SMALL PRINT:IT'S THE announcement that pop fans have been waiting for: the return of Girls Aloud. Dust off your pink cowboy hat and renew that subscription to Heat because the ladies will be ending their three-year hiatus in 2012 for a 10-year anniversary tour. A lot has changed over the past decade (from left):

KIMBERLEY WALSH

Then

20-year-old occasional actress from Bradford.

Now

Presenter of Suck My Popon the music channel Viva, the face (and hair) of Schwarzkopf, and columnist with OK! magazine.

CHERYL COLE

Then

Three years after leaving school aged 16, Cheryl Tweedy was working as a waitress in Newcastle.

Now

A British national treasure with two consecutive number one solo albums, a high profile marriage and divorce from footballer Ashley Cole, the star of the X Factorjudging panel with eyes on US TV, the face of L'Oreal, and a giant pop brand.

SARAH HARDING

Then

A recent entrant into FHM’s “High Street Honeys 2002”, Harding was recording dance tracks and touring the pub and social club circuit.

Now

Recently engaged to DJ Tom Crane, she has earned the nickname “Hardcore Harding” for her exuberant nightclub-hopping antics.

NICOLA ROBERTS

Then

In a dance school in Cheshire, and part of a girl group called The 5 Musketeers.

Now

Creator of “Dainty Doll”, a makeup range for women with fair skin, Roberts has also lobbied for legislation tightening restrictions on sunbeds and made a documentary on the dangers of tanning. Recently signed solo deal with Sony.

NADINE COYLE

Then

Kicked out of the Irish reality TV show Popstarsfor lying about her age, she was encouraged by Louis Walsh to enter the British version.

Now

Decamped to California where her family runs a pub called Nadine’s Irish Mist. Engaged to the retired American football player Jason Bell, her solo career pretty much flopped last year.