Take That Almost Renamed ‘The Circus’ Because Of Britney Spears
Take That star Mark Owen tells TV Times the veteran boy band nearly renamed their just-released album ‘The Circus’ after learning Britney Spears had named her new disc ‘Circus’, releasing the CD on the same day as theirs. “It ruined it,” the 36-year-old admitted. “We considered renaming the album. But that wouldn’t have worked. Besides, the artwork was already finished.”
Take That Discuss ‘The Circus’, Amy Winehouse
RTL Boulevard caught up with Take That as the veteran boy band were riding a train from London to Paris to promote their new album ‘The Circus’. The guys talked about the reason behind the trip to France, naming their album because their life is a circus sometimes balancing their music career and family life, and Jason Orange supposedly trying to get Amy Winehouse’s phone number. Watch the clip at rtl.nl.
Take That Are Keeping In Touch With Robbie Williams
Gary Barlow spoke with the Daily Record at the Paris launch of Take That’s new album ‘The Circus’, where he predicted Robbie Williams will rejoin the group “one day”, and hinted that the pair have ended their public feud. “The five of us were together a lot over the summer and it felt like we were back in the ’90s,” Barlow said. “I get an email every week from Rob, Mark [Owen] gets one every other week and [Jason Orange] phones him once a week. We’re all keeping in touch. It’s really fun getting to know him again, I must say. The five of us are rebuilding our friendship and that’s really the only place to start.” Read more.
Barlow: Britney’s ‘More Famous Than She Deserves To Be Now’
In addition to blasting Britney Spears to The Sun, Gary Barlow taking on the pop tart in comments to The Mirror. The Take That star, promoting the veteran boy band’s similarly titled new album ‘The Circus’, tells 3am: “I don’t see the point of Britney anymore, she was rubbish on ['The X Factor']. I think she’s more famous than she deserves to be now.”
Barlow added, “Why come on a show like that and mime? I don’t like her new song either. Her old stuff was great but maybe she should have spent more time on this one.”
So far, Take That are beating Spears in this week’s UK album chart battle, selling 133,000 copies in the first day to sit atop the mid-week charts, while Spears is at #3. Read more.
Gary Barlow Not Impressed With Britney Spears: ‘It’s Gone’
Take Take star Gary Barlow weighed in on Britney Spears’ lip-synched performance of ‘Womanizer’ on ‘The X Factor’ on Saturday night, giving the 27-year-old the thumbs down. “I was not impressed,” he said. “But I don’t know what everyone was expecting. I have seen her on TV before doing exactly that. Why did we expect her to do anything different? It’s gone.” Read more.
Take That Launch ‘The Circus’ In London And Paris
Veteran British boy band Take That unveiled their fifth studio album 'The Circus' with a launch in London, England and Paris, France. "We always like to mark the occasion with a big party," Gary Barlow told ITN. "We felt why not Paris? It's only a couple hours away on the train. Really looking forward to it. We've all worked hard this year writing and making this album and we're hoping everyone enjoys it. We're gonna play some new songs tonight, and hopefully launch it to the world." Watch the segment below.[inline][/inline]
Take That ‘Greatest Day’ Video
Take That are out with the video to their new single 'Greatest Day', the first release off the British boy band's fifth studio album 'The Circus', out December 1st via Polydor Records. Watch it below.[inline][/inline]
