Abz On Holidays Again
3rd September 2008 -
Oh how I'd love to be Abz right now! Yes I'm officially jealous of Abz (there's a first time for everything). He's off on another holiday. But this time he's gone to Greece. Oh if only .... I'll keep dreaming!

New Abz Album Or Not?
29th August 2008 -
If you've been wondering if those rumours about Abz new album are true or not then you're not alone. Recently Abz did admit he has been working in a studio out in the country somewhere. We can only hope to hear some new tunes from the Turkish fella soon. *fingers crossed*

Breaking News!!
17th August 2008 -
It's official! Abz has no friends!! Well atleast on myspace that is. Seems Abz couldn't decide which fans/friends to delete this week on myspace so he deleted them all - himself included! LOL
Sad to see him go but in the end fans were sick of being treated like yo-yo's! ... make a comment

Ritchie Engaged!!
20th July 2008 - NOTW
THE ex-partners of Little Britain's David Walliams and Matt Lucas both have new boyfriends in their lives. David's old flame Emily Scott is to wed former 5IVE singer Ritchie Neville after a whirlwind romance.
And gay Matt's exhubby Kevin McGee has been seen hand-in-hand with a mystery bloke.
Aussie Emily, 24, dated David, 36, for four months—but they split in January last year after she flew Down Under to be with her family.
She fell for Ritchie, 28—who had three No.1 hits with boyband 5ive—as they took part in Sky One show Cirque De Celebrité last October.
The pair will marry next month. A source close to model Emily—voted ninth sexiest woman in the world— said: "They've kept their relationship under wraps for a while. But they're totally in love." ... make a comment
[Special thanks to Aida for this]

Abz Shocks Fans!!
20th July 2008 - WW
Mr "indecissive" Breen has gone for ... wait for it ... 24 whole hours without deleting fans off his myspace! But just when you think it's safe to add yourself to his myspace again ... !!BOOM!! he's back with a deleting frenzy!!
Abz you do know that when you delete someone from myspace you delete them from exsistance right? LOL

REWARD OFFERED!
20th July 2008 - WW
A reward has been posted for the where-abouts of an album from Sean. The album (untitled) has been missing for 7 years. It is unknown if it has been abducted by the former members of Five as a rebelleous act after the former Fiver (Sean) walked out on the group in 2001 without saying a word! Another rumour has it that ... there is no album and there never will be!! So if you have found that illusive album from Sean BRING IT ON!
[All offers of rewards from this article will not be forfilled by the webmaster]

Scott Crazy For Footy
20th July 2008 - Kelly
Recently Scott made an appearance at a festival where he joined in a game of "crazy football". Teams (including Chris Brooks) were strapped to poles [like in a game of table soccer/table football or foosball if your American (pic 1 - pic 2)] and had to try kick the ball through the goals. Unfortunately Kelly didn't have a chance to get pics for us but we will try hunt around for some.

Scott & Ritchie
13th July 2008 - Matt Wynter
According to Scott and Ritchies new management team [Create Music] Ritchie isn’t doing any dates at the moment but Scott will be doing a "Freshers" tour in September. When we find out more about the Freshers tour we'll let you know. Start saving!
[Special thanks to Matt Wynter for keeping us updated on Scott & Ritchie - truly apreciated]

FYI: The NME Freshers Tour is taking place around "Freshers week", the week in which Universities in the UK begin their first academic term. 2008 will be the second year of the Freshers tour.

Scott Chats On Sky Poker
11th June 2008 - Sky Poker
Scott [who recently appeared on "The Open"] says the "industry" is a little dead at the moment so Killer Media isn't doing so well right now. Mostly due to the download charts. During the years of Five they would sell 250,000 cds in a week to get to number 1, 2 or 3 but now you just need 25,000 and "Umbrella" is in the charts for 48 weeks.
Scott also said his tattoo on his right arm says "To love my wife and children forever".

HOLY MOLY'S TOP TEN BAD CELEBRITY BREAK UPS
4th June 2008 - Holy Moly
7. Billie Piper informed then boyfriend Rich from 5ive over the phone that they were no longer dating. She neglected to tell him that she was already sort of seeing ginger-headed gurning fool Chris Evans during the call.

