| 19 December
98: Gary on the Antiques Trail |
Report
1/2 |
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| BBC Ceefax reports:
"Take That hearthrob Gary Barlow has been spotted bidding
for some of the personal treasures being sold off by the former
manager of Elton John.
The 27 year old singer, wearing a tracksuit and sunglasses,
stood out among the crowd of suited experts at Christies auctioneers
in London.
The two day auction of possessions from 49 year old John
Reid's luxury homes in London, New York and St Topez,
stands to raise more than £3m."
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| 19 December
98: Fanclub Hotline Confirms Dublin Gig |
Report
2/2 |
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| As of 11th December, the Fanclub
Hotline have confirmed that Gary will be appearing at The Point
in Dublin for a charity concert where he will be peforming a
couple of his songs.
Contact The Point on telephone number 00353 1 836 3633 for
further details.
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| 1
December 98: Welcome to the all new GB FANS Website! |
| A big welcome to you all, we hope
you enjoy your very first visit to this brand new website incorporating
the Gary Barlow Website and GB FANS. You no longer need to visit
both websites to get all the news on our events and also news
about Gary too!
This page will be the place you will want to check out on
a regular basis, where we will update you on an news about
Gary or about GB FANS.
Enjoy yourselves and be sure to give us feedback on this
new website by either signing the guestbook
or emailing us.
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| 1 November
98:: Duet with Ronan and Boyzone |
| According to Emma on the discussion
board, Gary is due to sing a duet with Ronan Keating today at
the Albert Hall in London,UK.
No further details are known.
|
| 29 October
98: Popstar! Magazine |
| A brand new magazine out in the
shops in the USA called POPSTAR! Magazine has contacted us to
say that Gary Barlow will be in it's first edition available
now.
They did not state whether it was an article or a photo
but we hope to confirm this with you soon. The cover story
for the magazine is an interview with 98 Degrees.
Please contact them on email address MATTRETT@AOL.COM
for further details.
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| 21 October
98: Sound On Sound Magazine |
We are delighted to say that Matt
Bell the writer of the article from Sound on Sound Magazine
has contacted both GBWS and GB FANS.
He said ...
" It was an honour to be the only journalist to be granted
an interview with Gary for the rest of this year and Gary
was the perfect interviewee, I'm also pleased to say that
Gary was delighted with the finished piece; he's asked if
he can have a special version of the article printed and framed
to put on the wall of his studio!"
Matt goes on to say that he would be delighted to answer
any questions you have about the magazine article or what
it was like to interview Gary Barlow. If you have a question
for Matt regarding the interview then please direct your questions
to either gbwseditors@yahoo.com
or gbfans@yahoo.com,
we will then collate and send them over to Matt to answer
for you.
Please ensure that you write "QUESTION FOR MATT" in the
subject field when emailing us. We will also be asking our
own questions and those will be published as soon as possible.
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| 15 October
98: Fanclub Hotline |
| The fanclub hotline has been updated
with not only news about next years GB FANS convention but with
the below news....
- Gary will be appearing in the November issue of Sound
on Sound Magazine. The article is about his studio
work at home.
- He will be appearing on the Lesley Garrett Show
on 14th November 1998 on BBC2 (no time known).
- Last friday Mike at the fanclub got together with Gary
to begin work on CD4.
|
| 8 October 98:
OK Magazine |
| In Issue 131 of OK Magazine Gary
attended the disabled children at Rainbow Fernstone in
Northumberland.
The article is now available together with some great photos to
view in the media section.
|
| 8 October 98:
German GB FANS Dinner |
| Any fans in Germany who are situated
near Berlin who are interested in getting together for
a dinner held by GB Fans should make your way to the GB FANS
website and go to their Event Schedules to find out how to attend.
It will be held on Saturday, 28th November 1998. |
| 25 Sept 98:
Gary and Ronan |
| This news was taken from the BBC
Website dated 6th July 1998.
Ronan and Gary Write Together
Boyzone's Ronan Keating has said he's collaborating with Gary
Barlow. The two are writing together, although at present
there are no plans for them to release anything. Ronan made
the revelation to the Net yesterday at the massive Prince's
Trust concert in London. Along with Boyzone and Gary Barlow,
the bill featured Natalie Imbruglia, Tom Jones and the Corrs,
among a cast of many others. Gary opened the show after Simple
Minds pulled out, and was joined on stage by Howard Donnell.
