Jade Thirlwall misses Little Mix bandmate Perrie Edwards' wedding in Portugal as she performs 335 miles away at Primavera Sound in Porto - amid ongoing feud with Jesy Nelson
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Published: 08:47 BST, 15 June 2026 | Updated: 09:05 BST, 15 June 2026
Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall missed her bandmate Perrie Edwards' wedding in Portugal as she performed 335 miles away at Primavera Sound in Porto.
The pop star, 33, took to the stage at the festival to perform solo while her good friend tied the knot with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in Faro.
Perrie and her former England international footballer husband, both 32, exchanged vows at the picturesque Igreja Matriz de Estoi church in the village of Estoi, near where Perrie owns a holiday villa.
Perrie is said to have been planning for the wedding for ‘some time’ and ‘could not wait for it to come’. The couple have dated for ten years and been engaged for four after Alex proposed during a romantic walk on the beach.
While there has been recent discussion of tension between Perrie and former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson following an explosive interview from the former, Jade and fellow bandmate Leigh-Anne Pinnock's absence was unexplained.
Little Mix star Jade Thirlwall missed her bandmate Perrie Edwards' wedding in Portugal as she performed 335 miles away at Primavera Sound in Porto
Perrie recently revealed a Little Mix reunion is on the cards, telling Attitude: 'Oh, 100 per cent. I’m ready and raring. We always message each other and are bantering like, “So how long until we do a reunion? Are we going to do one? Where is it?” I’m like, just give me a ballpark time. Do you know what I mean? Just let me know when.
Earlier this month, Perrie revealed she has cut out 'difficult' Jesy from her life for good as she addressed the Little Mix feud.
The singer has accused her former bandmate of not taking accountability for her behaviour in the final months of her time in the girl group.
Jesy left Little Mix in December 2020 after nine years in the band, saying at the time the pressure had taken a toll on her mental health. Perrie, Jade and Leigh-Anne continued as a trio before eventually splitting to pursue solo projects.
In her recent documentary, Jesy said she had not seen her former bandmate since leaving the band over five years ago but didn't rule out a chance of a reunion.
However, Perrie has now said that it is very unlikely for the four to ever reunite as Jesy 'upset and hurt me in a way where there is no going back'.
Speaking to Jamie Laing on his Great Company podcast, she explained: 'What annoys me is the most, and again I have to be careful how I say this as I don't want to seem like a b**** but for me what upsets me the most is when situations like this happen and the other person doesn't take any accountability. That boils my blood!
The official Instagram account shared images of Jade on-stage
Fans could not get enough of the star as she belted out the tracks
Jesy Nelson, Perrie, Jade and Leigh-Anne Pinnock (L-R) are pictured in 2019
'I am not blaming everything on you, I am not saying that she's this f***ing monster and everything was her thought blah, blah, blah but take some accountability for your actions and realise you were difficult, you did have difficult moments.'
She added: 'Granted there were reasons for those moments but you can only pick someone up so many f***ing times before you start losing track of your own sanity.'
Perrie felt she was misrepresented by Jesy's comments, after the star said she felt unsupported through her mental health battles whilst she was in the band.
Jesy said she felt very alone and claimed their final phone call was awkward and made her feel like she was talking to a bunch of strangers.
'Don't put the blame on me and make me out to be something I am not, yes I am not perfect and I might not have been there enough or I could have done better I suppose,' Perrie hit back.
'But I thought what I was doing was enough, I thought that I tried everything and so then to sit there in further interviews and discuss it publicly and be like, "I wasn't supported", you were though, you know what I am saying? You were, so take some accountability.'
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