Jason Orange believes Take That robbed him of his voice.
The 40-year-old singer - who is joined in the band by Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald and Robbie Williams - admitted his time in the group constantly took from him, and he is now “on guard” about the five-some reuniting for the first time since Robbie quit Take That in 1995.
He explained: “I think every person's job either feeds them or takes from them. Take That, for me, the first time, took from me. It gave me money, it gave me a standard of living, but it robbed me of my voice.
“To come back as an older adult, on my guard and a bit wiser, I know it sounds melodramatic but it's like there's this thing up there, and we all give to it and get back from it, and it shines into us, and we can all grow from it - or it will just rob us again, and we'll leave, with all this sh*t that we didn't say or do.”
Meanwhile, Robbie - who quit Take That in 1995 amid a public feud with Gary Barlow - explained the band have been “grown-up” about the reunion.
He added to Culture magazine: “You see how many bands can't reunite after a falling out and then still do it. The when-hell-freezes-over sort of thing with the Eagles etc.
“Basically, we were all grown-ups about our sh*t, and owned it. If you own your own sh*t, you can move on. And we all did. From me and Gary having a proper chat, to then instantly falling into each other's arms and rolling about in my kitchen, laughing, was a moment in my life I will never forget.” - Bang Showbiz
Fuente: IOL
lunes, 28 de febrero de 2011
Jason’s voice couldn’t Take That
domingo, 27 de febrero de 2011
sábado, 26 de febrero de 2011
viernes, 25 de febrero de 2011
Take That new tour details
I’VE often regarded Robbie Williams as something of a (s)Marty pants...
Which might go some way to explaining the theme of Take That’s hyped Progress 2011 tour – Back to the Future.
Until now, details have been as secret as the designer of Kate Middleton’s wedding dress.
But I can reveal that Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Howard Donald, Mark Owen and Robbie are planning the most expensive set ever by a British band.
It is inspired by the 1985 classic film starring Michael J Fox as Marty McFly (inset) and features “flying time machines” as driven by Marty, a Christopher Lloyd-style nutty professor and a special retro section with dodgy undercuts, stonewashed denim ’n’ all. I’m told: “U2’s 360 Tour in 2009 cost £61million and Progress may out-do even that.
“The guys are big fans of the Back To The Future movies and want a time machine metaphor to show how they’ve changed.
They are about to audition dancers for the shows, which kick off on May 27 in Sunderland. Adds my source: “The boys are keenly discussing every aspect of the tour and won’t decide on final details until just days before. But it’s bound to be spectacular.”
Fuente: Mirror
lunes, 21 de febrero de 2011
domingo, 20 de febrero de 2011
Mood music test has Take That top of men's charts
Men may not realise it, but songs by Brit winners Take That put them in a good mood.
Ask an average male to name the music that makes them happy and the boy band is low on their list. However, the way their body reacts to the sound of the band tells a different story, according to tests conducted for a mood-boosting campaign by drinks company Tropicana.
A lab experiment saw men and women wired to monitors which recorded physical and mental responses to 30 pieces of music from pop to classical.
The effect of the songs on their heart rate, pulse, skin and brain activity are key indicators of mood swings and research found Take That's hit Greatest Day lifted moods the most.
Among women it was clearly the top song. However, it was second among men to Jump by Van Halen.
However, this was different from what men and women say when asked to name the music that they find the most uplifting.
Out of the 30 songs played, men rated Greatest Day a mere 29th in the list, which suggests they like Take That a lot more than they care to admit.
The top five songs which improved mood the most were Greatest Day, followed by Led Zeppelin's classic Stairway to Heaven, Abba's Dancing Queen, Finally by Ce Ce Peniston, and Jump by Van Halen.
However, when asked to name the five songs they believed improved their mood the most, Sixties' hit You Really Got Me by The Kinks came first.
Dr David Lewis Hodgson of Mindlab International Laboratory, at the Sussex Innovation Centre, Brighton, conducted the research.
"The differences between men's subjective and physical responses clearly show that preconceptions about music tracks do not always relate to their enjoyment," he said.
sábado, 19 de febrero de 2011
Coreógrafo de Take That dirigirá la clausura de Londres 2012
Kim Gavin, el director creativo y coreógrafo de los conciertos de Take That, una de las bandas de pop británicas más populares, dirigirá la ceremonia de clausura de los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres en 2012, informaron hoy los organizadores.
Como diseñadora le acompañará Es Devlin, creadora de la gira por Estados Unidos "Monster Ball" de la cantante neoyorquina Lady Gaga.
