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form of self-expression. They’re a lovely accessory, and I love accessories, so it’s been good. Red carpet: Gary Barlow arrives for X Factor auditions classic style that doesn’t chase what’s going on currently. You don’t even need to go back in the day, just go back to the last tour. I’m the most reluctant person to wear these things.

The problem is, it’s one thing trying them on in this room and it’s another thing stepping in front of 18,000 people with the lights, because it looks completely different then.

Standing in this room you’d go, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me’, but get on a stage with everyone screaming and it’s brilliant, totally brilliant, so sometimes I’ve got to open my mind a bit to that.

Who’s the most adventurous in terms of fashion in the band?

I’ve always been the straightest dresser, only because I’ve always preferred smarter clothes.

Whenever we’re doing anything as a band, Mark loves his really bright ‘fashiony’ stuff, which is brilliant. Howard likes his retro and vintage stuff. And I am the one who wears the shirt and the tie, so I’ve always felt like the straighter one in the band.

Who are you favourite designers or fashion brands?

I never feel like I’ve got my finger on the pulse of fashion, but I like nice clothes, so I go for that, rather than the most fashionable thing.

I love Tom Ford clothes. I haven’t got many of them, but I love them. To me, that marks an occasion — that’s a birthday, that’s a smart night out, a charity dinner, it’s something where you’re like ‘I’m going in’.

I have to say, some of the suits I’ve got that get the most attention are (from) Topman — they’ve just been fitted.

I have a really good tailor who can make anything look really good. It’s definitely not the expensive stuff that always looks the best. It’s exciting because it’s three decades of music (we’ve had) now and fashion.

So, when you start looking at that, it’s really exciting what you can do with the show and audio-wise.

But there’s no question about it — it’s big for us. It’s not just nice to be here, it’s also amazing that it’s been so long. This is the 30th year, 2019, so I’m proud of it now.

I think it’s hard to keep anything going for a long time, so I’m really glad we got this far.

The Nineties are really back in fashion at the moment, does it remind you of starting out with Take That? Are there any things you wouldn’t want to wear now that they’ve had a comeback? Did you embrace fashion in the early days of Take That, or were you reluctant about what they wanted you to wear?