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Five want to team up with McBusted.
The boyband - made up of Ritchie Neville, Sean Conlon and Scott Robinson - have been spending time experimenting in the studio and are keen to get the rockers in on the act after Sean struck up a friendship with band member James Bourne.
Sean said of the 'Air Guitar' hitmakers - James, Dougie Poynter, Matt Willis, Tom Fletcher, Harry Judd and Danny Jones - who they supported on their tour last summer: "We really like them guys.
"I'm good mates with James Bourne as well so hopefully whilst we are in the studio experimenting... well hopefully we can get in with James as well and see if we can bring something to the table."
Scott added: "We are in the studio at the moment sort of experimenting and stuff like that. Like Sean said, he's got a relationship with James which would be great."
The band - who will kick off their 'Loud and Intimate' UK tour in April - also revealed they would be happy to team up with their 'The Big Reunion' co-stars, Blue, with whom they toured as part of the ITV2 reality show in 2013.
Sean added they've even considered taking TV presenter Keith Lemon's advice, who told them to join forces with Blue - made up of Lee Ryan, Duncan James, Antony Costa and Simon Webbe - and call themselves Flu.
Sean exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "We've got the Flu thing. Keith Lemon said we should join up with Blue and call ourselves Flu.
"We're good mates with them because we were on The Big Reunion tour. We sort of knocked around with them quite a lot. They're doing their album at the moment. We are on our own tour so maybe we'll do something together in the future you never know."
Scott added: "We need to work on the name. Although everyone does get the flu in January. You could buy the Flu album in January. Flu's not a bad idea. It might be, you know, in a couple of years, 'We're going to see Flu!'"
Tickets for Five's 'Loud and Intimate' UK tour are on sale now.

'Loud and Intimate' UK tour dates in April:

Thu 16 - Bristol O2 Academy
Fri 17 - Middlesbrough The Venue
Sat 18 - Glasgow O2 ABC
Sun 19 - Leeds O2 Academy
Tue 21 - Manchester Ritz
Wed 22 - Liverpool O2 Academy
Thu 23 - Birmingham Institute
Fri 24 - London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire

Adele is working with a vocal coach.
The 'Someone Like You' hitmaker has enlisted the help of Los Angeles coach Ron Anderson to work with her in an attempt to avoid damaging her vocal cords, despite being renowned for having one of the best voices in the world.
A source said: "It's not unusual for pop stars to see vocal coaches even when they have near-perfect vocals."
The expert - who has also coached Kylie Minogue, Janet Jackson and Selena Gomez in the past - previously worked with the 26-year-old musician in 2011 shortly after the release of her 30 million-selling album '21', and has now returned to him in a bid to prevent damaging her voice again after undergoing emergency surgery in 2012 to repair a vocal cord haemorrhage
The source told The Sun newspaper: "Adele's sessions with Ron don't tend to focus on how good she sounds, they're more about minimising the risk of damage. If she is having issues again, it could explain why her album is getting pushed back."
Despite receiving help with her voice, industry website Music Business Worldwide last week reported the singer's highly anticipated third album is unlikely to be released before the autumn.
A source close to the singer said: "The album will be released when it's ready - [we] hope that will be at some stage in 2015. That's all I can tell you right now."

Mark Ronson is upset he isn't popular in Russia.
The 'Uptown Funk' hitmaker has topped charts across the world with his catchy collaboration with 'Locked out of Heaven' singer Bruno Mars, but has been left disappointed by the single's performance in Russia, having only charted at number 198.
He said: "It's doing really well but someone showed me a print-out, they were trying to impress me with the charts in the world of how well it was doing and I was like, 'oh wow that's cool!' and then I was like, 'Why is it 198 in Russia?!'"
The 39-year-old musician - who released his new album 'Uptown Special' yesterday (19.01.15) - admitted he isn't sure why the nation is not as keen on the single as other territories, but insisted he is determined to make them like the track.
He explained: "I don't know what it is. Perhaps funk is a thing that isn't as popular or traditional. Russia just must not like it, so I'm going to go there for a while and see what I can do about that."
Despite being thrilled with the single's performance around the world overall, Mark revealed he feels embarrassed when he performs the track live with Bruno because he doesn't look as cool as the 29-year-old star when he wears sunglasses.
Speaking to BBC Radio 1, he added: "I've been doing a lot of TV performances of 'Uptown Funk' with Bruno Mars and he wears sunglasses all the time and he just wears them because he's cool, he looks like a superstar, so you have to wear sunglasses all the time. But I just wear them and look shifty and like I'm hiding something. I'm like, 'do we have to wear sunglasses again?!'"

