Jason Orange
{{Short description|British pop singer}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jason Orange
| image = Progress Live 2011 Tour, Sunderland Stadium of Light Jason Orange (5783421663).jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Jason Thomas Orange
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1970|7|10}}
| birth_place = Manchester, England
| genre = {{hlist|Pop|pop rock}}
| occupation =
| years_active = 1988–1999; 2005–2014
| label = {{hlist|Atlantic|BMG|Interscope|Polydor|RCA|UMG}}
| past_member_of = Take That
}}
Jason Thomas Orange (born 10 July 1970) is an English former singer. He is best known for being a member of the pop group Take That from the band's creation in 1990 until their split in 1996, and again from their reunion in 2005 until he retired from entertainment in late-September 2014.
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.{{cite news |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/jason-orange/ |title=Jason Orange – Biography |website=Hello! Magazine |access-date=3 December 2020}} He studied A-Level English at South Trafford College from 2001 to 2003 and then took an Access to Higher Education course on biology, history and psychology, though he did not attend university.{{cite news|author=Katie Shimmon|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/jan/31/furthereducation.uk1|title=Orange's college days|work=The Guardian|access-date=30 May 2011|date=31 January 2006}}
Career
Orange was part of the Manchester-based breakdance crew Street Machine in the mid-1980s.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/oct/06/dance.popandrock|title=I bet you looked good on the dancefloor|first=John|last=Robb|newspaper=The Guardian |date=6 October 2006|via=www.theguardian.com}} They won the Manchester round of the UK Breakdancing Championship in 1985.{{Cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq8DfF8wO8w|title=Video|website=M.youtube.com|access-date=15 July 2020}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}} He also appeared on the show The Hit Man and Her as a featured dancer and was a member of a duo called Look Twice.{{Cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0zk4NzbIHOs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/0zk4NzbIHOs |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Video|website=M.youtube.com|date=30 May 2014 |access-date=15 July 2020}}{{cbignore}} in the late 1980s.
Orange joined Take That when the group was created in 1990 and stayed with them until their hiatus in February 1996. As an actor, he appeared in the 1998 crime drama series Killer Net, for which his appearance was a major selling point.{{Citation|last=Sax|first=Geoffrey|title=Killer Net|date=2005-04-04|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Killer-Net-DVD-Emily-Woof/dp/B0007RUSX0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462010752&sr=8-1&keywords=killer+net|publisher=Contender|access-date=2019-05-08}} The following year, he took the leading role in a London stage production of Gob, written by Jim Kenworth and directed by James Martin Charlton.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/1999/mar/30/artsfeatures|title=Gob|last=Gardner|first=Lyn|date=1999-03-29|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2017-01-17}}
Take That reunited without Robbie Williams in 2005 and released a new greatest hits album, followed in 2006 by Beautiful World, their first studio album since 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.preview-stock.com/blog2/?p=13|title=Interscope Records Take That Press release 2007|publisher=Previewstock.com|date=11 December 2006|access-date=30 July 2012}}{{dead link|date=May 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Orange contributed both songwriting and lead vocals on the album, as he had done for past albums. In 2008, the band released the album The Circus.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/25/jason-orange-leaves-take-that|title=Jason Orange leaves Take That|author=Chris Johnston|work=The Guardian|date=24 September 2014}} In 2010, Williams rejoined the group and they released the album Progress. Orange continued to act, appearing in a cameo role in the Channel 4 comedy series Shameless in April 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9795194/Jason-Orange-in-Shameless-guest-appearance.html|title=Jason Orange in Shameless guest appearance|date=11 January 2013|work=The Telegraph}}
On 24 September 2014, it was announced that Orange had left Take That as he wished to retire from the entertainment industry.{{cite web |url=https://www.popjustice.com/thenews/jason-orange-has-left-take-that/131088/| title=Jason Orange has left Take That | publisher=Popjustice | date=24 September 2014 | access-date=24 September 2014| author=O'Mance, Brad}}
References
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Category:Musicians from Manchester