NEWS CENTRE Latest News This news section is compiled by GB FANS©. All sources and information are checked out before news is placed on this board ensuring no false information (to the best of our knowledge) is passed onto anyone. Any news that is later found to be unreliable due to reasons beyond our control will be removed immediately, until such time that we are presented with the true facts. 16 September 2003 - Gary is an uncle again! Big congratulations to all the Barlow family, especially Lisa and Ian, on the birth of Hannah Lily on Saturday, 13th September 2003, weighing in at 8lb 8 oz! Wonderful news! 20 August 2003 - Gary tipped for US Top 10! BBC Radio 2 reported this evening that a remix of Gary's Love Won't Wait has been produced for the US market and shortly to be released there. No mention of date of release, but they did say that it is expected to do well and reach Top 10 in the US charts! What a surprise! Here's hoping that it is a huge success and that Gary has a change of heart and comes back out to us all Wonderful news!! 4 July 2003 - Gary to fly out to work with Donny Update It seems that Gary didn't go out in May afterall. The latest edition of Donny's newsletter, released today, 4th July 2003, says:- "In a couple of weeks my producers, Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy will be arriving from England and we will begin writing for the next album. I'm really looking forward to working with them again." Why not go over to http://www.donny.com and sign up for the Newsletter, it's a good way to find out news about Gary working with Donny. Many thanks to Vicky on the Message Board for prompting me to read my latest edition of Donny News, which was sent out on 7 May, in which Donny writes the following:- "Since I arrived home from the tour I have been revamping my home recording studio. It's going to be so nice. I did most of my vocals for "Somewhere In Time" there and most of the writing for the next record will be done in the new studio. Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy, (my producers) are flying over in about a month to get started on it with me." Why not go over to http://www.donny.com and sign up for the Newsletter, it's a good way to find out news about Gary working with Donny. It has to be one of the top official websites on the Net, it is certainly one which Donny obviously devotes a lot of his time to, in order to keep his fans informed and up to date with his life. 20 April 2003 - Gary closes official website! Well spotted by Alex on GB FANS Message Board! The Gary Barlow Official Website is no more! I checked out the domain registration and it appears that it was DETAGGED (whatever that means) on 17 March 2003, which probably means that's when the official site was removed from the web It seems that Gary has finally closed that chapter on his career, but it is a huge disappointment to fans for the site to have been removed - even if it was just an archive. Yes Gary may have moved on, but he still has fans and always will have as long as his music is there. It's a shame he doesn't recognise that! Still, onwards and upwards, I hope this new career will bring him as much success - if not more. For our part, GB FANS remains. We will still carry on bringing news as and when we hear it. The Christmas parties and other events will continue. 11 February 2003 - Gary's Atomic Rumour! Reported today in the Liverpool Echo: "TAKE That heart-throb Gary Barlow is being tipped to help Atomic Kitten stay at the top. It is rumoured that the Liverpool-based band are holed up with the former boy band member at his Cheshire home, working on new material. The Kittens are expected to release a new album, and it looks like Barlow could be helping them pen new tracks. Liz, Jenny and Natasha have already scored number ones in both the singles and album charts, and hope to follow with more this year!" 31 December 2002 - Gary featured in BBC2 Documentary The long awaited "Talent Shows" programme featuring Gary, in the Fame, Set and Match series, is being shown tonight as a "Christmas Special". The programme begins at 9.00 pm (UK time) on BBC2. It features stars and artists who have come to prominence through appearing on TV Talent Shows. This obviously relates to Gary's appearance on "Song for Christmas" all those years ago! Other stars featured in the show are Britney Spears, Sheena Easton and comedy duo Little & Large. The programme has interviews with "colleagues and friends" (quote from BBC's Radio Times magazine) of the people featured, including Donny Osmond, Andi Peters and Eliot Kennedy. 22 October 2002 - Take That Rumours Untrue! The article in The News of the World is not true! Not sure where they got their information but it is doubtful that it would be from Howard because Mark and Howard have spoken in the past two years - they actually met up earlier this year, as most of us know. Mark's official website (http://www.markowenofficial.com) have put the following message onto their Message Board, which they have kindly allowed me to publish here:- "Hello everyone I have waited until I was able to speak to Mark's management to get the official line on the article that appeared in the News of the World (and subsequently on various TV and radio stations) on and after 20 October 2002. Although they know that this may be a disappointment to some of the Take That fans, Mark is unaware of any discussions having been held regarding a Take That reunion. Once again, it appears a classic piece of "journalism" has appeared in the newspapers. One point I would also like to make is that IF there were any news of this kind, it would be announced here. Mark would rather let you all know, as loyal fans, any plans that are in place (wherever possible) which would happen before it would appear in a gossip column in a Sunday newspaper. As he has said in his message at the beginning of the site - "This is the only site where you can confirm anything you may have heard relating to me as any official news will be posted here first." Best regards Webmaster " 20 October 2002 This should not clear things up for everyone. Is