The singer, who is gearing up to release his first album with the band in 15 years, said that he almost pulled out of the reunion after suffering from severe toothache.

"I wasn't in the best frame of mind to meet anybody, let alone the band I used to be in," he told Q Magazine.

"I was a hermit. I woke up that day with throbbing toothache. I'd taken some Vicodin and I was pretty monged. It was my missus who convinced me I should go."

Fellow bandmate Jason Orange also told the magazine that he almost quit the band because he did not feel like he had any creative input.

He revealed: "My biggest insecurity has always been what I contribute. I don't write music or understand it like they all do.

"I was chosen for my dancing and we dance less now. So I've struggled with it. Then on better days I think: 'These bastards couldn't do it without me.'"

That That release new album Progress on November 22.
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The 38-year-old Take That star looked to have irreparably damaged his marriage to Emma Ferguson, 32, after confessing to a series of infidelities back in March – just 6-months after they exchanged vows in the romantic surroundings of a remote Scottish castle.

However, after a rocky 8-month period that saw Emma remove her wedding ring and Mark vow to quit boozing by entering exclusive rehab The Priory in South London, the singer says they have finally turned a corner and are ready to put the past behind them.

“I do want us to grow old together,” he said during an interview with Q magazine. “I do fancy her. Those feelings are there.”

And Mark admits he has attempted to convey his feelings for Emma in new track ‘What Do You Want From Me,’ which is expected to feature on the band’s forthcoming album, ‘Progress.’

“My hope for me and my relationship with Emma is in that song,” he said. “But it’s difficult because of what it brings up.”

The singer – who says he is ‘deeply sorry’ for his string of affairs – has been with Emma since 2004. They have two children – Elwood, 3, and 1-year-old Willow Rose.
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The revived quintet toyed with the idea of assuming the new title to record a single to kick-start their return.

And the proposed name change paved the way for a massive change of sound for some of the songs, the newly reunited Robbie Williams told Q magazine.
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The band - who are pictured together by rock star turned photographer Bryan Adams, said the initial plan was for a one-off single under the assumed name.

Over time the idea was ditched but it freed the band creatively to create an electro pop-style album for their comeback, Progress, which is out next month.

"I'm guessing that the initial idea of not being called Take That freed Gary up," said Williams. "Is it a brave record? Only if it fails."

Gary Barlow suggested he would have been bored by a further album if Williams had not returned.

"After those last two records the thought of the four of us just going in and doing another ... it solved all that, Rob coming back. It's made it interesting," Barlow said.

Williams left the band in 1995 but after years of acrimony - mainly between himself and Barlow - they buried the hatchet and began working on new material last year.

Williams has long talked about how he wanted to return to being in a group once more, first suggesting he wanted to be in a band again around the release of his 2002 Escapology album.
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