S Club tried desperately to contact Paul Cattermole on day he died
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Club have revealed they tried desperately to pay money for Paul Cattermole on the day that he died after turning into involved when he stopped replying to messages.
In February, they introduced that they have been reforming to mark their twenty fifth anniversary with a UK area tour.
By April, preparations have been closely underway and so they had all appeared collectively on a Zoom name on April 3.
Three days later, nonetheless, singer-turned-psychic Cattermole was discovered useless at his residence in Dorset with a coronor later ruling that the 46-year-old died of “natural causes” as a result of coronary heart points.
Jo O’Meara, 44, recalled how panic started to set in when no person may contact Cattermole and his WhatsApp messages have been displaying as unread.
Paul Cattermole was discovered useless at his residence in Dorset on April 6
/ Paul Cattermole“It was like, ‘Is he all right?’ But then it was like, ‘Yeah it’s Paul. You know, sometimes he doesn’t answer his phone,’” the Essex-born star informed The Sun.
“Then the next day I phoned him and messaged him. Everyone was trying to get hold of him … and no one could.”
She went on to share how she and Jon Lee, 41, have been the primary to seek out out from their administration that Cattermole had died.
“I think I just went completely silent at first. It was awful. It was horrendous. It was just a complete shock,” she informed the publication, with Lee including it “felt like someone had punched me in the stomach”.
The group at the moment are a five-piece after Hannah Spearritt determined to go away weeks after Cattermole’s demise.
Spearritt and Cattermole have been in a relationship from 2001 till 2006 and briefly rekindled their romance in 2015.
S Club intend to go on with the tour which kicks off in October and has been renamed to The Good Times Tour, which is a nod to certainly one of their tracks on which Cattermole carried out lead vocals.
Today additionally marks the discharge of their first new music in 20 years with new single These Are The Days.
Both the lyrics of the tune and accompanying music video pay tribute to Cattermole, with O’Meara explaining that the band really feel it is very important bear in mind him for the “goofy” bandmate he was and can pay additional tribute to him of their tour.
“The smiles have replaced the tears, in a really positive way,” she added.