Take That Live (also known as the III Tour) was the ninth concert tour by the English band Take That, in support of their seventh studio album III. The shows were announced on 8 November 2014. The demand for the tour led to all dates selling out as soon as they went on sale, with some dates selling out in pre-sale alone. Due to this demand, Take That announced extra dates to their tour. On 26 January 2015, a European leg of the tour was announced. It is their first concert tour since the Progress Live tour in 2011 and the first to feature the band as a trio following the departures of Jason Orange and Robbie Williams.
The tour has received critical acclaim with many saying it is the band's most visually spectacular show to date. The tour opened in Glasgow at The SSE Hydro. The Pollstar 2015 Mid-Year Top 100 Worldwide Tour list revealed the tour as the 6th highest grosser, with a total of $60.8 million from 42 shows, and a total of 558,156 in attendance.
Opening acts Ella Henderson (except on 15 and 16 May) Lawson (on 15 and 16 May only) Nessi (on 2 and 4 October only) Emin (on 7 October, 8 October and 13 October only)
Set list "I Like It" "Love Love" "Greatest Day" "Get Ready For It" "Hold Up a Light" "Patience" "The Garden" "Up All Night" "Said It All" "Could It Be Magic" (contains elements of "Barry Manilow version") "Let In The Sun" "Affirmation" "The Flood" "Flaws" "Relight My Fire" (contains elements of "Vertigo") "Back For Good" "Pray" "Portrait" (only on UK and Ireland dates) "These Days" "Rule the World" Encore "Shine" (contains elements of "Mr. Blue Sky") "Never Forget"
Tour dates + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue Date City Country Venue Attendance RevenueEurope27 April 2015GlasgowScotlandThe SSE Hydro 49,283 / 50,110 $5,285,25028 April 201530 April 20151 May 20152 May 20154 May 2015BelfastNorthern IrelandOdyssey Arena — — 5 May 20158 May 2015DublinIreland3Arena — —9 May 201511 May 2015BirminghamEnglandGenting Arena — —12 May 201514 May 201515 May 201516 May 201518 May 2015NewcastleMetro Radio Arena — —19 May 201521 May 2015ManchesterManchester Arena 122,767 / 130,458 $13,253,10022 May 201523 May 201525 May 201526 May 201528 May 201529 May 201530 May 20151 June 2015SheffieldMotorpoint Arena Sheffield — — 2 June 20154 June 2015LondonThe O2 Arena 144,873 / 159,066 $15,955,6005 June 20156 June 20158 June 20159 June 201511 June 201512 June 201513 June 201515 June 201518 June 2015ManchesterManchester Arena 19 June 2015LondonThe O2 Arena — —22 June 2015BirminghamGenting Arena — —23 June 201524 June 2015SheffieldMotorpoint Arena Sheffield — —26 June 2015NewcastleMetro Radio Arena — —1 October 2015HerningDenmarkJyske Bank Boxen — —2 October 2015HamburgGermanyBarclaycard Arena9,156 / 11,452$636,6374 October 2015CologneLanxess Arena — —5 October 2015MunichOlympiahalle — —7 October 2015AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo Dome — —8 October 2015BerlinGermanyVelodrom — —9 October 2015ViennaAustriaWiener Stadthalle — —11 October 2015StuttgartGermanyHanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle — —12 October 2015ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion 4,895 / 13,000 $316,56413 October 2015MilanItalyMediolanum Forum — —Total 330,974 / 355,568 (93%)$35,447,150
DVD release On 12 May 2015, it was revealed that The O2 Arena, London show on 19 June would be recorded and made into a concert film. A one-minute and nine second trailer for the film was released on the groups YouTube channel. The trailer consisted of footage from the tour at earlier dates mixed with behind the scenes footage of Progress Live. The group released the recorded footage on DVD on 11 Dec 2015. This was confirmed by Barlow on Twitter. On 15 October 2015, it was announced that a DVD of the show will be released alongside an updated edition of III. Strangely, no Blu-ray release was announced, despite some tracks being shown in HD on a BBC Television special about the tour.
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