Well, it seems the S Club 7 reunion tour is getting off to a good start. At a show in Bradford on Wednesday night (or Thursday morning, as it was by then), the group's Jo O'Meara (one of only three original members to rejoin the septet, you might remember) was injured when a "glass object" was thrown at the stage, causing the set to be cut short and all in attendance to rejoice. No, sorry, we shouldn't joke when people get hurt. No one rejoiced. Jo was taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary, where she received treatment for a two inch gash to her head, although the injury didn't require stitches.
S Club 7's management issued a statement, saying: "At 01:35 on Thursday 13th November, former S Club 7 singer Jo O'Meara suffered a minor injury whilst performing at Tokyo nightclub in Bradford, with former bandmates Bradley McIntosh and Paul Cattermole, as part of the sold-out nationwide S Club Party Tour. The group were 15 minutes into their 25-min set when the incident happened whilst performing the No 1 hit single 'Never Had A Dream Come True'. A white male, thought to be approximately 19 years old, was arrested for throwing a glass object at the stage and is being questioned by Bradford Police. Immediately after the incident, the accused made an apology to Miss O'Meara claiming the incident was an 'accident' and he 'meant her no harm'".
Aaron Mellor, manager of the club and the man who drove Jo to hospital, said: "My company owns ten venues across the UK and we had the S Club Tour at our Oldham site last week. The gig sold out so we immediately rebooked them for Bradford. The gig was going really well until one individual had to spoil the fun for everybody else. Jo, Bradley and Paul are the nicest people you could wish to work with, they are friendly and professional and I will be booking them in for my other sites during December. Jo was clearly very shocked by the event, as anybody would be, but her band mates were very supportive and totally cooperated with my staff and with the police".
Matt Wynter from S Club's booking agents Action Talent added: "The 25 date tour has been a huge success with every venue selling out. We have a full diary until the end of the year, and have a larger tour booked in for May-June 2009. This incident will not affect the rest of the tour".
And just because you can never issue too many statements on the same thing, the group themselves said: "We were all having a great time In Bradford until the incident happened and we would like to apologise to our fans that our set was cut short".
Everyone rejoiced.