Take That Sell Over 1M Tickets

As the lads say they are 'speechless'...

Take That broke UK records when they sold 1.1m tickets in less than 24 hours, after their Progress Live tour went on sale at 9am on Friday 29 October.
But their tour promoter has apologised to fans who struggled to get tickets after servers crashed and phone lines became jammed. “We coped with it in the best way possible," an SJM Concerts spokesman said. “It’s due to the absolutely unprecedented and never-before-seen demand for these tickets to watch Take That.”
Ticketmaster said it had received over 20m page views on Friday, "far in excess" of the number seen when Michael Jackson’s O2 Arena dates went on sale. BT was also affected – it said the phone network was three or four times busier than normal on Friday morning. At its peak, it’s thought 50 tickets were being sold every second.
Robbie, Gary, Mark, Howard and Jason released a joint statement thanking fans for their patience and expressing their surprise at the massive demand for tickets. “We are speechless, truly and utterly shocked. This is the most amazing news for all of us. To sell one million tickets in a day is mind blowing and we think we’ll be in shock for a few days!
“We want to thank everyone who has bought tickets today and look forward to seeing them next year.”
The Progress Live tour, Take That’s first gigs featuring Robbie Williams in over 16 years, now encompasses 25 UK dates, including seven nights apiece at Wembley Stadium and the City of Manchester Stadium.

Progress Live 2011 Tour Dates:

Sunderland Stadium Of Light – May 30/31
Manchester City Of Manchester Stadium – June 3/4/5/7/8/10/11
Cardiff Millennium Stadium – 14/15
Dublin Croke Park – 18/19
Glasgow Hampden Park – 22/23/24
Birmingham Villa Park – 27/28
London Wembley Stadium – July 1/2/3/5/6/8/9

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TAKE THAT TICKET MELTDOWN

THOUSANDS of Take That fans were left in tears yesterday as websites selling the band’s tour tickets crashed after just two minutes.

Dozens of sites collapsed under the strain as the famous five’s followers bombarded the internet for seats at their long-awaited reunion gigs.

Some fans even lost thousands of pounds on bogus sites which took their money and then shut down.

But touts had no problem getting hold of the prized tickets, and almost immediately were offering them on eBay for five times their face value.

Fans had been desperate for the chance to snap up tickets ever since Take That announced in July that former member Robbie Williams would rejoin the band and tour with them for the first time in 16 years.

But the demand for next May’s concerts was so huge that even Robbie was forced to go online yesterday to warn fans against being conned by scammers.

Just a few hours after the tickets went on sale at 9am, the 36-year-old Tweeted: “Please DO NOT purchase tickets from unofficial agents or eBay. We cannot vouch for their authenticity and you could end up out of pocket!

“We’re aware ticket sites are still down but please DO keep trying, agents are working hard to cope with the the demand and keep sites up.

“Many ticket sites have crashed due to high demand – keep trying and refreshing your browser, you will be able to get through eventually!”

Telephone demand for tickets for the gigs in London, Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham and Sunderland was so high that in some parts of the country it even knocked out the phone network.

Last night tour organisers confirmed the band had sold a record-breaking one million tickets in just nine hours.

Promoter Simon Moran said: “There literally has never been anything like it in the history of live music in the UK. Selling a million tickets in one day in an absolutely amazing achievement."

But despite the incredible demand, some tickets were still available at 6pm last night.

Daily Star

Message of the Take That about today

From Take That: "We are speechless, truly and utterly shocked. This is the most amazing news for all of us. To sell one million tickets in a day is mind blowing and we think we'll be in shock for a few days! We want to thank everyone who has bought tickets today and loo...k forward to seeing them next year."

10 new dates for the tour

Saturday 11th June - City of Manchester
Saturday 9th July -Wembley Stadium
Friday 10 June - City of Manchester Stadium
Friday 08 July - Wembley Stadium
Wednesday 8th June - city of Manchester Stadium
Wednesday 15th June - Cardiff Millenium Stadium
Wednesday 6th July - Wembley Stadium.
Tuesday 31 May - Sunderland Stadium of Light
Sunday 19 June - Dublin, Croke Park
Friday 24 June - Glasgow Hampden Park
Tuesday 28 June - Birmingham, Villa Park

1 Million Tickets...

Take That have broken their own box office record to sell one million tickets in a day, but there's still tickets available plus an additional two shows have just been added as follows:

Saturday 11th June - City of Manchester
Saturday 9th July -Wembley Stadium

Check out the Live section of the site for ticket links!

Take That fever swept the nation today when tickets for the bands Progress Live 2011 UK Summer Stadium tour went on sale at 9am. A record breaking one million tickets were snapped, meaning the band have smashed their own previous box office record set in 2008 with The Circus Live Tour.

