La música de Take That busca entretener, divertir y hacerlo pasar bien. Su último álbum, Circus, a la venta el 2 de diciembre, está en esa línea festiva, intemporal, despreocupada, que hará saltar de gozo a los miles de fans en los conciertos veraniegos de la banda. Las 600.000 entradas puestas la venta para la gira del 2009 por el Reino Unido desaparecieron en cuatro horas. Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald y Jason Orange han protagonizado un retorno triunfal desde que volvieron a unirse en el 2005, una década después de que la banda se disolviera tras la marcha de Robbie Williams.
The ultime collection, una recopilación de antiguos temas, lleva vendidas más de un millón de copias y Beautiful world, que salió en el 2006, ha copado las listas de ventas. "El éxito de este último disco nos sorprendió. Creo que llegamos a gente a la que no habíamos llegado antes", explica Donald durante una entrevista en Londres. A su lado, Barlow coincide en que lo que pretendían, con aquel álbum y ahora con Circus, es "hacer música para todo el mundo". "Son canciones con un mensaje universal, que transmita buenas vibraciones", porque "en época de recesión la gente se vuelve hacia la música para cambiar de humor".
En Circus hay 12 canciones, algunas de ellas pegadizas y alegres como Greatest day, el sencillo que saldrá como adelanto el día 24. "Los cuatro tenemos gustos musicales distintos y a los cuatro nos gusta el disco, así que pensamos que le va gustar a la mayoría de la gente", afirma Barlow. "Nos encerramos en un estudio en Notting Hill y calculamos que al final tendríamos 5 o 6 canciones, pero acabamos con 23. Algunas las usaremos en el futuro". "Es un disco", añade Donald, "con mucha energía, que hemos planeado pensando en las giras".
BUEN RECUERDO DE ESPAÑA
Los conciertos en su país se completarán con actuaciones en Europa, aún por decidir. "Pero iremos a España, eso es seguro, porque fuimos allí por primera vez el año pasado y fue estupendo", asegura Barlow. Convertidos en padres de familia y más maduros, la vuelta les obligó a plantearse qué querían hacer en sus carreras. "Con Circus, esperamos el veredicto de la gente", señala Donald, "e internet para eso es muy útil". Las críticas en periódicos y revistas les importan menos. "Los críticos no compran música, nosotros escribimos las canciones pensando en el público, que es lo más valioso".
Fuente: El Periodico
domingo, 30 de noviembre de 2008
Gary Barlow: "Iremos a España"
sábado, 29 de noviembre de 2008
viernes, 28 de noviembre de 2008
Fiesta en París con Take That
Party in Paris with Take That
Celebrate the release of their new album with Take That in our brand new competition!
The guys are offering four lucky people the chance to join them at their album launch party… in Paris! The winners will travel to the French capital via Eurostar, on the same train as the band no less. Once there you'll spend the night partying at the VIP party to end all party's, dancing the night away with the boys and watching them perform a handful of their new material to a host of the world's media.
Hopeful fans who want a chance to win the tickets to Paris should make their way down to London St Pancras International on Monday morning (Dec 1st) between *11am and 12pm to see the band off. Four people (two pairs) will be chosen in a free prize draw at random from the throng to join the band for this exclusive night out.
Fuente: Take That MySpace Blog
Entrevista a Howard y Mark
„We’re getting along better than ever before“
Boyband? That’s not true anymore. The four boys from Take That have turned into men around the age of 40. The new album is being released within the next days. Mark and Howard spoke with news.de about their troubles with Britney Spears, Robbie Williams and the boyband-boom.
Why is the album called “The Circus”?
Mark: We were in Las Vegas looking around places. We were very impressed by” Cirque Du Soleil” in particular, which is not a typical circus, but a grand show. For me the title “Circus” stands for old—fashioned entertainment. For the good old times. And I always found that very romantic. The thought of running away with a circus: That’s so scary and so magical.
