viernes, 18 de noviembre de 2011
lunes, 24 de octubre de 2011
Gary gana un premio Q al mejor compositor
Q magazine twitter: "The winner of the 2011 Q Award for Classic Songwriter goes to... it's our favourite X Factor judge @GBarlowOfficial !!!"
Foto publicada en twitter por Gary
miércoles, 5 de octubre de 2011
Premiere de "Los tres mosqueteros"
Gracias a Lorena Erre por el enlace.
domingo, 11 de septiembre de 2011
Ma of all judges for Gary
GARY Barlow's X Factor hopefuls had to get past his MUM to make it to the live finals of the singing show.
The Take That star flew Marjorie, 66, to Los Angeles to film the judge's house stage this week.
She joined his guest judge Robbie Williams to watch the eight boys' performances and give her verdict.
Judge Gary, 40, told The Sun: "She is in my ear about who she wants. She has been to a few of the audition days and watched the audition tapes."
Gary admitted that, despite his Take That success, his X Factor-mad mum only thought he had "made it" when he got the
judging job.
But she was shocked when he was sometimes booed.
He revealed: "I said to her, 'I have been cheered for 20 years, it is time to be booed'."
domingo, 28 de agosto de 2011
"You, Mark Owen in the middle"
Ayer el jurado de The X Factor juzgó las actuaciones de las boybands y Gary quedó bastante contento con el grupo The Keys.
The X Factor 2011: Audiciones de esta semana
Estas son las audiciones de esta semana, donde podéis ver a Gary realmente sorprendido por alguna de las actuaciones.
Watch The X Factor ONLINE
Cada sábado a las 20h (uk time) es decir, a las 21h en España, puedes ver The XFactor en ITV1.
Louis Walsh: Gary Barlow needs to be "more fun" on The X Factor
Louis Walsh has hit out at Gary Barlow, saying he needs to be more fun on The X Factor! Speaking to the Daily Star Sunday today, Louis explained how the Take That star was too serious about his acts, and needed to understand the show has to have some ‘wackos’. The Irish music mogul explained: “Gary doesn’t get the novelty value of certain acts and just cares about the singing. He’s a serious singer-songwriter and sees it from a musician’s perspective.” “He needs to understand that it’s a TV show and you do need big personalities.” With Louis responsible for the likes of Jedward and Wagner, we’re not sure we like his idea of big personalities. Louis added: “If they’re just good singers and no fun it’s boring. Simon likes crazy, eccentric acts and we need that on the show.” Meanwhile Louis admitted to missing Simon Cowell, because he made the show more fun. He said: “The panel is less fun and more business now. They’re all so keen and it’s lost the fun since Simon left. “Sometimes we worked from 9am to 2.30am. We work so hard we barely even get time to talk. It’s tough. “We don’t need Simon but I do miss him,” he added.
Read more: http://xfactor.tellymix.co.uk/judges/43808-louis-walsh-gary-barlow-needs-to-be-more-fun-on-the-x-factor.html#ixzz1WKEK2yQu
jueves, 14 de julio de 2011
martes, 28 de junio de 2011
Time Out London interview
Take That are about to wow London on their biggest and boldest tour yet, arriving at Wembley Stadium on June 30 2011 for eight shows. But will this tour also be their last? Time Out's editor corners them in Dublin's Croke Park Stadium to find out…
They'd have you believe, would Take That, that this is all normal, run of the mill. Just a group of friends, backstage, about to play a concert. Just, you know, hanging out. One of them, Mark, is busy making pasta for two of the others, Howard and Robbie. Gary is making a business call, Jason smiling for a photo. Robbie's wife, Ayda, is there, and two of their eight dogs are running around the place. Just a group of friends, spending time together. Except this is Croke Park, Dublin, capacity 77,000, and this is the biggest tour Britain and Ireland have ever seen.
Some facts and figures about Take That's 'Progress' tour: 1.76 million people in UK and Ireland will see them perform live this summer. The band will play a record-breaking eight nights at Wembley Stadium. That record was previously held by Michael Jackson, who played seven nights there on his 1988 'Bad' world tour. Two hundred and eighty-seven people are on the road at all times with an extra 160 local crew in each city. The show and performance are so elaborate, so detailed, that in an empty stadium, it takes 48 hours to build the stage and set. At each date, a field kitchen is constructed where 14 chefs and catering staff prepare more than 1,100 restaurant-quality meals per day. Oh yeah, and on the stage with them is a huge robot which has been given the nickname of 'Om'. Om is 20 metres high and weighs 25 tonnes. It took 14 weeks to build him.
