Take That to bring Circus Live tour to Manchester

Take That have announced plans to take their Circus Live tour back on the road next summer, including two hometown dates in Manchester.

Ahead of releasing their 10th studio album towards the end of 2026, they will play at Etihad Stadium on 19 and 20 September.

Take That will play nine other shows at stadiums across the UK and Ireland, starting in Southampton on 29 May and finishing in Dublin on 4 July.

Their first Circus Live tour, in the summer of 2009, saw 600,000 tickets being sold in less than five hours.

Take That, made up of Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald, 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.

"We're so excited to welcome audiences old and new across the UK and Ireland to the spectacle of The Circus Live next summer."

Tickets will go on sale on from 09:30 BST on 26 September.

The full list of tour dates is as follows:

29 September 2026 - St Mary's Stadium, Southampton

5 June - Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry

6 June - Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry

9 June - Stadium of Light, Sunderland

12 June - Hampden Park, Glasgow

16 June - Principality Stadium, Cardiff

19 June - Etihad Stadium, Manchester

20 June - Etihad Stadium, Manchester

26 June - London Stadium, London

27 June - London Stadium, London

4 July - Aviva Stadium, Dublin