Take That Presents: The Circus Live

Take That Presents: The Circus Live

Promotional poster for Take That Presents: The Circus Live
Tour by Take That
Associated album The Circus
Start date June 5, 2009
Legs 1
Shows 20 (total)
Take That tour chronology
Beautiful World Tour 2007
(2007)
Take That Presents: The Circus Live
(2009)
Progress Live
(2011)

Take That Presents: The Circus Live is a concert tour by reunited British boyband, Take That. The tour promoted their fifth studio album, The Circus. The tour began on 5 June 2009 in Sunderland and finished on 5 July 2009 at London's Wembley Stadium. The Circus Live is Take That's biggest tour to date[1] and was seen by over 1,000,000 people.[2] The tour became the fastest selling in UK history, with the 600,000 for all original eight dates selling out in five hours.[3]

Contents

Video Release

The Wembley Stadium Concerts of 3 and 4 July 2009 were recorded and released as a two-disc DVD and Blu-ray set, released on 23 November 2009. A live album, containing several live recordings, and a bonus disc of Take That at Abbey Road, was released a week later. Highlights were broadcast on ITV1 on 19 December 2009. The DVD became the fastest selling DVD of all time in the UK, selling 82,414 copies in 24 hours,[4] and 181,979 in its first week. It had sold over 600,000 copies in September 2011.[5]

Setlist

  1. "The Adventures Of A Lonely Balloon" (Take That)
  2. "Greatest Day" (Take That)
  3. "Hello" (Take That/S. Robson)
  4. "Could It Be Magic" (B.Manilow/A.Anderson)
  5. "Pray" (G.Barlow)
  6. "A Million Love Songs" (G.Barlow)
  7. "Back For Good" (G.Barlow)
  8. "The Garden" (Take That)
  9. "Shine" (Take That/S. Robson)
  10. "Up All Night" (Take That/J. Norton/B. Mark)
  11. "Wooden Boat" (Take That/B. Mann)
  12. "How Did It Come To This?" (Take That/J. Norton/B. Mark)
  13. "The Snippets - Love Ain't Here Anymore/Babe/Nobody Else" (G.Barlow)
  14. "The Circus" (Take That)
  15. "What Is Love?" (Take That)
  16. "The Clowns Medley" (G.Barlow/R.Hedges/G.Stack/D.Lambert/B.Potter)
  17. "Said It All" (Take That/S. Robson)
  18. "Never Forget" (G.Barlow)
  19. "Patience" (Take That/J. Shanks)
  20. "Relight My Fire" {accompanied by Loleatta Holloway} (D.Hartman)
  21. "Hold Up A Light" (Take That/J. Norton/B. Mark)
  22. "Rule The World" (Take That)

Tour dates

[6]

Date City Country Venue Guest opening act
5 June 2009 Sunderland England Stadium of Light James Morrison
6 June 2009 The Saturdays
8 June 2009 Coventry Ricoh Arena
9 June 2009 James Morrison
10 June 2009 The Script
13 June 2009 Dublin Ireland Croke Park
16 June 2009 Cardiff Wales Millennium Stadium James Morrison
17 June 2009
19 June 2009 Glasgow Scotland Hampden Park The Saturdays
20 June 2009 James Morrison
21 June 2009 The Script
23 June 2009 Manchester England Old Trafford Cricket Ground
24 June 2009
26 June 2009 James Morrison
27 June 2009 Lady Gaga
28 June 2009 The Script
1 July 2009 London Wembley Stadium James Morrison
3 July 2009 The Script
4 July 2009 Lady Gaga
5 July 2009

Charts

DVDs Chart (2009) Peak
position
Irish Top 10 Music DVDs[7] 1
UK Music DVD Chart[8] 1

References