Official Take That Thread-Have now touched all of TT, life=complete

[Princess]

Hahaha! Ily :P

Got to go,friends over and I'm being awfull anti-social,lol! Ttyl x

[MarkWaldorf]

ttyl x

[M X]

I've heard the show is amazing, enjoy it. :wink:

[Princess]

EEEEKKKKK!

It excites me when non-fans say they heard it was incredible! Cos I'm like a MAJOR fan so I praise anything they do.Argh I'm so hyper! Just a few more days not to look at anything!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[Princess]

Damn this,I'm hyper now and I want to to scream but everyone is asleep! So

dwJHKgbrewnlgwqEIU;OVDXFTGUGVHJHIBHBH!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!qSDCGVJHKGB;IJHKESFJ'OEWASO'G'BEWW'NPK'NSKNBDSK NSBFPKN

bjkfeqgbi;kewkngfk.neeJGFkAjrGWnqhfjjjjjjkjklkknkl a;;nfpah
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeee

*breathes*

Oh and also thanks to Gaz for this,as I ain't been on any TT sites and he gave me linkage

'SingStar: Take That' confirmed
Saturday, June 6 2009, 10:16 BST

By Mark Langshaw

Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that a special Take That edition of SingStar will arrive on PS2 and PS3 later this year.

SingStar: Take That will span the boyband's entire back catalogue, including the hits 'Back For Good', 'Could It Be Magic', 'Never Forget' and 'Shine'.

A sample pack containing five songs will arrive on SingStore later this summer to whet fans' appetites.

Sony has previously released SingStar: Queen and SingStar: Abba for its home consoles, with SingStar: Motown announced at the E3 Expo. An additional online community dedicated to the games will also go live this September.

An official release date for SingStar: Take That is yet to be confirmed.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/a158547/singstar-take-that-confirmed.html

[fairymoon]

wow sounds great will be getting that, i cant belive i have been a fan of tt for 19 years got long time i first saw them at american adventure they only had about 20 girls there and seen them over 100 times my sisters got everything they did on video she taped everything lol she even went to 1 gig and passed out after we came out we camped out for tickets for 5 days in the snow yes we are that mad lol but this one looks to be the best cant wait even though i might not go yet if i can get over my fear of clowns i will be fine

[Princess]

****** ****** ******

I just went onto the site to look for merchandise and I saw a picture of the guys on tour in someones sig and its a pretty major spoiler. I'm really annoyed with myself :sad:

[M X]

My friend Kate is like a HUGE HUGE HUGE Take That fan and she went to go see the first two Sunderland shows and I saw her today she says

'If I'm honest, Michael. I was so disappointed. Just joking with you, it was the most amazing this I've ever seen in the world!!'

Lol, I thought she was being serious about hating it at first lol :p

[Princess]

OOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

'most amazing thing ever in the world' I LOVE that!

Thank you!!!!!! Eeeeek I'm so happy!!!!! Tell your friend a random internet TT obsessive(or you can say Thatter) says hi :P

[M X]

I will do, I'll see her in a minute LOL.

[andyman]

Originally posted by Princess
Damn this,I'm hyper now and I want to to scream but everyone is asleep! So

dwJHKgbrewnlgwqEIU;OVDXFTGUGVHJHIBHBH!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!qSDCGVJHKGB;IJHKESFJ'OEWASO'G'BEWW'NPK'NSKNBDSK NSBFPKN

bjkfeqgbi;kewkngfk.neeJGFkAjrGWnqhfjjjjjjkjklkknkl a;;nfpah
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeee

*breathes*

Oh and also thanks to Gaz for this,as I ain't been on any TT sites and he gave me linkage

'SingStar: Take That' confirmed
Saturday, June 6 2009, 10:16 BST

By Mark Langshaw

Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that a special Take That edition of SingStar will arrive on PS2 and PS3 later this year.

SingStar: Take That will span the boyband's entire back catalogue, including the hits 'Back For Good', 'Could It Be Magic', 'Never Forget' and 'Shine'.

A sample pack containing five songs will arrive on SingStore later this summer to whet fans' appetites.

Sony has previously released SingStar: Queen and SingStar: Abba for its home consoles, with SingStar: Motown announced at the E3 Expo. An additional online community dedicated to the games will also go live this September.

An official release date for SingStar: Take That is yet to be confirmed.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/a158547/singstar-take-that-confirmed.html SingStar: That That should be a hit this christmas.

[Princess]

Teehee I'm so giddy! No way am I am going to sleep the night before this tour starts! I'm TOO EXCITED!!!!!!!

If I get front row(which I WILL) Take That will be like a few metres away.FEW METRES!

ARGHHHHHHHH
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[andyman]

Calm down you crazy woman, you crazy, CRAZY!!!:tongue:

[Princess]

I know I'm crazy!! I likes it,normal is boring :P

[fairymoon]

you need to be crazy its tt hope you have a great night are you going early so you can get to front i wanted to be at front but my sister making me have a seat cus i have fits and she does not want me to get hurt or anything it will so a great show my freind went last night she said put all the shows togther and times it by a millon thats how good it is

[Princess]

Haha you do need to be crazy!I have yet to meet/know a sane Thatter! Maybe a sane person who likes Take That,but no sane Thatters. Yeah I'm going at like half 6 in the morning to be front row! It's my first date of this tour and my hometown,I need front row!

Suppose that's understandable! It will be amazing wherever you are! ARGH that sounds amazing!!!!! I've not read any spoilers but everyone has said it's the best yet by far! Sooooooo excited!

[Princess]

Mwahahahahahaha I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO hyper!!!!!!

Stardust was just on the telly and it was at the end so I waited for RTW and got really hyper and was squeaking and jumping up and down.And then I was flicking and SIA came on a music channel and I got more hyper and spun around so much I fell! Thank god I was next to a bed.

EEEEK SO HYPER!!!!

[Princess]

3 DAYS!

My mum just came home from London with a huge pile of newspapers and magazines-accidently saw another spoiler,lol! Well it was connected to the first spoiler I saw,so I've still really only seen 1 spoiler! I still don't even know the setlist! The Mail isn't in the pile but she did said she got that so hopefully it's somewhere! Eeeek Sunday reading right there+JR to watch on Sunday!

Going into town tomorrow to get my t-shirt made and getting my eyesbrows done on Thrusday and hair on Friday(have to make appointments)

3 DAYS,EEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKK

[markowen]

i <3 <3 <3 <3 take that
i am so sad i cant see them this year :(
mark is my fav even tho i love them all :P
who ever is going i hope u have a great time
x

[fairymoon]

i am going to camp out day before i see them getting there about 8 so that should be fun lol

[fairymoon]

markowen pls tell me thats not a pic from tour

[Princess]

Yeah it is,I've seen one like it by accident.It's the boys. Sorry about the clowns :(

I just looked at a whole page of pics in OK!,i have no willpower! Didn't read the text though,but still I saw like 2 more big spoilers! Bad fan :sad:

EEEK 3 DAYS!

[M X]

I love the dip in Gary's voice (if that makes sense LOL) Gary :lovedup:

[Princess]

The dip? Lol,never heard of that one before! Any examples of songs? Cos I properly do know what you're on about! :P People usually only go on about Howard's lisp or Mark's squeakiness.

[Princess]

Eeek I'm so excited about Saturday.And I realised it doesn't matter if I'm so excited I don't remember anything cos I can pay attention to detail at the rest of my dates! I think I'll concentrate on not fainting in Dublin!

Last tour for my first date I remember screaming,lights,colors,happiness but not much detail! But I remember much more from my 2nd date cos I was slighty calmer,lol!

[fairymoon]

omg cant belive there going to be clowns i got 3 weeks to get over my fear only had it 30 years really dont think i can go

[Princess]

Well I've seen a picture of the guys-they're the clowns and it's just looks like the guys with a bit of white face paint and a line of red or black here or there. They don't even look like clowns. Swear cos I hate them too!

:hug: Hope you're alright.

[M X]

Originally posted by Princess
The dip? Lol,never heard of that one before! Any examples of songs? Cos I properly do know what you're on about! :P People usually only go on about Howard's lisp or Mark's squeakiness. You properly do or don't?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb7zY4FCo0Y

It happens at 00:29 and 00:38 and countless times through the song. I don't know what it is, but I love it.

[Hugo]

My parents are seeing TT tonight.
Home alone :spin:

[Princess]

Michael-I hear it!! Know what you mean :hugesmile: I just did the loudest squeak ever at the video!

Hugo-Jealous much :P

[M X]

Tell your parents have fun :hugesmile:

[M X]

Originally posted by Princess
Michael-I hear it!! Know what you mean :hugesmile: I just did the loudest squeak ever at the video!:bigsmile:

[Princess]

2 MORE SLEEPS!!!!! Ooops wait,3! Still 3 MORE SLEEPS!

After looking at like 5 pics,apprently I still don't know soooooo much,yay!!!! Just that it's the most amazing concert in the world ever!

Ordered my t-shirt today,not gonna be ready till 9am Saturday,but a friend is going to pick it up for me and bring it to Croker! Got an eyebrow appointment tomorrow,hair cut for Friday,did my nails all shiny today,going to do them orange on Friday for Dublin! SOOOOOOO EXCITED! It's so fricking soon!

[pinkmichk]

i wont spoil it but i've looked at loads of pics on facebook and all i can say is i am so jealous wish i had money to do v festival and go see tt

[Princess]

Awww Mich! :hug: Bet V will be brilliant!

I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited!

[Princess]

OMFG how AMAZING do the guys look here???? No hats or beards in sight! I'll let How's hair go.My fav pic of them in a long while!!!!

http://twitpic.com/758is

[Princess]

http://i42.tinypic.com/1180e3p.jpg

[Princess]

ONE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Jen]

I would love to be in your house right now Laura :D
You're excitment... :love:

[Princess]

Lmao I'm attempting to be calm cos people are sleeping!!

I'm screaming inside and well on the computer,lol!

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Princess]

My leg won't stop shaking,tis very annoying!!

[Jen]

I wish I was going... but they aren't coming to Northern Ireland this year and I can't afford to go to Dublin, nevermind London or Manchester.... D:

[Princess]

I couldn't afford it either,lol! I just made myself poor,so totally worth it,lol!

Shame they ain't doing NI :hug:

[Jen]

Originally posted by Princess
I couldn't afford it either,lol! I just made myself poor,so totally worth it,lol!

Shame they ain't doing NI :hug:

I didn't like them for a few days... but I'm hoping them magically just add them on.. LOL

[Princess]

You can dream :P They didn't do Dublin last year but it never occured for me not to go,lol! I could never not love them!

From Wossy Twitter

Take That performed new single AND Shine ! I kissed them all on behalf of TT fans everywhere. best kisser...Howard. Great band-so good live!

Jason did not want to kiss me. Gary very relaxed. Mark loves me a little bit. They are all the NICEST men.

:lovedup:

[Princess]

Lmao I'm sat here legs won't stop shaking,I just started crying for no reason!

*crazy*

[Jen]

Awww. Jonathan Ross is so lovely.

[Princess]

I love him cos he loves them,lol! Not watching it tomorrow cos they'll be talking about the tour but taping it and watching it repeatly on Sunday!

[Princess]

I've been so grumpy today as I had 4 hours sleep and my friend was 2 hours meeting me.And no-one can get my t-shirt for me so I might not be able till after 9 which can't guarantee me front row and I have nowhere to shove my merchandise as I can't exactly shove it on the ground!

[Princess]

Right sorted everything out now! And I've eaten which helped,lol!

Going to make a thread just for the tour.

[Princess]

Originally posted by Princess
Setlist I want for the tour in no order (except for the precifics I'll put at the bottom,lol)

Hold Up A Light
Never Forget
Shine
Rule the World
Patience
Greatest Day
Up All Night
Said It All
The Garden
How Did It Come To This
Here
She Said
We Love To Entertain You
Relight my Fire
Back for Good
Something special(Like Give Good Feeling/Apache etc.)
Could it be Magic(re-worked)
Only Takes A Minute(reworked)

Greatest Day as a start with We Love To Entertain You straight after
Never Forget,Up All Night and Hold Up A Light near the end.
Rule the World when its proper dark so we can all look up at the stars when we all sing 'All the stars are coming out tonight,they're lighting up the sky tonight'

That is all! Oh and very little(if any) clothing please :D Oh and FIREWORKS!!! And loads of ticker tape and ballons and foam. Loads of fun really.

Only songs I didn't get were Here,She Said and We Love to Entertain You. I got Only Takes A Minute in the medley. Also had Pray,Hello,A Million Love Songs,Wooden Boat,What is Love and The Circus! I got GD at the start,UAN as in the middle.Never Forget and Hold Up A Light were near the end.I did that for RTW as it was last! I got some little clothing,lol. And I got ballons,bubbles and fireworks! Very very happy,they did a huge lot of what I wanted,lol!

Saw JR tonight. :lovedup:

Will post all the official reviews in here when I'm bothered.

[Princess]

Said It All out today!!!! Hope it gets at least Top 5,it deserves Number 1!

I adore this picture,from rehearsals

http://i44.tinypic.com/hs9iqo.jpg

[Princess]

Setlist:

Greatest Day
Hello
Could it be Magic
Pray
A Million Love Songs
Back for Good
The Garden
Shine
Up All Night
Wooden Boat
How Did It Come To This?
Singsong(Dublin was Love Ain't Here Anymore,Babe and Nobody Else)
The Circus
What Is Love
Do What You Like/Promises/Only Takes A Minute/Take That and Party medley
Said It All
Never Forget
Patience
Relight My Fire
Hold Up A Light
Rule the World

Did that off the top of my head,hope it's right.

[Princess]

Look how pretty!!!!!!!!

[MarkWaldorf]

it looks so bright and pretty on the black theme :p

[Princess]

Ooohhh!!!! Might have a look on that one. I'm on pink.

My granny said she thinks she saw me and my mum in a paper today,embarrassing much,lol!

[MarkWaldorf]

LMAO

[Princess]

OOoooh and the DVD dates are 4/5th so if I get front row I'm definitely going to be on the DVD! Woot.