it just "coincidence" that this article appeared just as a certain EX member of Take That is about to release his new CD? 20 October 2002 - BBC2 Documentary about Gary! BBC 2 will be screening a programme about Gary on Saturday, 30 November 2002. Still waiting to hear of exact time of broadcast. The programme is 1 in a series of 10 being made by Talkback Productions about celebs who have won talent competitions and then went on to be famous, then what happened to them when the seemed to go out of the limelight. It's called "I will Survive" and tracks Gary's career from when he won the "Song for Christmas" competition to the present day in his very successful new career as a songwriter/producer for other artists. Amongst those being interviewed on the programme about Gary are Donny Osmond (Gary worked on his latest album); Andi Peters (from OZONE and Gary's mate); Eliot Kennedy (business partner) and someone called Berrington - a fan I understand!! It appears to be a very positive programme, certainly the questions I was asked were positive and nothing negative. Amongst others to be featured in this series are:- Sheena Easton Freddie Starr Little & Large (comedy duo from the 70s) Can't remember who else!!! European fans may be none the wiser anyway - well apart from Sheena Easton! 8 August 2002 - Gary prasied by Donny Osmond! Many thanks to Karen P on our mailing list, who informs us that she was lucky to speak with Donny Osmond in his web chat at the end of July and Donny confirmed that Gary and Eliot had indeed been working with him on his latest CD! Karen says that Donny spoke very highly of Gary and Eliot who are very busy right now producing Donny's CD! 23 June 2002 - Wedding Day Congratulations! We had a lovely posting on the message board from Rami, who is marrying his lovely Debbie today, we thought it would be nice to share with everyone here:- "23 June at midday is when Debbi and I get married. We will be walking into the marriage room as Forever Love is played, as that is our song. We love this song and look forward to sharing it with our close family and friends. Thanks Gary". Debbi and Rami, we hope you have a wonderful day and lifetime of happiness! 3 June 2002 - It's a Girl! We have received an unconfirmed report, though our source is usually very reliable, that Gary and Dawn are the proud parents of a baby daughter, her name is Emily!! No other details available as to when and what weight, but as soon as we have any more news we will let you know!Congratulations to the whole of the Barlow Manorhold! 30 April 2002 - All is now well! With big thanks to Simon at Efficient Hosting and Shoeb at YABB, the Message Board and Guest Book are now fixed and running on all cylinders! Thanks guys, you are stars! 29 April 2002 - Erm . . . OOOPS! I had a bit of an accident with the Message Board, which has resulted in it not being accessible at the moment! I have called in the cavalry (in the shape YABB Admin and our server providers), so hopefully it won't be too long till it's sorted! Please bear with us until it's fixed - meantime, you could always use our Yahoo Club at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gbfans to leave messages - it seems we have a general CGI problem at the moment which means that the Guest Book is naff too (not my fault that one!!) 29 March 2002 - New Boyband, An Update! Further to our news yesterday. Gary was in Liverpool this week, at LIPA (Liverpool Academy for Performing Arts). Unfortunately, we missed the full news report, but it seems he has been auditioning people for a new boyband he and Elliot will be producing. We will contact Radio City News Centre to see if they will enlighten us any further with the rest of the story. 28 March 2002 - New Boyband! It was reported on Liverpool's Radio City News tonight that Gary and Elliot are in the middle of putting a new boyband together and are down to the last 15! Not sure if this is rumour, speculation or fact, but could be a very interesting development. We will let you know if we hear any more. 23 March 2002 - Rumours or Fact? It has been reported in the Press that Gary and Eliot Kennedy are working with Donny Osmond on his new CD. We have contacted Donny's people on his official website to see if we can get any confirmation about this. As soon as we hear anything we will let you know! 31 January 2002 - Problems with Message Board Our network provider has moved servers in the last 24 hours, which has caused one or two problems for us - not least of which is that the Message Board is currently not working and over 120 messages have disappeard! We have contacted our providers and are busy trying to repair the problem. It seems that back up files have been uploaded from 27 January, which could mean that any messages posted after that date are now lost. It will not allow postings at the moment, but we are hoping it won't be too long before it it sorted. In the meantime, how about coming over to the Chat ROom between 21:30 and 22:30 hrs GMT each night. We are going to make Monday nights a regular "meet up" night for anyone who would like to join us! 13 November - Gary Fan Club Closes - Gary News! Reported in THE SUN, Gary fan club closes. Once again, the rumours are true . . . the fan club is closing, members received their final Newsletter today. What the SUN didn't know was that this also marks a big turning point in Gary's career. He is moving on to develop his music by becoming a songwriter and producer for other artists. Gary's heart has always been in his music rather than actually being a celebrity, so he is now moving on to develop his skills in this direction. He has no plans for recording any more albums, nor indeed any more Tours. That does not rule out a possibility in the future perhaps, but it is an understandable move on his behalf, given that he has a young son who he wants to enjoy watching grow up! Gary sounds very happy and enjoying the time he is spending developing his music and learning new production skills. We wish him all the best in the future and look foward to the day when he might decide it's time for a bit of a get together for us all! For our part, GB FANS will be here for as long as we are wanted! Gary may have changed direction, but we are all still fans and even though he won't be around as much, we can all still be here together! 