Take That

Take That are at the top of the UK albums chart. This is me on the front cover of a magazine with one of the band members, Mark Owen: Forever Friends is currently #2 and #3 in the P & E Readers' Poll. If the anthology can make it to #1 we will both be top of the charts! You can check out the current placings here: http://www.critters.org/predpoll/tally.html Please vote for Forever Friends , in the Anthologies category and the Book Cover Art category. I would also appreciate your vote for The Power of Persuasion in the All other category and a vote for ... Read Full Story

Take That sold 19 million records (9m albums and 10m singles) during the years 1990-1996. Between the band's first single release in 1991 and their breakup in 1996, the BBC described Take That as "the most successful British band since The Beatles in the UK, beloved of young and old alike". Take That's dance-oriented pop tunes and soulful ballads dominated the UK charts in the first half of the 1990s, unfortunatly not outscoring their nearest pop rival East 17 , spawning two of the best selling albums of the decade with Everything Changes 1993 and Greatest Hits 1996 , and according to All Music Guide ... Read Full Story

Me and a pop star... I suppose that should be a pop star and me, since Mark Owen is far more famous than me. But we are both from Lancashire and we did appear together on the front page of a newspaper magazine -- Mark on the left and me on the right. If it's too small, click on the picture to see a bigger image. This is old news that recently became new when Take That decided to re-form and release a new CD. They used to write and perform songs for a young audience and recently made a come back writing for ... Read Full Story