Thanks again for the set :kiss: Off for a bit,ttyl x

[MarkWaldorf]

Byee x

[Princess]

Urgh,I'm so annoyed. I didn't get a chance to buy much merchandise at the concert because of the whole running for front row thing and there was a mess up with the ATM so I couldn't get money out. My mum only had so much so I just got a progamme. But I want to order some t-shirts online and they're not avalible till the 30th! I'll be gone to Manchester and back by then.I want to wear them now :(

[Ross]

I'm going Wednesday! :thumbs2::thumbs2:

[Princess]

Ross you will LOVE it. I heard stories from so many people who weren't so keen and they went out and bought all the albums after,lol.

[Princess]

Just heard Greatest Day on a laser eye surgery ad,how random!

Got my fan-made t-shirt today, I went and was like ' Sorry I wasn't here to get it on Saturday I was queuing all day I GOT FRONT ROW!' lol,not that I'm going on about it much :tongue:

[Princess]

Some Markie interviews


We weren't sure comeback single and reunion would work, says Take That star Mark Owen
Jun 14 2009 Billy Sloan

WHEN Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Howard Donald stood behind their mikes at RAK Studios, they knew the stakes could not be any higher.

Take That were recording their 2006 comeback album Beautiful World, their first since the group's shock split a decade earlier.

Their status as the biggest boy band in UK pop history with record sales of 19 million meant nothing.

The future of Take That - if they were going to have one - was on the line.

The four were nervous when the red light went on in the control room to begin taping Patience.

The musical heritage of the legendary RAK Studios in London had piled on even more pressure.

It was where Radiohead recorded their groundbreaking 1995 album The Bends and Duffy laid down tracks for her Grammy-award-winning 2008 debut Rockferry.

Famous names in the visitors book included Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Arctic Monkeys, Rod Stewart, Ultravox and Simply Red.

"Patience was a song we weren't even sure would work," said Mark.

"We looked at each other, saying:'Is this track any good? Do we even like it?' It was only the third song we had written for the album.

"The spirits of all the great artists who had worked at RAK were flying around the studio. It was incredibly inspiring.

"Apart from maybe a lick of paint, it has not changed much over the years since it was opened by hit producer Mickie Most in 1976. It has an amazing history.

"When we started singing Patience, we could see people around getting into it. Immediately, that took a lot of pressure off. The record company were very enthusiastic when they heard it and reckoned it would make a great single.

"We were unsure of what we were doing but it felt, musically, like we had moved to a higher level." Patience hit No.1 in the UK charts, staying there for four weeks and shipping 535,000 copies to become one of the 10 best-selling singles of 2006.

The self-penned song was voted Record Of The Year and won a Brit Award the following February.

Three years on, it seems bizarre Take That had any self-doubt. They have eclipsed the achievements of a phenomenal career spanning from 1991 to 1996 and survived the headline-hitting departure of bandmate Robbie Williams.

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday they will headline spectacular gigs at Hampden Park in Glasgow - as part of their spectacular Circus Tour - to a combined audience of 165,000 devoted fans.

When Take That exploded on to the UK music scene in 1991, they chalked up a string of hit singles including Relight My Fire - a rousing vocal spar with Scots singer Lulu - and Back For Good.

Their albums Take That And

Party (1992), Everything Changes (1993) and Nobody Else (1995) helped make them global stars.

The group have even surpassed that success since their surprise reunion in 2005.

On November 14, 2005, Gary, 38, Mark, 37, Jason, 38, and 41-year-old Howard appeared together on ITV documentary Take That: For The Record.

They were adamant there would be no group reformation. The documentary was intended to show what each member - plus Robbie -

had been doing in the decade since their split.

Mark said: "We were nervous about a comeback. Could we reinvent the wheel? The only reason we did For The Record was to close the door on Take That but we ended up kicking it open even wider.

"Off the back of it, we were asked to do a handful of concerts. We just fell into it.

"Initially, when we were told seven UK arena shows had been booked, our reaction was,'Hey, that's maybe pushing it a bit'. Our promoter was confident we would sell them out. Suddenly, it progressed to 25 arena concerts and four stadium shows.

"Then we wanted to prove to ourselves we could still do it." The group's Ultimate Tour 2006 - which included two gigs at the SECC in Glasgow - broke box-office records before they had even sung a note live.

On the opening night, at the Metro Arena in Newcastle on April 23, self-doubt again crept in.

Mark said: "The crowd in the Metro Arena seemed so vast, I remember looking out from behind the stage and feeling very moved.

"We had a look at each other and thought: 'How did we end up here?' It was overpowering to be hit by such a wave of enthusiasm when we walked on.

"I don't want to get all drippy but I got pretty emotional.

"Each of us knew what was at stake but there was a feeling of, 'Let's go out and enjoy this because it's going to be over so quickly'.

"We didn't think our reunion would last beyond that string of gigs." The tour helped cement Gary, Mark, Jason and Howard's relationship as friends but, more importantly, it proved the catalyst for the four to begin writing together.

In the previous incarnation of Take That, Gary Barlow penned all their key songs.

After their split in 1995 he enjoyed considerable success as a solo act - with UK No.1 singles Forever Love and Love Won't Wait - and wrote hits for Atomic Kitten, Donny Osmond, Blue and Delta Goodrem.

Mark never anticipated the new four-way writing collaboration would yield such pop riches as hit singles Patience, Shine, Rule The World and The Greatest Day.

If the UK music industry was surprised by their prowess as writers, so it seems were the band.

Mark said: "First time around I don't think we got enough respect for our music - we struggled to win credibility for our songs. We had to come back with something a real step up musically.

"It wasn't that we didn't take our music seriously before. We were only 18 or 19 years old then.

Gary had always done most of that stuff.

"He had to take a step back, change his way of working and think how we would approach it as a group.

"When we realised we could write together, it was all a happy accident.

"There's definitely much more soul in Take That now. Our music is more grown-up and honest.

"Back then it felt like we were part of a big machine churning things out.

"That's why we called it a day - there was a danger of being swallowed up by all that.

"In 1996, at the end of Take That, Gary was a bit lost in his own thing - and he would even admit that.

"We never got the chance to try anything new. We were so tired, knackered, we knew it was time to stop."

A follow up to the two postreunion group albums - Beautiful World and The Circus - has been put on hold until after this tour.

Mark added: "We've talked about recording another album but nobody is looking beyond these shows.

"People might hate the gigs. Then we will have to call it a day. Hopefully, it won't come to that."

There's no chance of it. This time Take That are back... for good..

http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/tv-showbiz-news/music-news/2009/06/14/we-weren-t-sure-comeback-single-and-reunion-would-work-says-take-that-star-mark-owen-78057-21440106/

After months of waiting, Take That fans will be treated to two gigs at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff next week. Band member Mark Owen takes time out of rehearsals to talk to Karen Price about the shows, family life and a certain Mr Williams

IT’S the day before the most anticipated date in the music calendar and Mark Owen is trying to keep the nerves at bay.

Just 24 hours after our phone chat, Owen and the other members of Take That staged the world premiere of their much-anticipated tour, The Circus. And just like their massive comeback three years ago, which saw the chart-toppers give a blistering performance at the Millennium Stadium, their latest show has gone down a storm.

Critics at the opening gig at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland last weekend described the performance as “a real pleasure” and “pure theatre”.

All that, and there wasn’t even a mention of the R word in any of the reviews I scoured.

Yes it seems that Mark Owen, Gary Barlow, Jason Orange and Howard Donald, are back at the very top and they don’t need any help from former bandmate Robbie Williams thank you very much.

When the tour was announced last year, there was much talk about whether Williams would reunite with the band or not.

Three years ago he was represented on stage during the comeback tour as a hologram. But it doesn’t appear that he’s referenced this time, even though the boys are all on talking terms once again.

“No, he’s not going to come,” says Owen, 37, when I ask the inevitable question about whether Williams will join the 2009 tour.

“I’m so glad Robbie is back in contact and we see him now. We talked last year of him maybe coming (on tour). We were all a bit giddy about seeing each other but it’s not possible at the moment. Rob’s doing a new record. But it (reunion) will happen one day.”

When we speak, the father-of-two is looking forward to the world premiere of the tour the following night, but he admits the nerves are kicking in.

“I have been really good all week and quite calm but I can feel myself starting to tense up a little bit. I woke up this morning and felt a bit...” he trails off.

“Sick?” I offer.

“Yes, sick,” he laughs.

“The nice thing about the first venue is you’re in there three or four days before, so we’ve done most of our sound checks and stuff.

“I’m hoping not to go in too early before the show. I’ve got the kids coming up today with my lady so I probably won’t get any sleep tonight.”

The tour opened just two nights after Britney Spears launched her series of London gigs as part of her tour – coincidentally also called Circus. But it seems Take That had no reason to worry about any competition.

As one critic, who has seen both shows, stated: “The boys’ show makes their rival’s look like an end-of-pier performance. Britney has a cast of 50? Pah, Take That have over 200. She rides an umbrella, they have a hot air balloon hovering above, but hitch a lift from the centre of the stadium to their big top tent on a 20ft-high, mechanical elephant with glowing eyes whose tail is an upside down woman with hair extensions. Heck, they even learned to ride unicycles.”

Owen admits: “It’s a big show – the biggest we have done, or it feels like it is.

“There are 58 trucks. On the last tour there were 30.”

Those trucks are carrying a selection of outrageous outfits – the boys don amateurish face paint and clowns’ outfits for one section – and some magnificent sets, including the hot air balloon.

But Owen plays down the costumes.

“There are not as many as in the past,” he says. “We’ve got an amazing wardrobe. People have been coming in and making stuff for us. We’re not like the Spice Girls so it isn’t all by John Galliano. But they are all beautiful.”

While it’s all well and good to put on an extravaganza – what about the main ingredient: the music?

“We are not one of those bands who don’t play the back catalogue. We think we’ve got a good set list. I think we’ve got the balance right,” says Owen. “Gary’s slightly concerned we are playing one too many off the new record. I said, ‘It will be great. Don’t worry. Just smile and sing and shut up’!”

Take That originally dominated the charts from 1991 to 1996 when they sold 19 million records. They announced their split seven months after Williams quit the band in July 1995.

Following a TV documentary in 2005, in which they aired their views on the split, the post-Williams line-up announced they were reforming to tour in 2006. The rest is history. Now they are bigger and better than ever, notching up more chart-toppers with the albums Beautiful World and The Circus and their current tour is said to be “the fastest-selling in UK history”.

While all of them, except Orange, are now fathers, it seems they are enjoying life in a band even more second time round – mainly because they are not afraid to speak their minds and want to be the best possible for their fans.

“We get on really well, better than we ever have done. But we are not afraid to say: ‘That’s not working.’ We are more honest. We all really care. We really care so much,” says Owen.

Due to their personal commitments – Owen is dad to Elwood, who’s nearly three, and six-month-old Willow – their tours are now condensed. They also travel with old friends.

“There’s a really nice atmosphere. We have a really great crew. Everyone started with us back in ’91 or ’92. There’s a real family atmosphere back stage. Everyone wants it to go well. There’s a crew of 238 and you don’t want to let them down.”

When we speak, The Circus show isn’t the finely-tuned spectacular that fans in Sunderland – and earlier this week, Coventry – enjoyed.

“I hope it’s going to be alright. At the moment we’re coming in at about six hours,” laughs Owen of the gig.

“There’s been a few hiccups – technical things really. We’re hoping it’s going to be about an hour and 45 to two hours. We don’t want to go on too much. People get bored after that.”

I don’t think there’s much chance of that happening. There is a variety of support acts – from James Morrison and The Script to Lady Ga Ga and The Saturdays – to warm up the crowds, mainly made up of 30-something women. There is also little known singer Gary Go, who Owens tells me “we have been championing”.

So which member of Take That gets most nervous before performing live in front of 60,000 fans?

“I think on the outside it’s probably me or Jay. Gary on the outside is very cool usually. We are all getting a bit nervous about it. I’m trying not to think about it.

“But I love touring as long, as I’m looking after myself; and as long as you’re feeling strong, it’s great. The worst thing that can happen is you wake up and go: ‘Oh my throat’s sore.’ That’s my one dread. It would break my heart if I were to lose my voice.”

Owen is not sure how long his children will join him on tour.

“It’s quite disrupting for them. Elwood knows daddy’s in a band but he thinks all daddys are in bands.

“The other day we saw a male friend in the street and he told us he was going to work. Elwood said: ‘What’s your band called’?”

After the hysteria of being in a band first time round, when Take That disbanded, Owen managed to lead a relatively quiet life, despite continuing as a solo artist and even winning Celebrity Big Brother.

But although Take That are now one of the world’s biggest bands once again, Owen says the fame doesn’t bother him and he manages to lead a relatively “normal” life away from the public glare.

“It’s not too bad at all. Everyone’s got their own lives now. You don’t get people outside your door. It’s fine.”

As far as Take That are concerned, will they now be like a new version of the Rolling Stones and go on forever or do they plan to bow out at the top?

“We just want to get this tour right and get through it but everyone’s quite up for a new record,” says Owen.

Surely music to their screaming fans’ ears...

Take That are at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on Tuesday & Wednesday

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/2009/06/12/robbie-will-return-one-day-say-take-that-91466-23850601/

Love this bit,too cute!

Owen is not sure how long his children will join him on tour.

“It’s quite disrupting for them. Elwood knows daddy’s in a band but he thinks all daddys are in bands.

“The other day we saw a male friend in the street and he told us he was going to work. Elwood said: ‘What’s your band called’?”

[M X]

I love Said It All.

[pinkmichk]

love your new sig and avatar laura
said it all is really growing on me i love it now hated it when i first heard it

[Princess]

YAY for the Said It All love! :hugesmile: And thanks Mich!

SIA has been one of my favs since my first play of the album,I cried on my 2nd listen and I've played it more than other song on the album even though HUAL is my fav.

[Princess]

A wonderful Irish review and a Gaz interview which has made me VERY happy!

Music Blog - Roll up, roll up...
That's it. I've decided I'm running away with The Circus. I've always been a bit of a tomboy. I reckon I could perfect some lion taming. I like to dress a bit colourfully, so maybe I could do the clown thing... I have no co-ordination though, so that rules out the tight-rope and the unicycles... OK, so I don't have many obvious skills to bring to the table but last Saturday night in Croke Park I was convinced that it would be a pretty cool job, if they'd have me.