Massive demand for the tickets this morning caused phone lines and websites across the country to jam as ticket agents struggled to cope with the unprecedented number of people trying to buy tickets. Thousands of fans also camped out overnight outside the stadium box offices to ensure they were amongst the first to secure tickets for the band's highly anticipated tour next year.

The band commented "We are speechless, truly and utterly shocked. This is the most amazing news for all of us. To sell one million tickets in a day is mind blowing and we think we'll be in shock for a few days! We want to thank everyone who has bought tickets today and look forward to seeing them next year."

Progress Live 2011 will be the first time that Gary, Howard, Jason, Mark and Robbie have toured together in over 16 years.

Procura por ingressos do Take That é maior que de Michael Jackson

Depois de uma longa novela, os integrantes do Take That finalmente anunciaram sua digressão de reunião com Robbie Williams e marcaram concertos nos grandes estádios do Reino Unido. De acordo com o site Gigwise, a Ticketmaster afirmou que a procura pelos ingressos das apresentações tem sido "ao menos o dobro" em comparação com os concertos que Michael Jackson havia marcado no país.

A procura de ingressos derrubou o site da operadora, que pede paciência aos fãs. Marcados para acontecer em maio, Junho e Julho, os concertos acontecerão em Sunderland, Manchester, Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, Birminghan e Londres.

(Adaptado para a língua portuguesa)

Música.terra

O ITV1 vai dar aos fãs e espectadores a primeira oportunidade internacional de ver o seu novo filme, Take That: Look Back, Don't Stare. O documentário

O ITV1 vai dar aos fãs e espectadores a primeira oportunidade internacional de ver o seu novo filme, Take That: Look Back, Don't Stare. O documentário vai ser transmitido para já, em exclusivo, nesta TV Britânica em Novembro, em antecipação do planeado DVD, previsto editar dia 6 de Dezembro.

Agora novamente em quinteto, os Take That filmaram um documentário “fly on the wall” (em que a equipa de filmagem não é intrusiva) que mostra os seus extraordinários últimos doze meses e a verdadeira história da mais entusiasmante reunião da história da pop britânica.

O documentário segue Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange e Mark Owen a reunirem-se com o seu antigo companheiro de banda Robbie Williams, compondo e gravando um álbum juntos e, finalmente, confirmando a reunião de todas as reuniões ao resto do mundo. O documentário revela exactamente como a reunião aconteceu e como a banda recuperou novamente uma relação de amizade enquanto quinteto, quinze anos depois de juntos terem gravado um álbum pela última vez, em 1995. Revelando as suas preocupações, esperanças e ansiedades acerca de trabalharem novamente juntos, o filme partilha o processo bastante íntimo que rodeou a gravação do seu álbum mais aguardado até agora.

As filmagens de Take That: Look Back, Don't Stare foram capturadas pela Pulse. Dan Bowen, Produtor da Pulse, diz: “Para nós é excitante continuar a nossa tradição de produzir documentários íntimos e em que tivemos acesso exclusivo aos acontecimentos. Em Take That: Look Back, Don't Stare os realizadores Fred Scott e Nick Davies criaram um lindíssimo filme sobre uma banda icónica e capturaram de forma brilhante e com um olhar raro a viagem em montanha-russa dos Take That ao longo dos últimos doze meses, e que esperamos vir a ser muito apreciado pelos fãs”.

O filme irá antecipar a muito aguardada edição do novíssimo álbum da banda, ‘Progress’. Produzido por Stuart Price, o álbum, será editado no dia 22 de Novembro.

Entre todos, os Take That e Robbie Williams venderam 80 milhões de álbuns, tocaram ao vivo para mais de 14 milhões e meio de pessoas, ganharam 19 BRIT Awards e cinco prémios Ivor Novello, tiveram 13 álbuns no Nº1 e atingiram por 17 vezes o Nº1 de singles. Este é o último capítulo da sua incrível história.

Universal Music Portugal

Gary Barlow: I don't feel like dancing

ONE key TAKE THAT component will be missing from the manband's tour next summer.

Fear not, returning singer ROBBIE WILLIAMS hasn't thrown in the towel again.

Instead, singer and chief songwriter GARY BARLOW has warned his slick-hoofed colleagues that he won't be taking part in the onstage dance routines.

That's despite new album Progress being their "most uptempo ever".

Talking to SCOTT MILLS on Radio 1 this morning, Gary — often mocked for his awkward approach to choreography — stated: "I've hung up my boots."

MARK OWEN chipped in: "Even before we started making the record Gary sat us all down and said: 'I'm just saying one thing: I'm not dancing.' I'm not convinced."

Still, Gary's age-influenced decision to stand still is nothing compared to Mark's senior moment.

