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19 Dec 2016

From Camila Cabello to George Harrison: 24 pop stars who left their bands

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As Liam Payne signs a record deal, signalling his move into a solo career, he follows in the footsteps of not only his bandmates Harry Styles and Zayn Malik, but a long history of musicians who ditched their bands to go it alone.

As Camila Cabello tells her Fifth Harmony bandmates she's off, she follows a long history of musicians who ditched their bands to go it alone.

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