MUMBAI: TV mogul Simon Cowell says not signing the British band Take That was a “stupid mistake”.
The ‘X Factor’ judge revealed he was “too late” when he went back on his decision to give the “Back For Good” hitmakers a record deal back in the 1990s and it has always bothered him, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
The 55-year-old told Radio Times magazine, “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’.”
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“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.”
Cowell added, “It was a stupid mistake. It was pretty bad when they exploded … but it happens.”
Take That is one of the most successful boy bands in the history of the UK charts, and helped start the careers of another ‘X Factor’ judge- Gary Barlow and 17-time BRIT award winner- Robbie Williams. Currently, the band consists of just three of its original five members- Barlow, Mark Owens and Howard Donald, after the other two members- Williams and Jason Orange, quit the band.