Elephants, giant inflatable men, tightrope walkers, fireworks...
Take That's latest tour is a non-stop gasp-fest. I went along to Croke Park expecting to have a good time (after all I've loved them since I was about ten-years-old) but the show that I saw completely surpassed all my expectations. It was just such a spectacular visual experience. Everything about The Circus was amazing. Yeah, last week I wrote about Beyoncé's gig being one of the best I've ever been to, and it was. She has an amazing voice and brilliant natural presence, but Take That just took my breath away. I found myself gawping at the stage like a child as all the circus acts kicked off the show and I kept a silly grin on my face right up until their final goodbye. This, folks, is how comebacks are done.

If you're a fan of Take That then you were always going to enjoy the show. Most of their new stuff from The Circus album is in there but they've also hung onto the elements that worked from their last tour, like Jason Orange's amazing performance of Wooden Boat - and, for good measure, all of the old classics from their first time out (like Relight My Fire, Could It Be Magic and A Million Love Songs) are included too. It's total sing-along fare.

The opening to the show was spectacular for me. First the clowns come mingle in the crowd (nice touch... particularly if you're the kind of person who feels the need to drag one of those colourfully dressed characters into a picture with you!)... then there's the entourage of circus fun - the balloons, the bright costumes, the dramatic music and a surprise entrance from the lads on the B stage - nice touch. And then it's almost all a blur. There was just too much going on to try to remember it all.

The best bits
Afterwards you were on such an annoying high that you couldn't stop talking about the concert - but what was your favourite part? Was it the giant people-powered elephant? (Too impressive for words - go creative team!) Or was it getting hosed down with a mini-shower if you were close enough to the stage? (If anyone else had sprayed water on me at a show I might have been a little peeved but I was more than alright with that on the night). Or maybe it was the comedy touches whether intentional (some great unicycle moves) or unintentional (like poor Mark Owen's trousers splitting after a costume change - not that anyone seemed to be complaining... roughly 80,000 people were of the opinion that it was a sign and he should just shed them!).

Or was it watching the lads dressing as clowns on stage or almost having a heart-attack watching that very brave tight-rope walker or maybe it was just reliving all the memories of their songs from down through the years or watching the pyrotechnics and fireworks display at the end? I honestly couldn't pick a stand-out highlight myself... unless I'm going to be totally biased towards Jason and pick Wooden Boat but that would be unfair, right? Mark carried on performing with a giant split in his pants. Gary held the show single-handedly at the piano churning out all the old classics that had everyone singing along. And Howard came up with the unicycle idea, which was so funny on stage.

When I tried to describe the concert to other very jealous people who weren't there I just couldn't seem to explain how big it all was. That's why it worked. No detail had been overlooked. It was just such a spectacle. Credit has to go to the massive crew who work on staging, choreography, special effects and all the tiny elements that together make this the kind of circus you'd never forget.

Several days later, after sleeping on it like my mother advised, I'm still not for changing my mind. Now where do I sign up to run away with this amazing circus?!

Linda McGee
http://www.rte.ie/ie/entertainmentmusic/entry/music_blog_roll_up_roll

KE That WILL make a new album after their tremendous Circus Live shows come to a climax.



Despite rumours of solo projects, the band are committed to continuing their all-conquering pop rule as a foursome.
And in the latest move, the lads' stunning new single Said it All is out this week.

Gary Barlow confirmed to me: "We will take a break after the tour then start writing again for the next album in autumn. It would be stupid to stop now wouldn't it? I'm feeling so vibed up. I haven't started writing yet, but we've got ideas."

The humongous stadium shows are the most elaborate the manband have put on.

Yet they're fi nding bigger is most definitely better. Gary, pictured above right on stage, continued: "This is the most relaxed tour we've ever done because of how the dates fall.

"We usually do something like 10 nights back to back. But it is more spaced out, which is nice."

As well as cooking up new songs, Gary is also considering adding to the Barlow household.

His wife Dawn, 39, gave birth to daughter Daisy in January.

And the 38-year-old revealed: "Dawn wants to have another baby.

"I'm happy with three but what the woman wants, the woman usually gets. The first two are a bit older now and take care of themselves, but Dawn is really enjoying Daisy."

Eight-year-old Daniel, and six-year-old Emily will pop along to see dad Gary in action on the live tour whenever they can.

As Gary explained: "We can't take them out of school as we get told off."

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/85288/Take-That-We-re-not-splitting

After the tour they'll properly be a drought until the DVD and the book later on in the year. Doubt they'll release anymore songs until the next album which will hopefully be out about this time next year-be nice to have a summer album for once,although I do not want a winter tour! I'm sure they'll figure it out.

[MrGaryy]

SIA has over taken the Saturdays and is now at 22! I reckon it will crack the Top 20 within the next day or so as it's behind Pokerface which has been sliding consistently for ages and We Are The People by Empire of the Sun which are still pretty unknown over here.

[Princess]

I heard it was Top 10 in the midweeks due to Play.com doing a 3 single deal which we all latched onto,lol. I really really want Top 10!

Thanks Gaz :hugesmile:

[MrGaryy]

oh yeah, thats iTunes btw :P

and yeah apparently it;s slipped a little but still inside the T10.

[Princess]

Lol yeah I got the iTunes bit :P I just want Top 10,the album sales are incredible,I just want Top 10,lol.
Hopefully the tour is good enough promo!

[Princess]

I was bored I counted all the lead's everyone has done since the comeback-albums,b-sides and random tracks

Gary-18
Mark-12
Howard-4
Jason-3

I'm so cool :tongue:

[Princess]

1 review,1 interview with Howard with some stage detail stuff as well and lovely little Mark story. I love these men!!!!

Review: Take That at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff
Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 08:2024 readers have commented on this story.
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THE circus came to town in style tonight when Take That hit Cardiff.
The pop super group played to a packed Millennium Stadium for the first of their two dates in the capital.
The circus theme - born from their most recent album title was apparent from the off.
And as the foursome opened with Greatest Day, the fans went as wild as they did in the early 1990s.
Clowns, balloons, and even a 30 ft elephant were all part of the act as the boys belted out their wealth of hits.
While the group have arguably been more successful since reuniting, they harked back to their younger years by honouring their back catalogue.
Fans were thrilled by hits such as Relight My Fire, A million Love Songs, and It Only Takes a Minute.
And during Back for Good, sprinklers soaked the boys which, reminiscent of the video, no doubt sparked a nostalgic moment for many fans.
In the spirit of a circus and unlike many gigs at the stadium, much of the action was in the centre and it was happening from all angles as an army of dancers, acrobats and gymnasts adorned the stage.
In a display of guts, they attempted circus stunts themselves, with Jason, Howard and Mark riding unicycles.
And proving they're now more than the polished manufactured boy band they once were, this time round they proved their musical credentials.
Gary was on keyboards, Mark on bass, Howard on drums, while Jason played the guitar.
And by this point it was clear they certainly didn't need Robbie Williams to thrill a crowd any more.
As the two hour show drew to a close, the group maintained their energy to belt out Rule the World.
In recent months Madonna and Oasis have played at the stadium, but there's a reason why Take That are able to attract twice as many fans.
Their obvious talent and energy is matched in droves by their humble nature and warmth. It's clear they're truly grateful for all the hysterical support they so clearly deserve.
Seeing Take That live undoubtedly pleased their abundance of fans.
And it's likely that any dads or boyfriends dragged along will have enjoyed it an awful lot as well.
EG

http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/Review-Millennium-Stadium-Cardiff/article-1082613-detail/article.html

Take That Circus is rolling into town.. and there was never a chance of Robbie Williams being involved, says Howard Donald
Jun 18 2009 By John Dingwall

BOY-BAND hysteria will hit Scotland when Britain's favourite pop act roll into town for the first of a hat-trick of shows at Glasgow's Hampden Stadium tomorrow night - but there will be no sign of the band's old mate Robbie Williams.

The Let Me EntertainYou singer has been told to forget all talk of a reunion and to knuckle down on finishing his own solo album.

And his former bandmate, Howard Donald, insists Robbie has given up on all hope of rejoining his old band and knows he will have to rekindle his own career without them.

Drawing a line under the Robbie rumours once and for all, Howard claimed that it was never really on the cards for Robbie to join the band.

"There has been all sorts of talk in the newspapers, but that's all it was," Howard insisted. "We know between us that he is a good friend. We respect that he is making an album and he respects our career, but everything is great."

The solo star's career had hit the doldrums in recent years and Robbie knows only too well that he would have benefited by association had he been given the chance to go onstage with Take That on any of their tour dates. It would have given him a captive audience of 1.2 million fans and would have been an enormous publicity coup.

But, as well as giving up on the idea, Howard says Robbie has finally come to respect his old band and has been told to buckle down and record a new solo album for release in October - giving him time to cash in on the lucrative Christmas market.

"Robbie has got his own career," Howard added. "We think he has an album coming out at the end of this year and we have this tour to concentrate on. There has been no time to see Robbie because we spent a very busy time in rehearsals and in dress rehearsals leading up to the show.We were getting the show together because we wanted it to be perfect for the fans."

The lads are playing not not one but three sell-out shows at Scotland's national stadium and Howard admits he is blown away by the level of success Take That have achieved.

"It really is incredible," he said. "To be honest with you, I lost track of how many shows we were playing in Scotland and when I saw that we were going to be in Hampden Stadium for three shows it really hit home to me just how great the fans in Scotland really are.

"It is quite unbelievable really to be playing three shows in the same stadium in Scotland in the one weekend. I have to pinch myself sometimes because it is hard to come to terms with the fact that we are even able to play stadiums. It's unbelievable."

Take That's biggest tour has seen Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Howard Donald and Mark Owen deliver one of the most elaborate pop shows ever seen.

"We can't wait to get on that stage at Hampden," Jason agreed. "I just can't wait. It's going to be brilliant. It's the biggest tour we have ever done. It's a wonderful honour."

Fresh from Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, the lads hope to dazzle fans with their Circusthemed shows, which will see them performing acrobatic tricks and riding unicycles and include a huge hot-air balloon centre-stage, a giant circus tent, a high-wire, trapeze, and clowns handing out balloons.

The four-piece will dazzle on a £10million stage at Hampden, performing acrobatic tricks, in keeping with their latest chart-topping album, also called Circus.

And to make sure all their fans are catered for, whether young or old, Take That will be performing a selection of songs spanning their entire career - going as far back as their early 1990s hits to their most recent hit single, Said It All.

Fans of the band, which reformed in 2006, will arrive in their droves to catch their idols and support acts Gary Go and The Saturdays.

The fastest-selling show in UK pop music history boasts jugglers, trapeze artists and tight-rope walkers - and a set list including Take That classics, A Million Love Songs, Could it be Magic? and Shine.

A giant mechanical elephant and a 10.4mhigh puppet ringmaster sounds like the sort of stuff we might expect from Pink Floyd but not from a boy band, but Mark admits the band were determined to give their fans value for money.

"It's a big show, the biggest we have done," the 37-year old said: We think we've got a good set list and got the balance right."

At the start of the show, the stage will open up like the petals of a flower with the four members of Take That slowly rising up on a platform that gradually reveals itself to be balanced on top of the giant, 7.6m-tall mechanical elephant.

Then a section of the circular stage swings away and the elephant performs a full turn, blows some water from its trunk and begins to move.

The show was conceived by stage designer Es Devlin but it is down to Brilliant Stages project manager Clay Brock to make it happen. Brock, who has designed stage sets for Metallica, assembled a team of specialists, including structural engineers.

"The set designer dreams up these crazy ideas and has no idea how they're going to work," he admitted. "My job is to make sure we get it done on time and on budget with design intent. They wanted a puppet that leans forwards, holds out its hands and goes 'boo'. That was our creative direction."

"We had to do this earthquake scene for Metallica, where two pylons had to crash to the ground in two seconds," says engineer Andy Edwards of 3D Design, one of the specialists on the project. "Nobody else would touch it. It was a nightmare to do but we made it work.You do it on the basis of a gut feeling - you can do all the calculations, but you don't know if it will work until you try it."

The ringmaster puppet is constructed from five scissor lifts stacked one above the other. The one below the head has a cantilevered platform for the band to stand on. The scissor lifts are clothed with a body made from aluminium hoops joined with fabric that unfold as the puppet extends, like a jack-in-the-box.

After Sunday's third Hampden Stadium show, the entire set will take 37 hours to dismantle for the next show.

Howard said: "I think in the old days, when we are talking about the early 1990s tours, we danced and pranced around to choreography for every song. And we drank so much water onstage because of how much we were dancing and how much younger we were.

Now the whole show has been designed for a stadium tour which means everything needs to be much bigger and we need many more people and a bigger cast to make sure the stage doesn't look empty."

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2009/06/18/the-hampden-four-86908-21450130/

IAN Barnett couldn’t believe his luck when he bumped into Mark Owen in a city hotel.

Ian, 33, from Penylan, Cardiff, was refused a picture but was bowled over when he was promised two tickets for Tuesday night’s show.

Ian, right, saw Mark at the Park Plaza Hotel’s Laguna spa on Tuesday afternoon. He said: “I was getting changed and he walked in and I thought: ‘Was that Mark Owen?’ He must have gone to the steam room because I was swimming and I didn’t see him again until I was on my way out. I grabbed the opportunity and asked for a picture but he apologised and said no. Then he stopped and asked me if I was going to the Tuesday night show.”

When he said he wasn’t, Ian could not believe his eyes when Mark wrote down his name.

“He asked me how to spell it and if I wanted another ticket for a friend, then told me to pick them up at the box office,” he said.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/06/18/greatest-day-for-fan-ian-91466-23907424/

[Princess]

*talks to self*

No one can really say anything bad about TT and it be true. They can sing,dance,write,produce,play instruments,come up with the ideas for their tour and put on incredible shows. They're nice,funny,gorgeous,they get on with one another,they're lovely to their fans and they give their very all.

*proud*

[Princess]

Just got e-mails about the 26th and 4th saying I have to pick up my tickets at the box office. Fine by me! Far less stress than waiting. Hoping I get a smiliar e-mail about the 27th.

[Princess]

ARGHHH!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-K1mtV6Q-g

The bit where Mark went 'Fashionable?' where he was facing was basically where I was,argh! Like 2 metres away!

[Princess]

Have now uploaded photos to here,Twitter,Bebo and now Facebook. My definition of a few to Facebook was like over a hundred,hah!

