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Five insisted there was no need to change their name after two members left.<\/p>\n
The remaining members of the ‘Everybody Get Up’ hitmakers – which comprises Scott Robinson, Ritchie Neville and Sean Conlon following the departures of Abz Love and Jason ‘J’ Brown – insisted having a different moniker would make them a completely new band and other acts have endured line-up changes without similar comments.<\/p>\n
Scott said “If you change the name, you’re essentially a different band.<\/p>\n
“Obviously some people might come to a Five show and think we might not be as good as three…”<\/p>\n
Richie interrupted: “Then we stick it to them!”<\/p>\n
Scott added: “We do find it funny. But the thing is, you’ve got Westlife – Brian [McFadden] left and no one batted an eyelid. Take That became three, no one batted an eyelid. It’s just because we called ourselves Five.<\/p>\n
“At the end of the day, it’s something to talk about.”<\/p>\n
Richie added: “We embrace it now. Five is the soul. You know what you’re getting when you hear the name Five.”<\/p>\n
The trio insisted fans wouldn’t want them to have kept going as a quintet if not everyone wanted to be involved but they won’t try to erase their former bandmates from their history.<\/p>\n
Sean added: “It’s our story. We’ll never forget Jay and Abz. They don’t want to be here, but we’re not trying to erase them.”<\/p>\n
Scott said: “But we’re the three members of the band that want to be here and we’re flying the flag for Five.<\/p>\n
“The fans don’t want someone who doesn’t want to be there.”<\/p>\n
Although the group had “amazing times” during their 90s heyday, there were also moments when things got “extremely dark”.<\/p>\n
Scott said in a recent interview: “There were some really amazing times – winning awards, selling loads of albums, travelling the world.<\/p>\n
“But behind the curtain, you didn’t really see any of the countries, you were suffering from sleep deprivation and no one knew.<\/p>\n
“There were some amazingly bright times and some extremely dark times.” (Contactmusic)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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