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Gary Barlow has praised the Brit Awards decision to move to Manchester for the next two years, stating 'it's not just about London'. Gary made the comments during an interview at a special screening for the Take That documentary, and was joined by band members Mark Owen and Howard Donald.

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00:00important to have such a big celebration of music British music up north it's the
00:06first one up north isn't it first ever first ever the next two years are going
00:11to be up north aren't they yeah I mean Manchester's now as you know is such a
00:15place for media look we've got media city there now you know people who are
00:20trained in like camera work and that were never trained in areas like that
00:24so it's such a massive thing for the country so it doesn't surprise me at all
00:28the Brits are there in fact it should have been there five years ago probably
00:31just because it's it's not just about London the music industry in fact
00:36prop London's probably down the list you know so much regional talent look back
00:41in history and see where bands and artists have come from all over the
00:46country not just in London I think I think that's one of the benefits of
00:51having an internet based industry now is that you can be anywhere doesn't matter
00:55where you are even as artists working we can be anywhere we can be songwriters
01:01and live anywhere now because the world's a smaller place

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