Tour by Take That | |
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Associated album | Beautiful World |
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Start date | 11 October 2007 |
End date | 31 December 2007 |
Legs | 1 |
No. of shows | 50 in Europe |
Supporting act(s) | Sophie Ellis-Bextor |
Box office | US $40.4 million ($57.02 in 2022 dollars) [1] |
Take That concert chronology |
The Beautiful World Tour 2007 was the sixth concert tour for the English pop group Take That. The tour ran from 11 October [2] to 31 December 2007, with fifty stops in ten European countries.
A band member chose a band or musician to open the concert each night, including Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who sang at all UK shows except the 31 December concert at The O2 Arena in London. That show, "Countdown to Midnight: Take That & The Sugababes", was filmed for TV and broadcast live on ITV.[ citation needed ]
† "Mancunian Way" was only performed on certain dates in Manchester during the tour
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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Europe | |||
11 October 2007 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Odyssey Arena |
12 October 2007 | |||
14 October 2007 | |||
15 October 2007 | |||
16 October 2007 | |||
20 October 2007 | Barcelona | Spain | Palau Sant Jordi |
23 October 2007 | Bologna | Italy | PalaMalaguti |
24 October 2007 | Milan | Datchforum | |
26 October 2007 | Vienna | Austria | Wiener Stadthalle |
27 October 2007 | Zürich | Switzerland | Hallenstadion |
29 October 2007 | Cologne | Germany | Kölnarena |
31 October 2007 | Hamburg | Color Line Arena | |
1 November 2007 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Rotterdam Ahoy |
3 November 2007 | Stuttgart | Germany | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle |
4 November 2007 | Berlin | Velodrom | |
6 November 2007 | Frankfurt | Festhalle Frankfurt | |
7 November 2007 | Oberhausen | König Pilsener Arena | |
9 November 2007 | Aalborg | Denmark | Gigantium |
10 November 2007 | |||
11 November 2007 | Copenhagen | Forum | |
15 November 2007 | Birmingham | England | National Exhibition Centre |
16 November 2007 | |||
17 November 2007 | |||
19 November 2007 | |||
20 November 2007 | |||
22 November 2007 | Glasgow | Scotland | Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre |
23 November 2007 | |||
24 November 2007 | |||
26 November 2007 | Newcastle | England | Metro Radio Arena |
27 November 2007 | |||
29 November 2007 | London | The O2 Arena | |
30 November 2007 | |||
1 December 2007 | |||
3 December 2007 | |||
4 December 2007 | |||
6 December 2007 | |||
7 December 2007 | |||
8 December 2007 | |||
10 December 2007 | Manchester | Manchester Evening News Arena | |
11 December 2007 | |||
13 December 2007 | |||
14 December 2007 | |||
15 December 2007 | |||
17 December 2007 | |||
18 December 2007 | |||
19 December 2007 | |||
21 December 2007 | |||
22 December 2007 | |||
23 December 2007 | |||
31 December 2007 | London | The O2 Arena |
Venue | City | Tickets sold / available | Gross revenue |
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National Exhibition Centre | Birmingham, England | 55,494 / 55,494 (100%) | $4,812,580 |
Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre | Glasgow, Scotland | 25,181 / 25,181 (100%) | $2,191,050 |
Metro Radio Arena | Newcastle, England | 18,417 / 18,417 (100%) | $1,600,650 |
The O2 Arena | London, England | 132,835 / 132,835 (100%) | $10,195,810 |
Manchester Evening News Arena | Manchester, England | 158,523 / 158,523 (100%) | $13,651,710 |
TOTAL | 516,450 / 516,450 (100%) | $40,451,800 |
Early performances of the tour featured a "dance-off" routine by band members in the middle of the song "Sure". Band member Howard Donald suffered a cracked rib and a collapsed lung during this part of the 26 October show in Vienna. [3] His injuries caused him to miss seven shows and limited his performance in subsequent concerts. He rejoined the band at the 7 November Oberhausen show. [2] Following Donald's injury, the dance off segment was subsequently removed from the show.
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