Although Gary and Ronan didn't perform together on this occasion,
it seems we may get to hear something from the two of them
before two long: "We’re good friends and we’re doing
some writing together so I’m sure that something will
pop up in the future. We’re just writing anything, just
writing words, we’re just writing a few tunes together."
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| 18 Sept 98:
Message Book Sent |
| We are pleased to announce that
the Message Book has now been sent to Gary by registered post
and should have been delivered to him by now. Many thanks to
everyone that participated in sending the messages.
All your letters were re-typed into the book, with some
great clip art surrounding them. Please see the below pictures
of the cover of the book, the open letter that was at the
front from all the Gary Barlow Webmasters and a sample message
that was included in the book (the words have been blurred
to respect the privacy of the author).
Click on the images to view them larger
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Cover
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Open
Letter
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Sample
Letter |
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| 21 Aug 98:
Last Day For Sending Gary Messages |
| This is the last day that we will
accept messages for our 'Gary Barlow Message Book' which is
due to be sent to him on 31st August 1998.
If you would like to participate and send a message to Gary
there are two ways that you can still do this:-
- Email your message to gbfans@yahoo.com,
- Complete this special Message Form (link not working)
To find out more about this Message Book and why it has
come about see 1st August entry below.
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| 15 Aug 98:
New Tour Dates Added/GBWS Site News |
Tickets are now on sale for the
below extra tour dates in April/May 99:-
- Saturday 25th April, Newcastle City Hall, Tel: 0191 261
2606
- Tuesday 28th April, Cardiff International Arena, Tel:
01222 224488
- Friday 1st May, Brighton Centre, Tel: 0870 900 9100
- Saturday 2nd May, Bournemouth BIC Tel: 01202 456456
I have now added an extra Wallpaper to the Windows
Desktop area if you would like to take a look. There are
also new sizes available for the old wallpapers!
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| 7 Aug 98: New
Tour Dates |
| The Official Fanclub have now
sent out a message to all members giving them details of how
to get tickets for the four extra UK dates that have been added
to the Arena Tour in April 1999.
Details of these four dates will be announced on this website
AFTER Fanclub Members have had their chance to get
tickets as organised by the fanclub.
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| 1 Aug 98: Messages
For Gary |
| In co-operation with GB FANS we
have decided that it would be a nice idea to gather messages
for Gary to make a special 'Gary Barlow Fan Message Book' which
will be sent to him.
We feel that Gary is feeling a bit low at the moment due
to his delayed album and tour and could do with some kind
words from us all to show him we still love and support him.
If you would like to participate and send a message to Gary
there are three ways that you can do this:-
- Email your message to gbfans@yahoo.com,
- Complete this special Message Form
- Or send a snail mail (by post) message to the below address:
GB FANS (Messages For Gary)
106 Saxon Way,
Shevington Park,
Kirkby,
Liverpool,
L33 4DQ, UK
This is not a message book from GB FANS, but a book from
ALL Gary Barlow Fans! Once we have enough messages they will
be pasted into the book and sent directly to Gary in the post
with a covering 'Open' letter, giving credit to all those
that take part in helping.
For those of you with your own Gary Barlow web pages, We
would like to encourage all other websites to join in this
by mailing your members with the above details or perhaps
linking direct to the special GBWS Message Form (link now
out of date), you will obviously give you full credit on this
in the covering letter because we want to unite together to
show Gary we are all here for him. If you feel able to help
then please email GB FANS
to let them know
|
| 29 July 98:
Arena Tour POSTPONED |
| With thanks to Emma for posting
this orginal news on the GBML, I would like to inform everyone
who has tickets for the Arena Tour in November that all dates
have now been POSTPONED until April 1999. Your tickets
will now be vaild for the below dates:-
- 8th Nov 98, Sheffield Arena now 21st April
1999
- 17th Nov 98, Manchester Nynex Arena now 22nd
April 1999
- 15th Nov 98, Glasgow SECC now 24th April 1999
- 22nd Nov 98, Birmingham NEC now 27th April 1999
- 20th Nov 98, Wembley Arena now 29th April 1999
The official Gary Barlow Fanclub Hotline confirms these
details also and states that if you cannot make any of these
dates you may get a full refund. A further four extra tour
dates will be added, fanclub members will get a chance to
get hold of the tickets first and will be contacted shortly.
