Gutted by a Boy Band

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Got home from seeing a Cirque du Soleil show with the family to find the news that Jason Orange has quit Take That.



I've been suspecting this might happen for a while, and also suspecting that I'd be a teary mess when it did, and I was right on both counts.

TT has been the fandom of my heart for a while now, and I've been looking forward to seeing them in concert pretty much since I stumbled into the fandom. I'm sad that when they tour next year--and I still do want to see them when they tour next year--that it will be without Jason.

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The end of an era indeed, though you're right that it wasn't unexpected. I've had a surprising number of teary moments. (The Sweetie has been bemused but supportive.)

Since I only truly got into them at the beginning of the Progress tour, I haven't yet seen them live. And now I shan't be able to see them with Jason.

::hugs::

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I know you haven't seen them live yet, which makes me hope that you'll get to see them as TT3 in 2015. It definitely won't be the same without Jason, but I'm sure it's going to be great nonetheless.

After their reunion people thought TT4 would be weird, but it was all fine without Robbie. And it will be the same without Jason now. Well, only that my favourite member has left TT for good, but that's fine. He hasn't been happy in the band for quite some time now (maybe he never truly was?) and I'm glad that he finally worked up the courage to leave. Must have been such an incredible bitter-relieved-happy-sad moment.

*hugs back*

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I am still very much planning on seeing them next year, even if it is TT3.

And yes, I can seeing being out of the band being a relief for him, if a bittersweet one. (I can empathize with him wanting to get out of the limelight--I'd never trade their wealth for the sort of fishbowl lives they must lead--even while I'm still sad that it means I won't get to see him live.)

::sigh::

(And on a purely selfish note, I'm now contemplating whether I have the stomach to complete the 7,000+ word AU I've been working on all summer. ::sigh again::)