Ritchie to Open Restaurant
10th May 2012 - The Age
Former boy-band star Dobson to open Guerilla in our midst
British boy-band members don't all retire to Majorca - some move to Australia and open restaurants. Richard Neville Dobson from the boy-band 5ive - which picked up a Brit Award as best pop act in 2000, as well as topping one magazine reader poll in the best haircut category - is opening a new restaurant early next month at 207-209 Glebe Point Road. Dobson and co-owner Tim Pullen, formerly of the Cowra Smokehouse, have gutted the one-time site of a Thai restaurant. ''Richard's family owned a pub in England, it has always been his dream to have a restaurant-bar,'' Pullen says. They've signed a yet-to-be-named chef with Becasse on his CV, and will call their new venture Guerilla Restaurant & Bar, a nod to the underground dining movement.

Never to be 5 Again! Response.
20th April 2012 - Ritchie Neville
"Well good morning Twitter, a lot has been happening hasn't it?! Lol. The boys have summed it all up perfectly in my sleepy absence. But I would like to reiterate my condolences to anyone that was super excited about the prospect and I am sorry we couldn't get it together for you. It could have been a lot of fun for us all but C'est la vie. Life goes on. Even talking about it these past months has brought back some amazing memories. A big personal thank you to all of you who supported and championed us. Your efforts were amazing and very touching after all these years. I guess you can only say c'est la vie? Good luck to all of the boys, including J. And good luck to all of you out there. I'm still going to be chatting my rubbish on twitter for the unforeseeable future if you want to get freaky you know where I'll be....well in, cyber space anyway. Thanks again. Xx"

Never to be 5 Again! Response.
19th April 2012 - Sean Conlon
"Id just like to say, that whatever certain individuals feel about fans sites or whatever being an intrusion, in no way represents Five as a Band. Every individual has a right to voice there opinion, and say how they feel, but myself and the other guys are sorry for any hurt somebodys words may have caused. we are deeply disappointed, and I can promise we feel as let down as you by these words. Myself and the other three guys could never thank you enough for your past and CONTINUOUS support!"

Never to be 5 Again! Response.
19th April 2012 - Scott Robinson
Hi guys I can confirm that it was J sending you this letter. we as the other members of the band and management got a very similar letter a short while before it has come as much of a shock to us as it has to you we can promise you that we have not been stringing you along up until yesterday J was very much a part of the the ongoing talks about a possible five reunion as you can probably realise from this day J will never be apart of five again as he is obviously having some serious issues things were really starting to gather momentum but this has obviously puts a big spanner in the works we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your hard work support and the dedication to this five reunion we know that you will all be deeply disappointed but this is out of our hands once again sorry guys take it easy Scott x

