Robbie Williams has joined his former Take That bandmates on stage at the Children in Need charity concert, but there was no reunion performance.
Take That opened the show at London's Royal Albert Hall before Gary Barlow introduced "old friend" Williams, who then performed solo material.
However, Williams and Barlow were later back on stage singing alongside the show's other artists during its finale.
The event was organised by Barlow, with more than £500,000 raised from ticket sales, which were allocated by ballot.
After Take That's opening performance of their song Greatest Day, Barlow told the 4,500-strong crowd: "What a perfect night for us to introduce an old friend."
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Williams, who left Take That in 1995, then appeared on stage before moments later being left to perform songs from his new album, Bodies and You Know Me.
Afterwards, he said: "I started tearing up just before I came on, and the lads were singing and knowing it was just about to happen and knowing what the reactions were going to be like, and then all my team were like 'Please don't cry'.
"And I think we should have milked it for a lot longer than we actually did. I think Gaz, in his wisdom, went, 'Right, we should get off now, let the lad do his singing.' "I was trying to get them back to do a bow and everything. That's the first time in 15 years, we should have at least stayed there for 10 minutes."
Of speculation about him performing with the band again, he said plans were "shaping up to be very exciting" but added that he did not know where, when or how it would happen.
Other duets saw Lily Allen joining Take That on the boy band's song Shine, while Dizzee Rascal and Noisettes' Shingai Shoniwa performed Dirty Cash (Money Talks).
Barlow also dedicated a performance of Rule The World to his father, Colin, who died last month.
"This song is dedicated to everybody who's lost somebody they love. Dad, this one's for you," Barlow said.
The concert will be shown on BBC One next Thursday, 19 November, from 2000 GMT.
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Source: BBC News
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