Rated
25th May 2008 - Sunday Mirror
Rated! Abs Breen from 5ive's solo tunes with producer Lisa Voice. ... make a comment
[Special thanks to Sian for this]

Scott Gets "Stacked Up"
25th May 2008 - Sky Poker
Scott spent a few hours in Feltham, in the Studio, tv studio that is. He recorded the very first Edition of “Stacked-Up”, which is a League based on Teams playing Cash-Games on Sky Poker. The first Team are called “Hustlers”, & were led by Scott Robinson, better known as the hunky singer in Boy Band “Five”. A little to my surprise - I know not why - Scott turned out to be a most accomplished poker player. So I’d advise avoiding his poker table. As well as his records. The Show airs on Tuesday 27th May, at 10pm - well worth a gander. (Scott is also meant to be on "The Open" again in August)

Nineties Stars Hit The Road
22nd May 2008 - Daily Record
FANS of S Club 7, 5IVE, 911 and Phats & Small are in for a treat as the Nineties charttoppers have formed a supergroup.
9Ts consists of Bradley Macintosh from S Club, Ritchie Neville from 5IVE, Lee Brennan from 911 and Ben Ofoedu from Phats & Small.
The guys will perform in Scotland for the first time ever on Sunday, May 25.
They will be playing a selection of their hits as well as spinning some classics as they show of their Superstar DJ skills. After their performance they'll also sign autographs and pose for pictures at Jumpin Jaks in Glasgow. Ben from Phats and Small is usually accompanied to his gigs by his other half Vanessa Feltz, so expect to see her first on the dancefloor. ... make a comment
[Special thanks to Aida for this]

What's Up With Ritchie And Scott?
22nd May 2008 - Matt Wynter
Well, we knew Scott had his own management company but since Scott seemed to get bored with it he has got himself a manager, infact the same management team as Ritchie. According to their new manager Matt:
"Both Ritchie and Scott are currently doing the club/uni circuit. Ritchie is djing and Scott is performing some older material."
And as for those rumours about Ritchie, does he or doesn't he have a girlfriend? Well seems we're no closer to finding out, sorry girls! Matt says "I cant really answer questions about his personal life". ... make a comment
[Special thanks to Matt for keeping us updated on Ritchie & Scott - truly apreciated]

Midland Rich List
17th May 2008 - icBirmingham
Ritchie Neville £2.5m - Showbiz List Position: 41
Boy band star Ritchie made it big as a member of boy band Five but now the Bromsgrove heart-throb has gone solo and has a new management team. He has a reported £1m record deal on the table and could follow ex-band-mate Abs into the charts soon.
[Don't get your hopes up. Ritchie doesn't have a record contract. This is an old gossip peice]

Ritchie a DJ?
12th May 2008 - Kylie
Seems Ritchie been up to DJing recently. Ritchie visited a campus on the 24th April and did some DJing for the students and also took time out to sign a few autographs.

Boyband solo careers: Best and Worst
8th April 2008 - Digital Spy
Boybands have always provided us with that perfect combination of slick dance routines, eye candy and unbeatable good-time pop - with chart-topping results. Unfortunately success breeds egos, which in turn spawns solo careers, which, more often than not, ends in disaster. For some strange reason the cute one with the curtains is never as popular when the cool one with the dreadlocks isn't standing next to him! With AJ from the Backstreet Boys becoming the latest boybander to gun for solo glory, we recall the best and worst solo efforts in boyband history.
The Losers: Abs from 5ive - While 5ive can lay claim to three number one singles including the half decent 'Keep On Movin', Abs Breen's stab at a solo career was comically short-lived. With only one horrendously-titled album (Abstract Theory) and a couple of stinking singles under his belt, he wisely decided to call it a day. ... make a comment

Abz on Holiday
7th April 2008 - Abz
Abz took himself away on a little holiday for a couple of weeks to Thailand and by the looks of it he finally got around to riding that elephant he's been talking about. [Either that or he's got a huge .... LOL]

Ritchie a DJ?
19th March 2008 - 4Clubbers
Richie is now focussing on his DJing career – playing a mixture of slamming’ electro beats, funky house that has got dancefloors jumpin’ nationwide. (According to his promoters lol)

Abs Gets His Flirt On
18th March 2008 -
Cheryl Cole was overwhelmed by the huge crowd of photographers, as she left the 21st birthday party of Amy Walsh, her Girls Aloud bandmate Kimberley Walsh's sister, which was held at the Burlington Club on Saturday the 16th March. Cheryl is still not wearing her wedding ring, and is chatted up by Richard 'Abs' Breen as she left!

