The past 12 months have marked a memorable year for Take That’s Mark Owen, but perhaps not for all the right reasons. While the super-group has celebrated a bumper 2010 which saw the return of prodigal son Robbie Williams and the announcement of a sell-out tour next year, Mark has battled a number of personal demons that almost spelled the end of his five-year relationship with wife Emma. But strolling along Sandy Lane beach in Barbados today, it looks as though the couple have made-up for good – their relationship sealed with a tender kiss on the shoulder from Emma.
Take That have set a new UK sales standard with Progress, which has achieved the biggest opening week sales of any album for 13 years according to the UK’s Official Charts Company.
The album sold almost 520,000 copies last week, more than the rest of the Top 10 biggest selling albums put together, to top the UK Official Albums Chart.
The achievement represents the highest one-week sale for any album this century and one of the all-time fastest sales.
A big THANKYOU to all the fans who went out and bought the album last week! (source: takethat.com)
Band’s new LP is ‘fastest-selling album of the century’, according to the Official Charts Company
Two weeks after smashing the record for ticket sales with their comeback tour, Take That’s new LP, Progress, has become the “fastest-selling album of the century”, according to the Official Charts Company. While this is just a hyperbolic phrasing of a more modest truth – it’s the fastest-selling album since 1997 – the LP sold a staggering 235,000 copies on the day of release.
Despite Take That’s mammoth Monday success, they have still to beat Oasis, whose third album, Be Here Now, sold a bewildering 424,000 copies on 21 August 1997. Over the next two days, Oasis saw first-week sales grow to 696,000. Take That may yet unseat Oasis for the overall first-week record, but only through canny scheduling, releasing Progress so early in the week. Read the rest…
In May 1991 Take That were still newcomers. They perform a live show in school in Nottingham. Robbie Williams was only 17teen in 1991! You can see Take That performance in this school on videos below. Read the rest…
Take That have sold out the biggest live tour in UK and Irish history. After tickets went on sale on Friday morning, the group smashed records with first-day and weekend sales, crashing vendor websites and swamping the entire BT telephone network. “We are speechless,” Gary Barlow said in a statement, “truly and utterly shocked.”
You can still buy tickets on the Viagogo UK website.
Let’s put it this way: lots of people want to see Robbie Williams reunited with Gary, Howard, Jason and Mark. At first, there were just 14 concerts to choose from, with European dates to be added on 5 November. But almost as soon as the wickets opened, it was clear these 14 were not enough. Websites for Ticketmaster, Ticketline and the Ticket Factory buckled under fan interest, according to the BBC, and as potential buyers jammed vendor telephone lines, BT said the national telephone network had received between three and four times the normal number of calls. Read the rest…
Take That star Jason Orange has vowed to support bandmate Robbie Williams if he suffers from stage fright during their tour next year. Speaking to the Daily Star, the singer said he also suffers from pre-concert jitters. Read the rest…
Today morning Take That have announced Progress Live tour in 2011. 14-date summer stadium tour around UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Denmark and Holland. The tickets for UK & Ireland dates will go on sale at 9 am (London Time) this friday 29th October 2010. The rest European tickets will go on sale on Friday 5th November.
Here are the dates:
Monday May 30 in Sunderland, UK – Stadium of Light
Friday June 3 in Manchester, UK – City of Manchester Stadium
Saturday June 4 in Manchester, UK – City of Manchester Stadium
Sunday June 5 in Manchester, UK – City of Manchester Stadium
Tuesday June 7 in Manchester, UK – City of Manchester Stadium
Tuesday June 14 in Cardiff, UK – Millennium Stadium
Saturday June 18 in Dublin, Ireland – Croke Park
Wednesday June 22 in Glasgow, UK – Hampden Park National Stadium
Thursday June 23 in Glasgow, UK – Hampden Park National Stadium
Monday June 27 in Birmingham, UK – Villa Park
Friday July 1 in London, UK – Wembley Stadium
Saturday July 2 in London, UK – Wembley Stadium
Sunday July 3 in London, UK – Wembley Stadium
Tuesday July 5 in London, UK – Wembley Stadium
Tuesday July 12 in Milan, Italy – San Siro
Saturday July 16 in Copenhagen, Denmark – Parken
Monday July 18 in Amsterdam, Holland – Arena Amsterdam
Friday July 22 in Hamburg, Germany – Imtech Arena
Monday July 25 in Dusselfdorf, Germany – Esprit Arena
Friday July 29 in Munich, Germany – Olympiastadion MĂĽnchen
Here’s a tracklist of the upcoming Take That album “Progress”.
The Flood
SOS
Wait
Kidz
Pretty Things
Happy Now
Underground Machine
What Do You Want From Me?
Affirmation
Eight Letters
Take That have unveiled the artwork for their first album as a five piece in fifteen years. The manband, who will release Progress on 22nd November, have stripped off for the album cover which shows the lads recreating the famous human evolution scene on a bright yellow background. Read the rest…
Watch now brand new Take That video for “The Flood”. It’s first Take That video after 15 years, previous Take That video with all 5 guys was “Back For Good”, band’s biggest hit ever. Read the rest…
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