UK band JLS have announced they're splitting up after a five years together. The band will call it quits following a farewell tour and greatest hits album later this year.
"It’s just that time, band member Aston Merrygold told The Sun. "We are still best of friends and always will be — but this is the end."
Aston and his bandmates Marvin Humes, Jonathan “JB” Gill and Oritsé Williams have had a pretty successful 5 year career since finishing second on the 2008 version of The X-Factor UK. Their list of accomplishments include more than 10 million records sold and five UK #1 singles, currently more than any other act from a reality TV show in the UK.
"It’s just that time, band member Aston Merrygold told The Sun. "We are still best of friends and always will be — but this is the end."
Aston and his bandmates Marvin Humes, Jonathan “JB” Gill and Oritsé Williams have had a pretty successful 5 year career since finishing second on the 2008 version of The X-Factor UK. Their list of accomplishments include more than 10 million records sold and five UK #1 singles, currently more than any other act from a reality TV show in the UK.
"It’s an emotional time. There’s no getting away from that," Marvin added. "We have been through so much together. But we have to be mature and look at this decision as a celebration of what we managed to achieve. We never wanted to overstay our welcome. We never wanted to be that band where people said, ‘Oh, bloody hell. It’s JLS again.’ We wanted to finish on a high."
"We’re finishing with an arena tour - our third arena tour - and that is a massive achievement. “The last five or so years have been nothing short of incredible. It has been an incredible journey."
The decision was an emotional one but the band felt it was just the right time to move on from the band, Aston added: "The question was asked, ‘Can you do this together for another five or so years? Can you see that happening?’"
"Between the four of us, there was no definite ‘Yes’ in the room. We had to dig deep and find the right solution. We haven’t fallen out. We leave with some amazing successes under our belt and we can say goodbye in style."
Here's a look at JLS' first X-Factor audition back in 2008:
"We’re finishing with an arena tour - our third arena tour - and that is a massive achievement. “The last five or so years have been nothing short of incredible. It has been an incredible journey."
The decision was an emotional one but the band felt it was just the right time to move on from the band, Aston added: "The question was asked, ‘Can you do this together for another five or so years? Can you see that happening?’"
"Between the four of us, there was no definite ‘Yes’ in the room. We had to dig deep and find the right solution. We haven’t fallen out. We leave with some amazing successes under our belt and we can say goodbye in style."
Here's a look at JLS' first X-Factor audition back in 2008:
Following the announcement, the boys made their own individual Twitter accounts where you can follow them on their new adventures: @astonmerrygold, @marvinhumes, @jbgill, and @oritse.
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