[MrGaryy]

SIA has slipped back to 23 again :(

[Princess]

Feckkkkkkk.

On Thrusday it was still in Top 10 so hopefully it will be Top 10! A lot of us buy singles and use 7Digital-especially the European fans,they download from 7Digital to make it count towards the UK chart.

[BigSister]

My friend said it was the best concert shes been too(She went on Friday)

[MrGaryy]

just had a look at the mid weeks. Apparently it;s slipped even further but is still there.

[Princess]

YAY Becca! Almost everyone has said that far,including 3 newspapers,can't get much better reviews than that!

Gaz-In the top 10?? Hope so. I ain't listened to the charts since UAN fell out of it,I'm going to be sat there tomorrow and not know any songs!

[MrGaryy]

ooh yay so you'll be listening. I'm sick of being lonely in the Chart show thread.

[Princess]

Lol yeah for once. I only listen when the boys are in it. Go look at that video I posted in the other thread! I need a reply,lol.

[BigSister]

Yep she really enjoyed it. Ill get a better review when she comes home from holiday next week

[Princess]

Apprentley SIA wasn't any higher than 20 on most download places so it must have got a lot of physical copies bought for it to be 9! Which is all down to us fans :tongue:

Just happy with Top 10! And album back up the chart!

[Princess]

Eeek my 5th of July arrived this morning and it's so pretty! Will post a pic later along with some well good reviews.

4 DAYS!!!!

[Princess]

Right ACTUAL NEWS! To start some gorg pics of the boys with media people-the 3am girls and Gordon Smart(Sun I think). MARK :lovedup:

http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo212/jordy1191/zzzzzzzzz.jpg
http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo212/jordy1191/zzzzzzzz-1.jpg

I also love how How and Gaz both seem to be wearing TT hoodies!

[Princess]

Sunday Herald,just stuff about women taking over but I like anyway

Girl power takes over
Take That’s concerts saw female fans from the 1990s return with their daughters. They also hint, writes Edd McCracken, at a shift in the balance of power over who decides what music is listened to
FOR ANYONE wanting a glimpse of the future, the 6.05pm from Glasgow Central Station to Mount Florida on Friday provided it. As the train passed through suburbs such as Pollockshields, Shawlands, and Langside the carriages' population and mood changed. The usual commuters were filleted off, shuffling back to their homes south of the Clyde. Songs began to be sung, enthusiastically if not in key. The dominant colour switched from business grey to hen-party pink. And with every passing station, men became ever more outnumbered.

Some Darwinists believe that within several thousand years mankind, aided by technology, will have evolved in a way as to render males redundant. On Friday night, over five miles, this process took a mere 20 minutes.

The reason for this microcosmic acceleration is Take That. It is the first night of the biggest concerts of the summer. Driven by the loyalty of their mainly female fans, Mark, Gary, Howard, and Jason have sold out Hampden three nights in a row, equal to more than 150,000 tickets.

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This circus-themed arena tour, part of their hugely successful comeback, has led some to believe that the days when men's CD collections dictated what is heard in the nation's arenas may be coming to an end.

In comparison, music's equivalent of Old Spice aftershave - Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC, Coldplay, and U2 - are only staging one night each at the venue, while the Lynx deodorant of the live entertainment, Oasis, managed just one night at Edinburgh's Murrayfield last Wednesday.

The streets around Hampden look like match day in reverse. Feather boas replace scarves, Take That flags and "The Hampden Phwoar" banners fly instead of football colours, women replace men as the majority.

Janice Stewart, who travelled from Irvine for the concert, looks out into the gathering crowd of 30-something women. She has a theory about what has fuelled the success of Take That's comeback.

"It's women living in the past, basically," she said. "It's about looking back to the 1990s when we were young. For me it is anyway. I'm reliving my youth."

There are also a large number of girls who are in the full flush of youth first time around. Four men in their late 30s dressed in sensible clothes singing the virtues of patience seems to play well with a demographic more associated with teenage crushes and having things, like, now.

"It's not just mums or women in their 30s that like them," said Lynda Hunter, from Glasgow. "Youngsters like them too. They're always on the radio. My daughter knows all their songs. She loves them. She's not coming though. I want a night out with my pals."

Many mums have brought their daughters, however. Kathleen Muir, 53, and her daughter, Laura Bradshaw, 24, have come from Kilsyth. It is hard to know who is the biggest fan. Both bob up and down at the turnstiles waiting to enter the stadium, and descend into giggling when contemplating the night ahead.

Hampden is full of family outings. Somerville Drive, leading from the station to the stadium, is packed with what looks like several generations of families taking snaps of themselves for the family album.

To be fair, the male proportion of the crowd is healthy. Looking out into the 50,000 people filing into the stadium, which at times resembles an explosion in a party supply factory, balding pates and short back and sides can be seen amidst the cowboy hats, feather boas, and rabbit ears.

Bruce Renwick, from Kelso, is here with his wife, Beverly, and seems quite happy about it. This is the first time he has seen the band. And he is not afraid to admit that his interest, which began back in the school canteen, was as practical as much as musical.

"All the good-looking girls at school liked Take That, so I took an interest," he said. "It was almost as if we were made to like Take That to get the girls."

And then there is the gay community. When Take That first emerged in the early 1990s their high N-RG dance moves and short shorts made them gay pin-ups. It is a following that has stayed with them through to the more mature ballads and Marks and Spencer suits of the comeback albums.

Adrian McMeechin was at their last show in Manchester before they split up. "I was in the third row," he said. "I had a banner and everything. It said: I love you Howard.'"

This is the first time he has seen them since. He admits that Take That concerts have benefit attractions beyond the musical: "I've also just split up with my boyfriend, so I'm checking out the talent," he said.

For Vicky Macdonald it is a pilgrimage. The Forfar resident has never seen Take That before. She is dressed as befits one who is about to receive a religious pop experience: draped in a technicolour Take That flag, hidden behind large sunglasses, and topped by a marshmallow pink cowboy hat with her heroes faces glued on. "I am in awe," she said, dancing with excitement. She was a fan first time around but had small children at the time.

"We weren't able to go see them," she said. "Our money was too precious to be spending it on a gig. But now my kids have grown up, this is our time. Absolutely."

Macdonald may hold the key to why Take That have given the laddish Oasis, grandfatherly Bruce Springsteen, and the testosterone-flecked AC/DC a bloody nose this summer. Gennaro Castaldo from music and film retailer HMV has noticed a shift in the entertainment world. And it is armed with a handbag full of disposable cash.

"The reason why these guys are so successful was first time around they were playing to young female audiences who made all the noise, wore all the gear, but didn't necessarily have the disposable income to go out and see them," he said. "Second time around these same people are now married, they have more disposable income, so they can go see them and take their daughters with them.

"As a consumer and a decision maker the power of women has never been greater. The more live venue owners, record labels, movie studios see that, the more they will cater to it."

Hollywood is catching on as well. Year dot for female orientated movies could well be 2008. In the summer of male-friendly fare such as The Dark Knight and Wanted, Sex and The City clattered through on high heels to became a huge hit. But even Carrie Bradshaw and co. were overshadowed by Mamma Mia.

The Abba musical became the highest grossing film of all time in the UK, using a song and dance to scamper to the top rather than car chases and explosions.

"I think Hollywood has failed to maximise its potential by underestimating its female audience," said Charles Gant, box office blogger and film critic for Heat magazine.

"Studios are constantly being surprised by its potency. Each time it is like they are discovering it for the first time, such as the success of something like Mamma Mia and Sex and the City. At the root of this is the assumptions around couples' behaviour, which is that girls will go to boys' movies and men will not go to girls' movies. That assumption takes an awful lot of shaking."

Thanks to the time involved in making a film, the fruits of Mamma Mia's success will not be seen until next summer. Whether the movie industry becomes more feminised permanently, as opposed to opportunistically, will depend on the success of the next Sex and the City film, out in 2010.

Some movie insiders are sceptical about whether Mamma Mia marks any real change, however. "The last big, big success that was seen as driven by a female audience was Thelma and Louise," said Sandra Hedron, director of the London International Film Festival. "That was in 1991. That's a long time for the movie industry to be wondering if it will make something for a female audience. I'm sceptical about the idea of a massive change."

But in other art forms women rule the roost - nowhere more so than in books. In fiction 80% of all readers are women, according to a 2007 survey. Women also tend to buy more books as presents.

"It is a largely female market and publishers react accordingly," said Marion Sinclair from Publishing Scotland. "Romance and Mills and Boon, for example, sell huge quantities. Men, by comparison tend to get turned off reading at school. And when they do read they don't like things that are imaginative, they prefer to deal with facts."

If women boycotted gigs or movies neither industry would grind to a standstill. Both still have a natural male bias. But to witness Hampden on Friday is potentially to see the balance being redressed.

Take That fittingly finish their spectacular show with a recent song, Rule The World. Their adoring female fans sing along, arms and mobile phones aloft. Soon, they very well might.

http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2515612.0.0.php

Lovely lil blog from a random bloke!

A Day At The Circus
Monday, June 22, 2009
Music history is littered with over-reaching statements bearing no relation to hard fact.

John Lennon claimed, at the height of The Beatles' fame, that they were bigger than Jesus. Keeping up his own Fabs-robbing legacy, Noel Gallagher later went one better, saying Oasis were bigger than the Messiah's own daddy.

Paul Weller, upon hearing that John Peel had declared The White Stripes' Jack White to be "the new Hendrix" responded by saying "That old **** should know better".

And though he was a fictional comedy character, Alan Partridge's assertion that Wings were "the band The Beatles could have been" can never be forgotten.

So today, when I state that Take That are as close as this generation may get to having its own Beatles, my tongue is only partially in my cheek. And my second assertion, that Take That are the live band The Beatles could have been, will no doubt be ridiculed.

When Mrs Wife's friend had to pull out of attending the last of Take That's three Glasgow concerts on Sunday, I was drafted in as a last minute substitute. I had no qualms about attending, but said all along that I would rather see a genuine fan take the ticket. But when no such fan could be found at such short notice, I made the trip to Hampden, little more than a week before I'm due to go there to see AC/DC.

We made the mistake of entering the stadium when the gates opened at 4pm, unaware that opening act Gary Go wasn't due onstage until around 7pm. As a result, we spent far too long standing in the heat and in the midst of a crowd that wasn't so much moshpit as menopause pit.

But enough of the preamble - why am I making ridiculous claims that Take That are this generation's Beatles?

Firstly, the show itself. Based around a Circus theme, in tribute to the band's latest album of the same name, I have never seen such a vast and complex set up for a gig. I've seen stadium gigs by The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Bon Jovi, Oasis and U2, but the shows put on by all of those members of the stadium rock elite pale into near insignificance when compared with the sheer scale of Take That's Circus. A troupe of dancers, jugglers, trapeze artists, acrobats, tightrope walkers and other assorted circus performers formed an intricate part of the show. As did a full-size mechanical elephant that rose from the second stage.

The opening sequence saw these circus performers take a long walk from the main stage to the second stage, evoking a psychedelic take on a Victorian circus that brought to mind The Beatles' work around 1967 - think Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite turned into a Yellow Submarine-style live action movie and you're getting close.

Amongst all this hoo-ha, a vast cloud of balloons made its way to the second stage, and at the crescendo of this introduction, the balloons rose to reveal the four members of Take That dressed in black militaristic uniforms that fell somewhere between those worn by The Beatles on the cover of Sgt Pepper and those sported by My Chemical Romance in their Black Parade phase.

And it's that showmanship that leads me to my claim that Take That are the live band The Beatles could have been.

If, instead of splitting, The Beatles had gone the way of the Rolling Stones and become a massive globe-touring stadium band, I can imagine that their show, or sections of it at least, would be similar to what Take That put on for Circus - pageantary, the idea of making a show a real event, a huge psychedelic video screen as a backdrop and a lot of matey, self-deprecating banter.

So perhaps you'll forgive the comparison - is it so difficult to imagine The Beatles, had history played out differently, playing to a million people in the space of a month on a UK stadium tour, backed by one of the most lavish stages ever built?

But that still leaves my second claim unanswered - that Take That, musically, could be as close as this generation will get to a Beatles of its own.

First off, I don't mean for a second that Take That have anything like the genius of The Beatles.

But few bands ever rise to a stage where they can play to packed stadia night after night. And while there were definitely considerably more women in Hampden last night, there was also a substantial number of men - all of whom, I'd imagine, could probably name 10 or more Take That songs (and, dare I say it, sing along).

The only other British band of a similar age group to Take That with the ability to effortlessly fill stadia and have all 55,000 people sing along with their songs is Oasis. But Oasis perhaps don't have the same across the board appeal - you can't imagine two parents taking their primary school age son and daughter to see Oasis, can you?

And so it comes to pass that I, a massive Beatles fan who should definitely know better, have just spent a rather lengthy blog post discussing Take That without actually mentioning any of their music - including the rather special Back For Good and Shine, both of which could probably slot fairly comfortably into The Beatles' back catalogue - and reaching the conclusion that they're the post-Millenial Beatles.

I'm blaming the Scottish summer sunshine....

http://groaninjock.blogspot.com/2009/06/day-at-circus.html

[Princess]

There's going to a Time Out London 4 cover special,now I'm hoping they're on sale still next week as I'll be in London or else someone is going to have to get them for me,I don't wanna imagine P&P,lol!

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj74/Andttt/3751506.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj74/Andttt/3751505.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj74/Andttt/3751504.jpg
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj74/Andttt/3751501.jpg

A wonderful Scotland review

HAMPDEN PARK, GLASGOW

By Fiona Shepherd

THE circus has come to town. A 21st-century circus with £10 million of technology and stagecraft, but a circus nonetheless. The Circus Tour is a show with thrills to make awestruck kids of all ages. Did Take That think ahead to this spectacular when they named their album? Most likely.

Their entire comeback has been a shrewdly conceived blueprint for band reunions, particularly boy bands hoping to make the transition to man bands by taking their teen audiences with them and tapping into a hitherto unexploited demographic of 20-and 30-something men who always liked Back For Good but could never admit it in the playground.

Their recent albums, Beautiful World and The Circus itself, have been pitched at the adult contemporary market – both are slick, inoffensive efforts, but not lacking in insidiously hummable tunes.

