S Club’s Rachel Stevens and Jo O’Meara pay tribute to late bandmate Paul Cattermole with throwback photos on his birthday

S Club’s Rachel Stevens and Jo O’Meara paid tribute to their late bandmate Paul Cattermole with throwback photos on Thursday.

Paul died suddenly of natural causes at the age of 46 on April 6 last year – just two months after he and the band announced they would be going on a reunion tour.

In heartfelt updates, they celebrated his ‘heavenly birthday’ by sharing a series of throwback photos.

Rachel wrote: “Happy Heavenly Birthday dear Paul, thinking of you today. You will always live on in our hearts, music and in our memories.’

Jo added: ‘Thinking of you today Paul on your 47th birthday, always in our hearts and forever loved.’

The band also celebrated Paul’s birthday by releasing a special version of Good Times.

The pop group – Rachel, Jo, Bradley McIntosh, Jon Lee and Tina Barrett – shared an update on their official Instagram, honoring the singer with the song and hoping they had ‘made him proud’.

They wrote: ‘Happy birthday, our dearest Paul. In your honor, today we released a very special version of Good Times (sung by Brad & Jon on the North American leg of The Good Times Tour) on streaming platforms.

‘This song will always be yours, but we hope we have made you proud. Thanks for all the good times. Deepest love, your S Club family x’

Good Times was included on their third studio album, Sunshine, originally released in 2001.

Paul would sing lead vocals on the song during their recent reunion tour before his death.

He died suddenly of natural causes at the age of 46 was found dead on April 6 this year – just two months after he and the band announced they would be going on a reunion tour.

His body was discovered in his ground floor flat in Wareham, Dorset, devastating his bandmates and fans.

Paul, who made a living as a tarot card reader after quitting S Club 7 in 2002, was said to have been in ‘good spirits’ when he was spotted in a park close to his home just days earlier.

His ex-girlfriend and fellow S Club 7 star Hannah Spearritt is said to be ‘in pieces’ after being told the news.

After his death, the band was renamed S Club and promised to continue with the reunion tour.

Hannah, 42, pulled out of the tour and has since admitted she doesn’t know if she will ever sing with S Club again.

She talked about how “everything” changed for her after Paul’s death and gave her time to think about whether it was the right decision to rejoin the band.

Hanna said The sun: ‘Will I ever perform with them again? I just don’t know, I’m glad the tour is still going and the songs are living on, but now I’m looking forward, not back.”

She explained that after Paul’s death, she realized she couldn’t go to S Club for the tour anymore, admitting that “it just didn’t feel right.”

Hannah apologized to S Club fans for not deciding to leave, but said she had to do what was best for herself and her family.

S Club paid tribute to Paul as they kicked off their Good Times Tour in Manchester in October.

Nostalgic footage of him performing his favorite song The Good Times left the audience silent as they became overwhelmed with emotion.

As he ran back onto the stage after the tribute, a breathless Jon, 41, shouted: “Manchester, let me hear you raise the roof for Paul one last time!”

As the group walked down the stairs, Bradley, 42, said, his voice shaking, “Wow, that’s our brother right there, man.

‘Gone but you will never be forgotten. We miss you every day.’

Each member took a moment to dedicate the show to Paul.

Jo, 44, said: ‘Thank you so much. All the messages, love and support that you have all shown to us and Paul’s family, we are so grateful to you all.

“I would love to see you all here now to show us your hearts for our Paul!”

Jon said, “Thank you very much. It is of course very special for us tonight. we dedicate this performance to Paul and The British Heart Foundation.’

In further tribute to Paul, S Club performed the song they wrote in memory of the star: These Are The Days.

Tina introduced the song by saying, “For 20 years people have been asking me, when are you going to release new music? So this year we thought, let’s do it.’

Bradley added, “And we did that. We dedicated this song to Paul and all the memories we shared.”