At an academic conference pop star Take That'sreunion is to be debated, after begins tour the group's stadium the two day event will play at Salford University on one week in June.
It is billed as "an interdisciplinary conference examining the theme of break-up and reunion in popular music acts, focusing on Take That".
It promises to examine "the narrative structures [that] characterise Take That's journey" and the psychological and social roles that reunions fulfil.
Take That's latest album, Progress, saw the comeback of former member Robbie Williams to the fold. This album sale at least 1.8 million copies and it was the UK's best selling album 2010.
Take That's summer tour starts in Sunderland on 27 May. According to the conference website, it offers "an excellent opportunity for scholars from a range of academic disciplines to discuss key issues arising from this contemporary popular music phenomenon. From at least the time of the Beatles, the break-up of a favoured band has had profound implications for fans, followers, and the music industry".
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