No further details of when the Irish/European dates will
be transferred to as yet, but will be released soon. According
to Globe and the Fanclub the reason for the postponed Tour
is due to the album not being ready for release in time for
the tour.
GB FANS dinners arranged for NOVEMBER will still go ahead!
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| 22 July 98:
GBWS Newsletter/New Site Assistant |
| The GBWS Newsletter finally went
out last night after being delayed by the editor being ill for
the past week, so apologies for any inconvenience.
I would like to welcome on board, Trine Okholm as the new
GBWS Assistant! For those of you who are not aware of who
she is, she is the channel manager of #gary and also steps
in to help out Ang on the GBML when needed. Many thanks for
helping out Trine!
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| 6 July 98:
Fanclub News/GBWS Newsletter |
| GB FANS had a very long converstation
with the fanclub last week and all the news can be seen on their
website following signs to the Fanclub
Exchange!
The next GBWS newsletter will be sent out at the end of
this week. Many thanks to those of you who have subscribed
since the last issue, there are now a total of 400 subscribers
and it's still growing daily!
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| 22 June 98:
Quick Update |
| For those of you who are wondering
why there isn't much news around at the moment it is because
Gary is working in the studio on his second solo album, not
title of which is known. However it should be finished by September
time and you should look forward to a new single from him around
the same time.
The broadcast of the Manchester gig on Radio 2 on 20th June
has now been re-scheduled to 27th June at 8pm.
|
| 16 June 98:
Arena Tour Hits Denmark |
| With thanks to Trine for this
information, another date has been added to the Arena tour in
Denmark on 29th November 1998 . No more details are known at
present. |
| 13 June 98:
Stars In Their Eyes Final! |
| Not quite about Gary Barlow this
news, but just a reminder that a program called 'Stars In Their
Eyes - The Final' is being shown tonight. For those of you who
don't know what it's all about, it's where up and coming singers
pretend to be someone famous!
One of the contestants/finalists is going to be Gary Barlow
and if you want to vote for him then please got to the below
URL at 7.30pm GMT tonight (13th) to vote:
http://www.starsintheireyes.co.uk/
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| 11 June 98:
Germany Dates/Fanclub News |
| According to Marion on the GBML
Gary has just added these dates to his tour in November..
25th November - Hamburg/CCH
27th November - Duesseldorf (Venue Not Known)
1st December - Duesseldorf (Venue Not Known)
HOWEVER, these dates are NOT confirmed by Gary's
management or record company.
There is some more news from the fanclub regarding their
hotline and CD3, please go to URL http://www.angelfire.com/biz/gbfans
(old url for GB Fans)and follow the signs to the Fanclub
Exchange.
|
| 24 May 98:
TV Appearance |
| Just a reminder that Gary will
be appearing on the All
Rise For Julian Clary, tonight on ITV (UK) at 22.15
performing Open Road infront of a 'star-studded' audience. |
| 12 May 98:
GBWS Newsletter |
| I have now begun sending out the
first issue of the GBWS Newsetter. Please let me know if you
have subscribed and didn't receive it. Any feedback, ideas regarding
the newsletter would be welcomed, just email garybarlow@dc-adnet.com.
(email address no longer active) |
| 6 May 98: GBWS
Newsletter/Australia |
| GBWS is now offering a monthly
email Newsletter. If you are interested in receiving it please
click here to complete the form. I'll then add you to
the list for you to receivie the May issue due to be sent out
next week. The newsletter will be sent out once a month with
a round up of the latest GBWS news from the month and also the
gossip from the forums...plus lots more if you want it!
Sandra reports that Channel 10 in Australia will be showing
the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party (Gary sings) this coming
Saturday (9th May) at 6.30pm.
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| 5 May 98: Arista/Fanclub
News |
| Sorry I've not been round for
a few days, busy demolishing and decorating at home!
ARISTA have advised us that there are no plans at the moment
for Gary to do a return visit to the USA this year. However,
we will keep you updated on this and let you know if the situation
changes.
FAN CLUB - CD2 (GBIS MEMBERS): GB FANS is compiling a list
of GBIS members who have not yet received the free t-shirt.