As Dublin is about to find out, in four and a half hours' time, this tour is taller, wider, camper, more roboty and, yes, way bigger than any we've ever seen. Now, you did remember to get yourself a ticket, didn't you?
Incredibly, when it's all over, this tour probably won't be remembered for its hugeness. Instead, it will be remembered primarily for being 'the tour that Robbie Williams was on'. Robbie rejoined the band officially in 2010, some 15 years after leaving the group ('I was sacked, I didn't leave,' he will protest later onstage) for, at first, a period hanging out with Oasis, then rehab, then a series of huge-selling singles and albums, then more rehab, then a flop album followed swiftly by a pledge to stop touring for good. One constant theme throughout this whole period was Williams's disregard for, or, at times, downright loathing of, his time in the band. He'd tell the audience at the Brit Awards that he'd always been the talented one of the group. He'd perform the band's biggest hit, 'Back for Good', on his solo tours as an aggressive, confrontational, thrash hate song. While sitting on a motorised toilet. It's a wonder Take That wanted him back at all, but they did and the resulting album, 'Progress', is their best one yet, and ended up being the bestselling album in the UK last year. But Williams's history of live-show burn-out in his solo career made a tour of 'Progress' seem unlikely.
So how did they get to this point? What happens now? And why the hell can't Howard Donald and Robbie Williams make their own bloody pasta?
At just after 4pm, Mark Owen walks into the friends-and-family lounge beneath Ireland's biggest sporting venue. Mark is softly spoken, fragile and badly burnt by the press fallout from things that happened on the last Take That tour. In March last year he admitted to multiple one-night stands on the band's 2009 tour, 'The Circus'. In an interview with The Sun, he blamed his heavy 'party boy' drinking for the affairs. He checked in to rehab the next day. Mark is married with two young children. Personally he's been through a tough time. Professionally it's a different story.
He was often a creative bystander in the group's early-'90s boy-band days, but the reformed Take That now feels as though it is largely formed around Mark's lyrical themes, imaginative ideas and outlandish performances. He plays a leading role in a band he was once a pretty-boy frontman for, but appears to still have insecurities about his position. He also thinks way too much about stuff. All of this combined makes him a cautious interviewee.
When you were all planning this tour, what did you want to achieve? What questions did you ask yourselves?
'We just wanted a tour that did justice to the reunion, to Robbie playing with us again. But how do you play it? Do we sing on Robbie's solo songs? Does he sing on the songs we've made as a foursome? It wasn't easy.'
How is Robbie dealing with being back? The rumours had it that he didn't want to tour at all…
'It's great to see him perform with such passion. Because speaking to him a year and a half ago, you'd get the impression that he wouldn't do it. He thought he wouldn't be able to get on stage again. He'd fallen out of love with it all. The spark's back, he's bouncing around. We feel so blessed that he's back with us - it's such a joyful thing, it really is.'
Certain aspects of your behaviour on the last Take That tour have been well documented since. How are things different this time around?
'Well I've been going home a lot! I've been doing the shows then going home to see my kids. I never did that before. I always thought that the mentality was “When you go on tour, you go on tour”. I've realised now that it doesn't have to be like that. Life needn't be that one way or another. So we finish here in Dublin tomorrow then I go home for a few days. I don't feel as disconnected from my family now. When we're doing the dates and I'm off-stage I just spend a lot of my time on my own being quiet. Our head chef guy is teaching me some recipes too, so I'm cooking stuff most nights.'
And the temptations you succumbed to after shows previously - how do you pull yourself away from them now? What's replaced them?
'Green & Blacks organic milk chocolate! The world when you drink is different to when you don't. So different. There are different habits when you drink. I would come off stage and start drinking. Just head to the bar. That's what everyone does when they finish the show. Then you realise you don't need to go to the bar. You just don't need to go there.'
Were the tabloid revelations the thing that made you stop?
'They'd already stopped, to be honest. [Goes very quiet] It's difficult to talk about all of this...'
