Posted November 6, 201014 yr Jason Orange 'didn't want Take That return' Saturday, November 6 2010, 21:50 GMT By Daniel Sperling, Entertainment ReporterTweet this Digg this Send to friend More options Jason OrangeRobbie WilliamsMusicJason Orange has revealed that he considered quitting the original reunion of Take That back in 2005. The 40-year-old singer confessed that he wanted to snub a press conference announcing the return of the four-piece group, and ended up turning to missing member Robbie Williams for advice. He told The Guardian: "I felt like there was no one else who would understand my fear and trepidation, my out-and-out terror, except him, so I reconnected with Rob. "He laughed when I rang him. He was laughing his head off, going, 'What are you going to do, man?'" Although he had reached out to Williams, Orange remembered that none of his fellow bandmates had done the same, which led to an awkward encounter between them all at a London hotel. "There was a lot of water not under the bridge," he explained. "Lying stagnant." Edited November 7, 201014 yr by Aphrodite
November 6, 201014 yr Author Donald doubted Robbie's Take That return Saturday, November 6 2010, 16:51 GMT By Paul Millar, TV ReporterTweet this Digg this Send to friend More options Howard DonaldRobbie WilliamsGary BarlowMusic WENNHoward Donald has revealed that he was initially unsure that Robbie Williams would return to Take That. The 42-year-old, who rejoined the group with Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Jason Orange in 2005, suggested that the 'Angels' singer has always been unpredictable. He told The Guardian: "It was amazing to see Rob and everything, but at the end of the day, I didn't really know him. "So whatever we talked about, it was all very exciting, obviously, we all wanted to do it and I wanted to do it. But in the back of my mind I was thinking, well, he could do anything tomorrow."
November 6, 201014 yr Author Jason Orange irritated by Robbie success Saturday, November 6 2010, 17:36 GMT By Paul Millar, TV ReporterTweet this Digg this Send to friend More options Jason OrangeRobbie WilliamsMusic Rex FeaturesJason Orange has admitted that the success of Robbie Williams annoyed him. Speaking to The Guardian, the Take That singer insisted that holidaying in Thailand and studying biology at Trafford University were his ideal choices at the time, which became the focus of negative headlines at the time of Williams's solo career peak. He said: "What did my head in, what really vexed me in the ten years I had off, if I was on a beach somewhere in Thailand, or at college - things I loved doing and chose to do. "It was always going to be considered by other people as, 'Oh, he's taken a step down', 'Oh he's a failure', while Robbie's up there, 'Look at what he's doing now'."
November 6, 201014 yr Author Take That reveal tension in documentary Friday, November 5 2010, 10:53 GMT By Robert Copsey, Music ReporterTweet this Digg this Send to friend More options Take ThatMusicTVTake That have revealed tensions within the band in a one-off documentary show. The group, who were filmed immediately after reuniting with estranged bandmate Robbie Williams, are regularly seeing arguing in the programme, due to air later this month. "There's always going to be an issue, me working with Rob," Metro quotes Gary Barlow as saying. Williams adds: "I didn't sign up to be Gary Barlow's backing dancer," while Howard Donald admits: "I've been sceptical about him coming back in the band." Finally, Williams concludes that now is the "perfect" time for him to rejoin the group. He said: "This is the perfect time and the perfect moment. It just so happens they are massive." Take That: Look Back, Don't Stare airs on ITV1 on November 13.
November 7, 201014 yr Author Williams, Barlow: 'Reunion made us invincible' Sunday, November 7 2010, 07:36 GMT By Daniel Sperling, Entertainment ReporterTweet this Digg this Send to friend More options Robbie WilliamsGary BarlowMusic WENNGary Barlow and Robbie Williams have described how the reunion of Take That made them feel "invincible". Speaking to The Guardian, the 'Shame' singers explained that their long-standing rivalry quickly crumbled under the possibilities made available to them by the band's big return. Recalling his first meeting with the group for 12 years, Williams said: "I started writing the speech in my head of what I was going to say, make or break, to sort things out or not. I was f**king s**tting myself because these lads had been together three years and they were all comfortable with each other. "I got to say my piece and it was terrifying. Then Gary's piece was said. And then we were falling about on the floor in the kitchen laughing next minute, arms around each other, p*ssing ourselves laughing. It was f**king brilliant. It really, really was. It was proper puking rainbows stuff."
November 7, 201014 yr Author Robbie Williams has revealed that his Take That bandmates are always brutally honest in their criticism. The 'Shame' singer stated that he was initially shocked to return to a band that had become significantly more vocal with their opinions. "When there's a band meeting, they can't half say some earth-shattering stuff to each other," he told The Guardian. "The honesty that comes out, I'm like, 'F**king what?' And then whoever it's directed at just goes, 'Yeah, I see where you're coming from, I am a w**ker'." Despite their disagreements, Williams insisted that the recording of Take That's latest album Progress had run relatively smoothly. "There was one argument," he remembered. "But it was like an argument on Valium."