It could be the case that the t-shirt is being sent separately
but if you would like Jan to include you on the list, please
contact GB FANS Website for further details.
|
| 27 April 98:
GB Fans Event News |
| Just a reminder that GB Fans have
announced their plans for three events during the next few months
in York, Chessington and a weekend in London to coincide with
Gary's Wembley Arena gig on November 20th. Those of you who
are interested should make your way to the GB FANS Website
for further details. |
| 21 April 98:
News/Gary In Argentina |
| For the latest news from the Official
Fanclub please be sure to visit the GB Fans Website Latest
News section, where they have information on the up and coming
CD being distributed shortly.
Gary's show on 20th April in Argentina was a great success
by the sounds of it, here's what Luis had to say about the
gig;
"There were 3.600 fans at Gran Rex Hall in the heart of
the city of Buenos Aires, at meters of the Obelisco, the most
popular monument of this capital of Argentina. There were
specially young girls but young people and adult persons as,
as well. Something extraordinary was the contact and the feeling
between Gary and the audience. This was said clearly by Gary
when he noticed that all the people were singing in perfect
english all the songs. Gary spoke directly in english and
everyone understood him. It was wonderful!!! Tonight there
will be an other similar presentation. It was a strong and
'hot' concert (in Gary's words), but the central moment was
the lyric play of Forever Love with three candles on the piano."
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| 20 April 98:
Concert On BBC Radio 2 |
| Gary's recent concert in Manchester
will be aired on June 20th on BBC Radio 2. |
| 18 April 98:
Gary To Do Charity Gig In London |
| According to a message left on
Ang's chatboard, Gary will be doing a charity concert in London
on the 26 April at Grovesnor House Hotel in aid of the National
Youth Theatre. Tickets are pricey (£135!) but can be obtained
by calling 0171 281 3863. (News not confirmed...Ed) |
| 15 April 98:
Gary In Argentina (Continued) |
| Gary flew out of London today
with the rest of his crew to begin promo work in Argentina and
South America, his appearances include La Movida del Verano,
Radio Uno and a show at Gran Rex Theatre on the 19th. |
| 14 April 98:
Gary In Argentina |
| This snippet of information was
passed on by Luis in Argentina, it's a piece taken from "La
Nacion".
"A Take That in Buenos Aires. The english pop music Gary
Barlow, leader of the adolescent group Take That, will show
his new solo face in Argentina on Sunday 19th april, in the
presentation at Gran Rex theatre, of his album "Open Road".
He will triy to continue the suscessful career of the cute
adolescents band which, after the disolution, signifies the
exit to the pop arena of other solists: Mark Owen and Robbie
Williams. Gary Barlow, openly dedicated to the compositive
side, signs all the themes of his debut album wich shall be
presented in the portenian hall of Corrientes Avenue, 857.
In his Argentinian debut -added to his sudamerican performing
in Chile-, Gary Barlow will try to demostrate why he won the
Ivor Novello Price as composer in 1994".
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| 10 April 98:
Gary in Argentina |
| This news is from Rocio on the
RWDL,
we have not been able to check whether these details are correct
though.
Rocio writes:
*April 11th or 12th.
He'll arrive here, at morning I think.
He's gonna appear in "La Movida del Verano", at 22:00PM.
All members of the TT FanClub have tickets for it.
*April 13th.
He's gonna appear on "Radio uno", a very important radio from
Buenos Aires, about midday.
In the afternoon he'll meet ALL the members of the TT Fanclub,
they're gonna take some pics and talk, and after that he's
gonna fly to Chile.
*April 19th.
He'll do his concert at Gran Rex theatre.
*April 20th.
He'll do another concert there, 'cause the tickets were sold
out, so he added another one.
He'll stay here one or two days more, and then he'll go away.
|
| 2 April 98:
Belfast Gig |
| According to Caroline Gary
has added Belfast to his Arena Tour in November. He will play
Kings Hall in Belfast on November 11th. |
| 29 March 98:
New York Fans |
| All those of you who live in the
New York area should check out the GB Fans schedules area where
you will find details of a dinner on 4th April! |
| 25 March 98:
Albert Hall Gig (continued) |
| I have uploaded some great pictures
of the Albert Hall gig and they
are now available in the Gallery |
| 25 March 98:
Albert Hall Gig |
| I attended the Albert Hall gig
in London last night and guess who was among one of Gary's guests......Robbie
Williams! He could be seen singing along, especially during
the Take That medley! A full
report is now available on the Tour Dates page. |
| 22 March 98:
Trip To Romania (continued) |
| Further details of Gary's trip
to Romania in April are as follows (thanks to Irina!):
He will be performing a concert in Bucharest on April 12th.
