.”
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Hannah added: “He was my first true love. I think it was something that grew from a solid friendship. I’m glad I had that first time round. I was completely in love with him — probably more so than he with me.”
Paul left the band in 2002 and the couple called it quits four years later. Hannah added: “Paul never wanted fame and he became increasingly unhappy. I just wanted a little bit more of a faster pace of life and Paul was more of a deep thinker, and probably a lot more philosophical than I am.”
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