Howard interview on BBC Radio 1 Judge Jules

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The Greatest Day - Take That - Present -The Circus Live

The TV Advert For The New Album!

Gary on The One Show - 02/12/09

Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley are joined in the studio by Gary Barlow.

Carol Vorderman continues her series on how we use mathematics in everyday life, and John Sergeant investigates the fate of the German U-boats defeated after The Battle of Atlantic.

Interview Here

And a little in youtube

"Gary is so lovely, he's really funny" - Kimberley

In Today's Daily Mail mag interview Kimba talks about Kili - I'm not going to type the whole thing - but about how arduous it was, specifically how a guide had to help her go to the loo at one stage. "My hands were so cold I couldn't pull up my pants properly, so he had to help me. By then I was past caring." Then she says how Cheryl kept her going when she was "an emotional wreck".

Asked what on earth made her agree to the challenge in the first place she says:

"It was Gary Barlow. I used to share a room with my older sister and she had all these Take That posters on the wall. When I told her I'd met him she said, "He's the only person I really care about that you've met since you became part of Girls Aloud." Kimberley was too young to be a Take That fan..."Gary is so lovely, he's really funny. You almost don't want to make him feel old by saying, "When I was young we had your picture on our wall." A few times on Kilimanjaro I looked at Gary and thought, "I really want to push you off this mountain for making us do this," because he was moaning as well, saying, "I can't believe this, it's awful, isn't it?" and I was like, "It was your idea!"

Source: Take That Forum Official

Top of the Pops Christmas special

The Tops Of The Pops Christmas special line-up has been released, and boy are we in for some fantastic viewing.

Leading the pack of hot acts is none other than Take That. According to Digital Spy, they’ll be appearing on the Crimbo special singing their hit, Greatest Day.

News from Meotive

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The Tops Of The Pops Christmas special line-up has been released, and boy are we in for some fantastic viewing.

Leading the pack of hot acts is none other than Take That.

According to Digital Spy, they'll be appearing on the Crimbo special singing their hit, Greatest Day.

Other names being bandied about include the likes of Girls Aloud, the Pussycat Dolls, Duffy, Kaiser Chiefs, Dizzee Rascal, McFly and the winner of the X Factor.

Take That's Mark Owen has said: "Top Of The Pops is a national institution. It should come back every week."

This year Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates will be presenting the TOTP Christmas special.

From Via tv.sky.com

Take That: The Circus Live on ITV1

ITV are showing For music fans, Take That: The Circus Live follows the hit quartet’s performance at Wembley earlier this year, as part of the fastest selling tour in UK history.

On 19th December at 6:30pm on ITV1 and On 20th December at 2.20pm

ITV Schedule

Malaria Nets Uganda - Day 5

Fearne and Kimberley take part in the final day of net distribution in the Hoima district of western Uganda. There's a carnival atmosphere as thousands of anti-mosquito nets are delivered to local people in a rural area of the ditrict and Fearne and Kimberley join in the celebrations along with traditional dancers and a band.

Take That Facebook and Twitter Applications!

To celebrate the release of ‘The Greatest Day: Take That Present The Circus Live’ this week, we have launched two great new applications over on Facebook and Twitter!

These fun applications allow you to vote for your favourite Take That songs taken from the new live album, ‘The Greatest Day’.

Head over to Facebook now to sample tracks taken from this fantastic new album and share your choices with all of your friends!

Over on Twitter you can also place your votes for your Favourite tracks. Currently ‘Rule The World’ is Take That fans’ top track – why not head over their now and make your vote count! If you love to “Tweet” help make #takethatvote a trending topic!

Have fun!

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Gary makes Santa's nice list...SANTA’S NAUGHTY AND NICE LIST OF CELEBRITIES

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One of the UK’s leading online gift and gadget retailers has released the top ten naughty and nice lists of celebrities for Christmas 2009, revealing who is in for a treat from Santa this year and who should expect nothing more than a lump of coal.

They’ve made a list, they’ve checked it twice and now leading gift e-tailer www.Prezzybox.com has revealed who’s naughty and nice; the 10 celebrities who will be in Santa’s good books this year and the 10 stars that would be better off keeping a low profile until the New Year.

Susan Boyle and X Factor’s Jedward made it on the nice list after all their hard work of late, whilst new arrival Kai Rooney was perhaps the youngest celebrity to feature. After all, Christmas is all about the kids! Gary Barlow should expect lots this Christmas, after all his selfless good deeds; organising the Kilimanjaro climb for Comic Relief earlier in the year and the Children in need concert in November.