There will NOT be a support act but instead there will a presentation
of Janine Fashion Design-Young Collection.
He will also be meeting fans in a club in Bucharest (no date/place
known). There are also plans for appearances on a TV show
and a short club concert at "Zorillos". In between all this
he'll try and make the time to visit Peles Castle in Sinaia,
and from there he''ll go to see Dracula's Castle.
If we find anymore details regarding this trip to Romania
we will of course post it straight away!......(Ed Note:
This trip has now been cancelled)
|
| 21 March 98:
Trip To Romania |
| Irina informs us that Gary will
be taking a trip to Romania for three days on 10th to 12th April
1998 . No further details are known at the moment but we will
let you know as soon as we hear more! |
| 20 March 98:
Gig Cancelled |
With thanks to Ingrid for letting
me know that Gary's concert in Nuremberg on the 8th April is
cancelled. As reported before on the GBWS Gary will in fact
be performing at the Help A London Child gig in London. All
those with tickets for the show in Nurenberg should contact
the ticket supplier for a refund.
However, he will still be performing in Munich on the 9th April. |
| 19 March 98:
Capital Radio Website |
| There is a brief interview with
Gary on the Capital
Radio Website , it also has a report on the GB Fans
First Ever Gary Barlow Fans Convention on there as well for
you to take a look at. The full report on the convention will
be uploaded to the GB Fans Websiteduring the next three
days |
| 14 March 98:
GBIS/Convention |
| Ex-GBIS members should make their
way over to the GB Fans Website where you will find news
about the package that should be appearing on your doorstep
any moment.
This is my last news posting until the weekend is over as
I'm heading off to Manchester for the GB Fans Convention.
For those of you attending, there is a progress report on
the GB Fans Website so you can see how we are getting
along with our organising! See you there!
|
| 10 March 98:
Big Breakfast |
| Gary will be appearing on the
Big Breakfast here in the UK on CH4 tommorow, 11th March 1998
. |
| 9 March 98:
Competition Winners Announced! |
| The Canadian BMG Competiton winners
have been announced. If you entered then please make your way
to the Competitions area (link now dead) to find out who won! |
| 8 March 98:
Ex-GBIS Member News |
| For those of you who are ex-GBIS,
you should make your way to the GB Fans Online website, where
you will find some exciting news from the fanclub. When you
get into the GB Fans website follow the link under the headlines
on the main page. |
| 6 March 98:
GBWS Members Meet Gary |
| A BIG congratulations go to Linda
(mum!) and Ellen (members of the GBWS Forum) who won a competition
to meet Gary backstage at his show in Belgium, here's what they
had to say about the big day!
"As I said before , we met Gary in person last night . The
meeting was very very short! There were about 20 people ,
and it only took 10 minutes to talk to all of us, so that's
about 30 sec per person . Not much I hear you say , but it
was worthwhile . He kissed us, signed the Tourbook , and when
my daughter offered him the chocolates , he said : 'Oh , I
think I'm gonna be fat again!!!' When I told him I was Ellen's
mum, and that I might be a bit too old to be a Gary fan he
went : 'Hi MUM' and 'Oh no your NOT too old to be my fan!'
How kind of him. Ellen told me afterwards that she could feel
his heart beating, when he hugged her, and that his sweater
felt so nice and soft! The magazine's photographer took pictures
of us, we can't wait till they are ready!
Afterwards we went to the concert, but Kinane had already
started her show, so we had to stand at the back, and couldn't
see very well ( I'm glad I saw the show in Utrecht the day
before). But we felt soo happy, that we couldn't help smiling
during the whole show!
So that was it, a very very short meeting with Gary , but
for the two of us a dream came true!"
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| 3 March 98:
Fanclub Hotline |
| For those of you who can't listen
to the Fanclub Hotline because you live in other countries,
the latest news is that anytime now, fan members will be receiving
details of how to get hold of priority tickets for the Arena
Tour in November. Members will be allowed to get tickets before
the information is passed onto the BMG Interact Mailing List
and then of course after this, tickets will be on sale to the
general public.
They also state that the GBIS database has now been handed
over to them on 27th Feb and all GBIS members should be hearing
from the new fanclub very shortly.