Meghan Trainor has recorded a duet with Harry Styles.
The 'All About That Bass' hitmaker has revealed she was joined in the studio by the One Direction heartthrob to record a song called 'Someday Maybe', which is all about love.
She said: "It's real! It's a duet. It's a beautiful song we wrote together on my ukulele. We even recorded a rough demo together with our vocals together. It's a cute acoustic love thing."
The 21-year-old star confessed she wasn't sure what 20-year-old Harry's song writing skills would be like, so she came prepared with her own but was shocked by his maturity.
She told The Sun newspaper: "It's one of the first cool things I got to do with a pop star.
"A friend of mine said Harry was a fan and said he would love to write with me.
"He's an incredible writer, too. I was worried he'd just be a 20-year-old boy. So I walked in with a prepared verse and chorus. But he gave me very poetic, mature lyrics.
"I was like, 'Well, damn, Harry, you know what love is'."
However, Megan admits the song may never be released as Harry remains committed to his One Direction bandmates - Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson.

TLC are raising money to release their "final album."
The 'No Scrubs' hitmakers have launched a campaign on crowdfunding website Kickstarter in a bid to raise $150,000 (£98,900) to make the LP, which they are dedicating to their fans.
Writing on their fundraising page, the band wrote: "This album, our FINAL ALBUM, is dedicated to all of you that have stuck with us, always challenging us to do our best. And of course, it's for the new fans too! 😉 We just want to put out great music that touches everyone. That's it (sic)."
The two remaining members, T-Boz and Chilli, are hoping to meet their target by February 19, and have promised to pay tribute to the group's third member, Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes - who was killed in a car accident in 2002 - on the record.
They continued: "This final album will be the first studio album by the two of us. Of course, Lisa's spirit will always be present in our music. That will never change."
The group's last release was '3D' in 2002, with their previous albums including 'Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip' in 1992, 'CrazySexyCool' in 1994 and 'FanMail' in 1999.
Writing about their financial target to create the LP, the women said they are hoping to reflect their successful musical history with the record, having topped the charts with four singles and picked up five Grammy awards during their careers.
They added: "Without you, we wouldn't have ten top 10 singles and four number 1 singles. We wouldn't have won five Grammy awards or sold 65 million records worldwide. Without you, we wouldn't have become the most successful girl group of all time! Without you there would be no TLC!! (sic)."

Run-DMC called for peace at their London show on Sunday (18.01.15).
The hip hop heavyweights paid tribute to their late bandmate Jason 'Jam Master Jay' Mizell - who was murdered in New York in 2002 - while on stage at London's Scala, by expressing their wish for the end of violence in music and urging crowd members to make peace signs to remember the star.
Joseph 'Rev Run' Simmons, 50, told fans: "Several years ago my DJ was killed by violence. We need to stop the violence in hip hop. This is for Jam Master Jay, our former soldier."
Following the emotional speech a scratch tribute to the musician was played, with the 300-strong crowd at the intimate gig chanting "JMJ, RIP."
Hosted by BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ Charlie Sloth, the show - which took place to celebrate Vodafone's 30th anniversary of the first UK mobile phone call - was the group's first in the UK for over a decade, with Joseph and bandmate Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels performing a flurry of their well-know hits including 'It's Tricky', 'King of Rock' and 'It's Like That'.
The one-off show - at which they were supported by upcoming musician and 'Game of Thrones' actor Raleigh Ritchie - ended with the group's most famous single, 'Walk This Way', with Joseph dropping his microphone to the floor as they walked off stage.

