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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1968-04-28
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 1.1
- info Birth Place Droylsden, Lancashire, England, UK
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Take That: The Journey
2008-02-25
9
Die Helene Fischer Show 2014
2014-12-25
7.1
Take That: The Circus Live
2010-11-11
10
Take That: For the Record
2006-04-24
6
The Coronation Concert
2023-05-07
6.2
Greatest Days
2023-06-16
7.1
Take That: The Ultimate Tour
2006-11-06
7.4
Take That: Look Back, Don't Stare
2010-11-13
7.2
Take That: Progress Live
2011-11-20
7.8
Take That: Come To Town
2008-12-07
8
Take That: Where Did It All Go Right ?
2009-02-04
8
Radio 2 In Concert Take That
2023-11-25
9.7
Take That Live 2015
2015-06-19
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Robbie Williams: BRITs Icon
2016-12-04
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Take That - Live at the Capital's Jingle Bell Ball 2023
2023-12-17
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In Session At Abbey Road
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Take That: In Session At Abbey Road
2009-11-25
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Take That Live at Apple Music Festival
2015-09-20
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Take That: Wonderland Live from the O2
2017-06-09
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Take That: The Party - Live at Wembley
1993-11-10
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Take That - Live in Berlin
1994-10-01
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Take That - Hometown: Live at Manchester G-Mex
1995-08-14
6.5
Take That - Beautiful World Live
2008-02-25
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Take That: Nobody Else - The Movie
1995-11-20
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Take That & Party
1992-12-01
8
Take That: Everything Changes
1994-08-01
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Tape That
1994-02-02
10
An Audience with Take That
2006-12-02
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Take That: We've Come a Long Way
2018-12-28
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An Evening with Take That
2017-04-08
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Take That Away!
1993-11-01
6.5
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012-08-12
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Take That : Greatest Hits Live
2019-06-08
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Take That: These Days On Tour
2015-12-22
6.5
Take That: Live At Primavera, Madrid
2007-03-30
8.5
Take That - Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection
2005-09-14
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The Truth About Take That
2004-04-11
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Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall
2009-11-19
8.7
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
2015-06-13
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Take That: Odyssey (Greatest Hits Live)
2019-04-12
8.5
One Love Manchester
2017-06-04
7.6
Concert for Diana
2007-07-01
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Take That: The Ultimate Story
2006-10-23
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Shopping with Keith Lemon
2019-06-06
5.3
An Audience with...
1978-01-08
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22
6.7
Celebrity Juice
2008-09-24
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Blauer Panther
1989-01-01
8
Derry Girls
2018-01-04
5.9
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002-06-08
5.8
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020-11-28
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Le monde est à vous
1987-09-13
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22
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Take That
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988-09-05
5
Skavlan
2009-01-16
6.7
Top of the Pops
1964-01-01