Howard: When I was 16 I went on holiday to Wales with my parents. I got friendly with these young lads from the circus who made crazy movements and did breakdancing. I though that was completely cool. I called my mum from a phonebox and asked whether I could travel around with the circus. She just said “Of course”. Strange, too. Mum wanted to get rid of me (laughs).
The Circus is a very big, monumental and powerful album. Which basic ideas are behind the songs?
Mark: While writing the song we already thought about how to bring the songs into the bis arenas. So the theatrical theme has always been there. One day Gary then came with with this delicate, classical pianopop which then developed into the titletrack “The Circus”.
Now Britney Spears also calls her new album “Circus”. What do you think about that?
Mark: That’s a shame. Really. I was very proud, I really liked our album title. When I heard that Britney had the same title it spoilt the whole thing a little for me. A lot on our album is built around the title “The Circus”. We really though about renaming it but that wouldn’t have worked either. The title just fits the album and the artwork had been finished already as well.
What about a duet with Britney?
Mark: We’d be ready. Would be great, wouldn’t it? But we don’t want to be nasty towards her. We really wish her all the best. She wasn’t too well, so hopefully she’ll succeed with this album – if only she’d given it a different name.
How much did the great success with “Beautiful World” two years ago boost your self-confidence?
Howard: I was extremely surprised how many albums we’ve sold. That put pressure on us of course, because we didn’t want to disappoint anyone with the new album. We dealt with this pressure by writing many of the songs together and not agreeing to have due dates. But then the work went on quite fast.
First “Beautiful World”, now “Greatest Day”. Why do you always choose these bombastic titles?
Mark: Just a minute ago a journalist came to me and said “The Circus” was the saddest album he’d ever heard. That really surprised me. For us these songs are mostly positive and full of hope. We ourselves, as a band, went through a thorough healing process during the last few years. Today, being men in their end-30s, are getting along much better than ever before. And this album is the result of that healing.
How did this healing take place?
Mark: We’ve been talking a lot. About us, our lives, old times, the families we have now, there are much more topics now to talk about. I also think that it helped us as humans to be Take That again together. We are better people now than two years ago.
What makes you realise this?
Mark: I feel that we help each other growing old gracefully. We’re there for each other. We give each other a feeling of security.
Howard: You also learn a lot when you have children. You become less smug and much more considerate.
You were still almost children yourselves when you started with Take That. Is it a sign of adulthood when you’re a father yourself?
Howard: I don’t know. I’m still quite childish when I’m hanging out with my daughters. I feel at least 10 years younger. I don’t feel very grown-up or manly then. I have fun with them. Maybe too much fun. Maybe I’m a very nonserious and playful father.
You say you feel like 30. Does this go for your body as well?
Howard: Oh, that. I think my head is a bit younger than my body. Sometimes there’s the odd irritation. But we all try to stay reasonably fit. Especially when the tour is ahead the work out will start again. Because you have to be fit on stage. I don’t want to lose that. I don’t want to become old and fat, not being able to move and being constantly out of breath.
Mark: Howard was ill last year, he had a lung injury.That was really bad for him. It was some sort of wake-up call for him. Sometimes we thing we’re indestructable, but we’re not. But Howard, at least you’ve entertained the audience with your naked backside in the nightgown.
Howard: (laughs) That was by far the best bit of the bloody illness: my backside. Thankfully by that time I was very fit and didn’t have to hide my body. But it was still annoying: I could only do one concert in Germany which was Oberhausen. But even there I could only sing, not dance.
You were in Los Angeles to mix the album and shoot the video for “Greatest Day”. Did you visit your former band mate Robbie Williams?
Mark: Yeah, we saw Robbie a couple of times. It was good to meet him and talk to him for a bit longer.
Has he changed his mind and decided to rejoin the band?
Howard: I don’t think so. He has his music and we have ours. We played him our new album and he let us listen to some of his songs. We thought is was really great what he’s doing now. We all have our own careers. But who knows what the future brings. You never know, I don’t want to rule anything out.
Mark: It would be a highlight and the perfect ending for us if we could get together again no matter if for a final tour or only a conjoint song. I personally think that would be wonderful.
