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Send in the clowns: A pop show that’s too over the top? Take That almost achieve it with the excesses of their new tour

Over the coming month close to a million people will see Take That secure their position as Britain’s most popular band with a show of such preposterous proportions and lavish excess that it could make Cher sporting rhinestones seem subtle. Like Britney Spears, Take That have themed their tour around a circus, but the boys’ show makes their rival’s gig look like an end-of-pier performance. Britney has a cast of 50? Pah, Take That have more than 200. She rides an umbrella? They have a hot-air balloon. They hitch a lift from the centre of the stadium to their big-top tent on a 20ft-high mechanical elephant whose tail is an upside-down woman with hair extensions. Heck, they even learnt to ride unicycles.

Take That’s third tour since re-forming was notable not just for its sets, stunts, eye-catching costumes and army of acrobatic extras, but for the attitude of its leading men. Where previously the foursome’s faces were etched with amazement that they had been given a second shot at fame, here they were fixed with a steely professionalism that meant, even dressed in sequins, thrusting their crotches throughout routines they first learnt in their teens, they betrayed not a trace of embarrassment. Yes, they looked ludicrous on countless occasions — among them, applying amateur greasepaint to their faces while wearing tartan clown trousers and delivering a soppy ballad without smiling — but their lack of shame proved a prime selling point.

Over almost two hours every conceivable circus act, from the fairly normal — trapeze and tightrope, jugglers and showgirls hula-hooping with fire — to the breathtakingly bizarre clowns dancing with pretend newspapers, was explored and exploited to the extent that the music sometimes took a back seat. The old hits — Pray, Could It Be Magic and a fabulous Never Forget, performed with a full marching band, and a bloke tap-dancing the beat on a giant drum — had the crowd handclapping in unison and howling along, as did the highlights from the 2006 nine-times platinum-selling comeback album Beautiful World.

Songs from the current album, The Circus, were more hit-and-miss — a run of bland ballads was greeted with a rush for the bar, but the Beatles-like Hello went down well, as did Up All Night, during which the four played like a regular rock band (with Howard on drums, Jason and Mark on guitar and Gary at piano), albeit a band looking like a cross between Village People and Richard Gere in the cheesy scene in An Officer and a Gentleman.

By the time flames were bursting through the air and fireworks exploding for a finale that included Relight My Fire performed with its pint-sized, original singer, Loleatta Holloway, and an evil, inflatable ringmaster, the circus theme had been wrung dry. A pop show that’s too over the top? Take That almost achieved it.

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Amanda, 36, escaped with minor injuries while Ben, 10, was unhurt.

But she was devastated he would not see his idols sing hits such as Greatest Day after waiting six months for the concert.

Luckily, the Pc who attended the smash told band star Jason Orange - and they laid on VIP tickets for the next night's gig. Amanda, 36, said: "Ben's a big Take That fan and I got the tickets for his Christmas present, so I was devastated he missed the concert.

"But I was over the moon when the band fixed up tickets for us. It was so kind. We got VIP seats next to Jason's family and Ben loved it."

The schoolboy added: "Take That are my favourite band. It was a great show and we were glad we got to see them."
Nhs worker Amanda had chest, back and whiplash injuries and her car was a write-off in a multivehicle pile-up on Friday as the pair drove to the Sunderland concert.

Three of the other four vehicles involved were also going to the gig.

The officer who rushed to the scene, Tony Houghton, bumped into Jason on Saturday when he was called to move fans camped outside. Pc Houghton said: "I saw Gary Barlow saying goodbye to his wife, Jason Orange and the tour manager. When I told him about Ben and his mum he said, 'I'm not having that.' The band were really down to earth."

Jason and pals Gary, Howard Donald, and Mark Owen laid on three seats for Saturday's gig, including an extra one for Ben's dad Danny, 35.

Everyone else involved in the accident had managed to get to Friday night's show.

Take That's record label Polydor said: "Jason was glad to step in when he heard what had happened."
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