Sugababes Sickened By Fan Abuse

17 November 2009

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British girl group Sugababes have opened up about verbal abuse they suffered following their recent line-up change - insisting they are sick of the "vicious" outbursts.

Founding member Keisha Buchanan was booted out of the group in September (09) following months of turmoil within the band.

She was replaced by Eurovision star Jade Ewen.

She says, The abuse on Twitter from some people

But the changes have left some fans fuming - the band's page on information website Wikipedia was recently hacked, with disgruntled supporters changing the entry to describe the band as "a hollow, machine-like representation of the music industry's deconstruction of music as an art form".

The fall-out following Buchanan's exit left Amelle Berrabah suffering from nervous exhaustion and now Heidi Range, who joined the girl group in 2001, admits she is scared to log onto the group's Twitter.com site because of all the sick comments they have been receiving recently.

She says, "The abuse on Twitter from some people... I had one person saying E28098Burn in Hell you c**t.' I had other people saying, E28098Why don't you get an eating disorder because you look fat.' Really vicious things. New member Ewen has also been targeted, with fans yelling obscenities at her in the street. She says, "I went into a shop in Stratford (east London).

I had someoneshouting abuse at me.

Really rude, nasty things.

What did they say? ThatI was a backstabbing b**ch.