JLS Splits Up After Five Years, Plans Farewell Tour

The boyband, which competed in British 'The X Factor' in
2008, will say goodbye but not without first going on a
farewell tour and releasing a greatest hits album.
British boyband JLS has
announced that they will
be breaking up for good
after five short years
together as a singing
group. The quartet, which
shot to fame after finishing
as the runner-up in the
2008 season of British
"The X Factor", will first go on a farewell tour and release
a greatest hits album before finally bidding their career
as a group adieu.
Despite selling more than 10 million records and 1.5
million show tickets and having five No. 1 singles to their
credit, Aston Merrygold said, "It's just that time. We are
still best of friends and always will be - but this is the
end." Marvin Humes added, "The last five or so years
have been nothing short of incredible. It has been an
incredible journey."
Asked why they decided to pull the plug on their group
after only five short years together, Humes spoke for the
group, saying, "We wanted to finish on a high," alluding
to their upcoming tour and album, then adding, "We
never wanted to overstay our welcome."
Humes, married to The Saturdays ' singer Rochelle, is
moving on to the next phase of his life in four weeks, as
he and his wife are expecting the arrival of their first
baby. Career-wise, he made his debut as a radio DJ for
CapitalFM earlier this month.
Meanwhile, Merrygold has just wrapped up his first
judging stint on "Got to Dance", Jonathan Gill has bought
a deer farm in Scotland, and Oritse Williams, who started
the group, founded his own talent management company.