Gary Barlow gets new tattoo dedicated to his kids ahead of UK tour

Take That star Gary Barlow has revealed a new tattoo dedicated to his children. Eagle-eyed fans spotted the inking on a pre-tour photo showing the star relaxing on a sofa, with the words "not long now". The tattoo has the four letters D, E, D and P on his inside right arm.

They are for his children Daniel, 23, Emily, 21, Daisy, 14 and Poppy, who was stillborn in 2012. It comes as Gary, 53, embarks on a 41-date tour with the band.

Take That’s This Life tour kicked off in Sheffield at the weekend. A fan page who re-posted the picture wrote: “Oohhh do we see a new tattoo also Gary?” Amanda Cox added: “Looks like his children’s initials.”

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Gary has recently reflected on the loss of Poppy, telling The Imperfects podcast: ‘I’ve been angry for a long time about that, I haven’t really found peace with it yet.’ He added: "We had a worrying statistic when it happened to us, something like 95 percent of couples split up when something like that happens to them. I think it comes down to men deal with it differently than the women do. My wife does far better than I do, she’s a much stronger person than I am."

Gary also shared how he copes with his daughter's loss through his music, saying: "For me, usually my way around most things in life is not talking about them, I write music. I’ve got lots of music that keeps her alive for me on a nightly basis. When I see audiences singing along, that’s the life for me, that’s what she brought and it’s here in front of me and it happens a few times a week on stage and that’s the way I keep her close