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‘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

And Neville is one of many former boybanders taking part in a new documentary series about the era when ab flashes, knee slides and vocal harmonies ruled. Using archive footage of auditions, TV appearances and screaming fans, as well as interviews with everyone from Robbie Williams and Brian McFadden to Simon Cowell and Louis Walsh, it’s both a total nostalgia-fest, full of juicy titbits from the era (did you know 5ive turned down Baby One More Time?) Formed in Glasgow in 1995, the trio – known for the body-pumping dance moves developed by members Jimmy Constable and Simon “Spike” Dawbarn during their time as dancers on The Hitman and Her – released singles including A Night to Remember.

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