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Take That want to work with The Prodigy.
The 'Let In The Sun' hitmakers are thinking potential collaborations for their next album and Mark Owen would love to get the 'Firestarter' group on board - but he knows it;s unlikely to happen.
He said: "Maybe we should get The Prodigy on the next record. I saw them once -- they were brilliant.
"We've started thinking about people to collaborate with on the next album, but unfortunately they haven't been thinking of us."
Meanwhile, after Foo Fighters' singer Dave Grohl and U2's The Edge were left injured after falling off stage, Enrique Iglesias had to undergo hand surgery after an accident with a drone and 5 Seconds of Summer's Michael Clifford was burned by pyrotechnics, the trip admit they "worry" about experiencing an on-stage injury.
Mark told The Sun newspaper: "It really is a worry. I hope we're insured for a lot!"
And the 'Back for Good' hitmakers also worry Howard Donald's social media habits will get them into trouble.
Gary Barlow said: "Oh God, he needs a Twitter ban. It's constant. He needs his phone taking off him."
Howard admitted: "I do stupid tweets every day."
However, Mark wasn't too upset when his bandmate recently took to Twitter to proclaim the 'Four Minute Warning' singer had a large penis.
He said: "I didn't mind him saying that one."

Hilary Duff thinks it must be "hard" for Mike Comrie to listen to her music.
The 27-year-old musician and actress split from the retired ice hockey player after three years of marriage in January 2014 and admitted she drew on the emotional period when writing her new album 'Breathe In. Breathe Out.' which she said reveals a lot about their failed relationship.
She said: "I'm sure it was hard for him to listen to some of the things I'm sharing about him.
"But that's my job. I'm an artist. He knew that when he married me."
Although the blonde beauty - who has three-year-old son Luca with her ex-husband - put everything she had into the LP by spilling lots of intimate details about the breakdown of their marriage, she insisted music isn't everything to her, and she wants to keep a steady balance between being a musician, an actress, and having a social life.
She told the Los Angeles Times newspaper: "Trying to penetrate the music world takes all your time - you have to hit every radio station, or they won't play your single, unless you're, like, Taylor Swift.
"That was when I realized that I really care about being an actress, a singer and having a life outside of both. So maybe that means I'm not going to be able to be where I was. I'm not going to be able to fight for being the biggest artist."

The Foo Fighters have been forced to cancel their headline slot at Glastonbury Festival.
The rock group have announced that they will no longer be able to perform at the British festival as well as dates in Belgium, Edinburgh and London's iconic Wembley Stadium after frontman Dave Grohl broke his leg on stage last week.
In a post on their official website, the 46-year-old musician wrote: "It kills me to say it.....the doctors have told us to cancel shows. I'm really so sorry, guys. You know I hate to do it, but I'm afraid it's just not physically possible for me at the moment.
"We're doing our best right now to work out a plan, so bear with us. You know we're good for our word. But for now, I need to make sure we have YEARS of gigs ahead of us.... (sic)"
During his open letter to fans, Dave also recalled the accident which left him with six metal screws in his leg.
He wrote: "I definitely shredded something (ZING!) Wound up feet first over the Edge (pun intended), dropping about 12 feet, dislocating my ankle and snapping my fibula like an old pair of take out chopsticks. Whoopsie daisy. Not good ...
"As I lay there on my back, I just thought, "Are you kidding me? We haven't even gotten to the screamy bit of the song and the gig is f***ing OVER?" So, I asked for a microphone and told the audience I'd get fixed up and come right back to finish the show ASAP. Shock? Probably. But, I couldn't stand the thought of such a perfect night going to waste! (sic)"
In a statement, organisers at Glastonbury Festival have sent Dave their well-wishes.
They said: "We wish Dave Grohl all the best for a full and speedy recovery."

Jess Glynne took advice from Sam Smith about her vocal cord surgery.
The 'Hold My Hand' hitmaker turned to the 23-year-old singer when she began having issues with her voice, with the 'Stay With Me' crooner putting her in touch with a surgeon who recently performed similar surgery on him.
She said on Instagram: "I realised I had a problem with my voice and asked Sam for advice. He put me in touch with Dr Zeitels who I met with last week."
The 25-year-old chart-topper - who is set to release her debut LP 'I Cry When I Laugh' in August - cancelled her set at Isle of Wight Festival on Saturday (13.06.15) due to her vocal issues, and has now had to pull out of her scheduled Glastonbury Festival performance and a tour supporting John Legend as she won't be able to speak for three weeks.
Writing on her account, she added: "I won't be able to talk for three weeks but I will be back singing in August and in plenty of time for both my big UK tour and my first ever American tour, both of which I'm massively excited about. I'd like to take this opportunity to say thanks to my fans who've been very supportive and gave me my first solo number 1 with Hold My Hand (sic)."

Faith No More rocker Roddy Bottum thinks the band are "better at working together" nowadays.
The 'Easy' hitmakers marked a comeback with their first album in 18 years, 'Sol Invictus' last month, and believe their relationships are a lot smoother than when they were originally in the band.
Speaking at Download Festival - sponsored by official partners Zippo - Roddy told downloadfestival.co.uk: "We make decisions on our shows in a different way these days and we are better at working together. We come to terms with the way we want to present ourselves in a much more succinct fashion, like the look of our stage and our live shows, what we wear and what we do."
The 51-year-old keyboardist continued to say their presentation is a lot "stronger" and much more "specific" than the last time they played the heavy metal festival in 2009.
He added: "The way we present ourselves is really specific. For me coming from a theatrical place, I like the way that it looks and the way it sounds and presentation of it. It seems a lot stronger than it was the last time we were around. Plus, we have new songs and are fortunate enough not to just be playing our old catalogue."
The band - featuring Mike Patton, Billy Gould and Mike Bordin - performed on the main stage at the festival on Saturday (13.06.15) where they played several songs from the LP, including 'Black Friday', 'Motherf****r' and 'Superhero', wearing all white on a stage decked out with brightly coloured flowers.