I understand…
'[Interrupting] I don't know whether you do understand because I have a wife and two kids and actually it's nobody's fucking business. My wife will read this interview, and her friends will. And we've dealt with it. I don't want to make her feel sick again, you know? Because I did make her feel sick and she's just starting to not feel sick after a year and a half and… [Starts welling up] I don't want to make her feel sick any more. I feel the most peaceful I have ever felt. I'm the luckiest… [Trails off].
'This tour for me is a lovely cap on it all. I'm not looking beyond this, at this moment in time, not with the band. It's a chance to say thank you to 1.8 million people, thank you for sticking by us through the last 20 years for all our shit, these five fucking idiots, because that's what we are are, all our shit that we've gone through they've stuck by us. Then I want to go home and spend some time with my kids and my wife and look after them for a bit.'
You were about to say how lucky you feel. Is this because you realise that you could have lost all of that?
'You realise none of this is worth anything without them. None of it. If I don't have them… there's no point to any of it.'
Have they been out on tour with you?
'They came to Sunderland. My wife is coming out for virtually all of the European leg too. Elwood watched his first show, Willow watched half. Elwood loved the robot!'
What happens after this? You make it sound, with some of the things you say, that this is you bowing out?
'I don't know. I don't know. In my head at the moment… I just want to get through this at the moment. If there's stuff that we can do, we'll do it. If something happens that means there's a reason to carry on we will. If we come up with songs we think people will want to hear we'll do them. If someone comes up with an idea that's about putting money in the bank then no…'
How's the next year of your life panning out in your head?
'The mind's a funny thing. I hear it in my head sometimes: “What are you going to do when this tour finishes? Gary's got 'The X Factor', Robbie's got a solo record, what about you? You're gonna get left behind again?” I hear that voice. And I go: “No, I'm not.” I'm going to enjoy myself, I'm going to take my time. One of the hardest things to do is nothing. That's what I'm going to try and do when this tour ends. Nothing. Achieve nothing.'
The band's security guard comes to fetch Mark. He's needed elsewhere.
'I'm sorry for snapping at you,' he says, then adds quietly: 'Sorry if I offended you.'
Gary Barlow wanders into the room. He starts talking about Owen, unaware of what we've just been discussing.
'Look at him, still trying to hog the headlines! Mark - the head judge is here!'
It's 4.45pm now, the doors to the stadium have just opened and Gary Barlow is already talking about the thing Time Out was told he wouldn't be talking about - his new role as head judge on 'The X Factor'. Mark leaves for his tenth fag of the day and his fourth coffee.
Gary Barlow is a whole different ball game to Mark Owen. Louder, more self-assured and patently not someone who overthinks anything. 'I leave that to Mark,' he says, quite correctly. Seen as the controlling, creative figure in the band in their early days, a role which meant he bore the brunt of Robbie's ire in his time away from the band, Barlow has relaxed into a far more democratic role. But it is still his band really, and with his boundless energy and inability to stress about any of the madness Barlow is an important figure in a group full of eccentrics. Life hasn't always been peachy - when his solo career fell apart in the late '90s he turned to drugs and suffered from depression. But it's this tough time that has made him so determined to enjoy every second of his renaissance. Including taking on a second role as a primetime ITV1 judge. Talking of which, and seeing as how he brought up the subject…
Throughout much of this tour you've been judging 'The X Factor' contestants during the day and singing live at night and you seem to be dealing with it…
'Workwise, they're pretty tough those days, but from a mental situation - which I'm often driven by - as I'd sit there on the helicopter being taken from “The X Factor” to a gig, I think: This is life at the top; this is as big as it gets. You won't find me complaining about that 'cos I know what it's like to be out of work with nobody interested in you, and it's shit.'
Apparently you're the tough-guy judge?
'Apparently I am! I don't know how it comes across but if they're no good I'll say I'm not interested. But I'm going to be tough on everyone, especially the acts I'll be looking after. 'Cos it's serious, this. It's bloody hard to make a living in music and I don't want to dress it up for anybody. Our responsibility is to mentor these people properly and we put through the ones that not only deserve a place but are also mentally prepared to take it on. They're plucked from nowhere, they're put into this spotlight - and “The X Factor” spotlight is bigger than any other. You see the slightest sign that they can't deal with that… well, you can't use them.'
Reports at the time of the Manchester gigs alleged that your female fans were getting so drunk they were becoming a burden on the city's ambulance services. Your fans are all drunkards: fair or unfair?
