SUPERSTAR ROBBIE WILLIAMS told last night of his joy at rejoining TAKE THAT - saying: "It feels like coming home."
The pop sensations finally confirmed they are a five-piece again and revealed they are recording a new album as well as planning a huge stadium tour.
Working together again is expected to earn Take That a massive £15million EACH.
Robbie, 36, devastated the band by quitting in 1995.
But now the bitterness is history and thrilled Robbie admitted yesterday: "I get embarrassingly excited when the five of us are in a room."
The album, due out in November, will be the first by Robbie, GARY BARLOW, 39, MARK OWEN, 38, HOWARD DONALD, 42, and JASON ORANGE, 40, since their 1995 No1 Nobody Else.
And The Sun can reveal the band will reach out to a world record THREE MILLION people on their epic 54-date stadium tour next summer.
We told on Monday how they were planning a big announcement about new material this week. And yesterday's official album confirmation sent an army of fans into meltdown.
Mark said: "Getting the five of us in a room together, although always a dream, never actually seemed like becoming a reality. Now the reality of the five of us making a record together feels like a dream."
He joked: "It's been an absolute delight spending time with Rob again - but I'm still a better footballer."
Even Jason - who was critical of Robbie when he failed to take part in a Take That ITV documentary after the other four reunited in 2005 - has given his blessing.
He said: "Flippin' brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
"I'm over the moon that Robbie's back with us, however long it lasts. I just want to enjoy our time with him. Life is beautifully strange sometimes."
Take That and promoters SJM, run by the band's close pal Simon Moran, have developed an ambitious tour masterplan, involving the biggest stadiums in the country.
They will play a string of nights in each venue, including Wembley, the City Of Manchester Stadium, Murrayfield and the Millennium Stadium.
There are no plans beyond this tour and album.
Take That's last tour, The Circus Live, sold out in minutes - and despite adding extra dates, some fans still could not get a ticket.
A source said: "Robbie has some commitments with Live Nation and a couple of appearances with Gary for the new single lined up.
"But after that, Take That's creative tour team will be working on the biggest show they have ever put on.
"Kim Gavin, who has worked with Take That on all their spectacular tours, is already briefed and ready to start coming up with amazing ideas."
The first batch of six songs from the new, as-yet untitled album, were recorded last September in New York. The boys used the cover of Mark's stag do as an excuse for secret studio sessions.
Last night a music industry expert explained how reformed Take That are set for a mega payday.
The band will trouser £5million each from record sales, royalties, TV rights and endorsements - plus another £10million from their tour.
He said: "One sold-out stadium will gross £2million for the band. Costs will swallow £1million per show, but after fifty dates the lads will be left with at least £50million."
Robbie could not wait to get involved with his old pals again after he was swept up in the excitement of their sell-out Circus Live tour.
He told The Sun last October: "The Take That tour was fantastic. The show was amazing. I did fancy being part of it. That's a band I want to be in. Their last album was really good. They all chip in. I love it all."
A Take That source added: "The only regret Gary had about the Circus Live Tour was that they didn't do enough dates.
"There was only a small window during the summer, when all the stadia were free between football seasons. It was a massive box office hit and Robbie was full of praise for it.
"It was part of the reason he couldn't wait to get back together with the band. He wanted to be on stage with them properly again."
Earlier this year Robbie briefly joined the full line-up on stage at the Royal Albert Hall gig organised by Gary for Children In Need.
It whetted the appetite of fans and sparked frenzied speculation about Robbie rejoining full-time.
The gig was also another step on a long road to reconciliation for Gary and Robbie, after years of bad blood between the pair.
Robbie recently announced plans to release his Greatest Hits album, with a track co-written with his old foe.
The Sun revealed earlier this week that the video for the song Shame has a Brokeback Mountain theme.
It pokes fun at the close relationship the pair had rekindled.
A source said: "Gary and Robbie have been inseparable recently.
"They have been in LA together working in the studio on Robbie's new stuff, as well as all the new Take That material. It has been a hugely cathartic process for both of them as they rebuild their old friendship.
"There really couldn't be a better mood in the camp at the moment."
Producer STUART PRICE, who has worked with MADONNA and KYLIE MINOGUE, has taken control of the sessions. And the band have come up with their first new songs.
Mark, who confessed in The Sun to ten affairs earlier this year, has also recovered from alcohol addiction and pieced his private life back together with the help of bandmates.
Take That and Robbie have an incredible track record.
Between them they have sold more than 80million albums, played to more than 14.5million people live, won 19 Brit Awards and had 13 No1 albums, 17 No1 singles, eight MTV awards and five Ivor Novello awards.
The new album comes 20 years since they first sang live on the TV show The Hitman & Her in 1990.
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