I’m in my 50s and I still love boy bands – women like me are filling arenas for the idols we grew up with

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Backstreet Boys, Take That, Westlife and other boy bands of old are still selling out arenas as the women who grew up with them find joy, nostalgia and community in seeing their teenage idols live. Balvinder Sandhu reflects on why these gigs have become a comforting escape in midlife.