All members of 5 have reunited for the primary time in 25 years and introduced a brand new run of UK tour dates. Take a look at the main points under.
The boyband had been some of the profitable UK acts of the ‘90s, sharing quite a lot of hit singles and promoting over 20million information worldwide. Immediately (February 27), they’ve introduced that the complete authentic line-up is again collectively once more and set to embark on a large UK area tour this autumn.
Abz Love, J Brown, Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson and Sean Conlon will take to the highway later this yr for 12 exhibits throughout the nation. Dubbed the ‘Preserve On Movin’ 2025 Tour’, the dates will kick off with a gap evening at Brighton Centre on October 31.
From there, all different gigs can be held all through the next month, together with exhibits in Bournemouth, Cardiff, Liverpool, Nottingham, Manchester, and Leeds. The ultimate leg of exhibits characteristic stops on the Utilita Enviornment in Birmingham and The O2 in London on November 9 and 11 respectively, earlier than persevering with with exhibits in Newcastle and Aberdeen.
It’s true, the 5 of us are reuniting for a tour throughout the UK! This has been a very long time coming and it actually feels proper for all of us now – 25 years on and we’re so prepared for it. Tickets go on sale 7 March. Enroll at https://t.co/AXA8LLq8KV for entry to presale tickets 🤘 pic.twitter.com/6LUbtfZqCa
— 5 (@itsfiveofficial) February 27, 2025
The finals scheduled present can be held on the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on November 16. Tickets go on sale from March 7, and pre-sale choices can be out there from March 5. Go to right here to purchase tickets and discover a checklist of recent exhibits under.
The 5 ‘Preserve On Movin’ tour dates are:
OCTOBER
31 – Brighton Centre, Brighton
NOVEMBER
1 – BIC, Bournemouth
2 – Utilita Enviornment, Cardiff
4 – Motorpoint Enviornment, Nottingham
5 – M&S Financial institution Enviornment, Liverpool
7 – AO area, Manchester
8 – First Direct Enviornment, Leeds,
9 – Utilita Enviornment, Birmingham
11 – The O2, London
14 – Utilita Enviornment, Newcastle
15 – P&J Stay, Aberdeen
16 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
“This has been a very long time coming and it actually does really feel proper for all of us now – 25 years on and we’re so prepared for it, Robinson mentioned in a brand new assertion. “Reconnecting as a 5 [piece] over the past yr has been particular and I do know I converse for all of the boys after I say we are able to’t wait to do that another time. Hope you’re prepared!!”
Love added: “We actually can’t wait to get again on stage collectively & see the followers, it’s gonna go OFF! Buzzing to have Naughty Boy on tour with us too… 5 unhealthy boys and a naughty boy, that appears like numerous enjoyable. Let’s goooo!”
In a brand new description of the tour, the dates are anticipated to see followers “transported again in time for a real ‘90s occasion and evening to recollect”. Additionally it is set to see the band get away a few of their greatest hits together with ‘If Ya Gettin’ Down’, ‘When The Lights Go Out’, ‘Preserve On Movin’ and ‘We Will Rock You’.
As of at the moment I’m as soon as once more a member of @itsfiveofficial Thanks to all of the followers who help us, I really like you all.. pic.twitter.com/4HjSvxZBNa
— ΔBZ (@abzlove) February 24, 2025
The band – who additionally go by 5ive – got here collectively in 1997 and first received signed by Simon Cowell and BMG/RCA. Their first breakthrough hit was ‘Salm Dunk (Da Funk), which made its means onto the UK singles chart High 10. They went on to share three albums, together with their hit self-titled debut, and disbanded in 2001.
As highlighted by Impartial, the band have reunited on a number of events over time since, however by no means absolutely reformed with all authentic members.
Information of the comeback was first speculated earlier this week when Abz Love took to social media to inform followers that he had rejoined the line-up. “As of at the moment, I’m as soon as once more a member of @itsfiveofficial. Thanks to all of the followers who help us, I really like you all,” he wrote.
The fashion of tweet immediately mirrored his replace on the platform over a decade in the past, when he introduced in 2014 that he was leaving the group. “As of at the moment I’m now not a member of @itsfiveofficial Thanks to all of the followers who help us, I really like you all,” he mentioned on the time.
Again in 2022, three of the unique members – Neville, Robinson and Conlon – took half in an interview for NME’s Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! collection. This noticed them quizzed about their time within the group and recall a few of their most memorable moments. Test it out right here.