Boyband 5IVE confirm reunion after weeks of speculation as Abz Love makes return

A huge announcement is expected from a popular nineties boyband after one star confirmed he is rejoining his former group 11 years after quitting

Fans of 90s boybands will be getting on up after a recent reunion confirmation.

Eleven years after quitting the band, Abz Love has confirmed he is once again a part of 5ive. His announcement had fans in hysterics as he took to Twitter/X to reveal his news. He will rejoin Sean Conlon, Ritchie Neville and Scott Robinson to belt out the group's past tunes.

As he shared the post in which he announced his exit from the band in August 2014, he wrote: "As of today I am once again a member of @itsfiveofficial Thank you to all the fans who support us, I love you all.." And the official account of the group also shared a cryptic post. Alongside Thursday's date, they wrote: "Loading..."

Fans were quick to comment on the post, calling the news "exciting". One user gasped: "It's happening...it's really happening!," while another said they were "Waiting for a J now and a new album". It has not yet been revealed whether fifth member Jason 'J' Brown will be joining the band's reunion.

The latest update coms days after the band teased news on their TikTok page. A video in which lyrics to their 1999 number one single Keep On Movin' scrolled across a huge electronic billboard was uploaded. A caption on the upload simply read: "27.02.25 Loading... itsfiveofficial.com."

The group formed in 1997, consisting of members Ritchie Neville, Abz Love, Jason 'J' Brown, Scott Robinson and Sean Conlon. The group, who rose to fame in the 90s, went on to sell more than 20 million records before they first split from each other in September 2001. They have since reunited in various forms over the years. In 2006, the reunited without Sean. Then in 2012, Sean returned to the fold, but J took a step back.

There was a rift a year later after Sean, Ritchie and Scott performed as a trio in 2013 and accused J of being a bully on The Big Reunion. At the time, J hit back at the comments, denying the accusations. "I was loud and a bit aggressive at times, and I was physically bigger than them so I can see how that could have been taken a certain way," he said. "But never in my mind was I so-called bullying people."

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