'I looked around and there were a few lairy people at those Manchester gigs. They come for a good night out and however they want to conduct themselves, well, it's up to them, really. I'm not bothered - as long as they're not causing too much trouble, not hurting one another, I'm fine 
with whatever they do.'
It has a knock-on effect though, doesn't it? Police in Glasgow are now saying that if your fans get drunk at the gig then try and get on a train home they could be arrested.
'Really? [Laughs] Right, well I hope they've extra staff on.'
Everyone was expecting Robbie to choke at some point. How has he been?
'Amazing. Never seen him like this before.'
Were you worried he'd change his mind?
'I was at the very start. 'Cos he did change his mind a couple of times! The touring was always the icing on the cake. We thought: If we can get this album done and away - great. Then if we tour… well, that would be amazing. And Robbie was just not looking forward to doing it on tour. He liked being with us and enjoyed spending time with us but the tour side of it seemed like a no-no. He has issues with the touring thing because of what happened before. Self-doubt and the rest. But there's been no issues at all. Me and Mark watch him every night do his solo bit from the side of the stage and we say, “Well, we've done our job here.”'
Gary is a little bit more sure on what his plans will be over the next year and a half. But his plans don't feature a new Take That album. He'll be producing Robbie's next solo album, performing a Children in Need concert in November, then in 2012 he's musical director for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee gig ('I'd prefer it with the band, but if it turns out they don't want to do it I'll do something on my own'). And he has his eye on a slot at the Olympics closing ceremony ('If asked, we'll do it'). Something tells me they'll ask.
Howard pops in to the lounge for a quick chat. The oldest of the band, and a father of two, Howard was recruited primarily for his dancing skills, but his singing on fan favourite 'Never Forget' and tracks on their more recent albums have meant he's increasingly been regarded as a lead vocalist in his own right. Howard is sure about his plans for the next 18 months: he's going to learn to fly a plane.
'I'm going to be doing my private pilot's licence. I ordered a plane last year' - he announces this with all the casualness of someone telling you which toppings they plumped for on their pizza - 'from America, and it's an amphibious plane so it can land on water and land. That doesn't arrive until 2013, so I've got to learn how to fly one before it arrives! It's always been one of my ambitions to fly a plane. Can't wait.'
The concert that night is a triumph. It's a spectacle unlike any other the country has seen. Even Om the robot - who is supposed to unfurl to his full height as the show progresses - works, and he has been temperamental on five dates already (including one memorable night in Manchester when Howard got stuck on top of him and had to be rescued by ladder). Dubliners go home happy. I go back to London, where the tour is heading now. Wembley, Gary makes clear, isn't just another date. Or eight dates. It's the ultimate date.
'You enjoy the hometown gigs, the Irish gigs, all of them,' he says. 'But I think as a venue Wembley is the one everyone dreams of. As a kid the TV show you would dream of was “Top of the Pops”, and the gig you would dream of was Wembley Stadium.'
But is it the end? Almost certainly not, but no one is giving me concrete evidence that plans for the future are being made. Maybe they're just too shattered (and exhilarated) to make plans. The only pattern emerging is of a group of people unable to see how they can top what they're doing now. And, frankly, how can they?
Fuente: TimeOutLondon
jueves, 23 de junio de 2011
Gary Barlow : the perfect choice for X Factor
JLS have praised the choice of Gary Barlow to replace Simon Cowell on The X Factor this year, saying that the decision will make the show “bigger and bigger” when it returns in the autumn. Speaking to OK! magazine last week, JLS also revealed they loved Cheryl’s accent – despite it being blamed for her US flop!
“I think her accent is incredible, we love Geordie girls,” Marvin said. Oritsé added: “Her accent is very sexy.”
On the new line up, Aston raved: “Gary Barlow is, for me, a perfect choice. He’s been there, he’s done it, he’s still doing it now.
“I don’t think there is a person in the music industry right now who could give more advice to people going through a show that intense. It’s just going to get bigger and bigger, as it does every year anyway.”
Meanwhile Marvin revealed he and his Saturdays girlfriend Rochelle Wiseman fight over which films to watch when relaxing at home!
He said: “I’ve got no choice in the matter. It’s always chick flicks. If I want to watch my man films, I watch them when she’s not around. We don’t get a lot of time to spend together and watch films, so we like to watch something that we’re both going to enjoy.”
