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Article: Girl Power goes out of fashion in Spiceworld Geri's departure has failed to move the Spice Girls' fickle young fans.
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 6, 1998
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THE day that Robbie Williams left Take That, teenage girls
congregated outside a house in our street with blotchy, tear-
streaked faces. A plump girl, who was obviously known locally as a
major fan, stood on her doorstep sobbing, her room lit- up against
the evening sky above her with smiling posters of the doomed boy-
band.
It was difficult not to smirk with adult cynicism when I asked
them if they were all right, and words like "abandonment",
"loneliness" and "betrayal" tripped off their tongues as easily as in
a Hollywood group therapy session. Later that evening, my sister
reminded me of how we had cried in primary school when Les left the
Bay City Rollers. Just as we knew then, these ...