mxdwn.co.uk » unseen footage https://www.mxdwn.co.uk all that matters in music in the UK Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:57:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 Previously Unseen Footage Of One Direction On The X Factor Released https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/previously-unseen-footage-of-one-direction-on-the-x-factor-released/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/previously-unseen-footage-of-one-direction-on-the-x-factor-released/#comments Fri, 01 Sep 2023 21:24:24 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=64148 Previously unseen footage of One Direction’s time as contestants on The X Factor 2011 has been released.

The X Factor UK shared 30 minutes of previously unseen footage this week, writing in the caption of the video, “You’ve seen how they were put together, and extra unaired footage of their solo auditions, but now, we’re bringing you UNSEEN and EXTENDED footage of One Direction’s first-ever moments together as a group at Judges’ Houses. And did we mention there’s a SECOND PERFORMANCE that’s NEVER been seen before?!”

The footage shows the newly formed One Direction practising their cover version of Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn,” with this becoming a fan favourite track as they progressed through the competition.

The footage also shows a previously unseen performance of Kelly Clarkson’s “My Life Would Suck Without You” at the Judges’ Houses stage. One Direction performed the track to their mentor, Simon Cowell, before being given the news that they’d be progressing to the live show portion of the competition.

The X Factor UK released the video 10 years after One Direction’s feature film, One Direction: This Is Us was released.

Fans of the boy band have celebrated the new footage on social media, as new One Direction content has been in short supply since their indefinite hiatus was announced back in 2016.  

Questions of a reunion have circled the band members for years, with Niall Horan addressing the matter with Zane Lowe earlier this year.

Horan said, “It’s just like the conversation hasn’t happened. It’s a great legacy to have. No, I don’t think [asking about the reunion] sucks the air out the room. It’s more, the answer’s still the same. The conversation hasn’t happened. God knows whether it ends up being — it could be like the Friends reunion, it could be a whole tour. God knows what it is, but no, it hasn’t been spoken about.”

Zayn Malik also addressed the hiatus on the Call Her Daddy podcast, saying, “There were obviously underlying issues. Like within our friendships, too. We’ve been together every day for five years, and we got sick of each other, if I’m being completely honest. So we were close.”

Each former member of One Direction has continued with a solo career since the group’s hiatus, with no plans for a reunion currently in the works.

]]> https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/previously-unseen-footage-of-one-direction-on-the-x-factor-released/feed/ 0 Girls Aloud Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Debut Album, ‘Sound of the Underground’ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/girls-aloud-celebrate-20th-anniversary-of-debut-album-sound-of-the-underground/ https://www.mxdwn.co.uk/news/girls-aloud-celebrate-20th-anniversary-of-debut-album-sound-of-the-underground/#comments Sun, 07 May 2023 11:26:40 +0000 http://www.mxdwn.co.uk/?p=61184 Girls Aloud are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Sound of the Underground with a deluxe edition reissue.

The group disbanded in 2013 following their ten year anniversary tour, with this being the first new material for their fans in a decade.

Taking to Twitter, the group shared that the 20th anniversary reissue “brings together rarities, remixes and B-sides, plus brand new sleeve notes.”

Girls Aloud’s Kimberley Walsh spoke to the Daily Mail on the group’s plans to honour this anniversary, saying, “We’ve got some fun alternative versions of songs lying around and little re-releases just to kind of mark that because, you know, it’s a big deal. 20 years is a long time and the love that we still feel for Sound Of The Underground and some of the songs from the first album are still huge.”

Walsh went on to discuss the group’s plans to have a fully fledged reunion, saying, “We’re not really doing anything together as a group for obvious reasons.” Walsh is referencing the tragic passing of their fellow band member Sarah Harding here, who lost her battle with breast cancer at just 39 years old in September 2021.

The group chose to mark this anniversary in a low-key way as they’re still grieving their friend and bandmate, with Walsh saying, “I think there’s already been one re-release of Sound Of The Underground with different girls singing different lyrics, which is quite fun. I mean, if you’re a fan, it’s fun. I’m not sure how much fun it is if you’re not really into Girls Aloud. But yeah, just things like that.”

To kickstart the 20th anniversary celebrations, the “Sound of the Underground” music video has been remastered in 4K and is available to watch here:

An alternative vocal mix of the album’s titular single has also been released, complete with different music video that is said to feature “unseen footage from the GA vaults.”  

In the description of the new video, Chris Fox shares, “You never know what you might find when you dig into the raw footage from a music video and we were amazed to find that director Phil Griffin had recorded each of the girls singing every line of the song… In total, the band recorded about four hours of footage and there were so many beautiful moments to squeeze into the video.”

“I wanted to give each section of the shoot its moment to shine: the performance, the slow motion, the glitter drop. There are fewer fast-paced cuts so we can soak up every moment and bask in the glory of Girls Aloud. The film negatives were rescanned in true 4K – giving fans a crystal-clear look into the past – and the final edit was colour graded to closely match the original music video.”

The 20th Anniversary reissue of Sound of the Underground will be released 16th June 2023, and is available to preorder here. The album will also be released on vinyl for the first time, with details below:

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