milly

III is nowhere to be seen in top 100. Based on sales, it would have still been in the charts :( At least we have some comfort in the fact that These Days is hanging in top 100.

The boys seem to be writing new material and it sounds great: https://instagram.com/p/1S0XBvk3YS/

So, we're looking at sales of around 6000 copies for These Days. Not too bad.

These Days back in top 100, at 77 (59 based on sales) :cheer: But the album keeps dropping :( 89 this week (77 based on sales only) :cry:

Wow, this is unexpected. If only it had the same effect on the album as well. Maybe I'll get my wish next week, on Easter day ;)

I'm still wondering what happened with the Ant and Dec interview. It wasn't much promotion, but still...at least it served to remind people of TT. I don't think FN has been a reason for the lack of promotion. There's been plenty of opportunities when Gary was in UK, but nothing happened. I'm starting to think more and more that they chose not to promote on purpose. Even so, I'm still deluded enough to hope for a 3rd single :)

Another intimate gig before the tour: http://www.key103.co.uk/win/win-to-see-take-that/ I don't mind these small, exclusive gigs, but I just don't see their purpose, sales wise.

Gary promoting These Days at the wedding :party2: :dancing: :music: :yahoo: :dance: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=879935...amp;pnref=story Edit: Sorry for the misinformation, it was at another event last night, not at the wedding. Although the song would have been appropriate even there.

I don't know if the situation is the same as when Robbie left, for the simple fact that people say that Zayn was the singer of the band, while Robbie...well, was not (and going by his most recent video of Bohemian Rhapsody, still isn't) :P In all seriousness, though, there doesn't seem to be the same hysteria with 1D as it was with TT. But, if the comparison benefits the boys, I have no problem with it. I'm a bit bored of reading about 1D, but I guess it's normal that everyone talks about the group. On Amazon and iTunes, there doesn't seem to be any change for III, though.

For me too, Progress is the less listenable TT album. While I can appreciate what they were trying to do, I just can't enjoy it - well, for me, the vocals are very important and I missed Gary's voice a lot on Progress, so I'm a bit biased. Plus, there was just too much electronic distortion of the voices. III for me is their best album, right there with Beautiful World and just a little behind Since I Saw You Last. While I love These Days, I have other songs on the album that give me goosebumps. But, in terms of singles, I agree that maybe These Days was the best choice. I still hope we get a 3rd single, even if it flops.

I don't blame Robbie either for the sound, I know that's all down to Gary. But I think most people, who aren't aware of how the album was written, put it down to Rob. I've read more times than I can count that The Flood was written entirely by Robbie, which is telling to how people perceive things. And the stupid journalists have always put the sound of Progress down to Robbie, as a praise. If they had known it was all Gary, they would have torn him to pieces. I agree. Jason didn't seem comfortable at all on the documentary or during interviews. I don't know if it was because of the cameras or because of Robbie, but something was definitely going on. I hope the rumours are true and there is a show. The boys need some promotion, it's about time. I don't think they've ever had so little promotion, it makes me think it was intentional.

Not only his return didn't benefit them, I could go as far as to say it damaged them. Many fans didn't take to the new sound and to Robbie's antics during the tour. I think fans could be more open to Gary's solo offerings than to TT's - at least going by the constant sales of SISYL and by the fact that Gary's new musical sold £500,000 of tickets in just 24 hours. People know what kind of sound to expect from Gary. whereas TT have experimented too much with Progress and put some fans off. It will be interesting to see what the future has in store for them. Personally, I don't think they'll ever have the success of their previous albums again, but I think the fanbase has stabilised somehow and the fans who stuck by them so far will continue to support them and allow them to put out music, which is all that matters for me. I hope you're wrong and Robbie doesn't outsell them. I don't think the quality of his material has been good over the past years and I doubt it will improve.

I noticed there's quite a bit of verve (is that the word??) about Gary's new musical, The Girls. Maybe that will benefit the album. Any publicity that reminds people about Gary or TT is good (although I wouldn't dare read the comments section in The Guardian).

I'm not that surprised about the fall in the physical singles chart. There were only a couple of thousands of physical copies released and most of them were sold last week, so there wasn't much to sell this week. But the fall of the album was depressing. I had grown used to it being in top 30 week after week.

:( :no: :cry: :snif: Based on sales, it would have been 46. Not much of a difference, but at least it would have still been in top 50. I hope now that Gary is back in UK, there's some sort of promotion lined up before the start of the tour.

It's out of top 40 in today's updates :cry:

I hope III won't be out of top 40 this week. It's currently sitting at 40.

A new song from FN, sung by Gary: Believe: http://findingneverlandthemusical.com/story/ I love this one as well. Very playful and very inquisitive.

Considering some people sold only 14k in their first week last week, 4.5k for TT, after almost 4 months, is nothing to complain about. I'd be happy if the tour gave the album a boost, but I guess nothing's guaranteed. It worked for Gary last year, but it did nothing for Robbie's last album, so it depends. We'll just see.

:( "@officialcharts: @TakeThat straight in at Number 2 on the Official Physical Singles Chart: http://goo.gl/j2xANJ "

It looks like III sold around 4500 copies this week. Any sales are good, as long as they keep piling up.

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Not at all :) Thankfully for me, I have a real life that shows me exactly what I'm worth. As long as I manage to get my point across, I have no problems with not being a genius. In my silliness, I keep believing that it's not normal to waste my time on things I hate. But, everyone is entitled to use their time as they please, no matter what that means.

So, you can insult someone as much as you like, with no evidence whatsoever - all you do is repeat the same thing over and over again and distort facts to fit your theory of the evil Barlow -, but you take offense when someone else calls you weird? You provoke people, but expect them to take it casually and when they don't, it's still you who gets offended. And yes, I do think it's weird to waste time on forums belittling a certain celebrity over and over again. It's not something me or my friends are used to doing, so I do find it strange that an adult with family would spend time online hating on someone. 1. Not that it matters to you, but it wasn't Gary's duty to make sure that the school would be eventually opened. Here is the video of Gary and Cameron: If you can pinpoint one single moment where Gary made any slightly orientated political statements, I'd be very greatful. If anything, Gary seems to be distancing himself from David Cameron and he doesn't look particularly excited. All he talks about is music and education. 2. Gary had a private jet, why not use it after a week of hard time, especially when he was feeling so ill? What would you have had them to do, walk or swim from Africa to UK? How do you even know he didn't donate a nice sum himself to the charity?

So, where is the evidence of his hypocrisy? Was he trying to promote himself as God even back in the 90s when he started his charity work? Isn't it weirder to hate someone based on SUSPICIONS rather than like someone based on FACTS?