Cheryl Cole to tour UK with Black Eyed Peas

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Image caption, Cheryl Cole released her first solo album, 3 Words, last October

Cheryl Cole has announced her first solo tour supporting Black Eyed Peas.

The Girls Aloud singer and X Factor judge will play eight concerts in London, Manchester and Birmingham in May and June.

Her debut album, 3 Words, was released last October with Fight For This Love the fourth best selling single of 2009.

Cole featured on will.i.am's single Heartbreaker two years ago and the Black Eyed Peas star sang on her second single, 3 Words.

Black Eyed Peas released their fifth studio album, The E.N.D, last year and have already toured America, Japan and Australia.