Some of the names on the naughty list perhaps won’t be a huge shock, with Katie Price the most likely to find her stocking slightly empty. Calvin Harris also made the naughty list for rudely disrupting Jedward’s performance on the X Factor live shows and, more recently, trashing his dressing room. Thierry Henry may also be paying the price this year after the stunt he pulled at the world cup qualifier between Ireland and France.

Father Christmas’s Nice List of 2009;

1. Peter Andre
2. Gary Barlow
3. Fearne Cotton
4. Dannii Minogue
5. Jedward
6. Robert Pattinson
7. Kim Woodburn
8. Peter Kay
9. Steven Fry
10. Susan Boyle

Father Christmas’s Naughty List of 2009;

1. Katie Price
2. Thierry Henry
3. Calvin Harris
4. Kanye West
5. Gordon Ramsey
6. Russell Brand
7. Ricky Whittle
8. Kate Moss
9. Tiger Woods
10. Gordon Brown

Zak Edwards, founder of Prezzybox.com, commented on this year’s Christmas list of naughty and nice celebrities;

“I think throughout the year it’s been easy to see which celebrities were heading for the naughty and nice lists and I think Santa’s been totally fair this year. Katie Price is probably one of the more obvious ones on the naughty list, whilst Peter Andre has remained loved by the public and Father Christmas.

“We thought it would be a great idea to pull together a naughty and nice list of stars for 2009 and, although it was initially a bit of fun, I think it has actually turned out to be quite accurate and reflects their behaviour well. The naughty list shouldn’t expect any Prezzybox goodies under their trees this year!”

Source: http://www.Prezzybox.com

Dj HD on 28/11/09 in Vienna (Austria)

Malaria Nets Uganda - Day 4

Chris, Fearne and Kimberley visit Ruguse Primary School in Hoima, Uganda and receive a warm welcome from the kids. In recent days many of the pupils have been sleeping under anti-mosquito nets for the very first time, having received their nets in Monday's mass distribution that was funded by Comic Relief. Virtually every child at the schools has suffered from malaria and there have been two deaths there this year alone.

Menssage of Gary Barlow

Hello from Uganda, Together with four of the team who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in March, I've come back to Africa to see how the money we helped to raise is being spent. We knew when we were doing the climb that the cash would do some good - but we had no idea just how much could be achieved. Here in Uganda Malaria kills more children than any other disease. Often bitten as they sleep, the young ones are defenceless against the mosquitoes that carry it.
Over the past 48 hours we've helped to give out almost 14,000 mosquito nets - every one of them paid for by Red Nose Day cash. Thousands of people, the vast majority of them parents, walked for miles in blistering heat to collect their nets and the atmosphere was amazing, almost like a carnival - all that was missing was the waltzers! And that's just the start of it - over the coming months 1.5 million people will be given protection in total, across an area the size of Northern Ireland. That's what you call making a real impact - and it all starts with someone like you supporting our challenge to climb Kili. So thank you and take it from me, the money you gave couldn't be spent any better than it is.
Love Gary,
P.S. Watch the story of our trip on Sunday 27th December at 6:30pm on BBC One: Comic Relief - The Net Result

Mosquito Nets in Uganda - Day 3

This video is of Gary meeting some of the locals before he and the other celebs hand out 8,000 mosquito nets.

As you can see, the intrepid celebrities are helping to distribute half a million mosquito nets in Uganda, and witness firsthand how such a simple item can save lives.

Gary Barlow said: "To know that these mosquito nets will make a real difference to these people’s lives makes me feel honoured to be part of this and the achievement all the more great. A massive thank you to the British public for their incredible and generous support and for helping to make this happen."

The team's trip to Uganda is being filmed for a special report back TV show called Comic Relief: The Net Result – so make sure you tune into BBC One on Sunday 27th December at 6:30pm to see how they all got on.
Red Nose Climb

Uganda Day 4 - Aled's update

The beauty of Uganda and the strange contrast of life in the towns to the standard of living in the villages is starting to not shock me anymore. It's no longer shocking to see 5 year olds walking along the main roads holding hands with their 3 year old brothers or sisters and carrying either large oversized planks of wood or large cartons of water on their heads.

I'm actually seeing that it no longer shocks me as a positive. It means I can see past the immediate pity or sadness you want to feel for them as you compare them to your niece or nephew back home who probably at the age of 3 was being rewarded for stringing a few sentences together with a toy phone or pram. It means you get to understand more about why they are doing this. If they're in school they need to walk miles to get there - for some this morning that meant anything up to 6 miles. If they're too young for school then they need to learn how to carry the precious water from the local watering hole or local shop miles away. They need to because their parents are busy harvesting their farm or working in a local coffee / tea / sugar cane / tobacco field.

