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TAKE
THAT
NOW AND THEN
THE COMPLETE UNAUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY
INSIDE THE BIGGEST COME-BACK IN POP HISTORY
MARTIN ROACH
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First published by HarperCollinsEntertainment2006 This edition published 2007
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Table of Contents
Something Remarkable This Way Comes
I Can't Believe What I'm Seeing
Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
Open Roads, Endless Possibilities
Take That were the best boy band in the world. They were the reason I started Boyzone—Boyzone were the Irish Take That. I thought Gary and the band were absolutely brilliant. They appealed to everybody, their records were great and they had everything: great ballads, great up-tempo numbers, amazing live shows—I saw them at The Point in Dublin and the sound, the lights, the choreography, the entire show was just amazing.
Then, of course, you had Nigel Martin-Smith, who did a fantastic job managing them. He made Take
