People have just discovered a helpline for ‘distressed’ Take That fans after new Robbie Williams film Take That fans across the country were left so distraught after the band broke up in 1996 that helplines were set up to support the grieving fanbase.
The remaining members Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Howard Donald followed hot on his heels in February 1996 with plans to pursue solo careers.
The tale of national woe started in July 1995 when one of the band’s most beloved members, Robbie Williams, made a shock exit after a series of personal and professional struggles.
Although short-lived, the boy band had made their mark with chart-topping hits such as Pray, Relight My Fire and Everything Changes, As such, the news was a devastating blow to the devoted, wide-spanning fanbase.
Especially in response to the ongoing discourse that Robbie, and the band, never quite managed to make it in the US.