Britain’s biggest and most successful girl band Girls Aloud are currently caught in a very embarrassing situation.

Recently the band announced their new album “tangled up”.
They also gave out many press releases relating to a “fan edition” of the album which would only be for sale to fans via their web site. But it appears that this “special album” is available from several sources.

This version of the album promised (amongst other things) to be “autographed by Girls Aloud” - it doesn’t say the autographs are printed on the packaging as part of the artwork and therefore hold no extra desirability of the item.

Below is the press release text:

Tangled Up - Special Edition
But we know you’ll all be after the Special Edition of ‘Tangled Up’, so without further delay here is all the info you’ll ever need…

Unavailable in the shops, there will be an exclusive fan edition of ‘Tangled Up’ available solely through www.girlsaloud.co.uk
It will be totally different to the one in the shops and will feature…

All the Girls on the front cover. The regular edition will not.
It will be the only place you will be able to get all the album lyrics.
It will also come with three exclusive signed postcards of the Girls.

The artwork as advertised

Here is the link to their on line store for the item:

Description:
This offer is only available through www.girlsaloud.co.uk

Exclusive Artwork
3 Double-Sided Card Set Signed by Girls Aloud and Lyric Booklet
Release Date - Monday 19th November

Track listing
Call the Shots
Close to Love
Sexy! No No No…
Girl Overboard
Can’t Speak French
Black Jacks
Control of the Knife
Fling
What You Crying For
I’m Falling
Damn
Crocodile Tears

Busted!
Earlier this week however, rumours started circulating that this fan edition was being sold at Tescos and also Woolworths.
In fact you can click either of those site links and order/buy the “fan edition”.

Buy it from Woolworths - it is now listed at only £8.97 which is cheaper than through the official site.

So it appears that Girls Aloud’s record company are deliberately misleading fans, trading standards may need notifying about this and any further news will be reported here.

They have lost one fan today!