The singer confessed he spent 24 hours convinced he'd had his car stolen — only to realise he'd simply forgotten where he'd parked it.

He said: "I'd just left it at some friend's house. We were speaking to the friend and said we lost it — and they never said 'it's on our drive!'."

Meanwhile, Robbie revealed he's hoping to bag a singing role on some of the songs Take That released after he departed in 1995.

Still, the singer admits he's just buzzing at the prospect of taking part in a live TT extravaganza.

He said: "The lads had a meeting last week while I was away in LA and came up with a load of ace ideas for the show. We know how it's going to work. I'm just thrilled to be part of it. I do want to do some of the tunes from the last few years please. I need to discuss that with the lads."

Well, Mark's the best man to organise a band meeting.

He revealed: "We try to get together at least once a month for dinner. We call them ban-them-birds evenings."

Tickets for the lads' 2011 UK shows go on sale this Friday.

Read more: The Sun

Gary said: "There will probably be more. There should be"

ROBBIE WILLIAMS has always been obsessed with UFOs - and his sci-fi influence is rubbing off on TAKE THAT.

His old mucker MARK OWEN compared his man-bandmates to characters from Star Trek during their press conference yesterday to announce their first tour as a five-piece since 1995.

It was an impressive spectacle at London's uber-posh Savoy hotel - with cameras flashing and hordes of women getting over-excited.

Robbie took centre stage, sitting in the middle of GARY BARLOW, MARK OWEN, HOWARD DONALD and JASON ORANGE - and he immediately resumed his role as the "cheeky one" in the band.

He identified Gary as "skipper", Mark the "cute one", Howard "the body" and Jason "the dancer".

But Mark had a more fitting analogy, which played up to Robbie's fascination with aliens.

He said: "Gary is definitely Captain Kirk. I've always fancied myself as Scotty. Howard is Bones, Jason is Mr Spock. That makes Robbie a Klingon - but a nice one."

Captain Gary said the lads have yet to decide on an angle for the tour. But when I grabbed him afterwards he said the show would be out of this world.

He said: "Put it this way, if we pull off what we are trying to pull off, we will change stadium shows for ever. We brought theatre to stadiums last time but this is going to be on a different scale."

The band's The Circus tour cost £100million when it went on the road last year and there are plans to dig deep this time round, too.

Gary added: "We always spend a lot. It's the one area we shouldn't be sensible about.

"We've got to give the crowd what they want. We haven't decided on a support act yet. I tell you who I like - TINIE TEMPAH.

"He is f****** brilliant that kid. I tell you what - look out the world."

The 14 UK dates on the Progress Live 2011 tour will be amazing if they match The Circus show.

The boys kick off at Sunderland's Stadium Of Light on May 30 and will do an epic four dates at Wembley Stadium.

They will also play six separate shows across Europe. But more dates are a certainty once these shows sell out.

Gary said: "There will probably be more. There should be.

"Luckily it's not a massive touring year next year. The last time round I think there were quite a few out - I think U2, COLDPLAY, OASIS. I'm looking forward to it. There will be something for everyone in the show."

The band's website takethat.com crashed yesterday due to sheer weight of traffic while Ustream, who streamed the press conference, notched record figures.

Major ticket retailers are preparing for a surge of Take That fans on Friday when tickets go on sale at 9am. They are bolstering their bandwidth and servers.

It's exciting stuff as the boys are really looking forward to touring with each other again. Gary said: "It is actually weird how much of a role we have all slipped back into. It is almost identical to what it was.

High spirits ... our man Gordon with upbeat band

"Robbie's cheek is still there - he just doesn't change. Foolishly I wrote a song once called Everything Changes, but I must have been wrong. There have been no arguments. Not one cross word, nothing.

"We've learned to accept each other as a four and I think Rob has been part of a few band meetings now and I think he was quite taken aback by how truthful we were with each other. He is loving the security of being in a band and that's what he would always love." The boys will continue to share a dressing room and will get their families involved as much as possible, providing they can get kids out of school.

It will be a real celebration of all their work - even Robbie's solo material, which he will be performing.

Robbie said: "I'll be doing a bit, the lads will be doing a bit and then we'll be doing a bit. I heard a whisper yesterday he'd be getting at least 40 minutes of the show, a massive slice.

The Sun

Take That at Radio One Studios

Look Back, Don't Stare

Take That have announced a new documentary entitled Look Back, Don't Stare, which will air on ITV in November and be released as a full-length DVD on 6th December.

With unrestricted and highly privileged access to the recording studio throughout the last 12 months, Look Back, Don't Stare is a raw, intimate meditation on the process of friendship and forgiveness. A story of how a newfound personal honesty inspired the creation of a remarkable record, as an enduring document of a group of people inextricably bound by their pasts, in search of progress.

