90s boyband legends admit they’re in talks about huge Las Vegas residency as they close in on ninth No.1 album

TAKE That is gearing up to Rule The World all over again.

And this time they have Las Vegas in their sights.

Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald have confirmed they are in talks with casino bosses in Sin City about a possible residency there.

And if they manage to pull it off, I can guarantee it will be absolutely massive, with the group on course to land their ninth No.1 album with their comeback record This Life on Friday after six years away.

This is just the beginning for the lads, however, who are already working on ideas for their next body of work.

At the live recording of their podcast Take That: This Life in London’s Leicester Square, which will be out soon, Gary said: “We were sat together the other day and they were going through all the numbers (for the This Life album) at the label.

“And everything was looking great and they said to us, ‘How does it feel?’

“And we turn to one and other and went, ‘Well, it means we can do it again. It means we can make another record in a few weeks.”

When asked about taking a turn in Sin City, Gary hinted: “Las Vegas, it looks promising,” before he admitted the group had been locked in planning meetings for their major UK tour, which kicks off in Sheffield on April 13 next year.

Gary added: “There’s an invisible switch that happens when the album comes out and there’s nothing else you can do then, so your brain starts thinking about the tour immediately and within the last four days we’ve done the most work on the tour and it’s very, very exciting.”

The trio announced their big comeback in my column in September and it was undoubted they would race to the top spot again thanks to the quality of the songs on This Life.

But the whiff of another No.1 this Friday has clearly spurred on Gary, Mark and Howard and given them a fresh lease of life when it comes to music.

Howard added: “People always ask, ‘Are you going to be like the Rolling Stones and keep going until that sort of age?’

“And I think, you know what, maybe in five or ten years there won’t be as many dance moves but I think if we carry on making great music I think we can carry on.”