POP superstars Take That will celebrate their 30th anniversary with a massive UK arena and stadium tour including five dates at Manchester Arena.
Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen will bring their greatest hits to venues across the UK, kicking off in Sheffield on Monday, April 15 2019.
The tour then sees the trio take to Glasgow, Manchester, Dublin, London, Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Southampton, Bristol, Norwich, Middlesborough and Huddersfield. They’ll be playing six nights at London’s vast O2 as part of the run, as well as five homecoming shows in Manchester.
They’ll be joined on the road by special guest Rick Astley.
The tour news coincides with the announcement of their Odyssey album, a re-imagining of the band’s greatest hits. The release is preceded by the reworked version of Pray, originally unveiled in 1993 as part of their Everything Changes album.
Take That formed in Manchester in 1989, going on to become the biggest boy band in the world. Looking back at their career, which includes a nine year break, Howard Donald says: “The story is, if you think about it, quite mad.”
“We wanted to tell the tale of the band,” adds Mark Owen. “The history of what happened to us. If you only ever own one of them, this should be the definitive Take That record.”
Speaking of the creation of Odyssey‘s re-imagined tracks, Gary Barlow reveals: “Some have been reworked, but without spoiling what people loved about them in the first place. You’ve got to be respectful, but at the same time, you’ve got to let the ambition of doing something new and refreshed come through as well.”
The Greatest Hits Live 2019 tour, featuring special guest Rick Astley, will take to the following venues:
15 April 2019 – FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield
16 April 2019 – FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield
18 April 2019 – The SSE Hydro, Glasgow
19 April 2019 – The SSE Hydro, Glasgow
20 April 2019 – The SSE Hydro, Glasgow
22 April 2019 – Manchester Arena, Manchester
23 April 2019 – Manchester Arena, Manchester
25 April 2019 – Manchester Arena, Manchester
26 April 2019 – Manchester Arena, Manchester
27 April 2019 – Manchester Arena, Manchester
29 April 2019 – 3Arena, Dublin
2 May 2019 – The O2, London
3 May 2019 – The O2, London
4 May 2019 – The O2, London
5 May 2019 – The O2, London
7 May 2019 – The O2, London
8 May 2019 – The O2, London
12 May 2019 – Birmingham Arena, Birmingham
13 May 2019 – Birmingham Arena, Birmingham
14 May 2019 – Birmingham Arena, Birmingham
17 May 2019 – Birmingham Arena, Birmingham
18 May 2019 – Birmingham Arena, Birmingham
23 May 2019 – MK Stadium, Milton Keynes
25 May 2019 – St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton
28 May 2019 – Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
30 May 2019 – Carrow Road Stadium, Norwich City
1 June 2019 – Riverside Stadium, Middlesborough
4 June 2019 – John Smith’s Stadium, Huddersfield
Tickets for Take That’s Greatest Hits Live 2019 tour will range between £55 – £99 plus fees. VIP packages are also available.
Tickets for Take That’s UK tour will be available from 9:30 on Friday 28 September 2018 through Ticketmaster.co.uk.
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