Mark Owen for Dublin and Belfast shows

Mark Owen leaves the rest of the Take That boys behind next month as he plays the Dublin Olympia (June 19) and the Belfast Limelight (20).

He’ll be armed with a new album The Art Of Doing Nothing, which includes Salford chanteuse Ren Harvieu and London rapper Jake Emlyn among its cast of collaborators.

“It feels better somewhere in my psyche to call it a project rather than a solo album because so many people have contributed,” Owen notes.