Robbie Williams is set to rejoin Take That for an online concert in lockdown to raise money for charities on the coronavirus frontline.
The concert will see Robbie, 47, rejoin original members Gary Barlow, 49, Mark Owen, 48, and Howard Donald, 52, for a reunion almost thirty years after the release of their first album.
Robbie and the other band members have allegedly secured a ‘huge undisclosed’ fee with the financial company that owns Compare The Market.
Reunion: Robbie Williams is reportedly set to rejoin Take That for an online concert in lockdown to raise money for charity (pictured December 2019)
Back together: The concert will see Robbie join Gary Barlow, 49, Mark Owen, 48, and Howard Donald, 52, (pictured is the band at the One Love Manchester concert in 2017)
They are said to be performing in a Meerkat Music show to raise funds for a creative music therapy charity called Nordoff Robbins and Crew Nation – a charity created to help support concert crews across the world.
Meerkat Music is set to launch next Friday at 8pm on the CompareTheMeerkat YouTube channel and Facebook Live.
A source told The Sun ‘hundreds of thousands of pounds’ were being spent to make the concert happen.
Big deal: Robbie and the other band members have allegedly secured a ‘huge undisclosed’ fee with the financial company that owns Compare The Market
They said: ‘The gig will go out into people’s homes over the internet and each band member will be performing from their own homes so they won’t actually be together.’
Take That told the website: ‘This is a world first for us! Reuniting with our old friend online for a one-off performance. It’s always great getting back together with Robbie.
Robbie added: ‘If we can’t go to the stadium we’ll bring the stadium to us.’
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Robbie Williams and Take That for comment.
Three piece: Gary, Howard and Mark have performed as trio since Jason Orange left the group in 2014 (pictured April 2019)
Last month Gary and Robbie reunited for a duet from their homes amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.
The singers performed the duet on their webcams as they sang a rendition of their 2010 single Shame.
Alongside the video, Gary wrote: ‘Sorry to have made you wait so long for this one. Yes the dynamic duo return.
‘Thank you @robbiewilliams for taking the time to be part of this. Big hugs (virtually of course) #thecroonersessions.’
As they were: Robbie previously rejoined Take That for their Progress album in 2010 and for various performances afterwards (pictured 2011)
The pair, who both shared the video on social media, can be seen singing in their homes with Gary also performing on the keyboard.
Gary and Robbie, 46, co-wrote Shame together for Robbie’s second greatest hits album, In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990-2010.
He joined the boyband when he was 16 but quit in 1995 at the peak of the group’s career.
Popular: Last month Gary and Robbie reunited for a duet from their homes amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown
The group split the next year but reformed without Robbie in 2005 while he pursued his uber successful solo career.
The group are not set to be joined by former member Jason Orange, 49, who left the group in 2014.
He did join them again for their Progress album in 2010 and for various performances afterwards.
Angels hitmaker Robbie recently spoke on talkSPORT radio and hinted that the group may reunite in five years’ time.
He said: ‘I’ve got so many ideas I want to do and so many things I want to fulfil that I know what I am doing for the next five years, and it doesn’t involve Take That.’
But he added: ‘Yes, I do want to do another gig with Take That.’
As they were: He joined the boyband when he was 16 but quit in 1995 at the peak of the group’s career (pictured 1993)