JLS are set to release their third album in the autumn.
Fuente: Tellymix
domingo, 12 de junio de 2011
Barlow picked the Olympics ahead of X Factor
It aimed to find a star to sing at the Games opening ceremony in London next year.
Chart-topper Gary, 40, was left disappointed when the show was vetoed by Olympics chiefs. It was only then that he agreed to become a judge on The X Factor's panel - pocketing a £1.5million pay packet.
Insiders said Gary was passionate about doing a show for the BBC because he is a big supporter of its public service credentials.
The series would have seen Gary auditioning wannabes from around the country to win a spot singing at the Olympic opening ceremony, which will be televised by the BBC and screened to billions around the world.
But sources said the show was shelved after Olympics chiefs said they would rather have big name stars perform at the showpiece event. An insider said: "Gary really wanted to do a show on the BBC as he believes in its public service mission.
"He loved the idea of finding an amazing unknown singer to appear at the opening ceremony in 2012.
"But Olympics chiefs made it known they wanted big name acts to perform instead and the show had to be pulled. It was only then that Gary turned to The X Factor and became the new Simon Cowell."
Gary has been a big hit on The X Factor auditions so far, giving no-nonsense advice to performers.
However, some acts have said he is too mean.
The heart-throb has said he is keen to help others get a career in music after the huge success he has enjoyed with Take That, who are currently performing to sell-out crowds on their nationwide tour.
He said: "I'm here to find the next generation of stars. There are so many youngsters out there with talent who need a platform like The X Factor to be noticed."
martes, 7 de junio de 2011
Barlow's bingo on tour
GARY BARLOW has been getting his balls out backstage on the huge TAKE THAT tour.
The singer hosts bingo nights to entertain the tour crew before and after gigs.
He's no novice either. Gaz knows all the bingo calls and puts on a decent show.
Gary said: "I used to be a bingo caller when I was first starting out.
"I used to love reading out the numbers. We have bingo nights backstage on the Take That tour to help everyone relax. We call it Barlow's Bingo."
Gary has a long-standing love of bingo and dug out his dabbers for the tenth anniversary of his wedding to wife Dawn last year.
He uses his own kit, which includes his own bingo machine, paper and dabbers and goes for it when he's doing his bingo calls - like the professionals.
The Take That star is a popular man with his crew and not just because of his evening entertainment.
He bought the 160 staff who have joined the band on the road a Samsung tablet computer each.
A source said: "Gary is a generous man and wanted to show his appreciation for all their hard work.
"It cost him a few bob but it was worth it after seeing the looks on the crew members' faces.
"He's well into his technology and has said he's on hand to help with any queries about using the device."
Yesterday Gary was on a break from the tour, filming a second day of auditions in Birmingham in his new role as an X Factor judge.
And he hadn't had to wait long to hear one of his own songs being performed by a contestant.
Gary said: "It was quite strange on day one to hear one of my songs - The Flood - being sung.
"But it's also very flattering and I guess I'll hear them sung in different ways and by different voices through the run."
Hopefully he won't be fed up with hearing them come the finals in December...
Fuente: The Sun
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Promoción de X-men: Entrevista a Gary, Howard y Jason
A familiar venue for star-studded film junkets, The Dorchester hotel has still never seen anything like the launch of X-Men: First Class. In a lavish suite on the first floor, Robbie Williams is patiently explaining to a journalist why his superhero alter-ego would be an invisible flying onanist with the name "Wankneto". Next door, Mark Owen is discussing how the country's biggest man-band came to soundtrack Matthew Vaughn's Sixties-set superhero prequel. Thankfully, GQ.com had an audience with the members who seemed most excited about the whole surreal enterprise: Gary Barlow, Jason Orange and Howard Donald. Here they discuss celluloid inspiration, Mad Men and what we can expect from the biggest pop tour of the year...
So which of you was most excited about appearing on an X-Men soundtrack?
Gary: That's me. I used to live next door to someone who had all the Marvel comics. We used to go into his bedroom and read them all. I've got a ten-year-old son who has never been interested in comics, but I thought it was a brilliant part of growing up - imagining the explosions in your head. I've always loved the X-Men movies and I'm quite into sci-fi actually. When the chance came up to do it, I more or less dragged everyone to the screening. They all loved it though.
Which film soundtracks do you admire?
