After being pushed and pulled within Take That in 1995 Rob was on a mission to do everything or anything to show he’d departed from the band, the boyband values and clean cut image.

Although he set the way for many solo careers, being the first out and having the advantage of a head start on releasing a first hit.

Zayn and Gerri Haliwell made similar breaks away from their pop bands in the noughties and tens.

It was so dramatic and around Valentine’s day that the Samartains set up a dedicated phone line when Take That later split.