Take That will reunite for a Netflix documentary to tell the inside story of the early years of their fame. Photo / Getty Images
Take That will reunite for a Netflix documentary to tell the inside story of the early years of their fame. Photo / Getty Images
They might not be back for good but the members of Take That are set to reunite for a very special reason.
The iconic boy band originally made up of Gary Barlow, Robbie Williams, Howard Donald, Mark Owen and Jason Orange, won hearts all around the world with their good looks and pop hits in the 90s.
Spawning 28 top 40 tracks and 56 number-one singles internationally, the band was one of the most popular boy bands the world had ever seen, winning multiple BRIT Awards and MTV Music Awards.
However, in 1994, the night before they were set to take the stage at the MTV Europe Music Awards, tragedy struck, and Williams’ drug usage saw him nearly overdose.
Take That were one of the biggest boy band's in the world. Photo / Getty Images
By 1995, Williams decided to leave the group, and soon after, Take That announced they were formally disbanding.
The band has seen multiple reunions in the past 30 years, releasing their ninth studio album in 2022, headlining multiple festivals, and even announcing a set at The Greatest Weekend in Malta this October, in which they will perform their 1993 album Everything Changes, for the first time live since its release.
Now, Daily Mail has revealed they will be reuniting again for a special reason: their own Netflix documentary.
The news outlet reported the band, including Williams and Barlow who were once embroiled in a tense feud, will come together for the documentary, which is to be directed by James Corden, to tell the inside story of the highs and lows of their career as a band.
Covering topics from his relationship with Ayda Field - his partner of almost 20 years - to his fatherhood journey, the star opened up about what keeps him grounded and what keeps him happy.
But it wasn’t all sunshine and fairy tales, as he touched on more difficult topics, like his addiction battle, publicised feud with Barlow, and the difficulties of living such a public life.
Discussing his tension with bandmate Barlow, the pop star revealed his feud with his should-be-friend all came from the fact that he disliked him so much and had so much pent-up jealousy toward him, it became “vengeful”.
Williams explained to his daughter, Teddy, 11, that he was deeply jealous of Barlow and his talents, claiming Barlow was the star that he “was supposed to have everything and the career”, which left a bitter taste in the pop star’s mouth. “I wanted to make him pay. I was vengeful.”
A four-part documentary series on Robbie Williams premiered last year on Netflix.
Williams then said he ultimately made Barlow “pay” by “having the career that he was supposed to have”. He continued to confess that during the rise of the boy band, Barlow seemed to be the one managing Take That and it was “all geared around him”.
“And as a young person, I would have been jealous of that. A lot of me resented him. I was going home from those days thinking, ‘This is weird and uncomfortable’. It’s Lord of the Flies stuff.”
Once the pair’s feud reached its peak with Williams declaring Barlow “dead” before calling him a “p****” on stage, he later apologised and said in the documentary, “I’m sorry that I treated Gary like that.”