Never to be 5 Again!
19th April 2012 - J
Hi Angelz it's J (yes the real one), I'm writing on this board as I have no other way of contacting you, plus it may help if others see what I have to personally say. I know and appreciate the time, effort and love that you have put into this website over the years and the fact that you have done it all on your own time and without any financial remuneration is pretty amazing, BUT, I am writing to ask that you please consider taking the website down. As you and anyone who still has any interest in my life well know, since Five split in 2001, except for a few appearances, I have done my utmost to stay out of the public eye. This is due to the fact that I personally dislike fame/celebrity and everything that comes with it and I have no interest whatsoever in being a part of that world. Since Five split I have had many offers of work in different areas of the so-called show biz world and have turned down 99% of them due to the reasons mentioned above. In the future I will never again appear in the public eye or accept ANY offer of work that puts me in the public eye as I just want to get on with my life as a regular dude and so I am asking that you please take this website down because the very existence of the site keeps the idea of "J the celebrity" alive. It has a negative impact on my everyday life as it gives people the impression that I am still somebody who is in the public eye and therefore somebody who's whereabouts and life should be followed and reported on. If I wanted to keep my "celebrity" image alive then I would be grateful to you for your work but as it stands it just brings intrusion into a life that I wish to keep private. If this site didn't exist, people wouldn't have a place to post where they'd seen me or what I am now doing with my life etc etc. I know that a lot of people want and appreciate that kind of attention from others, and if they wish to experience fame/celebrity then they have to expect a certain degree of that but I am not a part of that world and so I would appreciate my life remaining private. I have turned down a lot of things that many others would not have turned down and it has been done specifically because I wish to live a totally ordinary life without fame and intrusion but unfortunately this website gives people the reason/ability to keep this intrusion alive. I cannot tell you and everybody who supported myself and the other guys how very grateful I am of that support but when somebody chooses to not live that life any longer then I believe others should respect their wishes and let them get on with their life in peace. If I was writing to ask that you take down the site but was still singing or appearing professionally in public then I understand my request could be seen as being a little unreasonable, but as it stands I am not doing any of that and so I would be very very grateful if you would consider my request. If you have truly been running the site because you like me as a human being and because you have my best wishes and wellbeing at heart, then please could you take it down because I am stating that the site, although not done purposely, is not beneficial to my wellbeing. In fact it has the totally opposite effect on myself and my life. Please consider everything that I've said and help me out with this. Also, if you know the person/people who run the J Brown Facebook page could you please contact them and ask that they do the same. If the sites aren't taken down after this request from me then they are being run for other people's benefit and not as they are made out, for mine. Again I want to send my thanks and love to you and everyone for your years of support but it really is time to please allow me to live the "normal" life that I wish to live. I should also say that there were serious talks regarding Five reforming but I have recently put an end to that once and for all for all of the reasons I've already covered in this letter. Thanks everyone. Thanks Angelz, take care and I hope life shines for you. Much Love. Jxx

Want a Bunch of 5ive?
16th April 2012 - auspop
The bullshit people do to get fans to their sites can be really low! But when you use Five to do it..then it's on! We don't take kindly to people using Five for their own selfish gain! And here's a prime example! (*Removed the link to the Facebook page as there is NO such thing happening! Five do NOT want you to join this Facebook page in order to get an Australian tour!!)

Remember these five strapping young lads? Scott Robinson, Ritchie Neville, J Brown, Abs Breen and Sean Conlon made up British boyband 5ive, who enjoyed a string of chart hits throughout the late '90s and early noughties. Their Aussie domination began with 1998's 'When The Lights Go Out' and continued with singles including 'Keep On Movin', 'If Ya Gettin' Down', 'Got The Feelin'. Australia ended up being one of the band's biggest markets, with 5ive enjoying a string of eight top ten singles and two top ten albums. Now the same company who's bringing out SClub3, Big Brovaz, N-Trance and Eiffel 65 in the coming months is asking for your support to perhaps bring the boys to Australia for a tour. They're looking for 4000 people from across Australia to 'Like' their Facebook page within the next two weeks for the chance to have the entire band visit for a series of shows in the months ahead. Want to lend your support to the cause? Best you head HERE for all the information.

Five haven't even reformed yet!!

5ive Sean Conlon has another shot at fame after The Voice boot
30th March 2012 - the Sun
SEAN CONLON, booted off The Voice, is having another stab at fame – by reuniting his old band 5ive.
Manager Tim Ferrone confirmed: "The lads talked about whether there was interest in a reunion.
"They all agreed this is something to work on and there has been lots of positive feedback from promoters.
"It would primarily be a comeback tour at this stage but there has been talk of new material."
In the Nineties, the band had hits including Got The Feelin'.
[Scott has confirmed the boys have met up recently. He says "I take it that you have read the sun today about us meeting up I can confirm we did have a few beers it was great to catch up with the guys".]

