Barlow: Robbie will eventually rejoin us

Gary Barlow has hinted that he expects Robbie Williams to eventually rejoin Take That.

The pair have recently been working on rebuilding their friendship after Williams quit the band in 1995.

"As long as we're alive people are going to ask if we're going to get back together and I do believe we will one day, I just don't know when," he told The Guardian.

"The five of us were together a lot over the summer and it just felt like we were back in the 1990s."

Barlow revealed that the band members have all kept up regular contact with Williams, saying: "I get an email every week from Rob, Mark gets one every other week, J [Jason Orange] phones him once a week ... It's really fun getting to know him again, I must say."

Take That are currently heading for number one with latest album The Circus, with midweek sales figures showing that they are "massively outselling" Britney Spears's new LP.