This information regarding the GBIS situation brings me
nicely onto news about GB Fans. Jan Berrington has now formally
handed over the GBIS Petition to GB Fans. Anyone still having
problems/teething problems with regard to this or in fact
the new fanclub should go to the GB Fans website (link above)
where details of how to submit your problem will be in place
over the next few days.
|
| 2 March 98:
Arena Tour |
| With thanks to Ingrid we now have
details of Gary's Arena tour in November on the Tour
Dates page. |
| 28 February
98: Open Book |
| Smash Hits report that the video
Open Book which has already been released in Germany, will be
able in the UK shops on March 9th. It will include a special
'four track' bonus CD. |
| 26 February
98: Tour Report |
| Irina has been kind enough to
write us a report of the concert she went to in Budapest
on 21st February. If you would like to take a look it can be
accessed via the Tour area or
by clicking here!
From now on any reports will be placed on the Tour page and
linked from the relevant date. |
| 20 February
98: Cancellation Of Tour Dates |
| Apologies for the lateness of
this news but both Editors have been away! Two dates from the
Open Road Tour have had to be cancelled due to Gary being ill
with flu. They were as follows:
18th Feb in Zurich
19th Feb in Munich (Re-scheduled to 9th April in Muffathalle)
Brigitt informs us on the Discussion List that the Munich
gig has been re-scheduled to the 9th April with a new location
of Muffathalle. For anyone attending concerts after the 19th,
we advise you to ring the venue to make sure that it is going
ahead. We will of course bring you more news as soon as we
hear anything!
|
| 12 February
98: Tour and Promo Updates |
| Arista kindly inform us that Gary
will be appearing at Capital Radio's 'Help A London Child' in
London on 8th April. We'll bring you more about this as soon
as we hear anything.
They have also confirmed that the Oslo gig on 28th February
is definitely cancelled.The venue for the concert on 7th April
in Madrid is being arranged at the moment.
We would also like to remind you that there is a 'Canadian
Competition' currently running in the Competitions area, don't
miss out, enter today!
|
| 4 February
98: GB Fans Canadian Event |
| We would like to draw your attention
to GB Fans who are organising an evening meal for Gary fans
in the Toronto area on February 28th. For further details see
the GB Fans Website. |
| 3 February
98: BMG Canada News |
| On behalf of BMG Canada, we would
like to announce the deadline extension of the Gary Barlow contest.
Those Canadians who received the 5 postcard series in the mail
might have noticed a competition to win a designer jacket and
a special cd in a collector's item case. The deadline for receiving
entries was scheduled to be the 27th of January, however it
has now been extended until the end of February.
Stay tuned to GBWS for an exclusive Canadian competition.
|
| 30 January
98: Canadian Single Release |
| BMG Canada tells us that they
will in fact be releasing 'Superhero' as a single. Look for
it to be available in stores mid-February. |
| 29 January
98: Gary on The View |
| North American visitors should
tune in to The View tonight to see Gary. Check your local ABC
network listings. |
| 20 January
98: Happy Birthday! |
| On behalf of all our members and
visitors, the staff of GBWS would like to wish Gary a very happy
27th birthday today! |
| 19 January
98: Sound File For Superhero |
| You can now hear the N. American
new single 'Superhero' by selecting the below link or by visiting
the Galleria's Sounds
area. The file is approximately 1min 10secs long. |
| 16 January
98: USA Promo Trip |
| Arista tell us that during Gary's
upcoming American promo trip, he is confirmed on the following
TV shows:
Regis & Kathie Lee, live from New Orleans on 21st January
Keenen Ivory Wayans, taping on 22nd January and airing 4 days
later on the 26th.
Gary will NOT be appearing on FOX as reported elsewhere
- his schedule did not allow the time.
|
| 15 January
98: Superhero Promo |
Arista have kindly sent us the promo copy of 'Superhero',
Gary's next US release. This song is due to be played on US
radio from 19th January. Lyrics for the song are available
in the Galleria's Lyrics
pages. A sound file will be available shortly.
|
| 13 January
98: The 1998 Brit Awards/US Album News |
| Gary has been nominated for 'Best
Male' Solo Artist at this years Brit Awards.
