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By Jody Thompson


Don't stop movin': S Club 7 got back together for the first time since 2002 last night to support member Jon Lee as he starts his new starring role in Jersey Boys


They were the squeaky clean seemingly perpetual youngsters at the height of their fame - but S Club Seven showed that time waits for no man - nor manufactured pop act - last night.

The band caught up with each other for the first time since their 2003 split to celebrate former member Jon Lee taking over the starring role of Frankie Valli in the smash hit West End musical Jersey Boys.

For the first time in nine years, all seven originals reunited to try their best popstar poses again - but it was new mother Rachel, 32, who dazzled in a sparkly sequin dinner jacket and satin heels.

Growing up: Paul, left, joined Jon and S Club 3 bandmate Bradley backstage after the performance of Jersey Boys

The old days: The band just before Paul Cattermole, third left, quit the band in 2002


However, the attention was almost stolen from her by Paul Cattermole, 34, as the former teeny boppers lined up.

He certainly showed he was more of a man nowadays when he got back together with his former bandmates after watch Jon perform onstage at the Prince Edward theatre.

Yummy mummy: Rachel and husband Alex Bourne were having a rare night out without four-month-old baby Amelie


Paul - who before S Club had various jobs including postman, butcher, theatre
doorman, dustman and toilet cleaner - was actually first to leave the band when he quit in 2002 to join heavy metal band Skua.

However, they failed to have much attention and in 2008, Paul together with bandmates Jo O'Meara, 31, of Celebrity Big Brother racism row notoriety and Bradley McIntosh, 29, got back together as S Club 3.

Paul also dated fellow bandmate Hannah for six years, but they split in 2006. She is now engaged to her boyfriend of four years and Primeval co-star Andrew-Lee Potts.

Breathe in: S Club 7 reunited (l-r) Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jo O'Meara, Jon Lee in his Frankie Valli red coat, Rachel Stevens, Bradley McIntosh and Hannah Spearritt

He's a Natural: Jon, centre, who first hit the West End stage aged 13, is the new star of Jersey Boys about Sixties band Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons

Reach: Jo and Hannah give former bandmate Jon some big S Hugs


Most recently, they played a sell-out gig at the University Of Hull on 18 March, a concert hailed by local media as 'the comeback of the century' and 'the best thing to happen to Hull since John Prescott starred in the Moneysupermarket.com adverts.'

Hannah Spearritt, 29, meanwhile has been busy bothering dinosaurs on ITV1's Primeval since the split, while Tina Barrett, 34, is apparently trying to launch her solo career.

Rachel meanwhile, who had a successful solo career after groups disbanded, came second on Strictly Come Dancing in 2008, won rear of the year in 2009 and gave birth to her and businessman husband Alex Bourne's first child Amelie in November last year.

S Club party:Beauties Rachel and Hannah have had great success off the back of the band

S Club girls: The ladies of the crew enjoyed having a catch up over a glass of champagne


S Club Seven - masterminded by Spice Girls svengali and Simon Cowell's rival Simon Fuller - had a clutch of Number Ones throughout the UK and Europe - including classics Don't Stop Moving and Never Had A Dream Come True.

They recorded a total of four studio albums, released eleven singles and went on to sell over seventeen million albums worldwide.

Ain't no party like an S Club party: The gang seemed to have a blast back together


Jon began his West End odyssey in Jersey Boys on 15 March. He'll be alternating with Ryan Molloy who enters his fourth year in the multi award-winning show.

Jon has a long history with the stage, and played the title role in Oliver! at the London Palladium when he was 13.

Recently, he has starred in musicals including Les Miserables.


Old school: The band were barely out of their teens when they got together in 1998





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