Which British band split hit you the hardest, even years later?

A backstage punch-up in Paris ended Britain's most swaggering band. The reunion announcement only proved how badly we'd missed them.

Four albums of miserable perfection, then gone. Every indie kid since has been mourning what might've been.

A generation of teenagers experienced their first real grief in 2016. The X Factor never recovered either.

The blueprint for every bitter band breakup ever. Half a century later we're still arguing about whose fault it was.

Howard, Gary, Jason and Mark soldiered on, but the original five split caused actual national counselling services.