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Five thrilled to sing to cross-generational fans on reunion tour

Five have been stunned by how many young fans have come to their reunion tour this year.

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Five reflect on mental health and reunion as they sell out three nights at the O2

As the Five reunion tour arrived in the captial, member Scott Robinson speaks candidly about the pressures of fame and the road back to the band

Evening Standard

Five could release documentary film on reunion tour

Reunited boy band Five - comprised of Abz Love, Jason 'J' Brown, Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson and Sean Conlon - could release a documentary film about their comeback and upcoming tour.

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Pop band Five reveal sneaky Simon Cowell habit during their heyday

‘He had it down to a fine art,’ said the singers

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‘If Jesus and Buddha had our work schedule, they’d have fallen out too’: boyband Five on bullying, Britney and their blockbuster return

After being fast-tracked to stardom, the bad boys of Y2K pop butted heads and burned out. They explain how they faced their demons for an arena-sized reunion – and why Simon Cowell was ‘a proper winker’

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Five claim Simon Cowell hasn't responded to message about reforming

Simon Cowell has yet to respond after Five reached out to him about reforming, even though he originally put the band together.

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Five say they were left 'traumatised' by pop stardom

Five were left "traumatised" by pop stardom and admit that it's taken 25 years for them to get back together properly.

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Five on Nineties boyband stardom: ‘It doesn’t matter how many No 1s you get, it ain’t worth that’

INTERVIEW: Never-ending lines of girls, not even knowing what country they were in, and nearly getting punched by Simon Cowell. The chart-topping band are reuniting to tour but, as they tell Hannah Ewens, they’re still dealing with the madness and trauma of their years at the top

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Five member Scott Robinson says 'being in the band back in the day was like being kidnapped'

EXCLUSIVE The reunited boyband say upcoming tour is about putting the past behind them and ‘making it a beautiful shining memory’

Evening Standard

Five may need 'breathable and stretchy' stage outfits for reunion tour

Abz Love says reunited boy band Five may need some "breathable and stretchy" stage outfits for their upcoming tour to help them cope with their dance routines now they are all in the 40s.

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Five's J Brown hits back at claims boyband reunion is a 'cash grab'

The group, reuniting with all five original members for the first time in 25 years, are gearing up for a major tour after years of performing in smaller line-ups.

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‘We wouldn’t say no’: Five keen to kick off reunion tour with Glastonbury slot

The band will embark on a 12-date tour beginning in October.

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Boyband Five announce 12-date reunion tour 25 years after they split

The Everybody Get Down hit-makers will be joined by special guest Naughty Boy

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Abz Love and Jason 'J' Brown rejoin '90s boy band Five ahead of huge reunion news

All five original members of boy band Five are reuniting with a big announcement coming this week.

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The Independent UK

Nineties boyband stars confirm massive arena reunion tour

Band had been teasing a potential reunion on social media following their appearance in the BBC documentary, ‘Boybands Forever’

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Ritchie Neville opens up on boyband life

Ritchie Neville has opened up about the tough reality of life in a boyband and said he only got "two days off in two years".

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Five's Ritchie Neville on Boybands Forever: 'I wished fame had an off switch!'

Boybands Forever on BBC Two explores the highs and lows of life as a pop pin-up, something Five's Ritchie Neville knows only too well...

Evening Standard

Five's Ritchie Neville claims he was assaulted by woman in 30s as a teen and felt imprisoned by boyband heyday

Positioned as the ‘bad boys’ of pop, fame came quickly for the five-piece but things were not always as great as they seemed

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The Independent UK

The dark world of Nineties boybands: ‘They put a bucket by the stage so I could spew’

IN FOCUS: Screaming girls. Sudden riches. Your face on the cover of Smash Hits magazine. Life in a Nineties boyband sounds like a dream, but one survivor of the maelstrom likens it more to being in the military. Jessie Thompson goes behind the scenes of revealing new BBC documentary ‘Boybands…

The Guardian - UK

‘Almost like imprisonment’: the shocking truth about life for boybands in their ‘golden era’

Mobbed, groped, overworked, paid a pittance and given little time off … ahead of a major TV series about boybands, former members of 5ive and 911 reveal what success was really like for many

Daily Mirror

B*Witched reveal bitter rivalry with boyband Five who were 'really horrible' to them

You weren't anyone in the 90s without a music rivalry and it seems B*Witched and boyband Five weren't exactly friends a lot of the time but Beyonce wanted to hit the town with them

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‘There were fist-fights down at CD:UK’ – 90s pop remembered by those who lived through it

Conflict between bands, conflict within bands, booze, breakdowns and awards-show agony: in these extracts from oral history Reach for the Stars, Five, Steps, Pete Waterman and more spill about the dark side of the decade

Daily Mirror

Atomic Kitten star Natasha Hamilton, 40, on overcoming 'mum guilt' with 5th baby on way

The Atomic Kitten star certainly has a lot on her plate between joining the Real Housewives of Cheshire, recording her first solo album, and the small matter of expecting her fifth child

Daily Mirror

Boyband heartthrob is unrecognisable with tattoos and dark hair 25 years after success

Fans might struggle to recognise this member of a popular 90s boyband after he ditched his light brown floppy hair and hardened up his look with a much edgier style

The Guardian - UK

5ive look back: ‘The label wanted a boyband with an edge – ours was pretty sharp’

The three remaining members of the 90s group recreate a photo from their teen idol days – and look back at fallouts, fights and hotel room fires

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