Somehow everyone comes back at the moment: first you, then the New Kinds on the Block, now also Boyzone. Is the new boom of old boybands your fault?
Mark: We should get 50% of these bands’ incomes.
Howard: We never had much to with New Kids. But Boyzone obviously wanted to have fun and revive the old days. Why not? Obviously there are still enough people who go to their concerts and buy their albums.
Mark: We tried to get away from this area. I’ve never seen myself as part of this boyband scene. Take That are a pop band.
Gary said he was planning a Take That musical. Good idea?
Mark: Gary’s always planning all sort of thing we later learn about in interviews (laughs). There’s already one out, Never Forget, which is currently on stage here in Westend London. We haven’t seen it yet, but some of our friends say it’s good. We don’t have any concrete plans of dealing with a musical at the moment. We don’t have the energy. Just look at us. It’s only afternoon and we’re already totally knackered.
Is it true that the next tour will be your last one?
Howard: I don’t think so. But our current plans don’t go any further than the end of that tour, which will be in July. But there’s no real reason why we should stop with Take That.
Fuente: News.de
Thanks to Celtic_lady for the translation
Take That en Radio 2
Be sure to tune in to Radio 2 on Monday 1st December as Take That will
be giving a very exclusive performance.
The band will be live on the Ken Bruce show, which is on from 9.30am – 12pm.
They will be performing six tracks – it’s set to be a very special event, so don’t miss it! If you can’t tune in on Monday morning, you’ll be able to listen to the show afterwards at www.bbc.co.uk/radio2.
"Beautiful morning" BSO de R3volution
"A pocas semanas del esperado estreno del nuevo apocalipsis de Fingerpies,siguen apareciendo extras como este video de una de las canciones que se podrán escuchar en R3volution."
Buscando videos en youtube me he encontrado con este video y claro, he tenido que mirar que era eso de Fingerpies y R3volution.
Por lo que se ve es un grupo de gente que se dedica a hacer cortometrajes, películas y series de bajo presupuesto que se emiten por internet.
Por si quereis echar un vistazo: Fingerpies
jueves, 27 de noviembre de 2008
The Circus: primeras críticas
Without Robbie Williams, many thought they’d sink like a stone. But while Gazza, Howard, little Mark and Jason scaled the heights, it was superstar Robbie whose career hit the depths.
Skilfully rebranded as a middle-aged man band in a clever TV documentary, they followed it up with a record-breaking tour and an album, Beautiful World, which sold more than any of its predecessors.
The ongoing embarrassment of Mark Owen’s solo career was no more. A dapper Gary Barlow was off the pastries and back on the piano.
Confidently reconvening this April, the lads have delivered a polished follow-up in remarkably quick time. With its giddy highs and orchestral flourishes, musical glitter balls and assorted baubles, The Circus is skillfully stage-managed theatrical pop which succeeds in emphasising both individual personalities and their newly-established group democracy.
The record gives Jason Orange the lead on the glossy but angst-ridden soul-baring How Did It Come To This. Howard holds court on the dazed, shimmering What Is Love and the extravagant billowing Here. See - they aren’t just there to perform stage moves to make your average pole dancer’s eyes water.
Big no-brainer choruses on Julie and Hello spell pop simplicity rather than sophistication.
But they bring a fallible human quality to an album which is all about gilding their strong bond with their original fans.
Take That were never going to be a big hit in hip circles, but these pop clowns maintain their place in the Big Top with a connection more lasting than tastemakers realise.
Up All Night has Simon And Garfunkel-style harmony busking, a McCartney-lite fandango and a special request. "Baby I want you to save me/I should be up all night with you."
It’s an offer their fans will find hard to resist.
Fuente: The Mirror
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THEY defied expectation when they made their Beautiful World comeback. They smashed all records when they shifted £35 million of tickets earlier this month for their New Year tour of the UK.
So could “difficult second album” syndrome be avoided when the Man Band went into the studio to record the sophomore set of their Second Coming? Would The Circus really come to town?