Take That will headline the War Child BRIT Awards Show.
The 'These Days' hitmakers will play a one-off performance at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on February 23 to raise money for the charity, which protects children living in war-torn countries.
Director of Music at War Child, said: "The War Child and O2 BRIT Awards Show has seen some unforgettable performances over the last six years.
"War Child are delighted to welcome back Gary together with Mark and Howard to London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire and to announce Take That as our headliners for 2015. It's going to be an incredible night for 2,000 lucky fans and an important one for the thousands of children it will help War Child save from the horrors of war."
The band - who have also been confirmed today as performers at the BRIT Awards ceremony on February 25 at London's O2 Arena - will follow in the footsteps of iconic British bands Coldplay, Muse and Blur, who have all headlined the annual show in the past, with other acts who have previously performed including Ed Sheeran, The Killers, Calvin Harris and Lily Allen.
Gary Barlow, 43, featured at the show in 2009 when he joined Coldplay on stage for a rousing finale, but will this time appear alongside bandmates Howard Donald and Mark Owen to perform hits from their seven studio albums.
Tickets to the intimate show - which will cost £75 - will go on general sale at 9am on Friday 23 January, while O2 Priority Tickets will go on sale at 9am on Wednesday 21 January.

Take That will perform at the BRIT Awards.
The trio - featuring Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen - are "planning something special" for their performance at the annual awards ceremony, which will be their first time singing at the event since Jason Orange left the group last year.
Gary said: "We know what a big deal performing at the Brits is, so we are definitely planning something special at the moment."
The 'These Days' hitmakers - who released their seventh studio album, 'III', last year - have performed at the celebration of British music five times before, standing aboard a spaceship in 2009 and bringing riot police onto the stage in 2011.
A Brits source said: "It's too early to say exactly what they'll do but if you look at the last two times they performed they stole the show."
Although they will be hoping to top their previous performances, the 43-year-old frontman hasn't quite decided what they will be doing on stage, but teased they may bring out other acts to sing with them.
He told The Sun newspaper: "We haven't decided exactly what yet but we're thinking about some sort of collaboration or a big surprise."
Despite being snubbed in the list of nominations, the eight-time award winners will perform at the ceremony - which will take place on February 25 at London's O2 Arena - alongside Sam Smith, Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran, with Madonna also rumoured to be singing at the show.

Rihanna and Drake have paid tribute to A$AP Yams.
The A$AP Mob founder passed away at the age of 26 last week, and stars have taken to social media to honour the late musician, with Rihanna posting an illustration of A$AP on Instagram with a halo above his head.
Captioning the image, she wrote: "RiP Yamz! #longliveASAP :'( (sic)."
Drake also expressed his sadness about the death, with 'Royals' hitmaker, Lorde, being one of more than 27,000 people to retweet the message.
He wrote: "Rest in peace Yams. A$AP is family."
The cause of the rapper's death has not yet been revealed but the news of his death has been confirmed by his record label after the news spread on social media over the weekend.
In a statement, they wrote: " All of us at RCA Records are shocked and saddened to hear of the death of A$AP Yams."
Fellow member of the hip hop collective, A$AP Rocky, posted on his Instagram account, writing: "R.I.P YAMS, I LOVE YOU BROTHER."
Other musicians to pay tribute to the young musician include Wiz Khalifa, Chance the Rapper, Mac Miller, 2 Chainz and Azealia Banks, who urged for his fans to remember him as a "leader".
Writing on Twitter, she said: "A.S.A.P YAMS should be remembered as a leader, an innovator and most importantly as an important part of NYC youth culture.
"May he rest in peace. My condolences go out to his family and the rest of the ASAPMOB (sic)."