The circus theme did not so much pervade the show as dictate it. Archive footage of circus performers played on the big screens in the run-up to show time, while clowns circulated with balloons.

As the quartet soaked up the ecstatic reaction, Gary Barlow's line, "Tonight this could be the greatest night of our lives", sounded a distinct possibility.

The pure pop of Could It Be Magic, Pray, and A Million Love Songs required no further embellishment than an audience banner proclaiming "The Hampden Phwoar".

In the most impressive piece of stagecraft to grace a pop arena of any year, the hydraulic elephant carried them to the main stage, which was flooded with dancing girls, trapeze artists and trampolinists.

This was indeed a contender for the Greatest Show on Earth.

http://living.scotsman.com/gig-reviews/Gig-review-Take-That.5386937.jp

I think that's all the lastest stuff,never did put any Sunderland or Cov stuff up but all the reviews are the same-BEST CONCERT EVER etc :P

OOOOH THE VIDEOS!

*comes back*

[Princess]

The iTunes Circus Live Pass videos. I couldn't get the pass as it's only avalible in UK :sad: but it is avalibe from iTunes for 4.99!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pRV0BVoOW4&feature=PlayList&p=8B4D21E9870E1CD4&index=0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_XNptv7Sfc&feature=PlayList&p=8B4D21E9870E1CD4&index=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hha9gbdSed0&feature=PlayList&p=8B4D21E9870E1CD4&index=2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYJ_LD59sjg&feature=PlayList&p=8B4D21E9870E1CD4&index=4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwPFIzPTUmc&feature=PlayList&p=8B4D21E9870E1CD4&index=5

Highlights include ice baths,a lot of unicycle practice and pretty much the entire Dublin video,lol

:love: :love: :love: :love:

[Nicky.]

Oh wicked!!
Sucks you couldn't get them - good ol' iTunes!

When's your next gig?

[Princess]

I hate iTunes,lol. Even more for not letting me get that pass!

FRIDAY!!! And then again on Saturday,lol. Both in Manc,very excited as Manc is hometown so it will be AMAZE!

:colour:

[Nicky.]

I don't use iTunes!! xD

and I don't need to say it, but have fun! Xx

[Princess]

MEN review,KOL were in the MEN last night,I think they got overshadowed slighty,lol!

Take That wow crowds
June 24, 2009

REVIEW: TAKE THAT

Lancashire County Cricket Club

BOUNCING on to the stage like the clouds of helium-filled balloons that circle the air above them, homecoming heroes Take That are back in town.

And this time they’ve brought the whole circus with them for this, their first of five sold-out nights at Old Trafford.

With huge cheers echoing around Lancashire County Cricket ground, our fab four of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen and Jason Orange, are lovingly embraced by the hometown crowd as the opening strains of Greatest Day ring out.

It couldn’t be a more apt show opener, for the 50,000 adoring fans packing into Old Trafford.

Even the sun decided to come out for the occasion after a rain-soaked day. “Manchester, your boys are home,” screams Mark Owen before launching into

Could It Be Magic. The fans lapped it up and everyone was in the mood for a party.

For their part, the lads have thrown everything bar the kitchen sink into making this Circus Live tour their most incredible to date. They’ve got quite a reputation to live up to – every tour yet has managed to outdo the one before.

Incredible

Here, they top it all with, well, a Big Top. The lads have wrung every last element out of their circus theme, taken, of course, from the title of their latest album, the second studio recording since their comeback in 2005.

We’re treated to everything from trapeze artists, contortionists, high-wire walkers and clowns streaming on to the stage. In the most spectacular part of the show, the lads step into a magician’s cabinet which rises high into the air – then you realise they’re actually astride a huge mechanical elephant.

What other British pop band could dream up a spectacle like that? They even impress with their own circus skills – Jason, Howard and Mark expertly unicycling down the central stage, only for Gary to steal the scene with his tiny comedy bike with stabilisers.

All the theatrics are worked cleverly into different vignettes in this humdinger of a show, with the lads easing effortlessly between their 90s hits like Pray and comeback favourites like Shine and Up All Night.

Interestingly they ditch the Beatles medley that has been a mainstay of recent tours for a romp through their own early hits instead.

Eye-popping finale

Dressed in clown gear, they ham it up with 90s-style dance grooves to the likes of Promises, It Only Takes A Minute and Take That And Party. An eye-popping finale is guaranteed with fan favourite Never Forget played out with a marching band of drummer boys.

The lads conclude proceedings dressed, rather fittingly, as ringmasters of their own special circus to lead the crowds in a mass dance-along to Relight My Fire and Jason paid tribute to all the Manchester fans, saying: “It really means a lot to be back.”

Just when you think they can’t pull anything else out of the bag, out come the fireworks for a spine-tingling singalong to Rule the World.

An estimated £10m was lavished on this tour, and it’s not hard to see where the money has gone. One thing’s for sure – you’re never going to feel short- changed at a Take That gig.

Dianne Bourne

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz/s/1122240_take_that_wow_crowds

2 DAYS!

[Princess]

A lovely Manc review by a MAN! I never tire of reading good reviews,even though they're all good. Everything who isn't a complete prat would give Take That an amazing review.

Take That knock 'em for six at Lancashire Cricket Club
1:52pm Wednesday 24th June 2009

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By Richard Holton »

It's a perfect summers evening, The Take That circus has rolled into Manchester, for the first of five concerts in their home city, fondly referred to as “The greatest city in the world”, Set against the pale blue skyline at Lancashire Cricket Club The giant stage complete with Big Top top is dormant .

250,000 of the tour's one million tickets were snapped up here surprisingly there's a healthy mix of male and female, young and old. Such is the Take That's appeal.

Approaching show time start , the fans watch a perplexing dream-like circus performance by a handful of colourful characters. A mix of In the Night Garden’ meets the Child Catcher. Suddenly; Gary, Jason, Mark and Howard appear by stealth and surprise their followers.

What follows is an evening of entertainment bringing in the traditional big top, circus on stage, set to their music mixed with the magic of open air .

Each song, new and old, accompanied by a separate circus performance with the boys changing costume through the evening The much talked about, mechanical circus elephant, which leads up to the song 'Shine', doesn't disappoint. The stage transforms into a full circus scene with trapeze artist, trampolines, sparkling gymnast and dancing girls, flooding out and over the stage in a frenzy of movement.

There's a strong performance vocally and musically from the four, with quiet moments and monochromatic and darker periods throughout the evening.

With the fading light comes an opportunity to stun the fans again with a fantastic light bonanza. A giant ring master puppet engulfs the stage like a scene from Wizard of Oz. There are swirling spinning shapes and flames erupting to the sound of 'Relight my Fire. Frankly it's jaw-dropping The light show, complicated choreography and well written songs, and respect for their fans is in evidence.

If you are one of the lucky ones with tickets, let me know, I 'd see it again tomorrow.

* Until Sunday. Star rating - *****

http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/leisure/4456479.Take_That_knock__em_for_six_at_Lancashire_ Cricket_Club/

Manchester TOMORROW! Sooooooooooooooooooooooo excited!

[Princess]

Some gorg photos from Chris Moyles. I'll be there for the show they record,yayy. And I'll be there for the DVD!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/takethat/

[BigSister]

Yay ^_^
That made me laugh"by a man" hehe

[Princess]

Glasgow and Cardiff vids. Only Manc and London left after that. :( Still can't believe this tour is over.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W2l3fQUG3Y&feature=PlayList&p=8B4D21E9870E1CD4&index=6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36plwfMgaKE&feature=PlayList&p=8B4D21E9870E1CD4&index=8

[Princess]

Title bumpage.

[Princess]

Doting dad Gary Barlow takes family to LA for holiday after 'emotional' final Circus show
By Chris Johnson

After completing the run of gigs with Take That, Gary Barlow took some time to play the family man as he arrived in Los Angeles.

The father-of-three was spotted with his brood at LAX airport yesterday, cradling his most recent addition, seven-month-old Daisy.
He was also accompanied by his wife Dawn and their other two other children Daniel, eight, and Emily, seven.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/09/article-0-05A60003000005DC-853_468x655.jpg
Daddy's girl: Gary Barlow cradles his seven-month-old daughter Daisy at LAX airport in Los Angeles where he was seen with his family yesterday


The 38-year-old pop star is probably looking forward to some time out after the UK tour with the Manchester band.
But fans who didn't get to see the chart-topping group this time around need not worry as Gary says the Circus gigs will hopefully not be their last.


They decided not to take the stage show to Europe, on account of it being too expensive.
But he recently told the Radio 1 Chris Moyles Show: 'We want to do some more, we want to go back out again. We'll come at it fresh next time and see where we go.'
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/09/article-1198471-05A6001B000005DC-617_468x343.jpg
All together: Gary and Daisy bring up the rear with Dawn in front and Daniel and Emily striding out ahead


And of the last show at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, he added: 'It was an emotional night for us - this isn't the end.'
Take That are also celebrating after winning their second Silver Clef Award, a coup for the four-piece act as The Beatles and Rolling Stones have only ever won one.
The boy band got their first gong at the annual awards lunch staged in aid of the Nordoff Robbins charity back in 1995, not long before Robbie Williams quit the group.

On hearing they had won a second Silver Clef award, Gary Barlow announced that he and his colleagues would make a £50,000 donation to the Music Therapy charity.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/09/article-1198471-058FFD96000005DC-104_468x365.jpg
Roll up, roll up: Take That ended UK Circus tour at Wembley Stadium on Sunday


For their latest tour, fans shelled out a staggering £50million on tickets.
Take That's 'Circus' is the most successful comeback album of recent times, selling one million copies within 19 days of its release in December last year.
And since Michael Jackson's sudden death two weeks ago, Take That have reclaimed their record as the fastest-selling concert in Britain.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1198471/Doting-dad-Gary-Barlow-takes-family-LA-holiday-emotional-final-Circus-show.html

[Princess]

Happy Birthday to Mr. Jason Orange who is 39 today :cheer:

Loveeeeeeeeeeeee youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[BigSister]

Happy birthday Jason ^_^

[Harry!]

My mum went to see them on saturday, here is a pic she took
http://i30.tinypic.com/8x7f68.jpg

[Princess]

Lovely lil article

Take That and pa-rty
By Fiona Phillips 11/07/2009

Buzzing from my daily dose of two cups of strong coffee - after hearing it reduces the risk of Alzheimer's - I thought I was hallucinating when I bumped into lovely Mark Owen (left) on Wednesday.

So what would you think he'd be doing having finished Take That's sell-out UK tour just the weekend before? Luxury holiday perhaps? A stay in The Priory to get over the stress of it all? Don't be silly. He was out pushing baby Willow in her pram along our local street, as he often does. He's just like any other dad and that's how he sees it. Which is why Take That will always have a huge following.

They've never lost touch with reality. And their fans know it.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/07/11/take-that-and-pa-rty-115875-21511460/

:lovedup:

In other news I MISS THE TOUR!!!!!! :sad:

[Princess]

Mark is in Mauritius(sp) with his family

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1199330/Take-Thats-Mark-Owen-relaxes-family-holiday-gruelling-Circus-tour.html

http://www.rexfeatures.com/set/968484?pg=2&pl=20&cr=-1

Gary's in LA with his family,Howard is off DJing around the place,which only leaves Jason.... Who I'm presuming is in some health farm somewhere.

[BigSister]

aww they are going on their holidays

[Princess]

Lucky them having sunny places to go after the tour,I'm stuck in miserable Ireland :laugh:

[BigSister]

awwwwwwwwww

[Mikel]

TAKE THAT.
JASON. YUM
OMG.
EXCITEMENTENETEDME :)

[Princess]

YAY!!!! You came to the thread :D

There's another thread in music about my tour,feck loads of Jay photos in there :P He's my 2nd fav.

[Mikel]

Originally posted by Princess
YAY!!!! You came to the thread :D

There's another thread in music about my tour,feck loads of Jay photos in there :P He's my 2nd fav.

Took me ages to find it!
haha.
I love Jason SO much :lovedup:

and, Omg. Im gonna browse through that laters :)
Cant wait.
Omg.

[Princess]

Jay looked at me on tour! And wiggled his hips at us :P

[Mikel]

Originally posted by Princess
Jay looked at me on tour! And wiggled his hips at us :P

:mad:
I only seen them about, 20ft away from me.
He didnt look at me.

[Princess]

Well I was front row twice. Bit easier to get their attention....

[Mikel]

Originally posted by Princess
Well I was front row twice. Bit easier to get their attention....

OMG.
In the ricoh arena, i was like right at the back for both shows!!
SO LUCKY.

[Princess]

Well I queued all day(from 8am for both front row shows),impossible to get there otherwise!

Anyways it's all in the tour thread :P I'm off to reread HP7.Talk soon x

[Mikel]

Originally posted by Princess
Well I queued all day(from 8am for both front row shows),impossible to get there otherwise!

Anyways it's all in the tour thread :P I'm off to reread HP7.Talk soon x
Okies.
I shall be in this thread most of the time now.
haha

[xDramatick]

I don't suppose there are any pictures of Gary Barlow on the beach by any chance... :tongue:

I'm in quite a Take That mood today :]
I played Diana Vickers over 80 times yesterday, my last.fm plays rocketed.
Wonder if TT will do the same LOL.

[Mikel]

http://i477.photobucket.com/albums/rr137/Anchi3001/jason-orange.jpg

:lovedup:

[xDramatick]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j18/Buzgen/Gary/0205ys.jpg

I'd love to be uhm.. 'Up All Night' with this :wink:

On another note.. he looks remarkably like John Barrowman here.
Maybe that's why I'm like *swoooon* *perv* *admire* hahaha.

[Mikel]

aha.
Jason Orange makes anyday the Greatest Day

[Princess]

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Princess]

Ooooohhhhh I never noticed your posts Darenn!

I need to get some Mark pics in here :P Lol no,Gaz is in LA. :P

Today is 14 years since Robbie left Take That. I'm hoping people will finally shut up about him soon.

[MrGaryy]

oh a take that thread.
meh those boys haven't been the same since robbie left
*wipes tear*

[Princess]

**** :P

:bigsmile:

[Princess]

Manchester video :bawling:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZLFPDCKLnY&feature=PlayList&p=8B4D21E9870E1CD4&index=10

[Princess]

Bumpty bump for the Manc vid,it's AMAZING.

