Thursday, August 5, 2010

Take That are fully rejoined - here comes Robbie Williams!


Robbie Williams Rejoins UK Band Take That

Following months of speculation, Take That band members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams confirmed on July 16th that they have been recording a new studio album as a five piece, which they will release in the UK in November of 2010. It is the first time they've recorded a full album together since the release of their UK #1 one album Nobody Else, back in 1995. 

"Getting the five of us to be in a room together, although always a dream, never actually seemed like becoming a reality. Now the reality of the five of us making a record together feels like a dream. It's been an absolute delight spending time with Rob again. But I'm still a better footballer" - Mark Owen.

"I get embarrassingly excited when the five of us are in a room. It feels like coming home" - Robbie Williams.

"Flippin' brilliant, absolutely brilliant. I'm over the moon that Robbie's back with us.... life is beautifully strange sometimes" - Jason Orange.

The reunion of reunions took place in New York last September, following Take That's record-breakingThe Circus Live tour. Shortly afterwards, all five of the original Take That secretly wrote and recorded the six songs which would set the foundation for the forthcoming album.

Since then the band have been hard at work finishing their new, as yet untitled, record, which will be released through Polydor UK in November. The album has been produced by Stuart Price.

Take That and Robbie Williams have between them sold over 80 Million albums, played to over 14.5 million people live, won 19 BRIT Awards, had 13 #1 albums, 17 #1 singles, eight MTV awards and five Ivor Novello awards; and the list goes on… The success they have achieved independently and as a group is extraordinary and undeniable.

Their new album comes 20 years since the band first sang live as a group on the UK TV show The Hitman & Her in 1990. 

It's yet another incredible chapter in the Take That story which will no doubt yield even more love, excitement and success over the months ahead.

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