Well, yes and no. Like its predecessor, THE CIRCUS (Polydor) boasts one killer track. Hit single Greatest Day is as pop-perfect now as Patience was back in 2006. It’s easily the best song here.
Next up are Gary Barlow’s Coldplay clones.
You, Said It All and the minor key title track are hugely influenced by Chris Martin & Co. You half expect Barlow to rip off his mask to reveal a manically grinning Martin beneath.
Not that it’s a bad thing. Take That have added hummable hooks and pop sensibilities to those sublime sonic swoops.
On the other side of the coin, cheeky Mark Owen – now officially the democratic band’s frontman – offers the vaudevillian Hello, a sort of 60s take on ELO’s Mr Blue Sky. It’s irritating, but annoyingly likeable after a while.
Elsewhere, Up All Night recalls Simon & Garfunkel’s sell-out era, Hold Up A Light has the makings of a stadium singalong amid its sawing strings, and Here (an unlikely songwriting collaboration with Turin Brakes) ends in a Beatley crescendo of sound.
The downside? Songs such as Julie and How Did It Come To This are cheesy, giggly hidden track She Said should have stayed hidden and Will Malone’s strings tend to be overpowering.
Not the Big Top then, but certainly a good show. It won’t matter to the faithful, of course.
They’re already rolling up, rolling up for The Circus, with a third show added at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena just last week.
Fuente: Sunday Mercury
Take That Britney!
Take That Comfortably Outselling Britney Spears On Album Pre-Sales
Take That are outselling Britney Spears on album pre-sales by as much as five copies to one with some retailers.
Both acts are due to release their new albums – Take That's 'The Circus' and Spears 'Circus' – on Monday (December 1st).
Digital music store Play said Take That's LP is already the company's most popular album of all time on pre-sales alone.
'The Circus' has so far attracted 30% more pre-orders than Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends', which is currently the biggest selling album of the year.
“It’s great to see one of the UK’s favourite acts ending the year on such a high,” Helen Marquis, Head of Music for Play, said.
"It goes to show that, even at a time when people are watching their pennies, the right title can still generate huge excitement."
Spears will have to hope that her performance on the X Factor this weekend increases demand for her album, which is the follow-up to 2007's 'Blackout'.
Fuente: Gigwise
Exclusive Podcasts
The countdown to The Circus is on and to celebrate the release we have some fantastic podcasts from the band for you.
Starting today one will be released per day on the lead up to release. These podcasts feature the band discussing the new album, their hopes and fears for it and also talk you through the writing and recording of it.
You can download these podcasts to your computer and also to your video iPod or iPhones if you have them!
Copy the URL (http://www.takethat.com/podcasts/podcast.xml) and paste it into your preferred podcasting program on your computer.
In iTunes for example, you just go to the "Advanced" menu and choose "Subscribe to podcast" and follow the instructions. Other programs will be different - just look in the help section if it's not obvious.
Fuente: Take That MySpace Blog
miércoles, 26 de noviembre de 2008
Un Remember
FELIZ ANIVERSARIO FOR Mari and me!
y el resto de niñas que conocí aquel maravilloso día! :D
martes, 25 de noviembre de 2008
Mark y Emma han sido papás
Mark, Emma and Elwood are delighted to announce the first appearance to the world of the beautiful Willow Rose Owen, weighing 7.8lb. Emma delivered Willow via C-Section this morning, Tuesday 25th November at 10am.
Mother and Daughter are very well and everyone is incredibly pleased to welcome Willow to the family.
Fuente: Mark Owen Official Comunity
More about it:
Take That star Mark Owen has become a dad for the second time today with the birth of baby girl Willow Rose.
Mark's partner, actress Emma Ferguson, gave birth to the 7lb 8oz tot at 10am at a London hospital.
It's their second child - the couple already have a son named Elwood, aged two.
A spokesman for the band said: "Mark, Emma and Elwood are thrilled. Mum and daughter are very healthy and happy."
Mark's likely to wet the baby's head with the rest of the band this weekend as Take That's new single, the aptly-named Greatest Day, is set to go straight into the charts at Number One on Sunday.