[Princess]

London,omfg bawling so much here! Post-tour blues have come back stronger! Now I just wanna mop around the house and stare at tour pics whilst listening to The Circus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmkPrOizyCY&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CFjU2CjYvg&feature=channel_page

[Sophii3x]

Awww *hugs* there's gonna be a DVD, right?

Oooh, Shine just come on my mp3 player shuffle :P

[Princess]

Aww thanks Soph *hugs*

Yeah DVD is September 4th apprentley. I'll hopefully be on it cos I was 3rd row B-Stage and 2nd row runway for the 2 DVD days they did.

[Sophii3x]

Oooh, that's pretty soon.. better than Christmas time! I have to get it for my mam becuase I forgot to get her tickets for one of the Cardiff concerts and she was mad :P And wow, I hope you're shown on it!

LOL this has brought back when Stace asked me on MSN a few months ago whether Jason or GA were the better pole dancers :P I said Jason and she was mad and said I was thinking with my clit, lmao.

[Princess]

Awwww Soph! :P Hah yeah it's pretty soon,can't fricking wait! There's no TT stuff until it comes out. They're all taking a break at the moment.

Lmao we had that conversation! I said TT were obviuosly more talented but GA looked better(although I do think TT looked better) and she argeed,lol! TT are better though,well Jay and How.

[Sophii3x]

I don't blame them for taking a break :P I really want Delta to work with Gary again (she's in London/Ireland right now writing for a new album).

LOL, she showed me youtube vids and everything and asked me to decide. Jason actually looked pretty hot in it, GA did nothing apart from slide up and down it!

I've gtg now (Chris is taking me out for a surprise tonight- have no idea where were going) lmao, byeee xxxx

[Princess]

Awww have a nice time! Talk soon hun xx

edit:I hope so too! I loved the songs they do together.

[MrGaryy]

-wanders back in-

Take That. hmm.
OH YEAH! they were that band Robbie Williams was in
-files nailz-

[Princess]

I don't wanna tidy

Setlist

Greatest Day-Gary-New
Hello-Mark-New
Could it be Magic-Gary(Robbie)-Old
Pray-Gary-Old
A Million Love Songs-Gary-Old
Back for Good-Gary-Old
The Garden-All,mainly Mark and Gary-New
Shine-Mark-New
Up All Night-Mark-New
Wooden Boat-Jason-New
How Did It Come To This-Jason-New
The Circus-Gary-New
What Is Love-Howard-New
Medley-All but mostly Gary-Old
Said It All-Gary and Mark-New
Never Forget-Howard-Old
Patience-Gary-New
Relight my Fire-Gary-Old
Hold Up A Light-Mark-New
Rule the World-Gary-Old

So 12 new,8 old(although the medley is 4 old songs),12 Gary Songs,6 Mark Songs,2 Howard songs and 2 Jason songs

[Princess]

I ADORE this.A picture Gary Go took on the Saturday is was LASHING. The day Lady Gaga didn't turn up and we were stuck in the rain. I was at the back without an umbrella,lol.

http://i26.tinypic.com/xf124o.jpg

[BigSister]

hehe that looks cool was that at manchester?

[Princess]

Yep! Twas at Manchester. It was a good night once the boys came on but the rain did suck slighty :tongue:

[BigSister]

lol it always rains up north anyway so dont worry about that
And yay i was right

[Princess]

Out of 5 nights in Manc though it only rained once! So that was good. And the rain magically disappeared once the boys came on. Like it was drizzling on and off but not anywhere near as heavy as it had been.

I got 5 out of 6 rain-free,pretty good lol.

[Princess]

Really cute story.

Hope enjoyed a spectacular day courtesy of Make-A-Wish when she had her wish granted to meet her pop idols ‘Take That’ at Wembley Stadium.

Ten year old Hope, from South Ockendon in Essex, is living with Cerebral Palsy and is a huge fan of the famous group.

After first visiting the London Eye with her family, Hope was whisked off to Wembley Stadium in a luxury pink limousine to meet her favourite band - she could hardly contain her excitement.

She was especially thrilled to meet Mark Owen as he is her favourite member of the group. She clapped her hands and blew him kisses when she met him. Mark was very touched and made Hope the envy of millions of girls when he bent down to give her a kiss on the cheek and told her to have a great time watching the show.

There was one extra surprise waiting – the chance to watch the concert in full and see her favourite pop stars perform. Hope thought the show was incredible and smiled all the way through, clapping her hands to her favourite songs, especially the number one hit ‘Never Forget’.

Hope’s mother Nadine said: “Hope will remember this day forever and so will I. Just to see the smile on her face made me so happy. Thank you Make-A-Wish for making this magical wish happen.”
http://www.make-a-wish.org.uk/wishes/latest/?200

Really sweet pic of Mark and Hope on the link.

[Princess]

Ok so this is neglected a bit but there is like NO news. Won't be for a while probably :(

[Princess]

DVD on the Tesco website,with the release date of August 31st! Even better cos we get DVD's,CD's etc on the Friday before so I get it on August 28th,which is the day after my birthday,YAY!!!!!!!!

[Mrluvaluva]

"Screams....The boys"! I love the way you call them "The boys" Laura. And I have heard you saying that. :tongue:

[BigSister]

Yay thats good news

[Princess]

Lmao,how random Baz. Thanks :tongue:

And yayyyyyyyyyy Becca.

Eeek I can't wait! Cos everyone is staying over the night of my birthday so I'm going to go run and buy it and make all my friends watch it,lol!

[Princess]

LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :lovedup:

http://i27.tinypic.com/2u8bc3l.jpg

[Princess]

Lovely lil old Mark interview

http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/player/6829/mark_owen.html

[Princess]

Originally posted by Princess
LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :lovedup:

http://i27.tinypic.com/2u8bc3l.jpg

Nothing this gorgeous should be at the bottom of a page :P

[Princess]

Book(s) is up on a couple of sites for the 29th of October. I'm hoping they do a signing here. If not well I hope flights are cheap....

Each volume is 17-20 pounds on sites which is 40 pounds altogether which is like 50 pounds :| Ah well.

[Princess]

I stole Chris Moyles twitpic and drew a tiny lil dot/line thing where I think I was :laugh:

http://i31.tinypic.com/2ceqazq.jpg

[bronaaaa]

Princess, I just have various songs but want to buy one of their albums, which would you recommend :spin2:

[Princess]

Call me Laura,Brona :P lol

I'd say get both Beautiful World and The Circus.

Beautiful World there's only 1 song I don't like (I'd Wait For Life) but not many stand-out songs

The Circus there's a couple I'm not fond of,but much more songs that I LOVE.

Both amazing albums though.

[bronaaaa]

Aww thanks Laura :hug:

[Princess]

No probs :D It's nice to people posting,rather than me talking to myself in here :laugh:

[Harry!]

I will tell my mum about the DVD, She likes TT and she would like to watch the DVD.

[Princess]

The date might now be November 2nd :sad: I'm keeping the title to obtain optisism :laugh:

[Harry!]

Originally posted by Princess
The date might now be November 2nd :sad: I'm keeping the title to obtain optisism :laugh:

That would be near when Madonna releases hers [And november 2nd is my bday!]

[Harry!]

Originally posted by Princess
No probs :D It's nice to people posting,rather than me talking to myself in here :laugh:

Join the club [A La Madonna Thread]

[Princess]

Amazed, the love ballad by American country band Lonestar, is the most popular song chosen by newly-weds for their first dance, a new poll has found.

The pop song came top in a poll of 2,000 wedding videographers, who were asked for the most requested songs for the bride and groom's traditional dance.

Originally released in 1999, the song spent 22 weeks in the UK singles charts and topped the American 'Billboard' country singles charts for eight weeks.

At number five on the poll conducted by PRS For Music, Take That's Rule the World was the only track by a UK artist to enter the top five.

Written for the film Stardust in 2007, the song was the fifth highest-selling single of the year, despite only being released in October, and remained in the top 100 in the UK charts for almost 18 months.

It was also the most recent release to feature in the poll, which favoured ballads from the 1980s and 90s. Also in the top 10 was ex Take That member Robbie Williams who entered at number 8 with 'Angels'.

Van Morrison's Have I Told You Lately That I Love You, from 1989, came sixth, and Westlife's Flying Without Wings was number seven in the poll.

From Westlife's self-titled debut album, the 1999 track was the Irish band's third UK number one.

Top 10 most popular wedding first dance songs:

1. Lonestar – Amazed

2. Aerosmith – Don't Want To Miss A Thing

3. Shania Twain – From This Moment On

4. Bryan Adams – (Everything I do) I Do It For You

5. Take That – Rule The World

6. Van Morrison – Have I told you Lately

7 Westlife – Flying without Wings

8. Robbie Williams – Angels

9. Shania Twain – You're Still The One

10 Jack Johnson – Better Together

Mwahahaha they beat Robbie AND Pestlife :bigsmile:

This is news at the moment *sighs*

edit:No linkage as I got it off the forum which didn't have linkage

[Princess]

Your Circus Tour Moment

Since the phenomenal Take That Circus Tour came to an end, you guys just can’t stop talking about it!

We’d love to hear about your favourite Take That Tour moments, so each week we’ll be asking you to share them with us over on the official forum here, or below.

This week we’d like to hear all about your fave PERFORMANCE on tour. Did you fall in love with the opening performance of “Greatest Day”, the moment the guys sung “The Garden” on top of the magical elephant, or something else?

Next week we’ll post a selection of your top tour performance moments right here on www.takethat.com

Remember that there is still time to get your hands on the Circus Live iTunes Pass to gain an exclusive insight into the Take That tour backstage and loads of other cool features.

Head here to purchase the pass now!

http://www.takethat.com/news/your-circus-tour-moment/#newsItem

Here's what I wrote

I went to 6 concerts(Dublin,26th and 27th in Manc,and the last 3 at Wembley),every single one was incredible and it was an experience of a lifetime.My highlights include….

Being front row at Dublin(my hometown) and the last night at Wembley,my first and last nights
When they sang ‘All the stars are coming out tonight,they’re lighting up the skies tonight’ at Dublin and I looked up and saw stars
Mark ripping his trousers in Dublin,lol!
Being at the B-Stage on the 3rd and seeing them appear from behind the balloons-mass hysteria.They were SO CLOSE!
On the last night,when the ticker tape exploded while Mark was singing my fav bit of Said It All,magical
Never Forget-the arms-80,000-spine-tingling
When Mark waved at me on the last night-AMAZING!
Hold Up A Light-the jumping up and down,immense. The boyband medley,thrusting,unicycles and pants,yum!
Mark singing Shine on the last night,stomping and singing and looking at me!
The guy’s goodbye talk on the last night and Rule the World,where everyone was in tears.

Thanks Take That,it was incredible xxx

[MrGaryy]

aww thats really nice Laura.

oh and RTW would be a really good wedding dance song.

[Princess]

Thanks Gaz :bigsmile:

[Princess]

One month later and I still have the post tour blues :sad: Tomorrow is a month since it all finished.

News with nowt except people Gary is writing for

The brilliant Beverley Knight is back with a new album, 100%. But the 36 year old workaholic has already booked Gary Barlow into work on another new track. Our source told us "Bev and Gary became friends when she supported Take That on tour." "They're desperate to get in the studio together and although it's too late for this album, Gary has said he's on board for the next one." We're expecting very big things

No linkage as I got it off the forum

Cheryl says Gary's on song!
Posted: Tuesday 4 Aug 2009


Cheryl Cole is pulling out all the stops to guarantee that her solo career is a success.
Her latest plan is to ask her celebrity pal Gary Barlow to pen her a hit.

While Cheryl, 26, has already worked with Will.I.Am and had talks with hit-maker Linda Perry about her debut album, she is telling record company bosses that she is also “desperate” for Gary, 38, to write her a ballad.

So will Cheryl, who bonded with the Take That star on their charity climb of Mount Kilimanjaro back in March, get her man?

It certainly sounds like Gary’s up for it, after he told me, “Cheryl’s great. She’s fun, feisty and knows her stuff!”


http://www.new-magazine.co.uk/licensetospill/view/12106/Cheryl-says-Gary-s-on-song-/

[Princess]

Howard is DJing in Brum tonight

Gary and Mylenne Klass met up in LA and she gave him clothes for Daisy

I have no clue where either Mark or Jay are.

Exciting stuff.....

*sighs*

[Princess]

Howard has a big beard,from pics I've seen off him in Brum DJing. I still have no clue where Jay and Mark are.

And more people want Gary to write them stuff.

Nicole wants Gary Barlow

GARY BARLOW will be a very busy man over the next year if NICOLE SCHERZINGER gets her way.
The PUS.SYCAT DOLL wants the TAKE THAT frontman to pen her some tracks for a planned solo effort.

The pint-sized pop princess, also working on a third album with the girl group, hopes her high-profile relationship with F1 champ LEWIS HAMILTON will help her relaunch a solo career.

A source said: "Nicole believes that everything Gary puts his hand to is amazing. She is convinced he can provide the hit she needs."

I've no doubt Gary can do it. The big question is: Will he want to?


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2582853/Nicole-Scherzinger-wants-Gary-Barlow.html

[Princess]

Gary is writing with TT's producer for Alesha Dixon at the moment and he wrote some songs for Jade Ewen which I didn't know! It's his son Dan's birthday today. Run out of members after Jay's bday,it's all children past then :laugh:

No clue whats up with the other 3. I MISS THEM!

[Princess]

JASON'S ALIVE!!!! :bigsmile:

We're Jase good mates
By Dean Piper on August 16, 2009 2:12 AM in My Sunday Mirror Column

http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/showbiz-dean-piper/css/12jason.jpg
What do we have here, then?

Take That's JASON ORANGE looked pretty happy as he strolled arm in arm with dancer CLAIRE MILLIN, 31.

The pair spotted my snapper and giggled hysterically, but I'm told it's all above board as Claire's already spoken for.

Her Facebook profile says she's dating a kickboxer called JAMIE WOOD.

Claire, who's been working on Take That's Circus tour, is a trained ballet dancer and cites fire-eating as a party trick. Hot stuff!!

Claire is my favourite dancer,random,lol! Well besides Ciaron but he did talk to me :tongue: I wish it was true,just nice to see a pic of Jay though!