Sean Conlon Plans 5ive Reunion After The Voice Rejection
30th March 2012 - Yahoo News
Sean Conlon might have missed out on progressing in The Voice, but he's not let that dampen his dreams as he's getting his old band 5ive back together for a comeback tour.
After Sean Conlon's appearance on The Voice's opening show last Saturday, the public's memory of Nineties boy band 5ive was stirred. None of the judges hit their buttons, but it seems like fans did.
The five-piece are thinking about following in the footsteps of lots of other bands who have jumped on the reunion bandwagon recently, from Steps and A1 to Atomic Kitten and S Club 7.
Sean Conlon apparently met up with his former bandmates Scott Robinson, Ritchie Neville, J Brown and Abs Breen this week for the first time in five years to discuss reuniting.
Manager Tim Ferrone told the Sun they all agreed to look into it, and promoters have given positive feedback. He added it would be a comeback tour, but there's also "talk of new material".
Sean Conlon tweeted this week that he found all the tweets about 5ive reuniting "very touching" and "very tempting", with the more fans saying it the more tempting it felt.
Abs Breen took to Twitter to ask what this whole #5ivereunion hashtag was about, and Sean Conlon took the opportunity to reconnect with his former bandmate.
Cue Scott Robinson and Ritchie Neville getting in on the Twitter bromance, with Scott agreeing that it's nice to know the fans still want them back. N'aww.
Scott Robinson, Ritchie Neville, J Brown, Abs Breen and Sean Conlon came together to form a manufactured band back in 1997 and were signed by Simon Cowell.
They split in September 2001, having sold 20 million records worldwide and clocked 11 top ten singles plus four top ten albums in the UK.
All but Sean Conlon briefly reformed in 2006 but disbanded after eight months due to lack of interest from record companies.
Will 2012 be their year to fully reunite? We hope so.
All together now… "Everybody get up singing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5ive will make you get down!"

Finding a new Voice
30th March 2012 - Yorkshire Evening Post
A decade after Leeds singer Sean Conlon left boyband 5ive he chose to step back into the limelight on the TV show The Voice. He tells Rod McPhee why.
HE was just 15 years old when he signed up to one of the biggest groups of the 1990s - and five years later, barely out of his teens, he quit when they were at their peak.
So it must have been a blow to attempt a failed comeback on the BBC’s Saturday night blockbuster The Voice, right?
“Was I gutted?” he ponders. “It was more surreal more than anything else. You could feel it in the audience: ‘Oh my God! It’s Sean from 5ive and they haven’t turned their chairs round!’ I almost had a flash life lesson right there and then.
“You know, I went to one audition with Simon Cowell 15 years ago and he put me in a band and we sold millions of records – that was that day. The next day I went for an audition on The Voice and that happened.
“I knew I’d get mixed opinions and it would be controversial coming from my background. I wanted to do it because I thought: ‘There’s millions of viewers and they’ve only known Sean from 5ive, they’ve never met Sean Conlon. I want them to know Sean Conlon.
“I honestly didn’t think about the competition. In fact I didn’t really think about any negative consequences. It was almost instinct and sheer drive to sing and I have no regrets about it.”
In fact, the judges were relatively kind to Sean. Judge Jessie J in particular praised his voice and the 30-year-old departed with his pride still intact.
But then he’s been there and done it all before.
Now living in London, Conlon grew up on a council estate in Horsforth and spent the latter years of his adolescence in one of the biggest British boybands to emerge after the split of Take That. But by the time he turned 20 the pressure of fame proved to much for him.
“I had to find my own sanity,” he says. “Being in the group really messed with my head. Looking back I was just too young. I used to look in the mirror and I just saw this cartoon character, not myself.
“It took me years to properly find myself, to find a balance where I was content. I had to get rid of the negativity you get from fame. When I was in 5ive I became quiet and retreated into myself.
“I kind of regret that I let that get to me. I don’t necessarily regret leaving, because it was right for me at the time. But there are tinges of sadness – maybe it didn’t end in the right way for 5ive as a group.”
Sean recalls hitting rock bottom when he turned on the TV to see the last song and video released by 5ive which featured his four other band mates dancing next to a cardboard cutout of Sean. So did he ever turn to drink or drugs in his despair?
“No, because I grew up on a council estate and I was quite streetwise,” he says. “I’ve seen the negativity of drugs and all that. We all need escapism and that’s just another escape from things. But when I left 5ive I didn’t want to escape, I actually wanted to confront my problems and find the truth.”
Instead he turned initially to travel, touring Europe with a backpack in a bid to find himself. Luckily he also found his future wife and they’ve now been married for four years.
Back on his feet Sean started writing for other artists.
“It wasn’t easy at first,” he recalls “I was so determined not to do what I did in 5ive that my sound was the complete opposite, but I knew I had to eventually find a balance – and I think I’ve found that now, which is part of the reason why I’ve never been happier than I am now.
“I’ve written quite a few tracks for people, for bands like Boyzone and The Undertones, which has been really great. It’s been brilliant establishing myself as a singer songwriter over the last ten years.”
But what about the $64 million question: Will 5ive reform? And does he want the group to include Sean?
He says: “It’s really difficult to say, again as I’ve said before it really would depend on the fans. I can’t speak for everybody in the band. But for myself ten years is such a long time and everyone in the band is so down to earth, but you can’t just walk back in where you left off.
“I do sometimes sense something. A few months ago I saw them, which was refreshing and you can detect a sense of sadness about the way it ended. It’s nice to close the door in the right manner, who knows?”
So is that a yes, or a no?
“Its a scary thought,” he laughs “I’ll have to get back to you.”