Ugandans tend to have so many children because the mortality rate of children is so high -about a third don't get to make it to adulthood. The average life expectancy is just over 50. If they live to be old they need looking after. Doctors and hospitals are more than likely miles away so they need enough of their children to grow old to look after them.

As Chris mentioned this morning everyone has a mobile. As odd as that sounds for a country that has running water in only a third of houses it's actually essential. Mobiles mean that you can bypass expensive landlines and they can supply not only a way of communicating to each other but basic healthcare help and advice to those cut off from the towns. Some African countries even lead the way in mobile banking - not paying your bill online like we do, but actually sending digital money to your handset so that you can take your phone to buy things.

Similarly that contrast is evident as I sit here in my car looking out ahead of me. I am overlooking the most beautiful scene of lush Ugandan meadows with mountains lining the distance. Amongst the greenery are two clusters of huts for houses. Some made from earth some from brick. But then in one of the central houses not so far away is a blackboard advertising that the next Premiership match game is happening soon and you can watch it on their tv.

These are some of the wealthier villagers because all around them are fields of tea. These are harvested for sending around the world. Unfortunately the (relative) wealth amongst these fields also brings disease as people travel across country for this work bringing with them disease. For this reason there are high infection rates of HIV as well as Malaria here. Something that could be easily avoided with some simple education, condoms and mosquito nets.

Thankfully there is light at the end of that tunnel for both HIV and malaria. Uganda is being praised for it's work in awareness of how you catch HIV, and with the help of your money and Comic Relief there is hope that we are about to put a very healthy dent in the malaria rates too.

From the primary school this morning of 1,100 pupils 3/4 of them have had malaria. Some of them more than once. Only the fact that they are close enough to the main town has saved them from suffering the fate of their classmates who've died of the disease. As of today every student in that school has a malaria net.

This is a 4 year project that Comic Relief are embarking on. Enough money has been raised to buy 600,000 nets for the families in this area of Uganda. The malaria statistics will be monitored to see what kind of effect that has in this area. As more money is raised with Sport Relief they will extend the plan to other areas of Uganda and hopefully save even more lives.

Stamping out malaria won't solve all the 'problems' for the people of Uganda (if I can be as self-righteous as to call their life style as such). I'm realising that to get the people of Uganda a better standard of living is going to involve much more than money and mosquito nets - but it's an excellent place to start.

From Blog of Chris Moyles

Malaria Nets Uganda - Day 3

Fearne Cotton looks back on her week so far in Uganda, where she has been helping with the mass distribution of anti-mosquito nets in the Hoima district of western Uganda.

We’ve walked Moyles for these nets

RADIO 1 DJ Chris Moyles hands out life-saving mosquito nets in Uganda yesterday - bought with cash raised from the Comic Relief trek up Mount Kilimanjaro.

GMTV host Ben Shephard Take That's Gary Barlow, Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh and presenter Fearne Cotton also handed out the gear. Hundreds of locals in the East African country queued up to get the nets, which protect against the malaria-carrying insects.

The five celebs were among nine stars, including Cheryl Cole and Alesha Dixon, who raised £3.5million by scaling 19,000ft Kilimanjaro in neighbouring Tanzania - enough to buy nets for 1.5million people.

Gary, 38 said: "The Kilimanjaro trip was harder than any of us could have ever imagined. But helping to hand out the nets makes all the altitude sickness, muscle pain and exhaustion worth it."

Documentary Comic Relief: The Net Result, will air on BBC1 over Christmas.

Pride ... celebrities Ben Shephard, Kimberley Walsh, Ferne Cotton and Gary Barlow

Read more: The Sun

Aled with the celebs

The Circus Live Goes In At Number One!

Take That have secured yet another Number One with ‘Take That Present: The Circus Live’.

The DVD, featuring live footage from the show at Wembley Stadium and the guys breathtaking session at Abbey Road Studios, has shot to the top spot, selling over 157,000 in it’s first week alone.

In it’s first day on sale, The Circus Live sold 82,000 copies, making it the fastest-selling music DVD in the UK!

Take That would like to say a big thank you for all of you who bought the DVD and made this happen!

Facebook And Twitter Fun Coming Your Way Soon!

Keep checking back to takethat.com this week for news about our brand new Take That Facebook and Twitter applications!

Heading your way soon, these special little apps will give you the chance to vote for your favourite Take That songs taken from their new album 'The Greatest Day: Take That Present The Circus Live'.

Watch this space!

In Take That. com

Comic Relief Stars Return

"Three amigos" from Twitter of Ben

Good Man!