The Darkness' bassist Frankie Poullain thinks their new LP 'Last of Our Kind' is their "heaviest" and "best" record.
The 48-year-old rocker admitted the album has "surpassed" their other albums in his eyes because there is so much energy and emotion in the music.
He said: "The new album came out two weeks ago and apart from 'Permission To Land', it's surpassed that, It's our best record. It's a different thing it's very emotive. Sonically it is our heaviest album and probably most emotional. There is sadness in there and there is silliness as well."
The star was speaking at Download Festival where they surprised guests on Sunday (14.06.15) by performing on The Maverick Stage, with Frankie saying the tented venue was "bulging", much to their delight.
The set included classics such as 'I Believe In A Thing Called Love', 'Growing On Me' and new track 'Open Fire', with the band - also featuring Justin and Dan Hawkins and Rufus Tiger Taylor - wowing the crowds with their outfits and staging.
Speaking to Mike James of 'The Mike James Rock Show', he added: "Entering from the crowd, we've always wanted to do that. We had a Viking with shields waiting. Justin had a very 1970s-esque electric blue satin suit with very high-waisted trousers with flares as well."

Ronan Keating is working on a new "pop folk" solo album.
The 38-year-old singer has revealed he's currently writing his 10th studio album and has compared his new sound to artists such as Damien Rice and John Mayer.
Speaking about the record, he exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "(It sounds like) Glen Hansard and Damien Rice and Ray LaMontagne, John Mayer. It's got a more organic kind of pop folk feel, singer/songwriter-y feel to the songs."
The Boyzone star - who recently revealed he will marry his fiancee Storm Uechtritz later this summer - has been working on the forthcoming collection with singer/songwriter Greg Alexander, with whom he wrote his hit single 'Life is a Rollercoaster', but insisted fans shouldn't expect "that sort of stuff" to feature on the LP.
He said: "I just got back from New York where I was with Greg Alexander, who wrote 'Life is a Rollercoaster'. The songs don't have that feel, I know when I say Greg Alexander people will say, 'Oh! 'Rollercoaster'!' but there's nothing like that on the album. It won't have that sort of stuff."
Instead, the father-of-three - who is hosting the breakfast show on Magic FM all week - said the record will have a "pop folk feel", as he was inspired by the genre while appearing in the West End musical, 'Once', earlier this year.
He explained: "I mean, I was working on the show 'Once' over the winter and that very much influenced me as a guitar player and as a songwriter, so there's a much more kind of pop folk feel to these songs."
Ronan Keating has joined Magic Radio to present their 'Magic in the Morning Breakfast Show' from 15 - 19 June.

Boy George will join Mark Ronson on stage at Glastonbury.
The 'Culture Club' singer will perform his 2010 collaboration 'Somebody to Love Me' with the famous producer for the first time at the annual festival, with Mark admitting he is "really excited" for the show.
The 'Uptown Funk' hitmaker said: "I've put together this band so I'm really excited.
"And we've got Boy George so it's the first time we've been able to do 'Somebody to Love Me'."
The 39-year-old producer also revealed he begged for his set to be moved from the Saturday night to Friday so he clashes with Foo Fighters, because he believed no one would want to see him if he was on at the same time as Saturday's headliner, Kanye West.
He revealed: "We were originally meant to play on Saturday, but you just can't be on at the same time as Kanye, so I was like, 'Please move us!'"
Meanwhile, Mark - who wed model Joséphine de La Baume in 2011 - has also revealed he is working on a new album.
Speaking to Jo Whiley for Radio Times magazine: "I don't know if I'm supposed to say any of this, but yeah, why not? I guess I put so much into this album, it's really important to me to try not to short-change any part of it.
"I don't want anything sort of half-baked, because I've done that in the past and been really disappointed with myself."

Lindsay Lohan will feature on Duran Duran's new album.
The 'Mean Girls' actress, who released her debut record 'Speak' in 2004, has recorded with the band for their 14th LP, 'Paper Gods', alongside other artists including Kiesza, Janelle Monae and Mr Hudson.
Rumours the 28-year-old star would feature on the album emerged in December when she posted a photo of herself with the band online, and it's now been announced their collaboration will feature on the record, which will be released worldwide on September 11 2015.
The band - featuring Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and John and Roger Taylor - last released 'All You Need Is Now' in 2010, and the group said they set out to beat it with this LP by letting themselves be influenced by their favourite records.
Describing 'Paper Gods', keyboardist Nick said: "We found a whole new level of inspiration on this album."
Lead singer Simon added: "I judge what we release by my favourite albums - 'Horses', 'Harvest', 'Let It Bleed', 'Blue', 'Transformer', 'Aladdin Sane'. Those are classic albums. The only rule is it's got to be music you can live with for the rest of your life."
The forthcoming LP will also feature Nile Rodgers, Mark Ronson and former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante who said it hails back to "early Duran".
He explained: "It really goes back to that strange early Duran mix: the hard-edged pop, coexisting with this dark, weird, experimental side."