A cerimónia, que decorreu em Londres, distinguiu os Kasabian como melhor banda do mundo e entregou aos The National o galardão relativo ao melhor disco, por “High Violet”.
Outro dos grandes acontecimentos do evento passou pela primeira aparição em público dos Take That desde o regresso de Robbie Williams, no dia em que ganharam o prémio Hall of Fame.
Na altura dos agradecimentos, Robbie aproveitou para sublinhar a sua felicidade pelo regresso.
“É o primeiro dia e já ganhámos um prémio.”
Destak
O Gary deixou a seguinte mensagem no seu site:
"Rob and I wrote Shame on the 25th August 2009 at a house i'd rentend for the summer in Los Angeles. It was one of those spare of the moment chances, he was at my house, I had a song on the go and he wanted do write!! Amazing!
We put vocals on in a few days later. John Shank helped me knock a demo together for us to sing on. When I went home in Sept I wondered if anything would ever happen to that song, little did i know it would be lauching Robbie's Greatest Hits this year!
When they decided to use the song, Trevor Horn was chosen to produce it. Rob an I went along one evening and cut the vocals standing opposite each other. It was great fun and really worked for the record. Trevor was a joy to work with, he'd produced 2 songs for me in the 90's but I was looking forward to be working with ihm again.
2 days after we wrote Shame, Rob and I were back at it. This time we wrote the up tempo Heart and I.
This was an instrumental piece of music I had, but when I played it to Rob he sang this scaring melody over it.Within an hour he had written the most beautiful lyric. I got Rob to sing a guide on the track with a crappy mic into my laptop. When i got home a week later I worked it up and send it back to Rob. He loved it and decided to use Shame and Heart and I on his greatest Hits.
The track was then produced by legendary producer Trevor Horn"
The interview was conducted by Q's Editor-in-chief Paul Rees, who amongst other things covered the topics of how the once unlikely reunion with Williams came about and the recording of their new album Progress, the band's first with Robbie since he quit 15 years ago.
He added, "Even before Robbie returned they were arguably the biggest band in Britain. On those factors alone they'd be a Q cover band. The return of Robbie has only magnified that."
In the interview Robbie Williams describes the moment of speaking with Gary Barlow for the first time properly since the Take That split:
"[It was] One of the most amazing nights of my life, I went from having a real problem with this person to literally rolling on the floor laughing with him 10 minutes later. We were genuinely sorry that we'd upset each other."
In the candid discussion, when asked if he was envious of Robbie following the demise of Take That, Gary was frank:
"Fucking right I was. The thing I've learned from having Rob back in my life is that it wasn't being envious of him, it was more that I love being in the industry. I love days like today, doing a photo shoot, being driven here in a nice car. It's a nice life. And it's fucking temporary, unless you're incredibly lucky. He was getting all the stuff I wanted. I hated it when he had a pop at me, but it didn't keep me awake at night. I was just longing to get back into the industry. It was snatched away from me overnight."
The band also describe how new album Progress marks a new, more collaborative phase for Take That, with each member of the band contributing to the songwriting and musical direction.
Gary Barlow: "We literally wrote it in the same way as the hip hop guys do."
Mark Owen: "And which hip hop guys are those. Jay Zed?"
Gary Barlow: "Dr Dre, and erm Will.i.Am"
Robbie Williams: "Who else"
Gary Barlow: "Lionel Richie"
Q293 is out on Tuesday, October 26, 2010. Get the interview in full, pre-order your copy now:
TAKE THAT’s new album is only weeks away, but where there’s excitement there are inevitably a few nerves – even from inside the camp.
MARK OWEN is worried fans will think a track on Progress was written about his well-documented personal problems.
In March he bravely confessed to The Sun that he had been unfaithful to his missus EMMA, and revealed his long battle with booze.
What Do You Want From Me, featuring Mark on lead vocals, sounds a lot like it was penned as he confronted his demons following the revelations.
But it was jointly written by the band before that time. And Mark admits he had second thoughts about including it on the album.
He said: “Even now part of me is going, ‘Maybe it doesn’t have to be on there’.
“It’s a song that’s always going to be related to a time in my life that was very difficult.”
It’s obvious why people can make the connection with lines like:
“It’s been a difficult year.
“I like to think of us moving on.
“I still think I’m in love with you, still want to make love to you.”
Mark admits Emma was in two minds about the track’s inclusion but he feels the song justifies its place due to the real meaning behind its lyrics.
Speaking to Q magazine, out next Tuesday, he said: “The song was written before everything came about. It was written as an optimistic song and then, when everything happened, it took on a different connotation.
“I have to keep reminding myself that it was written looking ahead at a future together.
“There’s mixed feelings in my stomach about it. Do I need to put myself through that? But then it’s good to confront things and be open.”
The album is out on November 22 and there’s a buzz surrounding it. Here’s the first look at the cover – and it’s a corker. A take on those ape-to-human progression posters, it’s the best I’ve seen in ages.
ROBBIE rubbing shoulders with Mark, GARY, HOWARD and JASON still seems slightly surreal following all those years of reunion speculation.
I remember hearing about the games they played in their tour bus when they first started out, but these days it’s manly macho stuff – like arm wrestles.
Now we know the real reason Robbie’s been building up his biceps.
Source: The Sun
THE FLOOD
'Standing on the edge of forever
at the start of whatever
shouting love at the World.
Laughing we were like cavemen
but we met the moon and the stars
then we forgave them......'
'We will meet you where the lights are
the defenders of the faith we are
where the thunder turns around
they'll run so hard we'll tear the ground away...
'You know no-one dies in these love drowned eyes
through our love drowned eyes
we'll watch you sleep tonight....'
'Although no-one understood
we were holding back the flood
learning how to dance the rain.
We were holding back the flood
they said we'd never dance again....'
'Breathin' but none of us leavin'
wash your mouth son or you'll find yourself floatin' home
Here we come now on a dark star
seeing demons not what we are
tiny minds and eager hands will try to strike
but now we'll last the day....'
'There's progress now where there once was not
where there once was not
then everything came along....'
Although no-one understood
we were holding back the flood
learning how to dance the rain.
There was more of them than us
now they'll never dance again....'
Although no-one understood
there was more of them than us
learning how to dance the rain.
We were holding back the flood
they said we'd never dance again...'
'We will meet you where the lights are
the defenders of the faith we are
when the thunder turns around
they'll run so hard we'll tear the ground away...'
'Although no-one understood
there was more of them than us
learning how to dance the rain.
There was more of them than us
now they'll never dance again
now we'll never dance again.'
There are strong rumours circulating that Take That tickets could be set to go on sale this month for the band’s 2011 UK tour. The pop legends will once again be re-united with Robbie Williams and are set to perform at some of the biggest arenas across the UK.
The Take That 2011 tour is likely to stop off at venues such as Manchester MEN Arena and Birmingham LG Arena, as well as London’s Wembley Arena, where a rumoured five-night residency looks set to take place.
Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams are said to be putting the finishing touches to their latest album, and will follow up its release with their huge tour announcement.
