Take That announce Etihad Stadium gig as they bring back legendary The Circus tour

Take That are back – and they’re rolling back the years to reignite their record-breaking ‘The Circus Live’ tour from 2009.

The much-loved trio will be performing at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester as part of a run of 11 stadium gigs across the UK.

‘The Circus Live’ is one of their most iconic live shows, originally staged in 2009 and breaking records as the fastest-selling tour in history, attracting one million fans.

And now the remaining members of Take That – Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald – are hitting the road once again, more than 17 years after that iconic tour.

It’ll give fans who were there the first time around a chance to relive the magic, while new fans can see one of the most groundbreaking live productions in pop history for the first time – this time even bigger than before.

In 2009, the tour featured fire-breathers, stilt-walkers, clowns, acrobats, tap dancers, and a huge 30-foot-tall mechanical elephant, which carried the band through the audience.

Take That have been teasing the tour all week with videos hinting at clown paint and unicycles, sending fans into a frenzy.

They’ll be performing the original 2009 setlist, with a few surprises thrown in.

Take That said upon announcing their Etihad Stadium shows: “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!

“We’re so excited to welcome audiences old and new across the UK and Ireland to the spectacle of The Circus Live next summer. See you out there!”

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Take That have so far announced two nights at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester (though we’re willing to bet they’ll add more), on 19 and 20 June 2026.

Take That will be supported by The Script (who supported on the original Circus Live Tour) and Belinda Carlisle.

Tickets for Take That at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester will go on sale from 9:30am on Friday, 26 September, or you can pre-order their upcoming tenth studio album for first access.

Tickets go on sale on Friday 26th September at 9.30am from www.ticketmaster.co.uk / www.gigsandtours.com / www.takethat.com

Take That – The Circus Live – Summer 2026 Full Tour Dates

• Friday 29 May – Southampton St Mary’s Stadium
• Friday 05 June – Coventry Building Society Arena
• Saturday 06 June – Coventry Building Society Arena
• Tuesday 09 June – Sunderland Stadium of Light
• Friday 12 June – Glasgow Hampden Park
• Tuesday 16 June – Cardiff Principality Stadium
• Friday 19 June – Manchester Etihad Stadium
• Saturday 20 June – Manchester Etihad Stadium
• Friday 26 June – London Stadium
• Saturday 27 June – London Stadium
• Saturday 4 July – Dublin Aviva Stadium *
• *support acts to be confirmed

Praying for more of this, too – naturally…

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