Scott On 5ive News
28th March 2012 - Scott Robinson
"doing an interview for tonight's @5_News about boy bands make sure you has a watch I may even mention this #5ivereunion"

Five Needs Your Help!
28th March 2012 - Sean Conlon
Sean "Think those who say yes need to spread the word to get more twitter followers, reunite the Five family, and get opinion!"

Five Reunion. It's Up To Fans To Make It Happen!
28th March 2012 -
The boys of Five are up for a Five reunion but they need your help! Fans need to make a noise and make themselves heard in order for it to happen.
As much as the boys would love a reunion they need to get the industry and media interested....and that's where you come in! If you have twitter help 5ive trend by using #5ivereunion on all your tweets. Let all your Five fan friends know to help out and make a noise. Any social media sites, forums you can think of try get people talking. It can only happen with your help!

Even Sean is on board for a reunion. He says "Must admit the tweets about Five reunion are very touching.... and its very tempting. The Higher the number of Five fans saying they would like it, the more tempting it becomes!"

Join Five Facebook Group and talk to other fans and help us find new ways to get Five noticed. It's up to you guys! Do you want a reunion? Don't let this moment pass you by!!
[Be aware that some people as low as they are will take advantage of fans hard work. For instance starting a twitter account as #5ivereunion. With all the effort fans put in it's low of someone to come and claim the 5ivereunion as their own!]

Rumours of Reunion
27th March 2012 -
In May 1997 the boyband that changed the way boy bands were viewed was formed. 15 years later with a little push from fans and a little help from the powers that be we may just get our chance to finally get that reunion we've been waiting for. No official word of IF it will happen (perhaps we're all just being screwed with by the guys from Five) but we can always live in hope and let's face it...the timing is right. May 2012...what about it guys?

Ritchie Teases With Reunion.
27th March 2012 - Ritchie Neville
Ritchie's been teasing fans over the reunion rumour. But not giving away one way or another what's going on or whether he'd be into it. Ritchie says "Wow, I'm getting a lot of tweets about a #5ivereunion these days". He then popped the question to fans "So you would like a 5ive reunion then?"
Want to let Ritchie know your up for a reunion? Then pop over to Ragz to Richez (Ritchie) and let him know!

Are You Set For A Five Reunion?
27th March 2012 - Kay Breen
When Abz mum Kay Breen was asked a few weeks back about a Five reunion she shocked fans with her answer "oh they'll be back". Adding more fuel to the fire Kay today added "Watch this space" when asked about the rumours of a reunion.
What do you think? Come join us on Facebook and chat about all the goings on with other Five fans.

