S Club 7 reunite on TV to announce 25th anniversary tour

All seven members of the S Club 7 just reunited to announce a huge tour - but one member’s appearance has left viewers stunned.

Late ’90s teen pop act S Club 7 are reuniting for a new tour to celebrate the group’s 25th anniversary.

S Club made the announcement on British chat show The One Show today, marking the first time all seven members have been seen in public together since their last reunion tour eight years ago.

A reunited S Club 7 today.

The group – who made it big with hits like Bring It All Back, Don’t Stop Moving and S Club Party – will embark on a UK arena tour in October.

All members of the group are now in their 40s, with the eldest, Tina Barrett, due to turn 47 a month before the tour kicks off.

S Club 7 on UK television today. Back row, L-R: Paul, Jon and Bradley. Bottom row, L-R: Tina, Hannah, Rachel and Jo.

And fans were shocked by Tina’s appearance in particular - noting that the group’s eldest member barely seems to have aged a day in over 20 years.

Tina from S Club 7 has aged in reverse. #TheOneShow

— David T. Hanmer (@DT_Hanmer) February 13, 2023

Tina from S Club 7

Blimey 😍

— 𝙇𝙖𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙚 (@lawrielee) February 13, 2023

Tina from s club 7 is the female Benjamin Button, she looks younger now than she did 15 years ago.

— Phil (@CodgerRogers) February 13, 2023

Tina Barrett from S Club 7 is 46?! She looks like she’s still in her 20’s!

— Kie (@itskie_) February 13, 2023

Tina circa 1999. Picture: Adam Hollingworth

Tina today, aged 46.

While this new reunion is billed as a celebration of S Club’s 25th anniversary, they’re a little early – they didn’t actually release debut single Bring It All Back until June 1999.

From there, the group became a cheesy pop success story, helmed by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller. There were four studio albums, a TV series and even a movie before S Club split in 2003.

S Club 7 backstage at The One Show today. Fans were shocked to see how little oldest member Tina (bottom, centre) has aged.

During that time they scored an unbroken run of 11 top five UK singles.

But in recent years, members of the band have been open about their fading fortunes, and how little money they were left with, despite the group’s massive success.

One member, Hannah Spearritt, recently revealed she and her family were left homeless this past Christmas, struggling to make ends meet.

S Club 7’s reunion tour poster uses a photo of the group from back in 1999.

“We were not on a good wage compared to the money being made,” she told The Sun of her time in the group.

“People think we must all be millionaires but sadly it’s just not true. It was what it was and we enjoyed ourselves at the time.”

She also confessed she was reluctant to sign on the dotted line for the S Club reunion until she could negotiate a good deal for herself, saying: “At the moment it’s S Club 6.”

The group in their late ’90s heyday.

Hannah’s bandmate – and former boyfriend – Paul Cattermole opened up about what life was like in the band in a 2019 interview, claiming their relationship had been arranged by the group’s management.

And S Club’s lead singer Jo O’Meara recently endured months of gruelling back surgeries, saying last month that she feels lucky she’s able to walk at all.

S Club’s last reunion, in 2015, was simply for a quick, 12-date UK tour. It will be interesting to see whether they’ll stick around for longer this time around, and parlay their reunion into the sort of second life for the group that their contemporaries like Steps and the Sugababes have managed to pull off in recent years.