Además, el productor y compositor de bandas sonoras David Arnold, reponsable entre otros de la música de cinco películas de James Bond, participará en el espectáculo. Arnold, que se hará cargo de la dirección musical, ha sido el productor de trabajos de grandes estrellas como Shirley Bassey o George Michel.
El jefe del comité organizador de los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres, Sebastian Coe, celebró los nombramientos y señaló: "Nos alegramos de de contar con los mejores talentos creativos de Reino Unido", informó DPA.
La ceremonia inaugural y de clausura de los Juegos Olímpicos y los Paralímpicos están "en las mejores manos", añadió.
EL UNIVERSAL
viernes, 18 de febrero de 2011
Take That en el Festival de San Remo
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Take That – meet Fake That
TAKE THAT met FAKE THAT for the first time yesterday as they filmed a sketch in a London studio for Red Nose Day.
The copycat group - DAVID WALLIAMS, JAMES CORDEN, JOHN BISHOP, CATHERINE TATE and ALAN CARR - will be trying to capture the spirit of the manband.
GARY BARLOW has very high standards and will crack the whip if needed. The look on Walliams's face suggests he already has.
Red Nose Day airs on Friday, March 18.
THE SUN
Take That, we need to talk about your clothes
You know how it is, you do a massive performance in front of millions of people with stripping riot police and macho dancing and everything and after that all you want to do is chill out in your slacks.
Well Take That do anyway. We're not sure what happened to the boys between them finishing their performance and them going to collect their reward for Best British Group but we can only presume that they had to battle through some sort of jumble sale obstacle course to get to the stage.
Just look at them all, offending our eyes with their terrible fashion sense.
Burning our retinas out. Robbie William's harem pant trousers, Marks smoking jacket come cardigan, Gary's shirt tucked into some trousers so high we can only imagine he borrowed them from Simon Cowell.
We're so confused that we think we might have to have a little lie down. Is this what mens fashion is now?
Is this what the world is coming too? Are our boyfriends going to have to start dressing like our father's?
Will we ever get over this terrible feeling? WE JUST DON'T KNOW.
P.S We still fancy you despite your silly clothes. Especially you Jason. Especially you.
HEATWORLD
jueves, 17 de febrero de 2011
Plan B: Take That Copied My BRIT Awards Performance
The boy band opened the ceremony at the O2 Arena accompanied by a over 50 backing dancers dressed as riot policemen.
Plan B's performance later on also had a riot theme and ended with the rapper setting a policeman on fire.
In an interview with The Sun, Plan B – real name Ben Drew – said he only found out that Take That's routine contained riot police on the morning of the show and that it was too late to change.
He said: "I couldn't believe it when I came in and saw their police. I just saw their shields and said, 'What the f*ck is this?'. Theirs was the PG version, though – they were just trying to copy me."
Plan B was named Best British Male at the ceremony on Tuesday, with Take That collecting the award for Best British Group.
Fuente: Gigwise
miércoles, 16 de febrero de 2011
Take That gastó casi 500.000 euros en una fiesta tras los BRIT Awards
Cada miembro del conjunto británico accedió a poner 95.000 euros cada uno para costear la fiesta que tuvo lugar en el hotel Savoy de Londres, y con la que festejaron haber ganado el premio al Mejor Grupo en los BRIT Awards.
Cada miembro del conjunto británico accedió a poner 95.000 euros cada uno para costear la fiesta que tuvo lugar en el hotel Savoy de Londres, y con la que festejaron haber ganado el premio al Mejor Grupo en los BRIT Awards.
Una fuente dijo al periódico Daily Mirror: "Take That quería celebrarlo con estilo. Esta fue la noche más grande de toda su carrera, la primera vez que han ganado de las cuatro ocasiones en las que han sido nominados.
"Fue la idea de Mark Owen y la manera de los chicos [Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Howard Donald y Robbie Williams] de decir 'gracias' a la discográfica y a todos sus compañeros. Acordaron una suma y fueron a por ello. Sus mujeres y compañeras no estarán muy contentas por la próxima factura que llegue al banco pero fue una noche increíble".
El grupo recibió en la fiesta, patrocinada por Universal, a invitados como Rihanna y Justin Bieber, quienes disfrutaron de comida variada, docenas de botellas de licor y 800 botellas de champán.
A primeras horas de la noche, Take That interpretó su nuevo sencillo 'Kidz' para abrir los Premios BRIT Awards.
The original: THE MIRROR
Brit awards 2011: Take That win best British group 21 years after their debut
The manband's triumph at the Brits comes after three previous nominations for the award
It may only take a minute to fall in love, but to reach the zenith of your artistic career can take a while longer, as Take That have discovered.
