Take That star Mark Owen
Singer has said goodbye to his beard
Mark Owen (centre) has gone for a wilder look alongside Gary Barlow (left) and Howard Donald in recent years.
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Many spectators were amazed: at a Take That performance, singer Mark Owen stood on stage without a beard.
The hairy times are over: Mark Owen (52) showed his new old look on television for the first time on the show “Saturday Night Takeaway” on April 6th. After a few years with a beard and long hair, the Take That singer is now back to a shaved face and a shorter hairstyle.
“Baby-faced Mark is back”
The band, which consists of Howard Donald (55) and Gary Barlow (53) alongside Mark Owen, opened the penultimate episode of the long-running entertainment show with the hit “Shine”. And many viewers noticed the singer’s clean shave and new haircut. As the Daily Mail noted, fans raved that the former teen heartthrob had brought them “back to the 90s” with his look. On social networks, several followers said that Owen now looked “so much better and younger.” “Baby-faced Mark is back,” one Instagram user commented.
In recent years it has looked as if the singer wanted to consciously break away from his sweet boy band image. In 2015 he appeared with a three-day beard, and in 2022 he shocked fans with a mustache and very long hair while promoting his solo album. At the time, he explained on the talk show “BBC Breakfast” that he had probably had the mustache for four years and that he couldn’t just shave it off. It is a “work of art”. But now Mark Owen has apparently decided on a makeover again.
His new look was already in a video a week ago can be admired on Instagram, as the band promoted their new single “You And Me”. While his bandmates Barlow and Donald posed with beards, Owen looked beardless and wearing a cap, almost like he did in the heyday of the once five-member British band.
Tour, film and festival
Although Jason Orange (53) and Robbie Williams (50) are no longer part of Take That, the remaining three still have big plans. Her album “This Life”, released in November, went straight to number one in the UK charts. Over the next six months, the band will tour the country and play 41 dates. How “The Sun” reported There are said to be plans to release a film about the tour. The British newspaper quoted an insider as saying: “They are in talks about putting together a film for the tour, which will give fans a real insight into the inner workings of the group. They are also scheduled to appear at The Greatest Weekend festival. in Malta, which takes place in October.