Howard: I loved the original Tron. I've not seen the new one but I like Daft Punk.
Jason: The Chemical Brothers have just done the score for Hanna- I bet that's good.
Gary: Tedious link here, but we were most interested hearing the score for First Class. Matthew had originally said, "Think John Barry, think the Sixties," but we'd made this piece of music that was nothing like the Sixties - or John Barry! But then we went to see Henry Jackman, the guy who was doing the score, at Hans Zimmer's studios. We were dreading hearing all this Sixties stuff - but there was none of it. We knew it was going to be fine then. It's more synth-led then orchestral. We felt pretty safe handing it in knowing that the goal was it sounding futuristic.
Which character in the film did you think was the most stylish?
Gary: I thought January Jones [as Emma Frost] wore some lovely garments of clothing. Only about two? Well, they're the right two.
Jason: I thought Jason Flemyng [as Azrael] looked the dog's bollocks. He looked frightening! Intimidating!
GQ Style's Luke Day [the band's stylist] told me that you wore custom-made Mugler breastplates for the National Movie Awards. What do you think of Nicola Formchetti's work for the label?
Howard: I didn't even know I was wearing Mugler! I didn't want to wear [the breastplate] but for the video it looked absolutely brilliant. It worked a treat for First Class.
Gary: I've got to be honest, fashion is a bit wasted on me. Even when I wear it. Mark's more into the fashion - he'll cut things out of magazines and bring them in.
The First Class sequels are going to be set in the Seventies and Eighties respectively. Fancy soundtracking them as well?
Gary: Is that what they're doing? Sixties/Seventies/Eighties? Wow.
Jason: Clever that! But "Love Love" isn't Sixties - it's perfect for the Progressed album as well.
Were you at all disappointed that you didn't get the song into the strip club scene?
Gary: We wrote it for the end. Matthew said that to us that they were running our song after the line about Magneto.
Howard: We played the trailer for First Class on YouTube, turned down the music and pumped up "Love Love" and we thought it was great with everything that was going on: all the bombs, the missiles and the helmets. That Gnarls Barkley song works really well in the strip club.
Gary: It's the only way of working with pictures - they won't let anything out of the studio.
Jason: I know what you mean though - it's cheeky to have in your music in a classic film in a classic scene. That's a memorable scene in the sex club. I love the fact we've had "Back For Good" in The Office and "Never Forget" in Shameless - which are my favourite programmes.
What films did you used to watch on the bus when you first started touring?
Gary: Three In A Bed. Erm…
Jason: You talking porn? [laughs] That tells you how much Gaz watches porn - it tends to be a bit more explicit than a ménage à trois. That's a bit too polite.
Howard: Snow Sluts 3.
Not a patch on Snow Sluts 2. That's a classic.
Gary: There's no comparison. And no, I don't know who did the score... [laughs] What did we used to watch?
Jason: Robbie and Mark dominated the TV back in those days playing their silly little boy computer games.
Howard: I'm a big fan of Star Wars, me. With First Class it works better for me than when they made the Star Wars prequel with Jar Jar Binks.
Matthew Vaughn said he wanted Magneto to be " James Bond with superpowers". Fancy doing a Bond theme?
Jason: If we were asked we'd be flipping all over it!
Gary: Our fans did a petition for us to do Quantum Of Solace, the one Jack White did with Alicia Keys. His was great - one of the best. I know the guy who does the Bond music, David Arnold, and he said to me, "Will you tell all your fans to f*** off?" He had a thousand petition notes in his inbox and he was really annoyed. A Bond theme is a great one to do, isn't it? It's the ultimate.
Christopher Mintz-Plasse told me that when he went to Matthew Vaughn's house, he was seated next to Robert De Niro. Did any of you have a similarly awkward encounter?
Gary: To be honest, we've been to his house a couple of times because we did Stardust with him, but he's based in LA at the moment. I think he's still editing the movie tonight. We saw him out there and he was -
Howard: Stressed! And full of flu.
Jason: I can't see past Matthew's wife [Claudia Schiffer], never mind any other guest in the room. I'd be like, "Robert De Niro who?" [laughs]
Given the setting of First Class and the fact that it stars January Jones, are you big Mad Men fans?
Howard: Nope.
Gary: You've never seen it? You got to watch that. It's set in a similar era.
Howard: Is that the one with superpowers?
