girls aloud performed "no good advice" on their first three concert tours. for their first tour, 2005's what will the neighbours say? live, girls aloud performed the song in school uniforms. the rendition featured an introlude taken from part two of the pink floyd song "another brick in the wall". the following year, "no good advice" was featured as the second track on the chemistry tour. the group, who were created by mad scientists in the show's opening sequence, wore lab coats. the performance, influenced by broadway, was set in a laboratory as each member was paired with a male dance partner. after a dance break, the mad scientist dancers performed a "magic trick" in which he made cheryl cole "disappear" and then reappear. for 2007's "", girls aloud performed "no good advice" in lingerie. the stage featured pedestals and platforms which girls aloud were on. for 2009's out of control tour, "no good advice" was included in a greatest hits medley which closed the show. the song was also performed on the band's 2013 reunion tour, ten - the hits tour 2013. it was performed as the second song in the show after the opener "sound of the underground".