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Barlow: We see Take That as 4 piece
Thursday 20 January 2011
After years of both sides denying they would reunite as five-piece, the solo star rejoined the group last July, releasing a new album and planning a sell-out tour.
However co-hosting the BBC Radio 2 breakfast show yesterday to mark his 40th birthday, Barlow revealed the situation may only be temporary.
He joined Chris Evans on the show ahead of his actual 40th birthday today and the broadcast gave Barlow plenty of opportunity to talk about the situation with Take That.
He said: "I think even moving forward, I know we're back with Rob right now, but we still see our future as a four-piece band.
"We see Take That as a four-piece band in general.
"When we came back in 2005 we had the conversation, 'Can we do this as four?' Thanks to the fans who bought the records, we proved we can."
Williams rejoined Take That last summer 15 years after he walked out on the group at the peak of their Nineties fame.
The remaining members Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Howard Donald disbanded in 1996, before reuniting in 2005.
After Robbie rejoined, their latest album Progress became the fastest selling album of the century when it sold 235,000 copies in one day upon its release in November last year.
Meanwhile Barlow will be performing songs from his 20 year career at his 'GB40' birthday concert in West London tonight, with profits from the gig going to charity.
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