Gary: No, it's set in an advertising company in America. I'm a big Mad Men fan - so that's why getting involved with this is a double whammy.
Jason: Is it the birth of advertising? Is that the premise?
It's basically lots of people wandering around smoking cigarettes in great suits...
Gary: And drinking all day in the office. It's just amazing.
Jason: Mad in it? Clever.
The Pet Shop Boys are supporting you on tour. Has Neil Tennant given his verdict on the new song yet?
Jason: I went to watch a show that they did - a ballet - and I met them when they'd just signed up to do our tour. I was trying to say thanks and to show my gratitude but I was surprised how chuffed and excited they are. I know it's a coup for us. We're as grateful as anything.
Given that you've ridden an elephant into a stadium, would you say you're comfortable working with the surreal and the spectacular?
Howard: Yeah, we like a bit of that!
Gary: For a tour though, you do step into another world, becoming people's entertainment for the evening. It's got to be spectacular and fairytale-like. We seem to do it quite naturally now. This is a massive week for us. This will undoubtedly be our biggest tour ever. It has come all the way round to the beginning again - all five of us are going to be up there. It's just beautiful, really beautiful. I know we're going to remember it for the rest of our lives.
Fuente: GQ
lunes, 6 de junio de 2011
sábado, 7 de mayo de 2011
Take That's Gary Barlow 'definitely' replacing Simon Cowell on 'The X Factor'
Take That's Gary Barlow has reportedly finalised a deal to replace Simon Cowell on the UK's X Factor.
The singer is now "a definite" to appear on the next series of the show after Cowell quit last month, according to The Sun.
A 'source' apparently said: "Gary is now a definite. Gary knows the business inside and out. If anyone could replace Simon, it's him."
Meanwhile, the newspaper has also claimed that Destiny's Child singer is in talks to replace Cheryl Cole, who is following Cowell across the Atlantic to appear as a judge on the US version of the show.
Last month, tabloid sources claimed that Cowell quit the UK version of the show after his family expressed health concerns over his hectic schedule.
Nicole Scherzinger and Lily Allen have both been touted for positions on the judging panel in recent months. However, Allen dampened rumours about her involvement last month, claiming that no one has yet got in touch with her to discuss the role.
Fuente: NME
miércoles, 27 de abril de 2011
Take That's Gary Barlow Solves Madame Tussauds Waxwork Mystery
Take That singer Gary Barlow has revealed that his original Madame Tussauds waxwork was never melted down to be used for another figure as initially thought.
In his 2006 autobiography, My Take, the singer wrote that his waxwork had been used to create a Britney Spears model after the band's demise.
"Why only Britney? They could have made all three of Destiny's Child,” he jokingly wrote in the book.
But Barlow has now revealed that the waxwork was actually put in storage – and has since returned following Take That's successful comeback.
"What annoyed me more was that when Take That came back and were successful again, my waxwork suddenly reappeared out of nowhere, yet slightly aged,” he told The Sun.
“They obviously keep them in storage. I don't know which is worse."
Take That are due to kick off their huge UK Progress tour next month, which will feature Robbie Williams.
Fuente: Gigwise
Foto: Flickr
martes, 29 de marzo de 2011
Gary Barlow rules out replacing Simon Cowell on the X Factor
Gary Barlow is trying to play down speculation that he’s clinched a £2million deal to do the X Factor job that his bandmate, Robbie Williams, couldn’t handle.
The move follows claims that the Take That frontman is just ‘days away’ from signing up to replace Simon Cowell on the British version of the hit show after Williams rejected a deal because he doesn’t want the publicity.
‘Gary had initially snubbed talks after hearing Robbie wanted the job. But when he turned it down, Gary let it be known he was definitely interested,’ a source said.
‘The show bosses are really keen on Gary – they know he is highly knowledgeable about music and probably more reliable than Robbie.’
The insider told Star magazine: ‘They know it won’t become ‘‘The Gary Show’’, which was always the danger with Rob’.
However, the 40-year-old’s camp insisted the claims were ‘not true’.
On the other side of the Atlantic, Jessica Simpson has said she’s up for spoiling Cheryl Cole’s dream of becoming a US X Factor judge.
But Cowell says they are no closer to agreeing the line-up.
Fuente: Metro
martes, 22 de marzo de 2011
Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow in diet wager
ROBBIE WILLIAMS and GARY BARLOW are at war again – over who can lose the most timber.