Abs Lives!
29th February 2008 - Popbitch
And we've got his phone number.
The question on everyone's lips for months has, of course, been “Where's Abs?” The ex-star of 5ive had a brief solo career but has been absent from our lives for too long. You'll all be pleased to know that Abs attended the Elle Style Awards this month, and that his Surbiton Shizzle accent is even more Ali G than ever. And his mobile phone number ends in five 5s.

5ive Stars Need Work!
27th February 2008 - The Sun
5IVE have become 3HREE and the remaining members of the Nineties boy band need work.
SEAN CONLON, JASON ‘J’ BROWN and SCOTT ROBINSON are touting for gigs on student websites for “meet/greets/hosting/Q&As/photos”. Form an orderly queue.

J's Nutcracking Injury
25th February 2008 - WW
It seems J suffered more than just an injured ankle this week. During the rehearsals for Ant v's Dec J got a nut crushing smack to the, erm, balls! J fell to the ground clutching his "best mates" letting out a painful moan. Sorry J, but if anyone wants to see the video head on over to "downloads" (aka FDS). Any volunteers to nurse his injury back to health? I know I would ;-) ... make a comment

Scott & Ritchie On "The Cafe'"
23rd February 2008 - WW
Scott and Ritchie appeared on "The Cafe'" in Ireland on the 21st Feb. J was meant to be on the show but Scott and Ritchie explained that J has injured his ankle. They also explained that Scott, Ritchie, Abz and J were told by management that Sean had glandular fever which is why he was away from the band for so long but infact Sean had actually quit but management didn't want the others to know. They mentioned that Abz is out partying. It's his "thing". Infact it's all Abz does. "It's his living" they explained. Ritchie said he personally has made a lot of changes. He has moved back to London from the country. He is teaching himself to cook, walking his dog and looking into doing some acting and djing. Ritchie says he's going to do some training before he gets into his acting. Scott told a story about being "bad boys'. He said, at 7am in the morning he used to hear giggles in the hallway [of hotels] and find the guys coming in after a late night eating his left over food from the night before. Scott explained that Five had only done 4 to 5 songs during their comeback. Unfortunately everyone wanted them to go in a different direction to what they wanted to go. On the show the guys also had a little "beatbox" moment with Michael Winslow (Police Academy).

J Gets Saturday Night Take Away
16th February 2008 - Daily Record
WORN-OUT Declan Donnelly claims he is begining to feel old - at the age of 32.
But Dec and co-presenter Ant McPartlin aren't planning to take it easy - they're turning into action men for their show Saturday Night Takeaway, which returns tonight.
Perhaps the pair are moaning because instead of the usual challenge between the stars, this series sees the arrival of Ant v Dec: The Teams. They will be joined by five celebrities in a bid to outdo each other in a host of spectacular challenges.
On Dec's side are veteran magician Paul Daniels, 80s singer Sonia, X Factor star Chico, glamour girl Melinda Messenger and former footballer Lee Sharpe.
Ant has Daniels's wife Debbie McGee, former child star Bonnie Langford, dancer Wayne Sleep and boy band stars J Brown from 5ive and Lee Ryan from Blue.
Each week until the final show, one team will lose a member, meaning competition between the boys will be fiercer than ever.
Tonight's first task will have the two teams going around a military assault course.
Ant said: "We thought we'd change things this year, mainly because I kept getting beaten by Dec all the time.
"My only worry is the celebs might think it's a bit of a laugh but I think they'll find out quickly how competitive we are."
The team who lose the challenge also lose a member each week chosen by their captain. Dec said: "I'm quite nervous about that. It's live on air and it's going to be difficult.
"It's supposed to be a bit like Alan Sugar when he's firing people but I won't be doing it as cold and callously as him - I'll be giving them all a little hug as they go."
Tonight's live challenge will see Ant and Dec and their teams attempt to get round a gruelling military field gun challenge with a Takeaway twist - the team to get round in the fastest time wins.
The two teams met for the first time for training at HMS Collingwood, near Portsmouth, where they were faced with an assault course used to train marines.
The teams zip-wire across murky water, climb over a high wall, crawl through a tunnel and scramble over and above a huge net.
Melinda missed training through illness but will be on the show tonight.
But for the rest of the celebrities, it was not long before the teams were covered in mud and dripping wet. Sonia was one of the first casualties during the training session when she froze during the challenge.
The pint-sized star has a fear of heights and struggled when she tried to scale the climbing net - while only a couple of feet off the ground.
Ant and Dec have been together for 18 years, first meeting in 1990 on Byker Grove.
Neither can believe this is the eighth series of Takeaway, whose special guest announcer tonight will be Hollywood comic Will Ferrell.
Dec said: "I don't think we ever thought it would go on this long - but it has which is great because for us it still feels so fresh and new.
"People always ask if we ever get fed-up of working together but we have so much fun on Takeaway and the other shows we do that it doesn't feel like work. It just feels like hanging out with your mate really." ... make a comment
[Go get 'em J!]