It's the first track to be released from the man band's latest album The Circus, out on Monday.
Source: mirror.co.uk
Take That singer Mark Owen has become a father for the second time after his partner gave birth to a girl. Willow Rose Owen was born on Tuesday morning at a hospital in London. Owen, 36, and partner Emma Ferguson already have a young son called Elwood. A spokesman for the band said: "Mark, Emma and Elwood are thrilled. Mum and daughter are very healthy and happy." Take That are expected to top the UK singles chart on Sunday with their latest single, Greatest Day. The band's album second album since they reformed, The Circus, will be released on Monday.
Source: BBC NEWS online
Take That's Mark Owen has became the father of a baby girl. Skip related content
Owen's partner, actress Emma Ferguson, gave birth to Willow Rose Owen at a London hospital. The little girl weighs 7lb 8oz.
The couple already have a son named Elwood, aged two.
A spokesman for the band said: "Mark, Emma and Elwood are thrilled. Mum and daughter are very healthy and happy."
There will be double celebrations for the band this week.
Their single Greatest Day was released on Monday and is expected to hit the top spot at the weekend.
Source: Yahoo
lunes, 24 de noviembre de 2008
Mark Owen a model dad
The impending pitter-patter of tiny feet has got Take That's Mark Owen fretting.
The star, 36, was filming the band's Christmas special, Take That Come To Town, in Manchester, but scooted back to girlfriend Emma in London while his bandmates went out and got battered.
He told us: "I get nervous being away from her. I don't want to be stuck in the middle of nowhere when she goes into labour - I want to be at her side."
Fuente: Mirror
Greatest Day: ¿Misión imposible?
Llevo todo el día buscando una web donde poder descargar la canción legalmente, pero no encuentro ninguna en España. Me voy a HVM y por mucho que lo intento me da error. Voy a Play y pone que sólo se pueden comprar descargas con tarjetas de UK. No sé, entre el pasotismo de España y las restricciones de UK... ¡ya no sé dónde comprarla! ¿Alguna idea?
domingo, 23 de noviembre de 2008
Take That come to town
Sunday, 7 December 2008, 8:00PM - 9:00PM
Jason Orange, Mark Owen, Howard Donald and Gary Barlow perform some of their greatest hits, plus songs from their new album, The Circus, in a one off special for ITV1.
Take That Come to Town will be staged in the round providing a fitting backdrop to the magical show.
The grand spectacle promises to deliver a real treat for fans and viewers as well as some special surprises.
The show will be filmed as live in the lads’ home town of Manchester in front of an intimate studio audience of fans and will transmit shortly afterwards on ITV1.
The band will perform classic hits including Shine, Rule the World and Never Forget and their new single Greatest Day.
Claire Horton, Controller of ITVP Entertainment says: “The ITV entertainment department are delighted to be teaming up with Take That again and promise a night that you will never forget.”
Fuente: Itv.com
We never row in Take That (The Sun)
IT’S the evening of Children In Need and I’m in the middle of a cluster of people hanging outside a certain dressing room at BBC Studios.
I’ve already suffered an elbow jab in the ribs as the crowd — mainly female — jostle to get a glimpse of the biggest pop band in the country.
Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Howard Donald are to present Children In Need with a cheque for (their fee from their Marks & Spencer advert) and perform new single Greatest Day.
But first there are photograph requests, autograph pleas and star-struck gawping to deal with.
When a BBC employee arrives with more champagne for next door’s dressing room, he is nearly rugby-tackled to the floor by the band’s bodyguard James.
Take That are big business — even bigger than before. Their 2009 stadium tour is the fastest-selling UK tour of all time, shifting £35million of tickets in one day.
After a stern eye and some quizzing by the bodyguard, SFTW is allowed in to meet the nation’s most famous boyband — now a middle-aged manband — who are in their finest form physically and musically.
“What the hell is going on next door?” asks an ever-smiling Mark as shrieks from Girls Aloud’s dressing room boom through the walls.
