It's a bad month for fans of '80s and '90s pop music.
First Tony Hadley leaves Spandau Ballet amid what sounds like pretty acrimonious circumstances, and now Marti Pellow has announced his intention to leave his bandmates in Wet Wet Wet and go solo.
The Scottish band first formed in 1982 before going on hiatus from 1997 - 2004, and had been touring sporadically over the years including up to last week.
Now it seems that Pellow has had enough and will be concentrating on his solo career for the 'foreseeable', as he announced on Twitter the other day:
Hi all, wanted you to know for foreseeable future I'll be concentrating on my solo work, am excited by the future and seeing you out there x
— Marti Pellow (@martiofficial) July 28, 2017
Didn't even think wet wet wet were still going! Last single was? 🤔
— Scott Cooper (@stravinskymusic) July 28, 2017
That makes me really sad!!! 😢 #ilovethewets
— Julie (@the4cullen) July 28, 2017
Awww nooo I'm ðŸ'”😠but will still support you with whatever you do #lovethewetsâÂ?¤ xx
— Dot (@D_Liddellx) July 28, 2017
Gutted!! 😢 pic.twitter.com/X6vwHQsv2F
— Amanda Stewart (@AmandaStewart74) July 28, 2017
Omg marti i am heart broken pic.twitter.com/hIxIWY4lp6
— ðŸ'–KIRSTYðŸ'– (@KirstyLuvsNKOTB) July 28, 2017
I've gone numb at this news. No feelings all around me.
— TeaClub ☕ (@_TeaClub_) July 28, 2017
Can you hear all those hearts breaking? ðŸ'” Wet Wet Wet will always have a place in mine ðŸ'˜
— Deb O'Lakey (@DebzLake) July 28, 2017
