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Howard Donald

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57 Years Old

Howard Paul Donald (born 28 April 1968) is an English singer, songwriter, drummer, pianist, dancer, DJ and record producer. He is a member of the pop group Take That. He was also judge on the German reality talent show Got to Dance from 2013 to 2014, during a Take That-hiatus. Donald was educated at Littlemoss High School in Droylsden, gaining no GCSEs, and trained for three years as a vehicle painter, on the Youth Training Scheme (YTS). A budding DJ, his musical interests were largely informed by his brother Colin's vinyl collection, and included electronic acts such as Kraftwerk, John Foxx, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) and Gary Numan. As a teenager Donald became interested in dancing and frequented the burgeoning breakdancing circuit in the Greater Manchester area, where he would first come into contact with future bandmate Jason Orange. He auditioned for Nigel Martin-Smith's new boy band project at his office in Manchester and was selected. The group was eventually named Take That. Nigel Martin-Smith recruited Donald, along with Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams to form a British boyband, Take That. The band enjoyed five years of success until Williams left in 1995, leaving them to carry on as a quartet. Along with Orange, Donald featured less on lead vocals than Barlow, Owen and Williams during the band's first era, however did sing lead vocal on the single "Never Forget", which reached No. 1 in the UK in 1995. In early 1996, Donald's bandmates Barlow, Owen and Orange came to the difficult decision that Take That was to split. They told Donald, who was not happy, but went along with their decision. Following the split, Donald attempted a solo career, recording an unreleased single, "Speak Without Words", and returned to DJing. In the 2005 documentary Take That: For the Record, Donald confessed to being unstable enough to have the intention of committing suicide by drowning himself in the River Thames, not long after the split. In 2005, Take That reformed and announced a reunion tour, The Ultimate Tour in the summer of 2006, following the release of their Greatest Hits album, Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection. The tour was followed in late 2006 by their first studio album since 1995, Beautiful World, and from it they achieved two number ones in "Patience" and "Shine". Beautiful World featured Donald on lead vocals on two tracks; "Beautiful World" and "Mancunian Way". The song "Mancunian Way" is a tribute to the band's hometown of Manchester. On the 2008 Take That album The Circus, Donald sang lead on two tracks, "What Is Love" and "Here". He also shared lead vocals with the rest of the band on the album's opening track, "The Garden". On the 2010 Take That album Progress, Donald sang lead vocals on the track "Affirmation". He also played drums on several songs on the Progress album and mixed a B-side track for the second single "Kidz" called "Revenge of the Kidz". On the 2017 Take That album Wonderland, Donald sang lead vocals on "Every Revolution". In 2021, Donald appeared on The Masked Dancer, masked as Zip. He reached the final and was unmasked in third place. Donald was one of the judges on a dancing show Got to Dance in Germany from 2013 to 2014. ... Source: Article "Howard Donald" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Born

Droylsden, Lancashire, England, UK on 28th April 1968

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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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The Graham Norton Show
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The Graham Norton Show
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The Graham Norton Show
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Skavlan
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Celebrity Juice
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Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
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Le monde est à vous
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Shopping with Keith Lemon
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Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
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One Love Manchester
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Greatest Days
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Take That : Greatest Hits Live
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Take That: Odyssey (Greatest Hits Live)
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The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
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Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall
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Take That Live 2015
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Take That: Look Back, Don't Stare
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London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
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The Coronation Concert
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Take That: For the Record
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The Truth About Take That
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Take That: The Ultimate Tour
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Take That - Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection
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Take That: Wonderland Live from the O2
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Die Helene Fischer Show 2014
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Take That's Greatest Days: 30 Years in the Making
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Take That: Progress Live
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Take That - Live in Berlin
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Take That - Live at the Capital's Jingle Bell Ball 2023
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Take That at the BBC
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Take That: In Session At Abbey Road
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Robbie Williams: BRITs Icon
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Take That Away!
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Take That: Where Did It All Go Right ?
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Take That: Tape That
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Take That: The Circus Live
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Take That: We've Come a Long Way
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Take That: Everything Changes
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Take That: The Party - Live at Wembley
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Take That: This Life – Live In Concert
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Take That: The Ultimate Story
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Take That: Come To Town
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Take That: The Journey
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Take That: These Days On Tour
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Radio 2 In Concert Take That
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An Evening with Take That
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Take That Live at Apple Music Festival
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Take That: Live At Primavera, Madrid
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Take That - Beautiful World Live
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Take That: Nobody Else - The Movie
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