On the U.K. album chart this week, Take That retain the #1 position with The Circus. And, naturally, this had to come sooner or later—Robbie Williams set off a wave of speculation a few days back when he was quoted as saying he'd be "over the moon" to rejoin his old TT bandmates."I'd like to think we'd be the only band in history to get together because of artistic differences," Robbie jokingly wrote on his website (which, it seems, you have to pay to gain access to).
But, oh, no...Robbie means business. He's apparently got a new Take That tattoo on his arm, to "honor" his onetime bandmate's recent success. In response, Britain's Telegraph published an article cheekily titled "Bands That Break Up Should Never Make Up."
Personally, I don't think Robbie Williams would be able to tone down his ego enough to be part of a band again, as Gary Barolow and Mark Owen—the That members who also tasted some solo success—were able to.Williams initially quite the band in 1995, and the rest of Take That split up the following year, reforming a decade later to find and equal amount of success.
But as Mr. "Rock DJ" goes, that ego landed, and there's no getting it back onto the starship and sending it packing.
I dunno. What do you think?
Elsewhere, Same Difference's album drops from #22 to #36, which is kinda better than I thought it'd do. And this year's official Children In Need song, Terry Wogan and Aled Jones' (aka Bandaged) "Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth," enters the U.K. singles chart at #3.
It fares much better than the charity's 2007 single—Spice Girls' "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)"—which stalled at #11.
The U.K. Top 10:
1. "Run" - Leona Lewis *2 weeks*
2. "Use Somebody" - Kings Of Leon
3. "Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth" - Bandaged *new*
4. "Womanizer'" - Britney Spears
5. "Greatest Day" - Take That
6. "Right Now (Na Na Na)'" - Akon
7. "Human" - The Killers
8. "Hot N Cold" - Katy Perry
9. "If I Were A Boy" - Beyoncé
10. "Live Your Life" - T.I. Feat. Rihanna