Saturday 24th of July 2010
Ronson tried to halt Take That reunion
Bingo fans awaiting the reunion between Take That and Robbie Williams may be interested to know it might not have happened if music producer and singer Mark Ronson had his way.
Ronson revealed that he approached Robbie with the intention of getting him to shun former bandmates including bingo games fan Gary Barlow in favour of joining his band The Business International.
However, the 'Valerie' star confessed that he holds no hard feelings towards Robbie because of his decision. Speaking at the Gaymers tent at the Lovebox Weekender in London, Ronson said:
"I asked him to join my band The Business International but I guess Take That have more fans. I'm not bitter!"
Back 4 Good - Take That's lucky bingo balls
We've had a think about the fantasy bingo card Take That would put together, and here's what we've come up with:
15 - The number of years since Robbie famously quit Take That in order to pursue a solo career breaking the hearts of young girls around the world.
6 - In 2006, the band reunited minus Williams for a greatest hits tour. This led to an official reformation and a comeback album, 'Beautiful World', which went straight to number one in the UK.
35 - 'Beautiful World' achieved great success, selling 2.6 million copies and becoming the 35th best-selling album in UK music history.
3 - Follow-up album 'The Circus' was released in 2008 and picked up the accolade of having the third-highest opening sales week in British history, selling 432,490.
10 - Gary Barlow and his wife Dawn made their love of bingo known last year when they hosted a bingo night to celebrate their tenth anniversary.
