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‘Man-Band’ Age No Barrier To Take That Stalkers
1:16PM Clem Bastow | Dear old Take That; first they’re in the wars because they can’t do the splits or breakdance like they once could, now they’re being chased by lithe young 20-somethings.
Which would be all well and good, were it not for the fact that said 20-something is a crazed fan, and so suddenly their visions of comely virgins become nightmares of Stacey from Wayne’s World.
Father-of-two Gary Barlow, 36, and Jason Orange, 37, were already in bed when she moved in just after midnight. Mark, 35, who has one son, went out for a smoke and the girl followed him to chat.
Our source adds: “Then he told her he was off to bed and she made a dash for the lift. She looked crazed and refused to get out so he yelled for security.
“In the end she was thrown out of the hotel and that was that.”
Howard Donald, 39, a father-of-two who suffered a collapsed lung after a strenuous dance move on the tour, told a friend: “That girl was mad. She shouldn’t have drunk so much.”
A hotel spokesman said it was all handled by the band’s tour managers.
It’s good to see that some pop stars know how to act their age…
Nice to see The Mirror managing to get one last stab at the granddads of the reunion circuit.
Back for good? Back for seconds at the seniors’ community lunch buffet, more like! More » 
Take That Not The Supple Young Men They Once Were
11:16AM Clem Bastow | Poor old Take That; first Robbie refused to join in the reunion fun, now they’re having to suffer the indignity of becoming a “man band”, as they’re certainly not the lithe blokes who were doing ab rolls all over the beach in the Pray video clip.
Poor old Howard Donald injured himself while attempting some showy moves in concert, and the rest of the “boys” – yes, all three of them – are keeping the fires burning and doing it for Howard, if you will.
Howard Donald ended up with a collapsed lung after doing the splits on stage last week.
But the show must go on.
Gary Barlow, Jason Orange and Mark Owen soldiered on without Howard on stage in Zurich on Saturday night.
Without Howard’s breakdancing the other lads will themselves have a lung-bursting shift to keep the European tour going.
A collapsed lung from breakdancing? Bless! Soon they’ll be finding mystery cuts and bruises on their arms and scalps and muttering aloud, “I wonder where I got that?” while looking for the ultimate in soft yoghurt. More » 