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Dec 3 2008 Beverley Lyons And Laura Sutherland
TAKE THAT fans were given the biggest sign that Robbie Williams will rejoin the band by Gary Barlow yesterday.
Main songwriter Gary - who was regularly slated by Robbie after he was sacked from the band in 1995 - thinks Take That will one day reunite as a five-piece.
Speaking at the Paris launch of the band's latest album The Circus, Gary went on the record to comment on the fact that all the boys are in contact again and said it felt like the Nineties.
He said: "As long as we're alive, people are going to ask if we're going to get back together and I do believe we will one day, but I just don't know when."
His new comments are a turnaround from his recent ones which he made when he and Robbie were recently spotted rebuilding their friendship at a football match.
The former bandmates were seated near each other at the Emirates Stadium in north London to see Arsenal's clash with rivals Manchester United early in November.
Shortly after, Gary had remained reluctant to talk about the possibilities of Robbie coming Back For Good.
He coolly said: "I've noticed people are less obsessed with that now. It still crops up but not as much, which is good.
We love Robbie but people see us as a four-piece now."
Now it looks like the two have buried the hatchet over their public feud following Rob's departure and, to the delight of fans around the world, are talking about sharing the stage once more.
Gary, who was joined in Paris by Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Howard Donald to perform an exclusive gig in the French capital, added: "The five of us were together a lot over the summer and it felt like we were back in the Nineties. I get an email every week from Rob, Mark gets one every other week and J phones him once a week.
"We're all keeping in touch.
It's really fun getting to know him again, I must say.
"The five of us are rebuilding our friendship and that's really the only place to start."
Take That's new album has been outselling Britney spears' album of the same name by 14 copies to one in some retailers.
The band shifted 20,000 copies alone yesterday in Asda, beating Leona Lewis' previous record of 7000.
Gary said of the release: "This album has been the most enjoyable record I've ever made. Although there was a huge amount of pressure on us, it never felt like it in the studio. It just feels great, it feels perfect and it feels like it could be our ultimate record this."
The boys performed on a tiny stage and chose Paris to launch their album because their record company is French-owned.
Gary seemed overwhelmed with the reception they received. He said: "They were a great crowd and the thing that shocked me the most was that they all knew the words - it's only been out a day!
"Until the day we die, we don't need any more praise, that's for sure. We've honestly had a lifetime's worth just in the last 24 hours."