Fearne Cotton, Chris Moyles, Gary Barlow, Ben Shepherd and Kimberley Walsh returned to Uganda to see how the cash they raised is being spent.

Last menssages in Twitter:
"As Fearne, Ben, Gary, Chris and Kim find out more about the havoc malaria causes - the net distribution moves on to the next area."

"Its a lovely thought that last night 14,000 families had probably their first ever night under a net and safe from malaria."

"And all because the Kili climbers rose to the challenge and you sponsored them - good work."

Take That: 'The Greatest Day'

Take That are two albums into the most successful pop comeback since Elvis dusted off his leather jacket in '68. While their pre-split records featured some brilliant singles and surprisingly little filler, it's the band's post-return platters that have established them as a credible album act. 2006's Beautiful World had an assured quality throughout and rightfully cemented the boys' return to the top of the pop tree. Last year's The Circus was less immediate, but had enough charm and euphoric pop moments to keep the group flying high.

After successful DVD releases chronicling the visually (and musically) incredible Ultimate Tour, Beautiful World and Circus dates comes Take That's first live album proper. Billed as The Greatest Day - Take That Present: The Circus Live, it does exactly what it says on the tin, with a whopping nine of its 16 selections taken from their last LP. Also present are two songs from their first comeback album ('Patience', 'Shine') and the bridging single 'Rule The World'. That leaves less than a handful of the band's biggest hits ('Pray', 'Back For Good', 'Never Forget', 'Relight My Fire') juggled around the newer stuff. Despite that initial disappointment, The Greatest Day is a triumph.

As anyone who's seen Take That live since their return will know, their faultless backing band give a sense of depth that just can't be compared to anaemic tapes, while the boys' live vocals more than match the instruments. Gary Barlow serves as ringmaster and on tracks like 'Greatest Day' and 'Said It All' he reminds you that he should be lauded not only for his immaculate songwriting but also for the oft-forgotten quality of his voice. Mark Owen's double-header of 'Shine' and 'Up All Night' show that even if Mr Williams never rejoins the group, he's more than capable of filling that cheeky chappy void himself. Jason Orange's 'How Did It Come To This' is even more barmy than on record - you can't help but grin when he asks for "every single pair of hands in the air" because "we're rock and rolling now with Take That". "I know it's a wordy verse", he adds, "But help me out if you know it. Please".

What really surprises is how a cavernous stadium show and one so wedded to a visual theme survives being committed to plastic. Songs that perhaps sounded a little too restrained and polished on record are in fact improved by the energy of the surroundings. Furthermore, the whole disc has been expertly mixed by Bob Clearmountain to offer clarity without dulling the live edges. The extended intro to 'What Is Love' is a case in point, sounding so intimate and hushed it's almost as if you're in the same room as the group. Talking of intimacy, to sweeten the deal the boys have bundled in a bonus disc of their recent Abbey Road session. Like the stadium gig, it's dominated by tracks from The Circus, but it too offers a new dimension, as the stripped-back arrangements unveil layers you didn't know the songs had first time around.

Back on the main disc from Wembley Stadium, the boys certainly missed a trick by failing to rope in Lady GaGa, support act at the gig, to do her thing on 'Relight My Fire' instead of an enthusiastic backing singer. Also, as the band's sole audio live document it may have been preferable for The Greatest Day to be a bit more representative of their whole career. That aside, as an of-the-moment snapshot of a group who have maintained their relevance and class against the odds, it's almost perfect.

Digital Spy

Malaria Nets Uganda - Day 2

Gary, Fearne, Ben, Kimberley and Chris help with the distribution of half a million anti-mosquito nets in Western Uganda. The nets were paid for with some of the £3.5 million they raised climbing Mt Kilimanjaro in aid of Comic Relief.

In Uganda Malaria kills more children than any other disease.

Comic Relief - The Net Result

HOIMA, UGANDA - NOVEMBER 29: Five of the nine celebrity Kilimanjaro climbers, Gary Barlow, Fearne Cotton, Ben Shepherd, Chris Moyles and Kimberley Walsh, saw all their hard work climbing the mighty Mount Kilimanjaro pay off as they witnessed for themselves how some of the money raised is being spent to help to fight malaria, Africa's biggest killer. The team were met by thousands of people queueing to get their mosquito nets. 14,000 nets have been distributed today with an expected 1.5 million people being covered by the end of the distribution, in an area the same size as Northern Ireland.

Gary Barlow heads off to the net distribution area in one of the trucks filled with mosquito nets in Hoima, Uganda.

Climb leader Gary Barlow gives out the very first of half a million mosquito nets bought with Comic Relief money