There’s plenty of room in the boy band universe.
01.09.2023 - 14:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Take That fans were beside themselves when their favourite trio popped onto the official Instagram account on Friday (September 1) to post a candid snap. Mark Owen, Gary Barlow and Howard Donald were seen in the picture wearing big cheesy grins - and fans lost their minds.
The picture, which has been taken in front of some sort of stained-glass window, shows Mark clean-shaven in a dark shirt with a simple gold necklace and Gary rocking a grey beard and wearing a tie-dyed blue and white shirt. Howard, towering over the other two, has a rumpled look with mussed-up curls and a grizzled greying beard.
The caption says: "Look who's here! #reunited" and it's got more than a few fans thrilled. The group has been quiet of late, focussing on gigs over releases since their last TT record, Wonderland, came out in 2018.
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And it's clear that TT superfans have been counting down the days to some new tour dates and material.
buntlynn said: "Stop teasing - make this ol gal happy…. Release some UK tour dates."
Off the back of enjoying Mark's recent solo release, maggie_owen7 said that the picture was "Perfect to fight the post #LandOfDreans blues from the weekend!"
Cross her fingers was anitaharbinson22, commenting: "Ooohhhhh could there be an announcement today," while lucreziamarin added: "@officialgarybarlow so damn beautiful together"
As well as Mark's solo Land Of Dreams coming out around a year ago, Gary's last solo venture was his one-man show, A Different Stage, which finished touring in November 2022. Howard was in the news earlier this summer after being dropped from a Pride gig Take for “liking social media posts that are derogatory
There’s plenty of room in the boy band universe.
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