After 17 No 1 hits, pop world domination, an acrimonious split and a dewy-eyed reunion, the phenomenally successful boy-turned-manband were finally crowned best British group at the Brit awards, 21 years after their first performance on the cheesy late-night TV show The Hitman & Her.
Young pretender Tinie Tempah may have taken home more awards – the rapper received statuettes for both British breakthrough act and best single for the infectious Pass Out – but the night belonged to the veteran band.
It was most certainly the campest, and possibly the most spectacular, opening to any Brit awards, the boys took to the stage flanked by Take That soldiers, who by the end of the performance were only in their underwear.
The revamped Brits were styled as a music-centric event rather than the bacchanalian back-patting exercise of the past. And there was evidence that the 1,000-strong voting academy, which this year included music performers for the first time as well as the usual promoters, producers, publishers and retailers, wanted to celebrate "quality" music.
They were not left wanting. A virtuoso performance by Adele of her song Someone Like You entranced and enchanted the arena in equal measure before, in perhaps the most telling illustration of the change, folk singer-songwriter Laura Marling accepted the award for best British female solo artist.
While her precisely written and haunting album I Speak Because I Can received critical acclaim, it peaked at No 4 in the charts and she has remained under the mainstream radar.
Her victory is just the sort of left-of-centre award that the new Brits chairman David Joseph was looking for when he overhauled the voting academy.
The same, too, could be said for folk band Mumford & Sons, who have proved that banjos are no barriers to mass appeal, and took home the most coveted award of the night, the best British album, for their debut release Sigh No More.
But the revamp could not deflect from the crowning of Take That, the peak of an extraordinary 12 months in which the group's most recent album, Progress, became the fastest-selling of the decade with first-day sales of more than 235,000, the highest since Oasis released Be Here Now in 1997.
Take That's accompanying tour – the biggest in UK history – sold out in minutes, and promises to be the most spectacular that "Thatters", as their fans are known, have ever seen.
The band split amid accusations, insults and alcoholism in 1995. Robbie Williams, ever the bad boy of the group, went on to achieve huge success as a solo act – and has won more Brit awards than any other artist. His debut album, Life Thru a Lens, went straight to No 1, and hits such as Angels lodged themselves firmly in the karaoke canon.
But after Williams's career hit the buffers, the newly-reformed four-piece Take That went on to have success without himwith The Ultimate tour in 2006, and The Circus album and tour in 2008.
After winning the award for best group, Mark Owen tear-jearkingly turned to Williams. "Rob, thanks for coming back mate," he said over the screams. Williams response was fittingly a throw back to the 90s, as he shouted "shabba!" into the mike.
Gary Barlow, the main songwriter of the band, recently turned 40, joining Jason Orange who is the same age, and Howard Donald, 42, in the realm of fortysomethings. Williams and Owen are not far behind at 37 and 39.
Take That's award – the first time they have been crowned best British band despite three previous nominations – comes eight months after Williams announced he was rejoining the band.
Plan B, real name Ben Drew, whose concept album The Defamation Of Strickland Banks went to No 1 in the UK, was named best British male solo artist for his blend of rap-punctuated soul, while Jessie J, who has exploded on to the pop scene in 2011, going to No 1 with Price Tag this month, took home the prize for best newcomer.
Canadian indie rockers Arcade Fire continued their good run, winning best international group and best international album, after taking home a Grammy on Sunday for album of the year for The Suburbs.
Accepting the awards the band paid tribute to the British bands that had changed their lives. "From New Order to David Bowie, The Clash, Culture Club, Depeche Mode and The Smiths. Thank you Britain, thank you so much."
American rapper Cee Lo Green, singer of the hugely popular, if not charmingly titled, Fuck You (or Forget You, depending on your radio station), took home the award for best international male solo artist while Rihanna won best international female solo artist.
The Brits may have been all about the music, but proof that the awards still enjoy a little unadulterated bubble-gum pop came in the perfectly coiffed form of the teen
idol Justin Bieber, who took home the award for best international breakthrough act.
THE GUARDIAN
Take That y el rapero Tinie Tempah, protagonistas de los Brit Awards 2011
Take That, que han regresado a los escenarios tras una larga separación, y el rapero Tinie Tempah, que se hizo con dos premios, han sido los protagonistas de los Brit Awards, los galardones más importante de la música pop británica.
Tras el regreso al grupo de Robbie Williams, los componentes de Take That abrieron la gala con una actuación y volvieron a subir al escenario para recoger el premio al mejor grupo británico del año.
