Take That Presents: The Circus Live

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]

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

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Charts

References