“They’re polishing off champagne while we’re sat here drinking coffee and water,” says Howard shaking his head. “Something is wrong.”
“It’s like when I went to see the Spice Girls in Manchester,” says Jason. “They all had separate dressing rooms — one each!”
Gary says: “Well, guys, that sounds like the way forward to me. Separate dressing rooms and no talking to each other until stage time. What do you think?”
Of course, Gary, 37, is joking. Relations in the Take That camp are at an all-time high.
Dazzler
Making fifth album, The Circus, their second since their comeback, has been a labour of love.
Gary says: “It was a bit like a running race last time. We were trying to keep up with it all, as well as dealing with being back as a band. This time it was easier.
“We just loved every minute of it and had fun together. There are no rows in Take That. I don’t even know if we could ever insult each other.”
If Beautiful World saw Gary relinquish the chief songwriter reins, then The Circus establishes Take That as a “real band” even more.
All four members are involved with the music and singing leads on the album. Gary and Mark, 36, who has come into his own as a songwriter, share equal leads.
Howard, 40, is the main singer on What Is Love and the folky Here while 38-year-old Jason takes the lead on the all-out pop dazzler How Did It Come To This.
Howard says: “Deciding who sings which lead or parts is a bit like Big Brother. You have to take another member of the band into the corner and talk to them, going against another member. It’s all about ganging up.”
Mark adds: “Howard said he didn’t want any leads this time round. He said, ‘I don’t want any lead vocals, any of the singles,’ though he sounds great on What Is Love and Here.”
Howard laughs: “I honestly didn’t, Otherwise, I would have been singing all the ones Mark sings!
“I try to get more involved in the harmonies than anything else. I love the melodic side of our songs. Even when it comes to the lyrics, I take a back seat.
“I sometimes get frustrated with writing lyrics, especially as these guys find it so easy. I have to take some time out to go and play the drums until I calm down.”
The Circus is Take That’s most credible record to date. There are big show songs such as Hello, plus lush ballads including Said It All and soaring anthemic choruses like their new single Greatest Day.
Gary says: “The album was called The Circus because the title visually connected the tour, the stadium sound and the big arms in the air. We’re planning something extra-special.
“It made sense to call the album The Circus even though it’s really the antithesis of the actual song. The song is downbeat and about a best man at a wedding I went to about three years ago.
“He had just split up with his partner and got drunk.
“When he got up to make his speech he basically talked about himself for five minutes and how he’d ruined his life. Everyone was dying.”
It’s the four different personalities in Take That which make it work so well, keep them grounded and make them all such likeable individuals.
There are new babies on the way for Mark and Gary in a week and seven weeks respectively. Both are excited but, although they know whether they are having a boy or a girl, they will not let on.
Gary says: “I had to know because what if I decorated the nursery the wrong colour. I’m not bloody doing it again.”
Jason and Howard both admit to being worriers still, while Gary and Mark seem to take the lead, pushing things as much as possible.
Jason says: “I still worry if we’re good enough — that we’re not working together well enough and about our own group dynamics.
“I worry if the material is good enough and I’ll even worry about not having anything to worry about. I struggle sometimes to be free, to enjoy it and ride with it.
“I just think it’s fundamental to us being here that we work hard, know we’re doing a good job — but it’s not like we don’t deserve all this.
“We’re not as special as some people might believe.
“We are just genuine really. I know we have all these people around us, this circus, but take them away and you’ll see.”
Mark laughs: “Jay is our quality control man. There’s always a ‘but’.”
Howard says: “I’d say Gary’s really the only one that’s always 100 per cent. Like when the tickets for the tour went on sale, I wasn’t really that positive that they were going to sell out.
“I always wonder when the bubble is going to burst. But Gaz just believes in us. He knows.”
So when there are tensions, what happens? Jason says: “Two of us go quiet, another paces up and down. But Gaz, he’s very sort of determined and more forthright. Sometimes I think he’s racing ahead as much as I’m sure he thinks I’m slowing things down. Then we all agree.”