'Open Road' the album is now available in the US for you
to buy! Look for the next American single 'Superhero' to hit
airwaves 19th January. See Discography
Area for the Album Cover and the tracklist details. In addition,
the lyrics for 'Superhero' have been added to the Galleria's
Lyrics pages.
|
| 12 January
98: Promo Card News |
| We are pleased to announce that
BMG Canada have now placed the GBDL URL on their promo/teaser
cards. So for those of you in Canada watch out for the promo
cards and our URL! See below for a copy of Jennifer Grant's
signed promo card.
|
| 9 January 98:
Arista News |
| Arista have confirmed that Gary
has postponed his US promotional visit due to start tomorrow.
He will now visit the States January 19th thru 22nd - his last
visit for some time due to his tour schedule. During this visit
he will be taping Live! With Regis & Kathie Lee live from
New Orleans on the 21st, and appearances on The View and Kennen
Ivory Wayans are pending confirmation. Look for Gary in Entertainment
Weekly (out today), Teen People (current issue), People (available
23rd) and the Daily News (New York, out 13th). |
| 8 January 98:
The First Ever Gary Barlow Fans Convention |
| I have pleasure in announcing:
The First Ever Gary Barlow
Fans Convention
It will be held on 15th March 1998, the day of Gary's solo
gig in Manchester. The event has been approved by GloBe Artists
and the Official Gary Barlow Fanclub and is being organised
by GB Fans and if you would like to know more about the Convention
and how to obtain tickets then please follow the below link.
Enjoy and we hope to see you all there!
GB Fans Website - Convention Details
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| 6 January 98:
Fanclub Hotline |
| All Official Fan Club members,
please ring Hotline Number for some exciting news. We will be
letting everyone else know about the news on here this coming
Friday night to give the Fan Club members a chance, so keep
your eyes on this newsboard otherwise you will miss out on a
great opportunity! |
| 2 January 98:
Gary Barlow's Christmas Treat |
| This report was kindly written
by Jan Berrington about a half hour TV Interview with Gary on
Granada TV (UK) on 30th December 1997. It was recorded at a
Chelsea Harbour hotel, two days before the Concert of Hope.
"Gary said that he didn't realise how popular he was until
he went to buy the Take That dolls and looked for one of himself
at TOYS R US in Chester. He went to where the dolls were on
sale but couldn't find one of him, so he went to the sales
counter, feeling dead chuffed because he thought they'd sold
out and asked the girl where the Gary Barlow dolls were. She
said that he would have to buy Mark, Jason, Howard and Rob
and then he could send off for the Gary doll free!!!! He also
said that the day of TT break up was the weirdest day. He
turned off the telly an hour before the interview and drove
to the Manchester Hilton at Manchester Airport to do the Press
Conference. On the way home he switched on the car radio and
heard it on the news, when he got home he switched on the
tv and it was on ITN News. He hadn't realised what had been
going on! The interviewer asked Gary what his favourite song
was. Gary said "Back for Good" because at that point all the
TT members felt that they had got it all together and the
blend was right.
He was then asked a number of questions:-
Q: Most asked question:
A: What does it feel like to
be a Solo Artist?
Q: Worst habit:
A: Flicking peoples ears, which
he does very well!!
Q: Worst subject at school:
A: First said History but then
changed his mind and said Languages.
Q: Tell a Joke:
A: Cut to Brazilian tv crew setting
up then came back to Gary, having told a very rude joke!!
(not televised)
Q: Have you ever lost your
temper:
A: Not very often. Tends to be
about stupid things like car won't start.
Q: Favourite Pudding:
A: Apple Crumble and Custard.
(What happened to Banoffee Pie?)
Q: Best Holiday Ever:
A: Butlins Holiday Camp, Skegness
when he was 5. Came 3rd in a Tarzan competition.
Q: First Ever Gig:
A: As a magician at his dad's
pigeon club. Everyone thought he would become a magician in
the days before he became a musician.
Q: What do you think of hotel
food.
A: Has a World score card for
Club Sandwiches, 1-10.
When asked if he was surprised at how big he is in countries
like Sweden and Japan, Gary said he was. He was amazed when
he arrived at Kuala Lumpur airport and there were over 100
fans waiting for him."
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| 1 January 98:
TV Appearance |
| First of all Happy New Year to
everyone of our visitors, for those of you who can receive the
German TV channel RTL2 and Bravo TV, there will be an interview
with Gary on Sunday 4th January at 3.40pm. |
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