26 August 2001 - "I Love 1992!" TV Programme Tune your videos in to BBC2 at 9.30 pm (GMT - UK time), because "I Love the 1990's" has reached 1992! The show will be presented by Mark Owen and will feature Take That. 1992 was the big take off year for the group, with the success of "It Only Takes a Minute" and "Million Love Songs". We were hoping to see a bit of "Do What You Like" in this week's show - 'I Love 1991!" - but it wasn't to be! 8 August 2001 - Fan Club Hotline Updated The fan club hotline was updated on 3rd August. Here are Mike's words, which we have edited and shortened to just the relevent bits. "Welcome to the Gary Barlow Fan Club Hotline, this message was recorded on August 3rd . . . . .Long time no speak. I have good news, I had a transatlantic telephone conversation with Mr Gary Barlow a couple of weeks ago and have recorded an in depth and very candid interview with Gary, which will be the main content of the next Newsletter. Gary is very well and extremely happy in the USA, where he will remain for most of the rest of this year. Full details will be given to you in the Newsletter which will be out in August and which you should all have received by the middle of September. Thank you all for your continued support and for being there" Good news, we are certainly looking forward to reading that interview. Here's hoping he has a few new pics of Gary to go with it. 11 July 2001 - Fan Club Update We have just heard from Mike and the good news is that he is planning to interview Gary in the next week or so, to gather information for the next Newsletter, which he is hoping will be published by the end of August. Obviously, much depends upon how quickly Mike is able to gather the information and Gary's schedule, but this is certainly good and welcome news for us all! Definitely something to look forward to! 27 June 2001 - Fan Club We have heard from Mike regarding our emails asking about the current situation with regard the Fan Club. Mike did not answer the questions we raised, stating that he had sent our emails to Kristina for advice and he is awaiting her response. As soon as we hear anymore, we will let you know. 11 June 2001 - News from the USA! Many thanks to Trine for finding us the article below. We are checking this news out, but it may well be that Gary has actually only rented a home for the duration of his stay. Will report back when/if we hear any official confirmation. Source: http://www.peoplenews.co.uk/news/0,3430,5752-24,00.html June 05, 2001 Gary Barlow tries luck in US. Singer hopes to rebuild ailing career. Gary Barlow, the former Take That singer, has decided to quit Britain and move to Los Angeles in an attempt to breathe life into his ailing music career, PeopleNews can reveal. Barlow, accompanied by wife Dawn and his son Daniel, has quietly acquired a property in the beachside suburb of Santa Monica. The singer will use the house as a base from which to relaunch his career, concentrating on writing and production. 'Gary's really happy at the moment,' says a friend of the singer, who has failed, despite predictions to the contrary, to achieve the huge success enjoyed by his former bandmate Robbie Williams. The friend adds: 'He's delighted with his son and his career's going really well. And he just loves LA. He's working with all sorts of artists like Gloria Estefan. It's a great time for him.' Don't read too much into this yet, you know the Press! It may well be, as we say above, that Gary has actually only got the house to use during his stay, which is expected to last until early Spring 2002. 20 May 2001 - Extended Stay in the USA We have heard from sources close to Gary's contacts that his stay in the USA has been extended until around February 2002. We understand he is currently in Los Angeles, still with Dawn and Daniel. We assume he will be popping home at some point for a visit, but as yet no details are available. Not sure what this means with regard to the Fan Club and the overdue Newsletter. We will try to find out and report back as soon as possible. 6 May 2001 - Change of Servers We are currently in the middle of changing the servers that the GB FANS website is being held on. Most programs seems to working fine, but please bare with us whilst we adjust certain things. The MessageBoard will be back up and running again, shorlty. All new and very much improved! 2 March 2001: Gary featured on "My Kind of Music" Well, for the second week on the run Gary was featured on "My Kind of Music", Michael Barrymore's tv music quiz on ITV Channel 3 (shown tonight - 2 March). LWW and PRAY were the featured clips in the competition to name songs from 1997 and 1993. Good to see a show actively keeping Gary in the limelight:) Well done to all at "My Kind of Music". Definitely a Gary fan in that team somewhere! 23 January 2001: News from the Fan Club Hotline Mike updated the Fan Club Hotline on 18th January with a bit of a gaff! He was mentioning that "tomorrow, the 19th", would be the big 3 0 for Gary!!! Erm, excuse us Mike (hehehe)! Mike went on to say that Gary would shortly be off to the USA on another song-writing trip to LA, New York and Nashville. Gary is expected to be away until early summer, so there will be no news with regard to Gary until that time. It is hoped that there will be an edition of "In Conversation with" out in Feb/March, but Mike says don't hold him to that because if there is nothing to tell then there is no point in sending out a newsletter. He asks us all to keep on being patient with the Fan Club, that they are still there for us all but until such time as there is news they can't guarantee regular 3 monthly newsletters In This Section Latest News Search News Archived News Tour Guide Archived Tours Tour Reports Promo Guide Archive Promos Promo Reports News Centre Other Links Events Site Updates Site Map Contact Us Index News Archives Search just the GB FANS News Archives!