[xDramatick]

ooh who's Ciaron?!

I take it there were no Gary Beach pics :tongue: hehe.
I'm such a perv >.>

[Princess]

Ciarons just a dancer,lol. He's been there since the comeback. He's the blonde guy in the Pixie Lott vid,the main one?

Haha no Daren,no Gary beach pics :P Gary news is that he met with up Fearne Cotton yesterday and is writing with Alesha Dixon.

If you want to perv,I recommend this place :tongue:

http://forum.takethat.com/t/5890.aspx

[xDramatick]

why thank you for the link, i'm very happy now hahaha.

&noway?!
he's stunning.

I don't suppose you have any other information on him? haha :tongue:

[Princess]

I have him as a friend on Facebook :P His name is Ciarnn Connelly,he's Irish :hugesmile:

I think he's from this company called Dancers Inc but I can't remember

I'll go look :tongue:

[xDramatick]

haha thank you very much, I may just hunt him down..
I mean.
research him.. for a dance.. related project...
mwahaha.

OH, and yum:
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh132/jacquiclay/20080731111020_00006-vi-1.jpg
just to reassure I'm on topic :D

[Princess]

I FOUND HIM! :P

http://www.dancersinc.co.uk/dancers.html

He's under 'male dancers' Take That get all their dancers from there,Gaz's wife Dawn is even there.

[Princess]

HAHA I've never seen that pic of Gaz before! But that's probably cos I tend to stick in the Mark thread,and sometimes the Jay one....

[xDramatick]

LOL, there's quite a few nicee ones :]

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh132/jacquiclay/cuteeee.jpg
http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh132/jacquiclay/mo_hq_gal_08-1.png

[Princess]

That first one was in his book. You should read it :tongue: LOL at the second one,why has he got Jay on his t-shirt?

[xDramatick]

ooh thanks for that link. mmm. haha.
found his facebook.. oh so tempting.
i wonder how many randomers he gets.. lol

[Princess]

He gets fecl loads,add him :tongue:

[xDramatick]

added haha, if he was to ask, i'll just say i'm curious as to.. how to get into the industry? haha

I didn't know Gary had a book?
-amazons it-

[Princess]

Well I have no clue so yeah ask him,hes really lovely. He was chatting to us at Wembley and he was a clown and I went 'You're a dancer,not a clown!' and he just nodded and smiled,lol! The clowns weren't supposed to talk :P

It's called My Take,I loveeee it.

[xDramatick]

ooh I'll check it out.

He accepted!
I might ask him about getting into the industry then, I'd be content being a backing dancer for a massive band haha.
He's even lovelierr by his pictures. hahaha.
You'll check his profile later and just see some LONGG ramble from me. LOL.

Jealousy :P haha, I wish I'd gone to the TT tour now, I just found it hard to
get tickets. I saw the clown picture on his FB.
Well. 'twas a bit slow :\ lol

[Princess]

Haha,I look forward to reading the ramble :P

It was an incredible show. It feels like a dream to me now,can't believe I was ever so close! DVD's out soon :bigsmile: Well November *grumbles*

[xDramatick]

Six times over? LOL :tongue:

I'll get the DVD for Xmas =]

[Princess]

Was it incredible 6 times? YES :tongue: My favourite night as my last one. Every single show,although generally the same was differnent

Dublin-First show,no clue what the show was going to be,Mark's ripped his trousers,Fields of Aherny(sp),front row!
Manchester 26th-Hometownnnnn,and I noticed a lot more cos I was at the back
Manc 27th-Atmosphere was unreal,it absolutely bucketed and I noticed yet more about the show,lol! Plus they said some things they hadn't done in the other shows-leather things included,lol!
London 3rd-Saw the show from the B-Stage-unreal!
London 4th-Was at the runway so saw the show being prepared,met the best people and the it was the best atmosphere.
London 5th-FRONT ROW!Closest I was all tour,met more people,they all looked at me,Mark waved at me! Plus some really sweet moments,like their lil goodbye talk and Mark saying things like on top of the elephant 'Do you mind if I just enjoy this for a moment?' and later 'I don't want to say goodbye so see you soon' and How crying and Jay giving him a hug mid song. Emotional night!

*ramble* :tongue:

[Princess]

I LOVE this

ingek73@laurabolger i heard in Manchester that whilst in Spain Mark got so drunk he started talking to the wall?!? MarkieMarkieMarkie *shakes head*

Haha! I know people who were around when Mark got drunk and he hugged and kissed them all and then went into the hotel restaurant and talked everyone,even though loads of them werne't Thatters :laugh:

[Princess]

Love love love

The hidden gems that have pop stars hooked
From Take That to Mozart, musicians draw inspiration from the unlikeliest sources.
So who are today's biggest stars secretly hooked on – and why?

Nicky Wire, Manic Street Preachers

Patience, Take That

This is not an ironic choice. It's the greatest comeback single in history. If Neil Young had written it, people would be calling it a masterpiece. I've always liked Take That, too. They looked so brilliant back in the day and did everything right, but this is something else. It's got such a dark lyric: "My heart is numb, has no feeling/ So while I'm healing/ Just try and have a little patience". There's also a maturity about it that suits the boys all grown-up. Gary Barlow is a genius; I won't have anyone argue against him. When Alex Turner slagged off Take That at the 2006 Q awards for getting an award, I nearly lost it. James [Dean Bradfield from the Manics] was grabbing me by the arm, saying: "Don't lose it, Nicky." You get so many alternative bands banging on about how to make perfect pop, and this kicks all their arses.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/aug/17/pop-hidden-gems-take-that

[Princess]

Amazing record sales,amazing critical acclaim for albums and tours,decent ticket prices,write their own music,sing live,can dance,play instruments amongst other things,genuinely nice,down-to-earth people.

:hugesmile:

[MrGaryy]

^nice random post there :P I agree tho obviously.

oh and remind me to be around the next time Mark gets drunk! ;)

[Princess]

Haha it's just cos you were all going on about critical acclaim and sales and I was like mwahaha my boys have both,lol!

Next tour if I have enough,I'm going to try and stay in their hotel one night,Mark gets drunk a lot,come along :tongue: Haha!

[MrGaryy]

oh well don;t be too cocky because APPARENTLY 'no1curr' about critical acclaim these days.

i've played so much TT yesterday, my effing last fm wont scrobble tho grr.

[Princess]

Meh,I can afford to be cocky,biggest and fastest selling UK tour of all time and I didn't hear one bad thing about it....

And you know that isn't true that no-one cares :P Argh I hate when that happens! It's done it to me loads lately but then it just shoves it all on in one go. I've listened to loads of Christina lately,can't fricking wait for the new album,eek!

[MrGaryy]

i know sammeeeeee. also really looking forward to her Project Runway episode.

[Princess]

Oooh I didn't know about that! Eeek. Btw is their a confirmed date yet?

edit:For the album I mean

[MrGaryy]

no we haven't heard ANYTHING official in month but I reckon its fairly safe to say it will be November. which means we should get some new stuff in Sept!!

[Princess]

YAYYYY. Eek no new stuff from the boys for a good while(music wise,they have the DVD and book soon enough) so this will keep me occupied,woop :bigsmile:

You must be SO excited?

[MrGaryy]

its not even funny anymore some days I just want to jump off a bridge or something, i can't contain myself. LOL. I have a feeling it could be her biggest success yet. either that or a total flop LOL.

[Princess]

LMAO! Please don't jump off any bridges Gary :tongue:

It won't be a flop,it's Christina! What is her biggest album actually,Stripped?

[MrGaryy]

yeah, it contributes to like half of her total sales.

[Princess]

Wowwwww,that's a lot! I do love Stripped but I have a soft spot for a lot of B2B as well.

The boy's is Beautiful World with 2.5 UK sales and I think The Circus is nearing 2 mil UK sales at the moment. I have no clue about world sales though.

[MrGaryy]

Yeah B2B would have sold a lot more but it got botched promo cos she got pregnant. Plus it was always going to be a risk to do something not totally mainstream.

[Princess]

Haha damn you for being pregnant! It's great about being a fan of a guy band,Mark was out doing Circus promo like 6 days after his daughter was born.

Yeah,glad she did though,Christina wouldn't be Christina if she stuck to the mainstream.

[MrGaryy]

her flexibility as an artist is what sets her aside from the Britneys and the Beyonces. That and her balls as a person.

[Princess]

You got that right :bigsmile: Btw I loveeee your banner!

[MrGaryy]

thank you me too! It makes me so happy looking at how she's matured and changed SO much.

[Princess]

Yeah! Lol mine would be there's Take That young and wearing bondage gear,now they're old and wear M&S clothes :laugh:

[Princess]

For prettiness
http://i32.tinypic.com/2v00ll1.png
http://i27.tinypic.com/2pqp7qq.png
http://i25.tinypic.com/259hpqs.png
http://i30.tinypic.com/29asgll.png
And one clothed :P
http://i28.tinypic.com/2cda13p.jpg

[xDramatick]

GARYYYYYYYY<3
I saw the U2U Princess hahaha, yummagee<3!

That picture of him with Jason is THE sex.
ugh :love:

[Princess]

I thought you might apperciate them :tongue: I have a few of Ciaron randomly if you want them,lol.

[Princess]

Found this on the forum,wowwwwwwwwwwww. I've never seen 2nd last row,one on the beach,looks like a personal picture with Emma,dunno how they got that!

http://i32.tinypic.com/2w5rtau.png

[xDramatick]

LOL @ the hats picture!!

a few of Ciaran wouldn't go a miss haha :tongue:

[Princess]

Ciaran pics :P

http://i30.tinypic.com/2gsqzbd.jpg
http://i30.tinypic.com/2rxtt7t.jpg
http://i29.tinypic.com/t9ws45.jpg

There's another one I have somewhere but I can't find it,grrness!

edit:Took the first one out cos it was 2 big,I'll resize it and put it back it later.

edit2: Found the one I couldn't find,still have to put the too big one in later.

[Zac]

Lady Gaga would like all four Take That boys at once!

The Paparazzi singer thinks the group - consisting of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen and Jason Orange - are "sexy" and would like to get them all in the bedroom at the same time.

The 23 year old star said "I'd like all four at once. They're very sexy. I'm a single girl now and I like to have a good time."

She boasted: "I don't have any crushes in paticular, if I did, they'd be mine!"

[Lewis.]

Lmao at Gaga. :nono:
And that hats picture is immense. Must have taken ages
:hugesmile:

[Princess]

TAKE THAT heart-throb MARK OWEN is to wed his long-term girlfriend EMMA FERGUSON, The Sun can reveal.
The couple - who have children Elwood Jack, three, and nine-month-old Willow Rose - will tie the knot in Scotland in November.

A spokesperson for Mark said: "Mark is wanting to keep the location a secret from the guests as none of them know where it's going to be, it's mark and Emma's surprise to their very close family and friends".

Close sources said last night that the wedding party would be "a private affair".

Take That stars GARY BARLOW, JASON ORANGE and HOWARD DONALD have all been invited - as well as former bandmate ROBBIE WILLIAMS.

Mark, 37, and actress Emma have been planning the ceremony since Take That's Circus tour - the fastest-selling in UK history - ended in July.

The source said: "It will be the perfect way for Mark to end what has been a perfect year."

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2605202/Mark-Owen-to-wed-long-term-love-Emma-Ferguson.html

Take That singer Mark Owen is finally planning to marry his long-term partner Emma Ferguson.
The couple, who have been engaged since 2006, are set wed in a top secret ceremony this winter.

Guests including bandmates Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Jason Orange will be kept in the dark about the location of the nuptials until the 11th hour.


The pair are said to have sent out save-the-date invites to around 50 people but hope to keep all other details as a surprise until the big day.

It is possible former Take That member Robbie Williams will attend the wedding, according to a source.
The couple, who generally steer away from the spotlight, have turned down lucrative magazine deals to ensure it is a private affair.
The marriage has been described as 'icing on the cake' for the pair, who have two children Elwood, 3, and 9-month-old Willow Rose.

Take That, who launched a comeback in 2006 with the release of Patience, have enjoyed a yet another hugely successful year .
Their Circus tour became the fastest-selling in UK history after fans snapped up 600,000 tickets in five hours.
They went on to perform 20 stadium dates the UK and Ireland much to the delight of loyal fans.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1208886/Mark-Owen-marry-Take-That-singer-plans-secret-wedding-Emma-Ferguson.html

Mark Owen will tie the knot with his partner Emma Ferguson at a castle in the Scottish Highlands, it has been claimed.

The couple have revealed their plans to 50 guests who will attend the ceremony but will not disclose the exact location until the day arrives, according to the Daily Record.

It is believed that the pair are keen to keep the media at bay throughout their celebrations after snubbing a photo deal from a celebrity publication.

A source said: "They have been offered staggering amounts of money by a magazine to do the whole Posh and Becks thing. But it didn't really appeal to them.

"They have picked a venue that holds a lot of sentimental value. But they want it to be a surprise for their family and friends right up until the big day."

Reports suggest that even Owen's Take That bandmates Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Jason Orange are clueless about what the star has in store.

The insider explained: "All they know is they have a night off and won't be expected to provide the entertainment."

Owen and Ferguson have been engaged since 2006. They have two children together, 3-year-old Elwood and 9-month-old Willow Rose.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a173670/mark-owen-hires-castle-for-wedding.html

:lovedup:

[MrGaryy]

omg gary is so HAWTTTTT

[BigSister]

Aww i saw that on bbc and thought of you Laura
So sweet

[Princess]

Jay news,he needs to shave :shocked: Also his twin looks feck all like him!!!

Future's Orange at new Cheshire bar
The Diary by Dianne Bourne

August 25, 2009

FORGET champagne - it was all about Orange at the launch of new Cheshire bar Boca.

Namely, a certain Take That heart-throb Jason Orange - who headed to the bash to support twin brother Justin Orange, the bar's resident DJ.

Jason dashed to the swanky do from a modelling shoot in London, but then was Up All Night partying with his bro at the South American-themed bar in Wilmslow.

Acclaimed DJ Justin has been drafted in to entertain the Cheshire Set crowd with a weekend residency at the new bar, run by husband and wife team Janet and David Rivett.

Janet was, needless to say, delighted with the event.