No lograron sin embargo el "premio gordo" de la noche, el de mejor álbum, al que optaban por 'Progress', el trabajo más vendido del año en el Reino Unido -se vendieron un millón de copias en sólo 24 horas-. El premio al mejor álbum fue para el grupo de folk-rock Mumford And Sons por 'Sigh No More', una de las sorpresas de la noche.
No obstante, Take That, que nunca antes habían ganado el Brit al mejor grupo británico, volvieron a ofrecer una imagen de unidad y agradecieron públicamente a William su "vuelta a casa".
Tinie Tempah fue otro de los grandes nombres de la noche, en una ceremonia de entrega de premios celebrada por primera vez en el O2 Arena, el macroescenario multiusos en el este de Londres, que fue presentada por el popular humorista James Corden.
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EL MUNDO
Take That y Arcade Fire, protagonistas de los Brit
Con su formación original al completo -Robbie Williams a la cabeza- Take That, uno de los grandes grupos superventas de los años noventa, abrió anoche la gala de los Brit Awards, los galardones más importantes de la música pop de Reino Unido. El quinteto se alzó con el premio al mejor grupo británico, algo que no habían logrado ni siquiera en su época más gloriosa.
La que fuera una de las banda más representativas del pop adolescente no consiguió, sin embargo, el premio gordo de la noche, el de mejor álbum, al que optaban por Progress, el trabajo más vendido del año en Reino Unido. El galardón fue a parar a la banda de neo folk Mumford & sons.
El reconocimiento al primer disco de la banda de Marcus Mumford, Sigh no more, evidenció la hegemonía del folk rock sobre otros estilos musicales en esta edición de la los premios. Otras muestras de ello fueron los premios a la mejor intérprete femenina, para la cantautora Laura Mailing, y los obtenidos por los canadienses Arcade Fire, que fueron premiados por partida doble: mejor grupo internacional y mejor álbum internacional, por su ya consagrada obra The suburbs.
El otro gran nombre de la noche fue el de Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, más conocido como Tinie Tempah. El rapero londinense, de origen nigeriano, se alzó con el premio al mejor artista británico revelación y al mejor single por Pass out.
EL PAIS
domingo, 13 de febrero de 2011
miércoles, 9 de febrero de 2011
Gary Barlow admits to stealing lyrics during early Take That years
Take That’s Gary Barlow has admitted to borrowing lyric ideas from friends and other artists during the band’s early years.
In a recent interview with The Sun the singer confessed to his own lyrical incompetence, saying that he chose to use emotions from other songs or a friend’s stories rather than writing from personal experience.
He said: "Throughout the Nineties I didn't have any views. I always felt lyrics were a weak point for me and I was often a copier of lyrics. I would use other people's emotions. I'd listen to conversations and talk to friends and always stole my lyrics from people around me. I very seldom looked inside myself to write. That's something I've acquired this time round."
However, the singer went on to discuss how his method had changed for the writing of the band’s 2010 smash hit ‘Progress’. Talking about his current writing method, he said: "One of my best tricks is that every now and again I go and see my mum for a few days. I leave a keyboard there and I set it up in front of the window, overlooking the fields. Suddenly I'm in a whole different situation. It's a new environment."
In recent years Barlow has also become more interested with the production side of the songs, choosing to back away from writing responsibilities and lending a hand on the studio desk instead. Talking about his new passion for production, he confessed: "I'm sat there thinking, 'OK, I'm a writer, Mark's a writer, Robbie's a writer. Now, listen, on a three-minute single how much of each individual can you get on? So I had a plan, I thought 'I'm going to become like one of these hip-hop producers and I'm going to make the backing tracks'."
Fuente: Stereoboard
lunes, 7 de febrero de 2011
Kidz single artwork
Kidz is the second single to be taken from Take That's No.1 album Progress and the CD single will exclusively feature the never-before-heard track, Rocket Ship as a b-side.
Don't forget, you can find out all you need to know about the new single over on the video page here.
Stay tuned to takethat.com for pre-order news, coming soon.
Fuente: Take That
miércoles, 2 de febrero de 2011
Take Fat
¿Deseas contratar a Take That para una fiesta privada? Ya, imposible... ¡pero puedes contratar a Take Fat! Una versión de Take That a lo "grande" xD
Pero daos prisa porque después de su paso por los castings de Britains Got Talent, es posible que aumente su caché:
Last week the singers turned up at the Birmingham BGT auditions and sang a medley for the judging panel, Amanda Holden, Michael McIntyre and David Hasselhoff.
Amanda told them: “That was ace! Your dancing is rubbish, but as an idea it is brilliant.”
The Hoff added: “I think there is a place on this show for you.”
Michael originally buzzed the group off, but later admitted that he had a change of heart, saying: “I really like the idea.”
Fuente: Unrealitytv