As any Take That fan will know, the group are celebrating their 30th anniversary and have announced a tour for next year, as well as an album, which will drop on 23rd November. Now, it looks like the group could be about to reunite with their former member Robbie Williams, who is currently a judge on The X Factor.
According to reports, a source close to The X Factor has said that the 'Rock DJ' singer could be set to reunite with Take That on stage - something that will delight many a Take That fan!
"Having Robbie on the panel has been a huge coup," explained the source as reported by Metro.co.uk, "but obviously backstage everyone has been talking about whether or not he’s going to sing at some point. It seems a shame to have one of the biggest pop stars on the planet sat there and not hear him, so they’ve been plotting a surprise for the end of the series."
Robbie initially left the group back in 1995, but unexpectedly returned in 2010 for the wildly successful album, ‘Progress’ and tour. Despite the album and tour's success he left shortly afterwards. Since then he has rejoined the group for a few special occasions over the years.
Now take a look at Take That through the years:
Take That through the years slider
1 of 13Take That (1991)
Take That's original line-up of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Robbie Williams.
2 of 13Take That (1992)
In 1992 Take That had hits with 'It Only Takes a Minute', 'A Million Love Songs' and 'Could It Be Magic'.
3 of 13Take That (1993)
Take That had huge success in 1993 with 'Pray', 'Relight My Fire' (featuring Lulu) and 'Babe'.
4 of 13Take That (1994)
The band's success continued in 1994 with 'Everything Changes' and 'Sure'. Here they are performing at The BRITs 1994.
5 of 13Robbie Williams (1995)
Robbie Williams left Take That in 1995.
6 of 13Take That (1995)
The remaining members of Take That continued to perform as a quartet.
7 of 13Take That (1996)
Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen and Jason Orange performed at The BRITs in 1996.
8 of 13Take That (2005)
After a break of nearly 10 years, Take That members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen and Jason Orange reformed in 2005.
9 of 13Take That (2006)
Take That performed on The X Factor in 2006. In 2006 they had a Number 1 single with 'Patience'.
10 of 13Take That (2007)
In 2007 Take That embarked on their 'Beautiful World' tour.
11 of 13Take That with Robbie Williams (2010)
Robbie Williams made an unexpected return to the group in 2010 for the wildly successful album, 'Progress' and its live tour.
12 of 13Take That as a trio (2014)
In 2014, Jason Orange announced he would be leaving the group and they continued as a trio made up of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen.
13 of 13Take That (2017)
Take That continue as a trio to this day.
Since Robbie was announced as a new judge on The X Factor there have been many rumours that the band could reunite. In fact, it was only a few weeks ago that Robbie appeared on Lorraine, along with the other X Factor judges. During the interview, Robbie was also asked if he would reunite with Take That, to which Robbie didn't rule it out!
"Am I getting back with Take That? I'm sure at some point, but there's nothing in the diary," he replied.
Watch the full interview with Robbie Williams on Lorraine below:
Although there is no word yet on whether Jason Orange, who left in 2014, would reunite, fans would definitely be hoping for the original line-up to reunite.
Last month, Take That, announced their 'Greatest Hits Live Tour 2019' would have the special guest Rick Astley and they would be performing across the UK. The tour will kick off with a series of arena shows across April and May and then move to outdoor stadium shows in May and June.
Tickets are on sale NOW through Aloud.com
See the full list of Take That’s 'Greatest Hits Live Tour 2019' dates below:
APRIL 2019
Sheffield FlyDSA Arena – Mon 15th
Sheffield FlyDSA Arena – Tue 16th
Glasgow The SSE Hydro – Thu 18th
Glasgow The SSE Hydro – Fri 19th
Glasgow The SSE Hydro – Sat 20th
Manchester Arena – Mon 22nd
Manchester Arena – Tue 23rd
Manchester Arena – Thu 25th
Manchester Arena – Fri 26th
Manchester Arena – Sat 27th
MAY 2019
London The O2 – Thu 2nd
London The O2 – Fri 3rd
London The O2 – Sat 4th
London The O2 – Sun 5th
London The O2 – Tue 7th
London The O2 – Wed 8th
Birmingham Arena – Sun 12th
Birmingham Arena – Mon 13th
Birmingham Arena – Tue 14th
Birmingham Arena – Fri 17th
Birmingham Arena – Sat 18th
Milton Keynes Stadium MK – Thu 23rd
Southampton St Mary’s Stadium – Sat 25th
Bristol Ashton Gate Stadium – Tue 28th
Norwich City Carrow Road Stadium – Thu 30th
JUNE 2019
Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium Sat 1st
Huddersfield John Smith’s Stadium – Tue 4th