Take That are a boy band that originated in Manchester in 1990. Take That sold 19 million records between the years of 1990-1996. Between the band's first single release in 1991 and their breakup in 1996, the BBC described Take That as "the most successful British band since The Beatles in the UK, beloved of young and old alike". Take That's dance-oriented pop tunes and soulful ballads dominated the British charts in the first half of the 1990s, spawning two of the best selling albums of the decade with Everything Changes 1993 and Greatest Hits 1996, and according to All Music Guide, "at this time were giant superstars in Europe with the main question about them not being about whether they could get a hit single, but how many and which would make it to number one".
Take That have rewritten the record books with a chart like this:
1. 1 in the official singles chart 'Patience'
2. 1 in the official albums chart 'Beautiful World'
3. 1 in the singles download chart 'Patience'
4. 1 in the albums download chart 'Beautiful World'
5. 1 in the DVD chart 'The Ultimate Tour - Live In Manchester'
The band's demise began July 1995, when Robbie, wanting to get rid of his clean-cut image, rebelled and began to party hard with Oasis at Glastonbury. A mixture of growing animosity between Robbie and Nigel over Robbie's professionalism, and disagreements between mainly Robbie and Gary and the other band members due to this resulted in Robbie's departure from the band. On 13 February 1996, Take That announced that they were splitting. This broke the hearts of millions of fans worldwide - to an extent that hotlines were set up around the UK to cope with fans' grief. This was followed by the Greatest Hits compilation in 1996, which contained a new recording, a cover of The Bee Gees "How Deep Is Your Love" (featuring the remaining members tied to chairs in the video in what was proposed by the media as the way they felt about their management and recording contracts), which went on to become what appeared to be the band's final number one.
Take That continued to promote the album Nobody Else as a four piece, scoring a further hit singles and fan favourite "Never Forget" (subsequently released as a single in a Jim Steinman remix version).
The band split in 1996 but, after a 2005 documentary and the release of a greatest hits album, they announced a 2006 tour around the United Kingdom, entitled The Ultimate Tour 2006.
On 9 May 2006, Take That came back to the recorded music scene after more than ten years, signed to a music deal with Polydor Records in a deal reportedly worth £3 million. Owen said the band were looking forward to making: "a great record, the best record we've ever made". Rumours circulated that Williams could join the band to record some of the album, with Donald saying: "We speak all the time now and he knows the door is always open if he wants to come and record with us or relive his Take That days in any way. We would love him to be on the album."
The Band recently signed a record deal with American label Interscope.
After just over a month on sale the band's comeback album Beautiful World sold over 1.5 million copies in the U.K. On 20th January 2007, Take That appeared on wetten das, a german tv show, in which they announced there would be an european tour in october this year. Dates are to be announced in the next few weeks.
On January 25, 2007 the video of Take That's new single Shine was first played on Channel 4's Video Exclusive. Shine, which is co-written by the band and Steve Robson, will be released on 26th February 2007.
Take That will perform live at this year's Brits Award in the Valentine's Day ceremony at Earl's Court. Their single Patience is shortlisted in the British Single category.
A stage musical is also planned for 2007.
Take That will visit Australia, Japan and Canada in the coming months as they take Beautiful World around the world. Plans for a third single are as yet unconfirmed, but the band have announced UK tour dates for Autumn 2007, which will close their European Tour which starts in October.
Date Venue
16th November 2007 Birmingham, NEC
17th November 2007 Birmingham, NEC
19th November 2007 Birmingham, NEC
20th November 2007 Birmingham, NEC
22nd November 2007 Glasgow, SECC
23rd November 2007 Glasgow, SECC
24th November 2007 Glasgow, SECC
26th November 2007 Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena Newcastle
27th November 2007 Newcastle, Metro Radio Arena Newcastle
29th November 2007 London, The o2 Arena
30th November 2007 London, The o2 Arena
1st December 2007 London, The o2 Arena
3rd December 2007 London, The o2 Arena
4th December 2007 London, The o2 Arena
10th December 2007 Manchester, MEN Arena
11th December 2007 Manchester, MEN Arena
13th December 2007 Manchester, MEN Arena
14th December 2007 Manchester, MEN Arena
15th December 2007 Manchester, MEN Arena
17th December 2007 Manchester, MEN Arena
18th December 2007 Manchester, MEN Arena
19th December 2007 Manchester, MEN Arena
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