mark owen
He was born 27 January 1972)in Oldham, Lancashire. he is an English singer-songwriter. He is a founding member of the English pop group Take That. The band were hugely successful during the early 1990s and are currently enjoying success since their reunion in 2005.
He lived in a small council house with his mum Mary, his dad Keith, his brother Daniel and his sister Tracy. His dad was a decorator, later getting a job at a police station. His mum was a supervisor in a bakery in Oldham. Mark was educated at the Holy Rosary Primary and St Augustine's Catholic School in Oldham. He starred in a lot of school plays but showed no interest in music at school, preferring football. He played for Chadderton F.C. for a brief period. He also had trials for Manchester United, Huddersfield Town and Rochdale.
His first job was at Zutti's, a clothes boutique in Oldham. From there he went on to work at a branch of Barclays, which is where he was working when he auditioned for Take That.
During his time with Take That, he sang lead vocals on "Babe", which was released in December 1993 from the Everything Changes album. It reached number one in the UK, but was knocked off the top spot at Christmas by Mr Blobby. He also sang lead vocals on "The Day After Tomorrow" from the Nobody Else album.
Mark completed a critically acclaimed sell-out tour entitled The Ultimate Tour with the reformed Take That in 2006. The band embarked on The Beautiful World Tour in 2007, which proved another sell-out success. Before the start of the tour the band released a brand new studio album entitled Beautiful World. Three singles were released off the album in the UK: Patience (in 2006), Shine (in 2007), which both reached number one in the charts, and I'd Wait for Life in June 2007, which peaked at number 17. A DVD of the concert tour was released after the climax of the tour.
He was born 27 January 1972)in Oldham, Lancashire. he is an English singer-songwriter. He is a founding member of the English pop group Take That. The band were hugely successful during the early 1990s and are currently enjoying success since their reunion in 2005.
He lived in a small council house with his mum Mary, his dad Keith, his brother Daniel and his sister Tracy. His dad was a decorator, later getting a job at a police station. His mum was a supervisor in a bakery in Oldham. Mark was educated at the Holy Rosary Primary and St Augustine's Catholic School in Oldham. He starred in a lot of school plays but showed no interest in music at school, preferring football. He played for Chadderton F.C. for a brief period. He also had trials for Manchester United, Huddersfield Town and Rochdale.
His first job was at Zutti's, a clothes boutique in Oldham. From there he went on to work at a branch of Barclays, which is where he was working when he auditioned for Take That.
During his time with Take That, he sang lead vocals on "Babe", which was released in December 1993 from the Everything Changes album. It reached number one in the UK, but was knocked off the top spot at Christmas by Mr Blobby. He also sang lead vocals on "The Day After Tomorrow" from the Nobody Else album.
Mark completed a critically acclaimed sell-out tour entitled The Ultimate Tour with the reformed Take That in 2006. The band embarked on The Beautiful World Tour in 2007, which proved another sell-out success. Before the start of the tour the band released a brand new studio album entitled Beautiful World. Three singles were released off the album in the UK: Patience (in 2006), Shine (in 2007), which both reached number one in the charts, and I'd Wait for Life in June 2007, which peaked at number 17. A DVD of the concert tour was released after the climax of the tour.
