How fickle is showbiz?

[Whickerman]

So whilst Take That and (shudders) Boyzone sell out stadiums in their reunion tours, I've just seen a poster for a local pub who 'proudly present' East 17...!

Why do some make it big all over again, and some scrape the barrel? Surely Boyzone should be consigned to history but they're selling thousands if tickets

[B00]

Aren't East 17 still tainted by one of them (I want to say Brian Harvey??) admitting to taking drugs in their hayday? That might have something to do with it.

[littleoldme]

Yes, but since when did that stop anybody? By way of evidence, I give you (and you're more than welcome to them), the most successful of the lot, the utterly odious Westlife.

[tiggerblue10]

Give me Led Zep / Pink Floyd reunion concert any day.