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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Gemma Samways

Little Mix at the O2 gig review: let’s hope this farewell is just an au revoir

Ten years is a long time to spend at the top of your game, but in an industry as fickle and highly pressured as pop music, Little Mix’s staying power is nothing short of miraculous. Now, after 19 top 10 singles, six studio albums and three BRIT Awards, Britain’s premiere pop outfit are poised to take a well-earned break to pursue other projects, and have spent the last month touring the UK and bidding farewell to fans in preparation.

By the time the Confetti Tour hit The O2 Arena for its final run of shows, emotions were beginning to get the better of the trio. “It’s starting to sink in that there are three shows left,” Jade Thirlwall told fans, struggling to fight back tears as she and bandmates Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Perrie Edwards stood suspended above the floor seating on a spectacular floating platform. “We’ve created some of the most incredible memories. And this sisterhood – this bond – we will have it forever and ever.”

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