Reformed Five become four
Boyband Five announced their pop comeback today – although now they are only four.
Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson, Abs Breen and Jason ‘J’ Brown are launching a second bid for fame.
But original bandmate Sean Conlon has decided to concentrate on a solo career rather than join them.
“We’re still going to be called Five,” said Scott.
“People keep on asking about the name, but Five’s a brand not a number.
“Sean’s working on his solo stuff and we wish him the best. There are no hard feelings.”
The band split exactly five years ago today and officially announced their reunion at a press conference in Islington, north London.
The foursome don’t have a record deal but are working on a new album with the help of Robbie Williams’ old songwriting partner Guy Chambers.
Between 1997 and 2001 they sold 20 million records worldwide and had 11 top 10 singles.
They had number one hits with Keep On Movin’, We Will Rock You and Let’s Dance.
Their new music will be “cooler” than it used to be and they are ditching their dance routines.
“There’ll be a little less of the old hands-in-the-air type dancing thing,” J said.
All insisted they are not coming back because they’re skint – and said they had the idea to reform long before boyband Take That got back together.
“We’ve all still got some cash, we’ve got nice houses and nice cars. We’re just coming back because why shouldn’t we have another crack at the madness?” J said.
Ritchie added: “We’re not clutching at straws. We don’t need the money. We’re going to be back bigger than ever.
“Take That went out and obviously made a lot of money touring, but we wanted to do it the other way around – start afresh and write an album.”
The boys haven’t been too busy since they last troubled the charts.
Scott has married and had two children, Ritchie and J have spent their time “reading and travelling” while Abs has appeared on Love Island.