"Justin and Jason are very close and go out a lot together, so I hope we'll be seeing more of him," says Janet.

http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/611.$plit/C_71_article_1133400_image_list_image_list_item_0_ image.jpg?25%2F08%2F2009%2010%3A01%3A05%3A132

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz/s/1133400_futures_orange_at_new_cheshire_bar

[xDramatick]

late.but.
CIARAN<3

[Scarlett.]

Take That were voted MTV's 2nd Greatest Superstars

I'd tell you who was first, but Laura may want to kill me if I mention them in here :P

[Braden]

aww how cute

[Princess]

Grrness at who got number 1 in that Superstars thing,I would have been happy with 2nd if someone I liked was 1st!

[Princess]

Gary is writing for NDubz now,soo not bothered to find link.

[xDramatick]

ew gary, that's so unsexy :(

[Princess]

Here,Daren,to make up for it :tongue:

Gary Barlow launches music drive

(UKPA) – 1 hour ago

Gary Barlow has helped launch the Practice-a-thon Music campaign.

The Take That musician - along with Russell Watson, Jamie Cullum and Dani Harmer (aka Tracy Beaker) - is urging people to play their part in raising money for children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent by finding their inner musician and getting sponsored to play a musical instrument for two weeks, or hold a fundraising gig.

Gary Barlow said: "I was 10 when I started to play piano, I played it by ear to start with for the first couple of years. It's a very easy song, Back For Good, as there are only four or five chords in it - practice makes perfect, definitely!"

Copyright © 2009 The Press Association. All rights reserved.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5Cv_2THlUU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eclicsargent%2Eorg%2Euk%2FG etinvolved%2Fpracticeathon%2FCelebritysupporters&feature=player_embedded#t=17

[Princess]

Take That on SingStar

This November, SingStar are giving you all the chance to sing along to your favourite Take That tunes, all in the comfort of your own home!

The SingStar: Take That edition will allow you to unleash your star potential and sing alongside Take That’s videos, scoring you on your singing skills as you go!

This special Take That game for PS2 and PS3 is perfect for a fun night in with your mates. Check out the tracklist below…

A Million Love Songs
Babe
Back For Good
Beautiful World
Could It Be Magic
Do What U Like
Everything Changes
Greatest Day
Hold Up A Light
I’d Wait For Life
It Only Takes A Minute
Love Ain’t Here Anymore
Never Forget
Once You’ve Tasted Love
Patience
Pray
Promises
Reach Out
Relight My Fire
Rule The World
Said It All
Shine
Sure
Up All Night
Why Can’t I Wake Up With You

http://www.takethat.com/news/take-that-on-singstar/#newsItem

I WANT!

[Princess]

Gary's in Dublin!!!!!!!! Argh. According to Ben Sherpard tweets

From forum

Ben tweeted about Gary

"she's a classical singer incredible voice he has made the album and signed her up. She'll be on GM in nov when the album released

took quick trip to dublin yesterday to i/v gary barlow and his new singer! V impressive Mr B on top form as usual "



Plus he's now written for Shirley Bassey too,he's writing for so many people lately!

Shirley Bassey is back with new album after 20 years
Sep 5 2009 by James McCarthy, Western Mail

SUPERSTAR Shirley Bassey is releasing her first studio album in more than 20 years this November.

Now aged 72, the queen of Tiger Bay appears to have taken a leaf out of Tom Jones’ reinvention manual by recording an album of songs penned by young guns from the music industry. The Manic Street Preachers, Take That frontman Gary Barlow, The Pet Shop Boys, Kaiser Chiefs and Bond theme legends John Barry and Don Black have all stepped up to pen tunes for The Performance.

The album producer David Arnold scored Bond films Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.

The 47-year-old said: “All these songs were just songs, until Dame Shirley Bassey sang them. Now they’re Shirley Bassey songs – hopefully classic and contemporary, like that voice.

“There’s something about a Bassey performance that can knock the wind out of your sails, make you laugh, make you cry, let you in on the joke or be led to a more exotic place.

“I tried to make a record that made the most of that voice and one that could sit alongside her other classic recordings.

“There isn’t a ‘next Shirley Bassey’, there never really was and I doubt if there ever will be. She’s as unique and wonderful today as she has ever been and I hope this record will reach an audience who may never have heard her before.”

Jo Mills is the widow of Gordon Mills, who wrote songs for Tom Jones, including It’s Not Unusual.

The 69-year-old, a huge fan of Dame Shirley, said: “Mark, Tom’s son, did a fabulous job when he did Reload. I don’t know whether Gordon, had he been alive, would have thought along those lines.

“It takes a young mind to think along those lines and someone has seen that and thought along the same lines [with The Performance]. I’m sure they did.

“That was what brought him [Sir Tom] back into the ‘young sphere’ and maybe she is trying to do that.”

HMV’s Gennaro Castaldo thought the record would be huge but that stiff competition from the likes of Robbie Williams and X Factor contestants would keep her from topping the charts.

She said: “The timing is great with the run up to Christmas. It is the ideal gift for older members of the family and something the kids will maybe pick up, particularly with the collaborations with contemporary artists.

“It worked well for Tom Jones and I’m sure it will work well for Shirley Bassey.”

None of the songs are duets but talks are underway about involving artists in promo videos.

Dame Shirley impersonator Ceri Jones, who performs as Ceri Dupree, began pretending to be the star when he was in school.

The 41-year-old, of Penarth, Cardiff, said: “For all those artists to write all those songs, it goes to show how much of an icon she is.

“There are only a few singers they would do this for. One would be Streisand and another would be Tina Turner. Madonna has not reached that status.”

He added: “You’ve got the Bassey fans and you’ve got the fans of people who’ve written for her. Take That fans will buy it for Gary Barlow.

“It’s got success written all over it.

“And the Manics song ‘The Girl from Tiger Bay!’ I don’t know what the song is like but the title’s great.”

Dame Shirley, who has sold 135 million records and now lives in Monte Carlo, has just released new pictures of herself in a figure-hugging red dress, dripping with diamonds.

The image consultant Wenda James-Rowe who runs The Style Team in Cardiff Bay, thought she looked great.

The 41-year-old said: “She has been around for a long time, something like 40 years, and she never lets you down in the bling and glamour stakes.”

The Performance is out on November 9.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/09/05/shirley-bassey-is-back-with-new-album-after-20-years-91466-24612089/


Jay and How were at a Beverly Knight thing the other day,don't like how they're lookiong at all!
http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&p=Jason%20Orange&assetType=image&ep=3&src=quick#

No clue what Mark is up to,probably just with his family.

[xDramatick]

AMAZING TRACKLIST.
I want.

&aww @ the charity thing.
Gary yo sexay again.

[Princess]

THEY'RE ALIVEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

And they've won an award!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I ain't seen a pic of them together in 2 fecking months!!!!!! ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=2&language=en-US&family=editorial&p=Take%20That&assetType=image&src=quick#

http://twitpic.com/photos/TUTSCentral

http://www.gqmagazine.co.uk/men_of_the_year/current_results/articles/090902-take-that-band-of-the-year.aspx

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article2628025.ece?slideshowPopup=true&articleId=2628025&nSlide=14

[Princess]

OMFG they've gone back to work!!!!!!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

YOKO ONO has given her blessing to TAKE THAT as the UK's new Fab Four.
JOHN LENNON's widow revealed she is a big fan of the man band - and named their No1 Shine as her favourite track.

GARY BARLOW, MARK OWEN, HOWARD DONALD and JASON ORANGE met Yoko on stage at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, as she presented them with the gong for Best Band.

Beaming Yoko said: "I love Shine. I know most of their greatest hits. They're a great British band."


Mark said: "It's amazing that Yoko thinks that about our music. It is an honour to accept an award from her."

The pat on the back from Yoko at last night's bash comes after Gary and Co have been holed up in Abbey Road Studios for two days working on a secret project.

The lads have just returned from a three-month break and met up on Monday at the famous London studios where THE BEATLES recorded almost all their famous hits.

A new live DVD is being released in time for Christmas documenting Take That's sold-out Circus UK tour.

The DVD will also feature a bonus disc of the band playing hits in the world-famous Studio Two at Abbey Road - where hits including Hey Jude were recorded.

Just so you know, Gary is on piano, Mark on bass, Jason on guitar and Howard on drums.

Speaking just before the GQ bash, Gary said: "It's been absolutely amazing in Abbey Road.

"The place just has an aura about it. There's so much history about it. I'd love to record our next album there."

All of the lads are relishing being back in the studio after their well-deserved break.

Jason said: "We've had a great holiday and now it's back to work."

And Howard told me: "I did some DJing in Ibiza so I haven't had as long a holiday as the other guys but it's good to be back. I've played a bit of golf but I'm not ready to take you on yet, Smarty."

Gary also revealed he has had a listen to old bandmate ROBBIE WILLIAMS' new album Reality Killed The Video Star - and loved it.

He said: "I've heard Robbie's album. I think it's great.

"I can hear TREVOR HORN's influence on it. I would buy anything that guy does.

"Rob's music still has an Eighties electronic feel but it sounds fresh."

That sounds like a seal of approval to me.


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2628474/Yoko-Ono-gives-her-blessing-to-Take-That-as-the-UKs-new-Fab-Four.html

Btw if someone could cut that pic for me I'd be very grateful :hugesmile:

[Princess]

*wants replies*

:tongue:

[Princess]

Forum is broken atm so I don't know if theres any news since thats basically where I get it from.

I did hear that Jason was drunk at the GQ Awards though and had a smoke!!!! And we all thought he was healthy and teetotal :shocked:

[Princess]

My boys are record breakers :hugesmile:

Take That have broken many a heart over the years - and now they're officially record breakers again too.

The man band have now been entered into the Guinness World Records book with the fastest-selling UK tour of all time.

All 600,000 tickets for their tour this year sold out within five hours of going on sale on October 31 last year, making it the fastest-selling UK tour of all time.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/09/14/take-that-officially-named-as-record-breakers-in-new-guinness-book-of-world-records-115875-21673293/

Plus I wanna enter this but don't really know how!


My SingStar Online is asking residents of the UK and Ireland to upload a video of themselves singing a Take That song on SingStar, to take part in a fantastic competition!

5 lucky winners will win VIP tickets to the SingStar Take That Extravaganza as well as a 120gb PlayStation 3 and a copy of SingStar Take That with wireless mics.

The closing date for the competition is Friday, 2nd October. The 5 finalists will be notified on Thursday, 8th October 2009. Full Terms and Conditions can be found on the Singstar VIP Lounge on Facebook. To go to the Lounge, click here!

The overall winner will then be selected by the band and get to perform their winning rendition live on stage, at the charity launch event which will take place in London on Thursday, 22nd October 2009!

http://www.take-that.co.uk/ns/news.php

[Iceman]

Alesha Dixon is to release Gary Barlow-penned track 'To Love Again' as her next single.

The singer, who recently jetted over to Los Angeles to work with the Take That star, will release the track on November 15.

The song precedes the deluxe re-release of her album The Alesha Show: The Encore, due out later that month.

Earlier this year, Dixon and Barlow both took part in the charity Mount Kilimanjaro climb to raise money for Comic Relief.

[Princess]

Lol I was so shocked to see someone else in here! Thanks for that :hugesmile: I get lonely in here sometimes! Looking forward to the song,I love Alesha!

[Iceman]

Lol I was so shocked to see someone else in here! Thanks for that :hugesmile: I get lonely in here sometimes! Looking forward to the song,I love Alesha!

I do my bit for all types of music, plus I though it would make you happy, seeing as how they're on a bit of a break! :love:

[Princess]

It did,thanks :P Well Howard said the other day that they're writing the next album we just shouldn't expect it for a while. But yeah breaks are sucky! Only about 6 weeks till DVD and books yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

[BigSister]

Take that were a question on a gameshow called pointless its a show where you have to get the least amount of points
The question was name atake that single that has been in the top 4 and there were 4 nobody said. promises, Why cant i wake up with you, Ill wait for life and IU found heaven. The top 3 were Relight my fire Shine and patience(In that order)
Intrestingly I said Ill wait for life as a pointless ^_^

[Iceman]

It did,thanks :P Well Howard said the other day that they're writing the next album we just shouldn't expect it for a while. But yeah breaks are sucky! Only about 6 weeks till DVD and books yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

That's good!

I say a week now before Arctic's announce new single.....:dance:

keep your fingers crossed for "Pretty Visitors"!!

If I see anymore news i'll post!!:thumbs:

[Princess]

Take that were a question on a gameshow called pointless its a show where you have to get the least amount of points
The question was name atake that single that has been in the top 4 and there were 4 nobody said. promises, Why cant i wake up with you, Ill wait for life and IU found heaven. The top 3 were Relight my fire Shine and patience(In that order)
Intrestingly I said Ill wait for life as a pointless ^_^

Ooooh yay thanks for that Becca! I love when they do TT questions on gameshows.

[Princess]

It did,thanks :P Well Howard said the other day that they're writing the next album we just shouldn't expect it for a while. But yeah breaks are sucky! Only about 6 weeks till DVD and books yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

That's good!

I say a week now before Arctic's announce new single.....:dance:

keep your fingers crossed for "Pretty Visitors"!!

If I see anymore news i'll post!!:thumbs:

Woot thanks! I will do *crosses fingers* :P

[BigSister]

no probs. Lol i shouted out loud ooh take that question

[Princess]

Hahaha! My mum always calls me if they're on.

[MrGaryy]

about the comp, surely one of your friends must have a PS2/3 you could borrow?

[Princess]

about the comp, surely one of your friends must have a PS2/3 you could borrow?

Oh no one is doing it anymore cos the only current songs on Singstar are Relight and CIBM,and thats only on certain versions,silly people should it after Singstar is released! Meh I'll find another way to meet them :P

[Princess]

DVD is now 23rd of November,everyone is severly pissed off! It was supposed to be August 31st,then November 2nd and the 23rd! FFS I WANT IT NOW!

[Princess]

EEK NEW CD! Think its all songs they've already done though,just acoustic. Also a magazine now in WHSmith called 'Take That:A Celebration' I have no clue what it is cos we don't have WHSmith here but my brother is going to Manchester tomorrow(lucky bugger) so I asked him to get it for me.

http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/11850659/Live-Unplugged/Product.html

So thats 2 books,CD,DVD,Singstar and a charity concert,trying to make us skint much boys!