Scott's All Set For Five Reunion!
26th March 2012 - Scott Robinson
When New Magazine asked Scott about a Five reunion Scott replied "I would absolutely love to do a reunion with all the boys it was never going to work before when Sean was not with us. I'm in!" He added "I'll work on the others if you get me thousands of more followers by the end of the day you scratch my back I'll scratch yours."

Twitter Update Time
26th March 2012 -
If you have Twitter please add the boys from Five:
Scott Robinson
Sean Conlon
Abz Love
Ragz to Richez (Ritchie)
Please know J has NO official Facebook, Twitter, Myspace or any other online profiles. Anyone claiming to be J is in fact a FAKE!

Could a Five Reunion Be On The Cards?
26th March 2012 - Sean Conlon
New Magazine asked Sean if there was any chance of a Five reunion and we must say we are surprised to hear Sean's reaction. He said "Who knows??? I suppose it would depend on if our fans wanted it or not, 10 years is a long time. Difficult to say.". He also added "Well I imagine I could speak for all the band when I say the support is appreciated, whatever the future may or may not bring!"
We imagine J is thrashing around on the floor foaming at the mouth at the mere thought of being in Five again. In 2007 while on British tv show "I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here" J said he was embarressed about being in Five. We can hope senillity has kicked in and he would consider giving it a go again. There is still a massive fan base for Five so we are sure they'd still make it big.
And in the words of New Magazine "Believe us, we ALL want it!"
Sean on his future: "I'll continue songwriting for other artistes as I have been, and will continue singing my own stuff."
On being "Sean from Five": "Not about getting rid of my boyband image, I am proud of Five. End of!"
[As much as New Magazine would like to take credit for this "Five Reunion" it actually all started BEFORE they even got involved]

Hold a Light
19th March 2012 - Ritchie Neville
Ritchie has co-written a song with girlfriend Chris Sorbello. The song "Hold a Light" is by Kastra Featuring Chris Sorbello. The single can now be purchased through iTunes if your interested in showing your support or just to have a listen.

Abz Recording New Album
14th March 2012 -
Abz is currently working hard on a new album with a very well know producer along side girlfriend Vicky. No word of IF or when the album will be released. We can only live in hope.

Sean "Rejected from The Voice UK"
14th March 2012 - Digital Spy
Five singer Sean Conlon 'rejected at The Voice UK audition'.
Former Five member Sean Conlon reportedly auditioned for BBC One's upcoming The Voice UK.
The singer - whose band scored three number one singles - did not make it through to the next stage of the competition however, after all four coaches chose not to turn around to approve his audition.
Coach Jessie J admitted that she was shocked to see Conlon after she eventually turned around, as she was a fan of Five in the 1990s.
"I was so excited about Sean from Five auditioning but I couldn't believe I didn't turn around for him," she told BANG Showbiz. "He was the first concert I ever went to.
"The way I react when I realise it's him will be the moment people realise I am still very much in a dream world and pinching myself that I'm here."
Conlon said that he was "gutted" to have failed his audition as he was looking to "close the door on Sean from Five".
Danny O'Donoghue added: "My heart goes out to every contestant, we've heard some really phenomenal singers. Hair raising. It takes a lot of confidence to come up on stage and audition, especially someone like Sean, but he's moved on from it and is still trying."

Sean Still Writing
12th February 2012 - Sean Conlon
After god knows how long Sean has spoken out and given us a little idea of what he's been doing recently. Here's what he had to say "If you get a spare moment check out new Overtones single, Say what I feel co written by myself and Peter vettese. Would be appreciated! :)"

Abz Goes...Enviromental?
11th January 2012 - Wikipedia
Sometimes we hear and read the funniest things on the web. Here's one for you from "Wikipedia" to start off the 2012 Five goss:
"He [Abz Love] is currently finalising a range of environmentally-friendly toilet products, called Abz-a-Lootly, which will be available in ASDA stores nationwide from March 2012."
(You can trust Wikipedia as much as you can trust Seasn to release a solo album this year. lol)