The TAKE THAT pair have a four-figure bet riding on who shifts most spare tyres before the band's European tour Progress kicks off in May.
Both are unhappy about piling on the beef and have started a strict diet to get match fit.
But Robbie's target weight sounds a bit extreme – he's using CHRISTIAN BALE's skinny character in The Machinist as his motivation.
Robbie said: "Me and Gary vary in weight. We go up and down by the week.
"Gary and the boys were at my house in LA last week when Gary turns to me and says, 'I won't be needing these clothes soon, do you want them?' – 'cos he's going on a diet.
"That was the day I thought, 'Right, if you're eating a lettuce, I'm eating half a lettuce.'
"There is now a serious game on to see who can get the thinnest for the tour.
"You know The Machinist with Christian Bale? I'm going for Christian Bale."
The lads have been stuffing their chops with all sorts of grub during their break since Christmas.
But they each have a personal trainer, and a nutritionist called Jasmine, working with them every day until the tour starts. Their bet only started a week ago so there's a long road ahead before the party kegs are replaced with six-packs.
It's not the first time the lads have had to shape up and get fit to go on the road.
Robbie is a self-confessed muncher of cake and crisps and has been put on "ninja food" loads of times over the years.
The rest of the band don't have to worry – there's more meat on a butcher's pencil than on MARK OWEN, HOWARD DONALD and JASON ORANGE put together.
Take That have challenged each other with dares before.
In the 90s they used to keep a tally of their groupie conquests.
It's not as much fun with only Orange juice on offer to the groupies now.
Fuente: The Sun
martes, 8 de marzo de 2011
Take That duo confirmed as charity entertainment
Fundraisers at national charity, Caudwell Children, have today confirmed rumours that Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow will be performing alongside Robin Gibb at an exclusive black-tie event in London later this year.
The three stars have donated their time to perform at the ‘Butterfly Benefit’ fundraising event will take place on Thursday May 12th 2011 at the Banqueting House in Whitehall, London.
Key Facts
* Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow and Robin Gibb have donated their time to perform at the ‘Butterfly Benefit’ fundraising event in aid of national charity, Caudwell Children
* The 'Butterfly Benefit' will take place on Thursday May 12th 2011 at the Banqueting House in Whitehall, London
* Robbie Williams became an official Ambassador for the Midlands-based children’s charity last year and has agreed to perform for the 250 invited guests ahead of Take That’s record-breaking Progress Tour, which starts two weeks later
* Caudwell Children is committed to changing the lives of disabled children in the UK by providing specialist equipment, treatment and therapy as well as its annual ‘Destination Dreams’ holiday and family support services
* To date the charity has provided over £13 million worth of support to thousands of children with over 350 different medical conditions
* The more intimate 'Butterfly Benefit' is a departure from the larger ‘Butterfly Ball’ events, which in recent years have become renowned for their multi-million pound fundraising auctions and for attracting some of the World’s best-selling artists to perform, including Sir Elton John, Whitney Houston and Rod Stewart
* Though restricted to invited guests, applications for a table at the exclusive event can be made by contacting events@caudwellchildren.com
Williams, who last year became an official Ambassador for the Midlands-based children’s charity, has agreed to perform for the 250 invited guests ahead of Take That’s record-breaking Progress Tour, which starts two weeks later.
Trudi Beswick, Chief Executive of Caudwell Children, said: “We are honoured to have Robbie as an Ambassador for the charity and delighted that we have this opportunity for him to perform for us alongside Gary Barlow and Robin Gibb.
Of course it is going to be a great night of entertainment but the real reason we are all there is to raise much-needed funds to help some of the UK’s most at-risk children; unfortunately our help is needed more than ever so we hope the money raised will help us reach even more children over the next year.”
To date Caudwell Children has provided over £13 million worth of support to thousands of children with over 350 different medical conditions. The Charity is committed to changing the lives of disabled children in the UK by providing specialist equipment, treatment and therapy as well as its annual ‘Destination Dreams’ holiday and family support services.
The more intimate event is a departure from their larger ‘Butterfly Ball’ events, which in recent years have become renowned for their multi-million pound fundraising auctions and for attracting some of the World’s best-selling artists to perform, including Sir Elton John, Whitney Houston and Rod Stewart.
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