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Take That Present The Circus Live! |
Take That, Britain's best-loved band, will hit the road next summer for a string of stadium dates around the UK!
Take That Present The Circus Live - Summer 2009, is the band's biggest tour to date with a monumental number of stadium dates across the UK. The Circus - Live, promises to be the band's most visually dramatic, diverse and exhilarating tour yet!
Take That Present The Circus Live - Summer 2009, is the band's biggest tour to date with a monumental number of stadium dates across the UK. The Circus - Live, promises to be the band's most visually dramatic, diverse and exhilarating tour yet!
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"All of us are really looking forward to getting back on the road again next summer. We can think of no better way to thank everyone for their support and loyalty over the past three years. This will be the biggest tour we've ever done so we'll be working especially hard over the next few months to make it the best and most exciting Take That tour yet."
When Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange and Mark Owen tentatively met up back in 2005 to discuss the possibility of making a TV documentary to mark 10 years since their split, none of them could have imagined the incredible journey they were about to embark upon.
The documentary was a ratings winner, attracting over seven million viewers, and as a direct result, on 25 November 2005, the band appeared at an official press conference to announce a British tour - their first in 10 years. The Ultimate Tour sold out in record time and saw the band play to over half a million euphoric fans around the nation winning critical and public acclaim.
And that was just the beginning. Take That's last album Beautiful World sold more than two and half million copies in the UK, making it their most successful record to date. The subsequent 2007 Beautiful World Tour smashed all box office records, selling over 370,000 tickets in less than two hours. Since reclaiming their place as Britain's best-loved band, Take That have played live to over a million people across the UK and Europe and the live DVDs they released in the wake of both tours were the biggest selling music titles of 2006 (The Ultimate Tour) and 2007 (Beautiful World Live). They have also won a string of prestigious awards including an Ivor Novello for single Shine with Mark Owen on lead vocals, and three Brit Awards: Best Single (2007) for Patience, Best Single (2008) for Shine and Best Live Act (2008).
When Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange and Mark Owen tentatively met up back in 2005 to discuss the possibility of making a TV documentary to mark 10 years since their split, none of them could have imagined the incredible journey they were about to embark upon.
The documentary was a ratings winner, attracting over seven million viewers, and as a direct result, on 25 November 2005, the band appeared at an official press conference to announce a British tour - their first in 10 years. The Ultimate Tour sold out in record time and saw the band play to over half a million euphoric fans around the nation winning critical and public acclaim.
And that was just the beginning. Take That's last album Beautiful World sold more than two and half million copies in the UK, making it their most successful record to date. The subsequent 2007 Beautiful World Tour smashed all box office records, selling over 370,000 tickets in less than two hours. Since reclaiming their place as Britain's best-loved band, Take That have played live to over a million people across the UK and Europe and the live DVDs they released in the wake of both tours were the biggest selling music titles of 2006 (The Ultimate Tour) and 2007 (Beautiful World Live). They have also won a string of prestigious awards including an Ivor Novello for single Shine with Mark Owen on lead vocals, and three Brit Awards: Best Single (2007) for Patience, Best Single (2008) for Shine and Best Live Act (2008).
The Circus - Live, has become the fastest selling tour in UK history. Over 600,000 tickets were snapped up by 1.30pm on 31 October, smashing all UK box office records to date including that held by Michael Jackson for his `87 Bad Tour.
"We are, once again, totally astounded by the response today and amazed at being able to break such records - we feel very privileged to be in this position at such a time. We're all meeting up this afternoon to start planning next summer and promise to make it the very best show we've ever done. See you in 2009!"
"We are, once again, totally astounded by the response today and amazed at being able to break such records - we feel very privileged to be in this position at such a time. We're all meeting up this afternoon to start planning next summer and promise to make it the very best show we've ever done. See you in 2009!"
