TAKE THAT

PRESENT THE CIRCUS LIVE - SUMMER 2009

SUMMER STADIUM TOUR ANNOUNCED TODAY

Take That, Britain's best-loved band, today confirmed that they're to hit the road next summer for a string of stadium dates around the UK.

Take That Present The Circus Live – Summer 2009, will see Gary, Howard, Mark and Jason embark on their biggest tour to date with a monumental eight stadium dates across the UK. The Circus - Live, promises to be the bands most visually dramatic, diverse and exhilarating tour yet.

Kicking off at Sunderland's fabled 'Stadium of Light on June 6, the band then travel to Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, Glasgow's Hampden Park, three nights in their home town of Manchester at Old Trafford and culminating with two nights at London's state of the art, Wembley Stadium.

Tickets go on sale on Friday 31 October at 9am.

SATURDAY 6 JUNE - SUNDERLAND STADIUM OF LIGHT
TUESDAY 16 JUNE - CARDIFF MILLENNIUM STADIUM
SATURDAY 20 JUNE - GLASGOW HAMPDEN PARK
FRIDAY 26 JUNE - MANCHESTER OLD TRAFFORD CRICKET GROUND
SATURDAY 27 JUNE - MANCHESTER OLD TRAFFORD CRICKET GROUND
SUNDAY 28 JUNE - MANCHESTER OLD TRAFFORD CRICKET GROUND
FRIDAY 3 JULY - LONDON WEMBLEY STADIUM
SATURDAY 4 JULY - LONDON WEMBLEY STADIUM

"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).

Full Tour Dates and Box Office Details:
Sat 06 June 09 - Sunderland Stadium of Light
Tue 16 June 09 - Cardiff Millennium Stadium
Sat 20 June 09 - Glasgow Hampden Park
Fri 26 June 09 - Manchester Old Trafford Cricket Ground
Sat 27 June 09 - Manchester Old Trafford Cricket Ground
Sun 28 June 09 - Manchester Old Trafford Cricket Ground
Fri 3 July 09 - Wembley Stadium
Sat 4 July 09 - Wembley Stadium

Buy online: www.gigsandtours.com / www.ticketmaster.co.uk / www.seetickets.com

Tickets Priced at: £45.00 & £55.00

Tickets onsale Friday 31st October @ 9am

Take That release their brand new album. The Circus, the long awaited follow-up to the nine times platinum Beautiful World, on 1 December through Polydor Records. The first single from the album, Greatest Day, is out on 24 November.

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British boyband TAKE THAT have urged fans to buy tickets for their concerts instead of rockers OASIS' upcoming live dates - insisting their gigs are better value for money.
The two groups are both kicking off their new stadium tours in June 2009, with both bands playing shows at several of the same venues just days apart from each other.
And the Pray hitmakers are adamant music fans should buy tickets for their show - because Oasis "just stand around and sing".
Take That star Howard Donald says, "There's a totally different energy to the two shows. We're all about the spectacle, putting on an amazing show for the fans, with lots of high energy and dancing.
"Oasis are great - if you just want to see a band stand still and sing. They have a different kind of energy."
Fellow bandmember Mark Owen adds, "I really want to go and see Oasis but if finances make people choose one or the other, then come and see us."
In 2000, Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher was famously embroiled in a war of words with former Take That star Robbie Williams, who challenged the rocker to a boxing match after Gallagher referred to the singer as "the fat dancer from Take That" in an interview.

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