Millions of post-emo rockers could be heard jumping with glee in their old drainpipe jeans last week as the rumour of a potential reunion of their teenage heroes, Blink-182, hit the media. Having had an amazing career spanning from 1992 to 2004, it looks like it may almost be time for all those broken teen hearts to finally be fixed once and for all as Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge finally start to speak again. Certainly not willing to reform before good relationships are built first and determined, if they do reform, to make this the most mind-blowing tour anyone has ever seen. This, of course creating a ridiculous amount of excitement among all fans.
While every Blink fan is left wondering and hoping for a while longer, there are plenty of other bands who have recently reunited which they could perhaps get back into instead. It seems that band reunions is definitely the new black as countless ‘classic oldies’ from the past drag their former selves into the modern age hoping to re-capture the imaginations and hearts of the music listening audience with one last stab at fame. However are all their reasons as clean cut as they want us to see? Is every band reunion simply occurring because they genuinely miss what they used to do, or are there sometimes ulterior motives?
There is no doubt that Take That definitely made the biggest comeback of the century in 2006. Still managing to floor fan girls with just the mere mention of their name, be it new young fans or those who remember them the first time round. Both albums released during their comeback; ‘Beautiful World’ and ‘Circus’ have both smashed the charts at number one and it doesn’t look like they’re stopping anytime soon. This is a band who love what they do. You can never seem to stop them from touring for one thing. Recently however, rumours have been spiralling that Robbie now wants to join the foursome again. Funny, how only now his solo career has hit rock bottom, he makes this suggestion. We all know you’re definitely in it for the money, Robbie.
Robbie’s not the only one with money on the mind though. The 90s pop sensation the Spice Girls reformed with a tour and a ‘Greatest Hits’ album. All seemingly innocent you’d say? Well no, not when Melanie ‘Sporty Spice’ Chisholm was adamant they would never reform. Though in 2007, not giving a real explanation, she told said that ‘A girl is allowed to change her mind’ (contactmusic.com, 2007). Yes, of course they are, especially when it involves over 30 million pounds, hmm?
If I was to mention every band which has reformed over the past five years I would be here for an age. It’s just a saddening sight to see the music industry, full of hard working musicians passionate about their songs, being plagued by money grabbing nobody’s of the 90s. Please, leave it to the people who care. Saying this though, I’m still holding out for an S Club 7 reunion…
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