NEWS: Take That Announce Return The Circus Live Tour

It has been announced that Take That will be bringing back their epic 2009 tour The Circus to stadiums across the UK and Ireland next summer.

The tour is set to open  at St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton on 29th May, before heading Coventry, Sunderland , Glasgow, Cardiff, Manchester, two nights at London Stadium on June 26th and 27th  and a date at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on the 4th July.

Back in 2009, The Circus live broke records with more than 600,000 tickets sold in five hours.

Talking about bringing the show back, Take That (formed of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen) said: “The Circus tour was one of our favourite experiences as a band and, in the years since, we’ve talked many times about how much we’d love to do it again one day. Well, that time has come!”

The tour will be supported by The Script and Belinda Carlisle, who will join the group on all dates except for the final one in Dublin.

It has been promised that the tour will replicate the 2009 tour with a few new additions as well as the circus performances from the show from the first time around.

The band have announced tickets will go on sale on Friday, 26 September from 9.30am.The tickets will be available from Ticketmaster, Gigsandtours and on Take That’s own website, with fans able to get early access to tickets  if they preorder Take That’s new album, due to be released next year.

Take That last toured in 2023 in celebration of the release of their ninth studio album ‘This Life’ . They are currently working on their tenth album, which is due to be released towards the end of 2026, after they finish their Circus Live tour.