Gary Barlow has been building anticipation all day, telling his fans that he had a very special announcement to make this evening.

The X Factor judge told his Twitter followers that he had some big news for them, though at one point did take to the social networking site to admit that he was worried he had built the announcement up a little too much.

However, the Take That star couldn’t have been happier, when he did reveal that his exciting news, was that he and his wife Dawn are expecting their fourth child.

Gary tweeted:

My wife and I are expecting our 4th child #Anotherowngoal

Barlow and his wife of 12 years already have three beautiful children, Daniel (born 2000), Emily (born 2002) and Daisy (born 2009). He had them specially catered for and had family friendly facilities laid on for his kids and the youngsters of his Take That bandmates, when they performed at their Progress: Live tour last year.