Jason Orange

Jason Orange
Orange on stage with Take That, Take That Presents: The Circus Live 2009 Tour
Background information
Birth name	Jason Thomas Orange
Born	(1970-07-10) 10 July 1970 Crumpsall, Manchester, England
Genres	Pop pop rock
Occupations	Singer songwriter dancer musician
Instruments	Vocals guitar
Years active	1983–1999 2005–2013

Jason Thomas Orange (born 10 July 1970) is a retired English singer, dancer and actor. He was a member of Take That during their original run from 1990 to 1996 and again following their reunion in 2005. He officially left the band in September 2014, but wasn’t an active part of Take That after the group had performed at The Music Industry Trust Awards in November 2012. His last public appearance was acting in an episode of Channel 4 comedy Shameless, which aired in April 2013.

Early life

Jason Thomas Orange was born on 10 July 1970 in Manchester, Lancashire to Tony and Jenny Orange a few minutes before his twin brother Justin. He attended South Trafford College for two years beginning in 2001 and studied A-level English, and an access course including psychology, biology and history though he did not progress onto higher education.

He was part of the Manchester-based breakdance crew Street Machine in the mid 1980s. They won the Manchester round of the UK Breakdancing Championship in 1985. He also appeared in the show The Hit Man and Her as one of the featured dancers on the show (and in a duo called Look Twice) in the late 1980s.

Take That

Orange joined the boy band Take That in September 1989 and stayed with the band until their split in February 1996.

In 2005, Take That reformed as a four-piece and released a new greatest hits album, followed in 2006 by their first studio album since 1995, Beautiful World. Orange contributed both songwriting and lead vocals on the album. In 2008, they released another studio album, The Circus. In 2010, the album Progress was released by the band as a five-piece.

On 24 September 2014, it was announced that Orange had left the band, stating that he did not wish to continue recording music and touring.

Studio albums with Take That

• Take That & Party (1992)
• Everything Changes (1993)
• Nobody Else (1995)
• Beautiful World (2006)
• The Circus (2008)
• Progress (2010)
• Progressed (2011)

Orange is credited on Odyssey (2018), as it contains re-recordings of songs he contributed to during his time in Take That. However, he did not participate in the making of the album.

Tours With Take That

• Party Tour (1992–93)
• Everything Changes Tour (1993–94)
• Pops Tour (1994–95)
• Nobody Else Tour (1995)
• The Ultimate Tour (2006)
• Beautiful World Tour 2007 (2007)
• Take That Present: The Circus Live (2009)
• Progress Live (2011)

Lead vocal (Take That)

• "Wooden Boat" (from Beautiful World, 2006)
• "84" (B-side for the 2008 track "The Garden")
• "How Did It Come to This" (from The Circus, 2008)
• "Flowerbed" (from Progress, 2010)
• "Wonderful World" (with Mark Owen, from Progressed, 2011)

Acting

Orange appeared in the 1998 Lynda La Plante television crime drama Killer Net in 1998, for which his appearance was a major selling point. The following year he was in the London stage production of Gob in 1999. He was the lead actor together with Tom Hayes in the play, which was written by Jim Kenworth, and directed by James Martin Charlton.

Orange appeared in a cameo role in the Channel 4 comedy Shameless, which aired in April 2013.