Take That considered future after Jason Orange departure

Take That have admitted that the thought of disbanding crossed their mind last year.

The group were reduced to a trio in September when Jason Orange left.

They released the new album 'III' in December, but singer Howard Donald said on the Jonathan Ross Show that the band wondered if they would be accepted as a three-piece.

He said: "When we were a three and Jason left, we didn't really know whether the fans or the supporters would like us to come back and do another album but from all the support we thought, 'Well we love doing music, let's give them [the fans] what they want as well!"

Bandmate Gary Barlow, however, suggested that they always wanted to continue:

"We wanted to [carry on]. I must say if we weren't inspired and felt like we could still do our best work, we wouldn't have done it but we don't feel it's over yet, we want to do more, we want to play more live stuff, we're still young boys Jonathan!"

Take That's episode of the Jonathan Ross Show will air on ITV1 on Saturday (January 24).

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