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Five's Ritchie Neville claims he was assaulted by woman in 30s as a teen and felt imprisoned by boyband heyday

Positioned as the ‘bad boys’ of pop, fame came quickly for the five-piece but things were not always as great as they seemed

Evening Standard

The dark world of Nineties boybands: ‘They put a bucket by the stage so I could spew’

IN FOCUS: Screaming girls. Sudden riches. Your face on the cover of Smash Hits magazine. Life in a Nineties boyband sounds like a dream, but one survivor of the maelstrom likens it more to being in the military. Jessie Thompson goes behind the scenes of revealing new BBC documentary ‘Boybands…

The Independent UK

‘Almost like imprisonment’: the shocking truth about life for boybands in their ‘golden era’

Mobbed, groped, overworked, paid a pittance and given little time off … ahead of a major TV series about boybands, former members of 5ive and 911 reveal what success was really like for many

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B*Witched reveal bitter rivalry with boyband Five who were 'really horrible' to them

You weren't anyone in the 90s without a music rivalry and it seems B*Witched and boyband Five weren't exactly friends a lot of the time but Beyonce wanted to hit the town with them

Daily Mirror

‘There were fist-fights down at CD:UK’ – 90s pop remembered by those who lived through it

Conflict between bands, conflict within bands, booze, breakdowns and awards-show agony: in these extracts from oral history Reach for the Stars, Five, Steps, Pete Waterman and more spill about the dark side of the decade

The Guardian - UK

Atomic Kitten star Natasha Hamilton, 40, on overcoming 'mum guilt' with 5th baby on way

The Atomic Kitten star certainly has a lot on her plate between joining the Real Housewives of Cheshire, recording her first solo album, and the small matter of expecting her fifth child

Daily Mirror

Boyband heartthrob is unrecognisable with tattoos and dark hair 25 years after success

Fans might struggle to recognise this member of a popular 90s boyband after he ditched his light brown floppy hair and hardened up his look with a much edgier style

Daily Mirror

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5ive look back: ‘The label wanted a boyband with an edge – ours was pretty sharp’

The three remaining members of the 90s group recreate a photo from their teen idol days – and look back at fallouts, fights and hotel room fires

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