British boy band Take That made a regal return this weekend at King Charles III’s coronation performing alongside Lionel Richie and Katy Perry. The pop group performed together for the first time in four years at Windsor Castle last Sunday 7th May to a star-studded crowd of 20,000 and have confirmed that they are “back for good” with a revised version of their 2008 number one single “Greatest Day”.
Three of the original members, Howard Donald, Mark Owen, and Gary Barlow, performed at the celebration with Robbie Williams and Jason Orange absent from the festivities having left the band in 1995 and 2014 respectively. They started their performance with “Greatest Day” bringing out German Grammy Award-winning DJ Robin Schulz for the tune and then sang two more of their number-one hits “Shine” and “Never Forget”.
After the concert, the band took to Twitter to confirm they have more plans up their sleeves writing, “It was incredible to perform live together again for the first time in 4 years and there is so much more to come. We’re back for good”.
It was incredible to perform live together again for the first time in 4 years and there is so much more to come. We’re back for good #CoronationConcert #CoronationOnTheBBC #iPlayer #BBC pic.twitter.com/Rw4oy6M4rZ
— Take That (@takethat) May 8, 2023
Originally released in 2008 as a single from the group’s fifth studio album The Circus, “Greatest Day” has been given new life with the remix by Schulz and multi-platinum-selling singer-songwriter Calum Scott’s added vocals. The single released on the 5th May is the band’s first release since their Odyssey Greatest Hits album in 2018. Listen to the track below:
On the 15th June, Greatest Days, a British film based on the Take That jukebox musical of the same name, will be premiering in cinemas across the country.
“’Greatest Day’ is a special song for us – it was one of our biggest singles, and our 11th No.1,” the band said in a press release. “It’s been fantastic being in the studio working on the new version of the track with Calum and Robin, both such talented artists. With the movie Greatest Days coming out this summer we wanted to do something special with the title track and we were really excited that Calum and Robin agreed to be involved. They have been brilliant, and we’re really excited for everyone to hear it!”
Watch the original music video for “Greatest Day” (2008) below:
Take That will headline British Summer Time in Hyde Park on the 1st July. The band shared their excitement over the concert: “We have incredible memories of playing there in 2016, and we can’t wait to see everyone in July”. Also on the bill for that date are The Script and Sugarbabes with the full line-up yet to be released. For tickets and more information see here.
