Monday, May 21, 2007
5IVE - 4OUR - ZERO
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 In news that will have no doubt shocked the 7 people in attendance of 5IVE's press conference held last year to the absolute CORE, the five-gone-four-but-still-called-five piece have decided to call it a day. Again. This time, seven (7!!) months after the electrifying reunion announcement was made. The reason being?
"It is with deep regret that FIVE today announce that their comeback is no more. The band have decided to call it a day, seven months after reforming. They would like to apologise to all their fans throughout the world for any disappointment caused. Despite considerable broadcast interest in a reunion television series being secured, an album being half-way completed and a world tour in the final stages of confirmation, Ritchie, J, Abz and Scott feel that they cannot continue together.
A huge amount of hard work and effort went into the bands' reformation, but with the state of the music business as it is and with decent record deals being so difficult to procure, the band were really left with no other option than to split.
It is hoped that the new tracks the band have recorded will be available for digital download in the very near future."
All in all, the story behind the split simply comes down to not being able to - hem hem - locate an actual record contract.
The whole debacle raises a few interesting points. Let us observe.
* 5IVE were not offered any sort of deal possibly because the new material was just THAT bad, record executives the world over were just trying to save them from (further) humiliation?
* But the deals may not have been flowing like a running tap simply because record companies would rather sign artists like Razorlight or The View. Alarming, I know.
* Quite obviously, by "The View" I mean the horrific band, not the life affirming talk show starring Rosie O'Donnell, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar and Elizabeth Hasselbeck, the four greatest women to live after Madonna, Eva Longoria and Vesna BB05.
* Hopefully the B*Witched reformation will work out a little better than the 5IVE one has.
* Ritchie - formerly he of the Billie Piper banging - STILL looks like Celine Dion.
* When is Celine Dion going to make a new English album?
Quite disgusting that the one thing to disrupt my Uni essay scribblings would be to blog about 5IVE breaking up.
Labels: Pop News
3 Comments:
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- 6:30 PM | Paul said...
there are so many acts around at the moment that are hailed as aces this week then you never hear from them again. The 5ive tracks that i heard snippets of were truly awful in the most awful way you could possibly imagine. i think my ear bled a little. Similarly, Eton Rd from X Factor allegedly got a record contract and then got dropped before a single was released!!
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- 10:47 AM | Woodsman said...
I don't like you Paul.
And just remember when we rumble...
"Now if your man gives you trouble
We'll be there on the double
Guaranteed we'll be hittin' for six (come on, yeah)"
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