Five singer to open own shop
15th February 2008 - This Is South End
A FORMER boy band star has opened a new shop selling celebrity memorabilia.
Scott Robinson, from Pitsea, was a member of chart-toppers Five, who scored three number one singles, sold millions of albums and adorned the walls of teenage girls during the late 1990s.
But now the 28-year-old is focusing his energies on Celebrity Scribbles, in London Road, Leigh, where collectors can pick up signed items from the world of showbiz and sport.
Scott said: "We've got a lot of good things here and I'm just hoping to get lots of people through the door.
"We also sell unsigned items like canvasses and framed pictures. We've got everything across the board and our stuff ranges in price."
Among the pieces on offer is a signed Queen album, A Night At The Opera, which is valued at £1,495 and a signed Arsenal shirt from their unbeaten 2003-4 season, worth £800.
Scott said: "I've always been interested in collecting memorabilia and recently I met someone in the business of selling it, which gave me the idea of starting up a shop."
He said being in Five for several years had helped him build up a range of showbiz contacts and he had also been taking advice from a friend who ran a similar shop in Basildon.
Since Five split in 2001, Scott has been acting and performing, most notably in the musical Boogie Nights 2.
The band briefly reformed at the end of 2006 and Scott now also runs a management company, Killer Media, with Capital FM DJ Chris Brooks.
He said: "I'm a sensible human being. I can't just sit around because I've got two kids, a wife and a dog to look after. So running two businesses is a good idea to bring in money for the family."
He set up Celebrity Scribbles, which replaces another collectibles shop, with partner Simon Jay, 34, also from Pitsea.
He said: "The shop had everything we needed so we could start straight away. It's close to home and in a nice area."
Scott, who is married to childhood sweetheart Kerry Oaker, used to go to Eversley Primary School and Chalvedon School, both in Pitsea.
He is keen to bring some celebrities down to the shop for signings and said he hoped Southend United manager Steve Tilson would do so in the near future.

Scott Robinson: Bad service not my fault
2nd February 2008 - Eastbourne Herald
A FORMER pop star and shop manager who suddenly quit an Arndale Centre store says he is not to blame for leaving customers out of pocket.
Phil Cole, the current owner of Walls of Fame, said 5ive's Scott Robinson had left before Christmas due to unforeseen circumstances.
Then a number of customers complained they had not received the framed sport and movie memorabilia they had paid for.
Scott says he is not to blame and is angry to have been portrayed as the 'bad guy'.
"Basically, I bought the shop," said Scott.
"I put a big lump of money in with a partner and we sublet it from Phil Cole.
"We were doing very well but one of the clauses in the contract was that Phil would do the framing under his company Football in Focus.
"We were happy with the situation – he was local and it made sense. After all he was a very good framer and we could not fault his work.
"But then we found we were upsetting lots of customers because we were not getting the frames back in time.
"I was phoning Phil and he was telling me he could get the frames back within a week but it just wasn't happening."
Scott says he started the business in Eastbourne but was living in his home county of Essex and expecting two girls to deal with the day-to-day running of Walls of Fame.
"We had two girls running the shop and they were great but kept phoning me all the time with problems.
"I had to keep driving down from Essex nearly every day which was not what I wanted – I have got a wife, two kids and a dog.
"In the end I stopped taking deposits and I told the girls to stop taking deposits and we were thinking about finding another framer.
"But then I found out Legal and General knew nothing about us being in there because Phil had not told them.
"This meant we could be chucked out at any time because we were in there illegally."
The ex-popstar left Walls of Fame just before Christmas and says he is disappointed with the way things were handled.
"I had the same mobile number for 10 years but I had to change it after it was put up in the window of Walls of Fame when I left.
"To be honest I wasn't getting calls from customers, it was mainly 5ive fans."
Scott Robinson is now running a similar store in Essex and says business is thriving. ... make a comment
[Thanks to Aida for this]


