In a recent interview Simon Cowell spoke out about Take That and his past regrets: “I was just starting my record label and I remember this guy came into my office and played me the songs, and I said no.”

“And then about two months later, I started to see them written in all the teen magazines, which in those days were important, so I called and the manager and apologised, and I said, ‘Actually I’ve changed my mind, I will sign them.’ And that was it. It was a stupid mistake. It was pretty bad when they exploded…but it happens.”