It's not about money or chart success - this is about life, imperfect relationships, trust, and the righting of wrongs.

'Take That: Look Back, Don't Stare' will be broadcast on ITV in November, and a full-length DVD version of the documentary titled 'Look Back, Don't Stare. A Film About Progress', will be released on 6^th December.

Take That - Press Conference - UK Tour Announcement 26 Oct 2010

Bilhetes para concerto em Milão (12/07)

Pessoal que vai a Milão
façam registo nos sites http://www.livenation.it/ e http://www.ticketone.it/
segundo a informação dos sites haverá uma pré-venda ás 10h do dia 5 (hora local) por isso será ás 9h portuguesas. só depois às 21h (hora local) venda dos restantes bilhetes.

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Os preços dos ingressos:
Terceiro anel de vedação 32 € + pré-venda
Terceiro anel central € 38 + pré-venda
Segundo Side Tier 42 € + pré-venda
Primeiro Side Tier 45 € + pré-venda
Segundo Nível Central Red € 60 + pré-venda
Primeira Camada Red Central 80 € + pré-venda
Relvado do euro 45 + pré-venda
Relvado zona vermelha 55 € + pré-venda

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Take That anunciam digressão

14 concertos «monumentais» para celebrar 20 anos de carreira – é este o programa da digressão anunciada esta terça-feira pelos Take That. Pela primeira vez em 16 anos, Robbie Williams voltará a actuar com a banda.

Os espectáculos, que vão levar o grupo a várias partes do Reino Unido e a alguns países europeus (Portugal não está incluído), vão englobar parte do reportório que Robbie Williams construiu a solo, mas deverão centrar-se nas músicas de Progress, o álbum que os Take That se preparam para lançar no próximo mês.

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Robbie por tempo indeterminado na banda

Progress Live 2011

Robbie irá irá ter prestações a solo na digressão 2011 dos TT

Robbie Williams irá ter momentos a solo na digressão 2011 dos Take That.

Na conferência de imprensa Robbie afirmou: "Irá haver um pouco para toda a gente. Vou actuar um bocado, os rapazes vão actuar um bocado e todos nós vamos actuar um bocado.".

Gary Barlow acrescentou: "Alguns fãs virão apenas para ver o Rob, alguns fãs virão apenas para ver apenas nós os quatro, alguns fãs virão para ver os cinco. Nesta noite os fãs vão ver-nos a apresentar os bocados de cada um.".

Robbie ainda respondeu aos críticos que afirmam que ele apenas se reuniu com os Take That porque a sua carreira a solo falhou nos últimos anos afirmando "O álbum Greatest Hits é número um em 14 países, o último álbum vendeu mais do que o The Circus por isso, correndo o risco de isto soar a calão, f**k off.".

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Additional tour dates for Take That?

Take That UK Tour Announcement 26 Oct 2010

Take That to tour with Robbie Williams again for first time in 15 years

Take That have have just announced they are set to tour as a five-piece for the first time in 15 years.
With Robbie Williams back in the fold, the group are set to set to hit the road next spring, opening in Sunderland on May 30 next year. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday.

Speaking at a press conference in London this morning, Gary Barlow said: 'This is going to be a big production show, we're not going to release the theme just yet.'

Back for good: Take That have announced this morning that they are to tour as a five-piece again for the first time in 15 years

The announcement comes after the chart-topping band received the Q Hall of Fame award yesterday. Their new single, called The Flood, is set for release next month ahead of their new album Progress.

Progress Live 2011 UK tour dates

Monday May 30 Sunderland Stadium of Light

Friday June 3 City of Manchester Stadium

Saturday June 4 City of Manchester Stadium

Sunday June 5 City of Manchester Stadium

Tuesday June 7 City of Manchester Stadium

Tuesday June 14 Cardiff Millennium Stadium

Saturday June 18 Dublin Croke Park

Wednesday June 22 Glasgow Hampden Park

Thursday June 23 Glasgow Hampden Park

Monday June 27 Birmingham Villa Park

Friday July 1 Wembley Stadium

Saturday July 2 Wembley Stadium

Sunday July 3 Wembley Stadium

Tuesday July 5 Wembley Stadium

• San Siro

  Milan, Italy

  Tuesday, 12 July 2011
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• Jul

  16

  Parken

  Copenhagen, Denmark

  Saturday, 16 July 2011
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• Jul

  18

  Amsterdam Arena

  Amsterdam, Holland

  Monday, 18 July 2011
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• Jul

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  Imtech Arena

  Hamburg, Germany

  Friday, 22 July 2011
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  Esprit Arena

  Düsseldorf, Germany

  Monday, 25 July 2011
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  Olympiastadion

  Munich, Germany

  Friday, 29 July 2011
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