POP Star Ritchie Neville Supports Big Sleepout For Homeless Charity
28th January 2008 - BYHP
Can you take part and help raise funds for BYHP? BYHP supports around 350 Young People in Banbury and the surrounding area every year who have been made homeless through not fault of their own, helping them find suitable accommodation.
Join us at BYHP's offices in Babury for The Big Sleepout on Friday 28th November which is being launched this week to coincide with National Homelessness Week - Sunday 27th January to 3rd February. You can come join us on your own or bring a friend, partner or in a team. Ricthie will be there!
[This is the same charity organization Ritchie's girlfriend Roz works for]


5ive Star Scott In Gift Shop Flop
23rd January 2008 - The Sun
FAILED 5ive pop hunk Scott Robinson has done a runner from his gift shop — leaving dozens of former fans devastated.
He started Walls of Fame after the 5ive reunion flopped last year.
The dad of three, 28, shut the shop in Eastbourne, East Sussex, and disappeared.
Chrissie Taylor, 26, who was waiting for a framed picture, said: “I’m going to throw out my 5ive albums.” ... make a comment
[Thanks to Aida for this]

[Shame Scott's former co-owner has to deal with the fall-out from this. Scott's new shop is called "Celebrity Scribbles"]

Store Manager Left Customers With No Gifts
15th January 2008 - Hastings Observer
An ex-boyband member and manager of an Arndale Centre store left a number of customers without gifts they had ordered after suddenly quitting the Eastbourne business.
Scott Robinson, from pop band 5ive, became franchise holder of Walls of Fame in October 2007. The business specialises in framed sport and movie memorabilia.
Managing director of the chain Phil Cole says the former popstar left at Christmas due to unforeseen circumstances – leaving around 12 people waiting for presents.
One of them was Anne Roebuck, of Honeysuckle Close, who says she visited Walls of Fame on December 4 to buy a birthday present for her seven-year-old daughter Kelsea.
The mother-of-three said, "She is absolutely mad on High School Musical so I got her the framed picture.
"I explained her birthday was on the December 15 and I was told they would be able to get the picture in for me."
Anne parted with £40 in cash and left the store expecting a telephone call in a few days.
But December 15 came and went with no phone call from the store so Anne went out and bought a replacement present for her daughter.
She said, "They didn't phone but I thought never mind, I will just give it to her for Christmas instead."
Three days before Christmas Anne went back to Walls of Fame and was told her daughter's present would soon be arriving at the store.
But Anne heard nothing and Kelsea missed out on her High School Musical present on Christmas Day.
Anne said, "I got her something else in the end but I think she might have realised there was something missing."
Anne says she phoned on January 7 and was told Mr Robinson had gone, and left a number of unsatisfied customers.
Anne said, "They have told me I can have a credit note, which is not much good to me, or they will get the picture in, but it's too late now.
"If I give the picture to Kelsea I will have to get something for my other two children."
Managing director Philip Cole said, "There are around a dozen people who have been left without the products that were promised to them.
"We will endeavour to supply those products to the customers or give a credit note for the amount. Where the customer can prove they no longer want the product we will offer a refund.
"The lady in question has not yet been into the store making it very difficult for us to help her.
"She says the picture she paid for was wanted for Christmas and it is now no good to her so in this instance we will offer a refund."
The shop closed on Christmas Eve following the departure of Mr Robinson but Walls of Fame reopened on January 4.
Philip added, "I would like to take this opportunity to thank my staff for their support in re-opening the shop and we would like to welcome back our existing customers."
[Thanks to Aida for this]

[Scott has now decided to make his own Celebrity Autograph and Memorabilia store. Shame he left himself with a bad name now. But like fans, you need to treat your customers well or they won't follow you!]

Boosh Booze Up
13th January 2008 - The London Paper
New Year’s Eve in The Hawley Arms was always going to be a late one despite the absence of its best customer, Amy Winehouse. And for the cognoscenti, there was a secret late-night party upstairs, but throwing shapes among the trendy types, theBuzz hears, were the unlikely figures of former boybanders Jason “J” Brown and Ritchie Neville from the group 5ive.
The pair got down to party with The Mighty Boosh’s Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, who were at the Camden hostelry with their girlfriends Dee and Julia. “They stood out a bit, perhaps they’re headed in a new direction,” a partygoer tells theBuzz. “But they were getting into the party, buying loads of champagne for a group of girls.”

J Update
8th January 2008 - Grant Logan
J is currently in talks with several tv companies in the bid to kick off his new career in tv.
We should be hearing about one of them soon. Good Luck J!
J won't be doing any press or tv until he decides on his next project so we hope thats real soon!
FYI: The charity J supported in "I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Here" was the "Marie Currie cancer charity".
[Special thanks to Grant for keeping us updated on J - truly apreciated]