Take That to Revive Record-Breaking Circus Live Tour in 2026

Take That have announced they will bring back one of their most-loved shows, The Circus Live, for a major stadium tour across the UK and Ireland next summer.

Originally staged in 2009, the production set records as the fastest-selling tour in British history, with more than 600,000 tickets snapped up in under five hours and over a million fans attending the shows.

The new tour begins at St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton on 29 May 2026 and will include dates in Coventry, Sunderland, Glasgow, Cardiff, Manchester and two nights at the London Stadium on 26 and 27 June. It concludes at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on 4 July.

Fans who pre-order Take That’s forthcoming tenth studio album, due later in 2026, will gain first access to tickets.

Speaking on the news, the band 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! 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!”

The original Circus Live was praised for its ambition and creativity, featuring fire-breathers, stilt-walkers, acrobats, tap dancers and a 30-foot mechanical elephant carrying the band through the audience.

The 2026 tour will revive much of the original setlist while introducing new elements.

Joining the iconic nineties band is Irish group The Script, who supported Take That in 2009, and will return as special guests for all UK shows. They will be joined by American pop star, Belinda Carlisle.

Take That said they were “so excited to welcome audiences old and new” to what they promise will be a “bigger and bolder” version of the groundbreaking production.

Tickets go on sale on Friday 26 September at 9.30am from Ticketmaster, Gigs and Tours, and Take That’s own website.