Girls Aloud split, Beatles guitar to go on auction

  • 11 years ago
British pop group Girls Aloud have split up, following the last night of their Ten reunion tour. A tweet from the band's official account on Wednesday night (March 20) said: "We have now come to the end of our incredible time together." The message was sent shortly after the five singers came off stage in Liverpool at the end of a 12-date UK tour. The band formed on the UK television show "Popstars: The Rivals" in 2002. Their first single "Sound of the Underground" went straight to the top of the British charts when it was released.

An electric guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison at the height of the Beatles' fame is expected to fetch between $200,000 and $300,000 at auction in May. The VOX custom-built guitar was played by the two late pop stars during the British band's "Magical Mystery Tour" period. Harrison used it to practice the 1967 song "I Am the Walrus," while Lennon played the guitar the same year while recording a video session for "Hello, Goodbye." It wi

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