'We just thought, sod it!' 5ive's Ritchie reveals why Abz left Big Reunion tour WHEN Abz Love announced he would be ditching 5ive on the Big Reunion boyband tour, our inner teens wailed in devastation. Did that mean 5ive were splitting up? How were they going to perform as Thr33? And dear god, who was going to perform the raps?Luckily, Abz assured us he wasn't leaving the Keep On Moving group, and "personal issues" had forced him to skip October's boyband tour.But now, Ritchie Neville has revealed to the Daily Star Online in an exclusive interview exactly why Abz won't be joining the boys on tour.The 34-year-old heartthrob said: "Obviously we would have preferred to have Abz with us, but his management couldn't agree on a fee. We didn't want to let the fans down, so we just thought, sod it."So it turns out these mysterious "personal issues" were actually money problems. However, Ritchie insists that moving from 5ive down to 4our down to Thr33 "shouldn't be too difficult" - and it sounds like they have a plan for all those iconic raps.

When we asked the singer who would be taking on lyrics like "Now I'm the bad boy that you invite for dinners/ ain't got no manners 'cos I eat with my fingers", he teased: "You'll just have to wait and see." “Because it's all boys, there'll probably be a lot more pranks backstage” Ritchie, Sean and Scott will be joining Blue and 911, and this series' boyband crop including 3T, Damage, A1 and 5th Story, on an epic boy band tour that is basically the recipe for every teenage girl's dreams during the early noughties.And it's not just us that are shaking in anticipation for the tour. This is 5ive's second chance to belt out the classics for a Big Reunion tour, and Ritchie still seems overwhelmed by the group's comeback.He said: "We got to have the Big Reunion tour, then we had an Australian tour, and our own UK tour… it was just amazing. So I'm genuinely made-up to be on the boyband tour too."We're always high energy, so you can expect that from us again. There's a different mix of bands this time around, and because it's all boys, there'll probably be a lot more pranks backstage!"

What a naughty bunch. 5ive were one of the biggest boy bands of the late 90s, selling a whopping 20 million records worldwide and gaining monster hits with Everybody Get Up and If Ya Getting' Down.Ritchie was the teen dream back then, with his blue eyes, blond curtains and popstar girlfriend (yes, we all remember his Billie Piper phase) – but the singer actually prefers fame this time round.He told us: "I prefer it now, to be honest. I've lived more of a life now. The first time around, it went so quickly, it was a whirlwind. Not that I didn't appreciate it, but I was so young, I didn't really take it all in. My life has taken different turns."I've been very open about my drinking problem, and I suffered from depression, I was seriously depressed. I know it sounds clichéd, but I had to find myself. Now I can just enjoy it." One thing that has seriously changed Ritchie, who now speaks with an Australian twang, is his impending fatherhood. After sparking a romance with Natasha Hamilton of Atomic Kitten during The Big Reunion, the pair are now expecting their first child together.

Gushing how "over the moon" he is about the exciting news, it's clear Mr Neville will be a hands-on dad – but the baby is set to arrive just weeks before he sets off on the big boyband tour.He said: "You know what, I'll probably be going on tour to get some sleep! bed bath and beyond eclipse blackout curtainsIt's a blessing in disguise. butterfly blessings shower curtain at walmartObviously, I'm a little bit sad that I'll have to leave the baby, but it will be ok."measures curtains lymingtonForty winks and baby chat? xhilaration curtains chandelier

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The band – made up of Lee Brennan, Jimmy Constable and Simon "Spike" Dawbarn - have claimed they enlisted the help of their tour manager to select the best-looking women who had entered their competitions, so they could try to bed the lucky ladies when they met them. Lee said: “We used to have competitions and we got our tour manager to only pick out the fittest female adults. "He’d keep the tickets and the nicest bird would win it because it was fixed and one of us would take her back and sleep with her.” The group - who have reunited on TV show The Big Reunion - also revealed other naked antics nearly got them into serious trouble one night in Bahrain when they stripped off and went swimming in a hotel pool which nearly landed them 10 years in jail.   Spike told The Sun newspaper: "We were all naked in the swimming pool with our dancers. It’s a Muslim country and we were all there with our danglers out. “We were doing a show for the king. If we weren’t doing that we would’ve been jailed for ten years.