Gary says: “I think the reason we get the results we do is because these days we study every detail of each song.
“Sometimes that means 33 takes of a vocal but it works. It’s completely new to us and we were never like that before. Then, we used to amble on stage not even knowing what we were singing!
“I don’t mean this in an arrogant way at all — but I think we’re in a league of our own now.
“Before our comeback, when we were around the first time, I’d always say another band could come along and be better than us and replace us at any time. And maybe they did.
“But I don’t think they can now. This is years of history and so we treat it with respect. There’s no rush any more.”
All four have suffered a roller- coaster ride in fortunes since Take That called it a day at a press conference in February 1996.
While helplines were set up for suicidal fans, the doubters mocked that the four couldn’t really cut it without Robbie Williams, who had quit a year earlier.
Gary went on to enjoy solo success with his album Open Road in 1997 but was dropped after its follow up Twelve Months, Eleven Days was less successful. He went on to write for Atomic Kitten, Blue and Delta Goodrem.
Mark had limited solo success and won Celebrity Big Brother in 2002, while Howard failed to land a solo record deal but carved a career as a successful DJ, which he still does when he has the time.
Glory
Only Jason quit music properly, winning small acting roles as well as going back to college to study psychology and sociology. He also travelled the world for two years.
Mark says: “It has made us appreciate all this for sure. We still can’t believe it, if we’re honest. We had gone to the other side and seen the downside of it all. So now we bring that experience into it.
“I think we really value this, and we’re really grateful to be here. We do look at each other and say, ‘Oh God, what’s happening? Can you believe this?’ ”
Jason says: “We thought that would be it in the Nineties, and we’ve come back to all this glory.”
Gary says: “I think the reason we are still here and talking to you today about our new album is that our music is good. Simple as that. If it were even just a bit c**p, then we never would have had this second chance.”
Since their comeback in 2006, after a decade away, they have surpassed the achievements of the old Take That.
Sales have gone through the roof and they have picked up Brit Awards for Best British Single for Patience and this year for Best Live Act, as well as an Ivor Novello award for most performed work for Shine.
So they have proved that it works as a four, yet the question of Robbie’s return, who the band — including Gary — are all on good terms with, keeps cropping up.
Gary says: “It’s funny as I’ve noticed people are less obsessed with that now. It still crops up but not as much, which is good. We love Robbie but people see us as a four-piece now.
“We’ve proved ourselves as this band here today.”
So how long can it last?
Howard says: “Who knows? We’re just enjoying the moment.
Mark adds: “I guess it depends how long we hold up for really, especially our knees.”
Gary laughs: “Nah, lads. Forget the knees. We won’t be stopping when they go. That’s when we simply start using stools on stage instead.”
Fuente: The Sun
sábado, 22 de noviembre de 2008
Children In Need
Take That gave an amazing performance of 'Greatest Day' on Children In Need last weekend. So far the appeal has raised over £20 million - to check out clips from the night, as well as a quick behind-the-scenes interview with Mark, head to www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey
Fuente: Take That Official
Hoy: X Factor
Take That On TV Tonight
Make a date with your sofa tonight as the guys will be the guest stars on the X Factor!
The show starts at 7.25 pm on ITV1, followed by the results show at 9.55 pm. Don't miss it!
Fuente: Take That Official
Mañana: Greatest Day
'Greatest Day' Available to Download Tomorrow!
Yes, it's finally here - from tomorrow you'll be able to download the new single 'Greatest Day'.
Head to iTunes click here on Sunday to get your copy.
The CD single version will be out to buy on Monday. It comes with brilliant extra track 'Sleepwalking' and can be pre-ordered online right now here.
Fuente: Take That Official
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viernes, 21 de noviembre de 2008
Robbie y Thalía planean duo
Parece que no sólo nosotros tenemos la percepción de que con Lunada, el último de Thalía, no pasó nada. Resulta que la cantante también piensa que las cosas no funcionaron demasiado bien, y atribuye el hecho a una supuesta deficiencia en la promoción de parte de la discográfica EMI. ¿Qué hizo entonces? Rompió relaciones con la compañía y se fue al sello de su esposo Tommy Mottola, Casablanca Records. ¿Y qué más hizo para relanzarse? Grabó un dueto con Robbie Williams.
