1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: And Amanda gam Nation. 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 2: What a top song, What a great song. 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: I was at a party recently that song came on. 4 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: People from every imaginable generation opened their mouths and sang along. 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: It is a great song. From the moment they released 6 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: their first album in the nineties, the world fell in 7 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: love would take that. Thirty years on, we're still feeling 8 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: the love as the boys bring their sold out tour 9 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: down under. Who better to get on to talk all 10 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:26,760 Speaker 1: about that is Gary Barlow? 11 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 2: Look at you? 12 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 3: Lovely to see it. 13 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: I was so great to see you as a as 14 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: a more mature person, as a dad. How different is 15 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: how different is the role of when you're on tour? 16 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:45,840 Speaker 1: Do you enjoy it more? 17 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 3: Is it? Is it? 18 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 1: Are you feeling all the senses more? 19 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 3: Oh? We enjoy it much more nowadays, now we do. 20 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 3: I mean we talk of the nineties a lot. Actually, 21 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 3: the ninety stores was a complete blur. It happened quickly 22 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 3: and it wasn't a day where you could do a 23 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 3: post and the world would see. You had to travel 24 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 3: around the world. It felt like for six years our 25 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 3: feet didn't touch the ground. So we did enjoy it, 26 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 3: but not as much as we do now. We try 27 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 3: and slow time down a bit now and really enjoy 28 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 3: when we go to a city, really enjoy the city, 29 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 3: really enjoy the show. It matters because these things are 30 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 3: brilliant and we're lucky to be able to do them. 31 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 2: And you do it when you're in your twenties. You 32 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: got your hit up your bum for a lot of it, 33 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 2: don't you. All of a sudden, when you get close 34 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 2: to fifty, you got I hang on a minute. 35 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, Yeah, it's so true, isn't it. It's so true? 36 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 3: And also the one thing for me because I was 37 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,199 Speaker 3: always the warrior in the band. I was the one 38 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 3: worrying about whether the guitar amp is going to get 39 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 3: unplugged or so. I spent my whole sort of first 40 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 3: part of my career worrying. Nowadays, it couldn't be more. 41 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 3: You know that my existence now in the band is 42 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 3: just slow down. It's going to be fine, everyone, It's 43 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 3: going to be great. Don't worry about anything. 44 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: And what sort of response do you get these songs 45 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: that they're in people's DNA, now, aren't they? 46 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 3: Do? 47 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: People tell you about the role your music has played 48 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: in their lives. 49 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 3: I love that. I love that because it starts with 50 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 3: the music for me. If you've not got the music, 51 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 3: you can't build anything around anything. So I've always found 52 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 3: that music for me has been the answer to a 53 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 3: lot of things. You know, in parts of life when 54 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 3: life's not so good. Music was the answer in times 55 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 3: of great things. Music's always the answer. It's kept me 56 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 3: anchored to who I am and what I do. So 57 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 3: the fact that people do come up to you and 58 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 3: tell them, tell you stories of how the songs change 59 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 3: their life or it was played at their wedding. As 60 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 3: a songwriter, connection is all wherever looking for. And if 61 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 3: audiences can connect with your music, it's it's really gorgeous. 62 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 2: And we take that to Robbie's not coming, So it's 63 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 2: the three of you and yes, but you guys all 64 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 2: get on now. And that's been well documented. So you 65 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 2: performed as recently as twenty twenty with Robbie. 66 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, but everything's peachy. Yeah, rab coms and goals in 67 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 3: our band. I mean he was. He did a record 68 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 3: with us in twenty eleven called Progress and toured with us. 69 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 3: But we've done i think four tours since then as 70 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 3: a three and so a three piece as take that 71 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 3: is sort of normal for us at the moment when 72 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 3: you look. 73 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 2: At a band like I say, One Direction, Did you think, oh, okay, 74 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 2: we've we've been bought the T shirt on this one before. 75 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 2: Did you do you feel like jealous? Or do you 76 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 2: feel like excited? For the matter? What's the emotion when 77 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 2: you see a band like One Direction? 78 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 3: Do you know what I wouldn't want to I look 79 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 3: around nowadays, it's so many young, talented people. I wouldn't 80 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 3: want to be starting my career now. I just wouldn't. 81 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 3: It's different now. I think if I think if you're 82 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 3: successful and recognizable nowadays, I think it's kind of unbearable. 83 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 3: I think because there's no escape. He there's no escape, 84 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 3: you know, in our in our day, if someone wanted 85 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 3: to take a picture, they actually have a camera with them. Nowadays, 86 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 3: we've got no pocket. There really is no escape, and 87 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 3: and that's no life. I don't think that isn't so anyway, Yeah, 88 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 3: I look, I look at them and say good luck, guys. 89 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 2: Because there was that moment where Paul mccartty was going 90 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 2: to someone's party. I forgot what it was, and the 91 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 2: banter wouldn't let him in, and he was quite satisfied 92 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 2: that he wouldn't. He wasn't recognized and they wouldn't let 93 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 2: him into that, and he was sort of like, well. 94 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 1: Good, this is a good thing that the universe finds. 95 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: It's you know, I'm still a human. 96 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, that's the I think that's a big part. 97 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 3: Happy with that. 98 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 2: Do you have any idea who? 99 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: I want to see the Wiggles and I want to 100 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: see them. 101 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 3: Do you not know where I used to be? 102 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 2: But you got three kids now, adult children? 103 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 3: I know? 104 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 1: Are they musical? 105 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 3: No? None of them are musical. I think this saw 106 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 3: my life and thought, no, that's not for all. But no, 107 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 3: our sons at UNI, our daughters at UNI in sydney's 108 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 3: been living here for two years and she's got another 109 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 3: two years to go. And I've got to be honest, 110 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 3: I don't think we're going to get her back. She's 111 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 3: she's the Aussies have looked after. She's having a great time. 112 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 2: Oh that's great. Well, Actually, our prospective sons go to UNI. 113 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 3: I think could be a chance they all hang in. 114 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: I'm sure they will, right. 115 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 2: And they look after. 116 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 3: I'm sure. Guar. 117 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 2: It's just great to talk to you. Tickets to take 118 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 2: that This Life to Ago on sale from Tuesday, the 119 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 2: third and of February on Frontier Touring dot com com. 120 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 2: And you will be back in October. 121 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 3: Yes, look really looking. So we start our tour at 122 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 3: the end of March. We do UK Europe, we go 123 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,119 Speaker 3: just after the summer into South Africa and the Middle 124 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 3: East and then Australia's are second to last group of shows. 125 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 3: Japan's the last one, but we go from here, so 126 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 3: we'll be looking to come in here in spring when 127 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 3: it's a summer bringing our speedos. 128 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 2: I've got my I'm already man is going to be 129 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 2: down there with a box brown Gary, thank you for 130 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 2: joining us. 131 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:11,359 Speaker 3: He's been lovely to meet you. These microphones by the way. 132 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: Well, I've got a wood paneled one and his chrome. 133 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 3: Yeah. 134 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: Some people have said unkindly that this might look like 135 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: dog poo, but I'd like to see this wood paneling. 136 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, it looks vintage to me. 137 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: Thank you. 138 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 3: I appreciate it. 139 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, Garry wasn't looking at me when. 140 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 3: He looks I wasn't looking at you. Gary, Thank you, 141 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 3: Thank you's been lovely. Thank you.