What Happened To S Club 7 – From Reunion,Bankruptcy  To Getting Bottled On Stage.

Editor Katie Watkin's 7-6-22

S Club 7 were a pop group from London, created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller and consisting of members Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Jo O'Meara, Jon Lee, Paul Cattermole, Rachel Stevens and Tina Barrett. 

The group was formed in 1998 and quickly rose to fame by starring in their own BBC television series, Miami 7. In their five years together, S Club 7 had four UK number-one singles, one UK number-one album, and a string of hits throughout Europe as well as a Top 10 hit on the US Hot 100, with their 2000 single "Never Had a Dream Come True". 

They recorded four studio albums, released 11 singles and went on to sell 10 million albums worldwide. The band are set to reunite for series of  events including It's The Ninetees Baby 2022 at Manchester AO Arena on 29th October 22.

So where are the members and what have they been up too.

Jo O'Meara

Always regarded as the vocal powerhouse behind S Club 7, Jo launched a solo career once the band split.  Her then-manager, Spice Girls supremo Simon Fuller, described her as the "next Christina Aguilera" but the hype didn't quite come to pass.  In 2005  Jo acheived 1 top 20 single  and 1 top 100 album falling to achieve any real success compared to that of her bandmate Rachel Stevens

In 2007, Jo appeared in Celebrity Big Brother where she was accused of ganging up on, with Jade Goody and Danielle Lloyd, the Indian actress Shilpa Shetty.

The following year she was struck by a bottle and had to be rushed to hospital while performing with S Club co-stars Bradley and Paul in Bradford.  Jo solo career also didn't last long but in April 2022 Jo took to social media to announce she was supporting former frontman of bros Matt Goss on his one date UK tour.

Jo also released a cover of Radiohead " Creep" but once gain failed to attract the attention of music buyers or her fans.

Jo has announced she doing a UK tour of 1 show at PizzaExpress Live (Holborn) on the 11th July 2022.

Rachel Stevens

Rachel Stevens was every young lads dream girl once the band split she bagged herself a mega-money album deal.

 Rachel an instant impact with her first single hitting the No2 spot with Sweet Dreams My LA Ex.  She went to have 6 top ten singles and two top 40 albums according to the official charts company between 2003 - 2005, Making her the most successful of the s club members.

  Rachel, a superstar in the era of the lads' mags, went on to even greater fame thanks to a turn on Strictly Come Dancing in 2008.  The 42-year-old married her childhood sweetheart Alex Bourne the following year and the pair share daughters Minnie, six, and Amelie, ten.

Bradley McIntosh

South Londoner Bradley has remained one of the core members of  the Reach For The Stars merchants – soldiering on in recent years as S Club 3 and now as S club 2.

 He also formed boyband Upper Street (remember them? whom nope we don't think anyone does.) with Dane Bowers, Jimmy Constable from 911 and a few other former stars.  

In 2008, 39-year-old Bradley also launched into a solo career under the name City Boy, releasing the single No Regret and written tracks for JLS. The star solo music career has not seen any success since the band split and he can been seen doing festivial events with former bandmate  Tina. The singer has a three-year-old son called Kairo, who was born in 2017.

Hannah Spearritt

Hannah, a budding actor before S Club – which let's not forget was a hit TV show too – had a film career when the band folded, appearing in Agent Cody Banks 2 and one of the terrifying Chucky movies.

She later appeared in Primeval, ITV's glossy dinosaur series where she met co-star Andrew Potts-Lee – having split from S Club co-star Paul, whom she'd dated for five years.

After the S Club reunion tour in 2015 Hannah first joined Casualty as Mercedes Christie then EastEnders as Karen Taylor's little sister Kandice.

Despite being engaged for years, things didn't work out with Andrew and Hannah, 39, now has two children, Tora and Taya, with Adam Thomas (not that one).

 

Paul Cattermole

S Club7 heartthrob Paul had a roller coaster after leaving S Club, saying on Loose Women in 2018 that he'd run out of money and had to borrow a shirt for the show.

The 44-year-old singer, who dated co-star Hannah for five years, even put his Brit Award on eBay saying: "There's bills to pay."Paul, who was bankrupt in 2015, said he contacted Strictly Come Dancing producers and asked for a spot on the show.

He did pop up on First Dates Hotel in 2019 and, while his date wasn't keen for anything romantic, S Club fans were thrilled.

Tina told OK! this week: "I’m always here for Paul. It is hard when you see someone you’ve worked with look like they’re struggling."

Paul is still involved in music, uploading new music to his Soundcloud page, and recently treating YouTube fans to a rendition of You Sexy Thing.

Jon Lee

After S Club, Jon went back to his musical theatre roots, playing Les Mis' Marius among a tonne of other roles.

In 2010 he came out, telling Gay Times: "It's never needed to be a huge change that I've had to tell everyone about."

Like Paul he attempted to find love on a reality show, popping up on Dinner Date in 2018 to the surprise of a line-up of shocked singles.

Tina Barrett

Now 44, Tina is keeping the S Club flame alive as a duo with Bradley and has even knocked out some solo singles too.

In 2016 she had a baby with her then-boyfriend Paul Cashmore, a son who they named Roman.

But when the tot was three-years-old, she and Hunted star Paul decided to go their separate ways after six years together.

She told OK!: "I've been blessed with the most beautiful intelligent, bright little boy. So I feel good that I got through it.