Fuente: http://www.infobae.com/contenidos/416206-600795-0-Se-viene-el-d%C3%BAo-Thal%C3%ADa--Robbie-Williams
Nueva fecha para el tour: Coventry
Take That are coming to Coventry!
That's right, due to popular demand the guys have just added an extra date to their 2009 UK tour! Take That will now play Coventry's Ricoh Arena on Tuesday 9th June 2009. Tickets will go on sale at 9am on 26th November and you can call the box office on 0871 231 0840 or buy online at the regular outlets www.gigsandtours.com , www.ticketmaster.co.uk or www.ticketline.co.uk. For all other dates of the tour see the Tour section.
Take That Present: The Circus Live has already broken all UK box office records and is set to take in a mammoth 14 stadium dates across the UK. The band commented, 'We were once again, totally astounded by the response and amazed at being able to break such records – we feel very privileged to be in this position at such a time. We promise to make this tour the very best shows we've ever done. See you in 2009!'
Fuente: Take That MySpace Blog
jueves, 20 de noviembre de 2008
Take That's song for Wino
TAKE THAT are a clean-cut manband from Manchester. Amy Winehouse is a drug-addled caner from Camden.
But, despite the gaping crack between them, How Did It Come To This, on Take That’s forthcoming album The Circus, is inspired by troubled Amy’s life.
JASON ORANGE — who was once the band’s chief hellraiser before hanging up his party hat — was behind the track about “a girl in Camden Town” living her life under the spotlight.
The lady in question is described as “slightly schizophrenic” and “slightly OCD” and living “a world away.”
Remind you of anyone?
Jason sings: “All this noise and all these lights/All this talking through the night. All this expectation now it’s making me neurotic/ Tell me have I seen your face before? How did it come to this?/ How did it ever come to this?”
The track later pleads with the caned Camden character: “Have you turned on your TV?/ Have you seen reality?”
Winehouse is probably the most unpleasant person to feature in a song from these pop kings. But fans looking forward to the new Take That CD brightening up winter should not fear.
The Circus — out December 1 — is the most uplifting, orchestral epic material they have produced.
The band shared responsibility and vocals around more than ever, with MARK OWEN in particular taking more lead duties.
And Mark revealed: “There was a real camaraderie and equal flow of ideas.”
He takes the lead on track Hello — where the credit crunch gets a mention. Mark sings: “Looks like the cost of houses are falling but I don’t notice.”
And he revealed: “It’s a fun optimistic song that definitely shows a different side to us.”
HOWARD DONALD sings lead on What Is Love and Here — co-written with London indie folk duo TURIN BRAKES.
Meanwhile band chief GARY BARLOW is pleased the album’s first single — Greatest Day, out Monday — makes choosing the setlist for their gigs easier.
He said: “We’ve got so many songs to choose from to close live shows, but we always struggled for one to open with.
“Greatest Day is that song.”
The lads last month broke the record for the fastest-selling UK tour — selling 600,000 tickets in five hours for their 2009 stadium dates. They’ve had a lot of Greatest Days lately.
Unlike Winehouse...
Fuente: The Sun
Take That & X Factor
X Factor boy band star Oritse from Fulham is gearing up for another knock-out round this Saturday after a masterclass from Take That.
His band JLS will perform a Take That hit to stay in the competition, although their choice of song is being kept under wraps.
Oritse Williams, 21, of Wandsworth Bridge Road, called the newsdesk to talk about their lessons with the boy band. He said: "On Monday we had a lesson with Mark Owen and Gary Barlow. We went over a few songs with them. We can't say which, but put it this way - you're going to hear some classics."
He revealed that songwriter Gary Barlow is his favourite member of Take That. "They've all got their own qualities, but he's the engine. Without him, they wouldn't be where they are today."
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