Take That Presents: The Circus Live

"The Circus Live" redirects here. For the band's 2026 tour, see The Circus Live – Summer 2026.

Take That Present: The Circus Live

Tour by Take That
Location	Ireland United Kingdom
Associated album	The Circus
Start date	5 June 2009
End date	5 July 2009
Legs	1
No. of shows	20 (total)
Supporting act(s)	Gary Go James Morrison The Saturdays The Script Lady Gaga
Box office	US$67.8 million ($99.37 in 2024 dollars) [1]
Take That concert chronology
Beautiful World Tour 2007 (2007) Take That Present: The Circus Live (2009) Progress Live (2011)

Take That Present: The Circus Live was the seventh concert tour by the English pop group, Take That. The tour promoted their fifth studio album, The Circus . The tour began on 5 June 2009 at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland and finished on 5 July 2009 at Wembley Stadium in London. The Circus Live was their biggest tour to date. ^[2] and was seen by 1,014,000 people, ^[3] making a profit of £40,560,000. The tour became the fastest selling in UK history, with the 600,000 for all original eight dates selling out in five hours. ^[4]

Opening acts

• Gary Go (All)
• James Morrison (5, 9, 16, 17, 20, 26 June, 1 July)
• The Saturdays (6, 8, 19 June)
• The Script (9, 10, 13, 21, 23, 28 June, 3 July)
• Lady Gaga (4, 5 July)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
5 June 2009	Sunderland	England	Stadium of Light
6 June 2009
8 June 2009	Coventry		Coventry Building Society Arena
9 June 2009
10 June 2009
13 June 2009	Dublin	Ireland	Croke Park
16 June 2009	Cardiff	Wales	Principality Stadium
17 June 2009
19 June 2009	Glasgow	Scotland	Hampden Park
20 June 2009
21 June 2009
23 June 2009	Manchester	England	Old Trafford Cricket Ground
24 June 2009
26 June 2009
27 June 2009
28 June 2009
1 July 2009	London		Wembley Stadium
3 July 2009
4 July 2009
5 July 2009

DVD release

The Wembley Stadium concerts of 3 and 4 July 2009 were filmed and released as a two-disc DVD and Blu-ray set, released on 23 November 2009. A live album, containing several live recordings, and a bonus disc of Take That at Abbey Road, was released a week later. Highlights were broadcast on ITV1 on 19 December 2009. The DVD became the fastest selling DVD of all time in the UK, selling 82,414 copies in 24 hours, ^[5] and 181,979 in its first week. It sold over 600,000 copies in September 2011 and has been certified 11× Platinum, becoming one of the best selling music DVDs ever in the UK. ^[6]

Charts

DVDs chart (2009)	Peak position
Irish Top 10 Music DVDs [7] [ failed verification ]	1
UK Music Videos (OCC) [8]	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [9]	11× Platinum	550,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

1. 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" . Retrieved 29 February 2024.
2. "Sky News report on tour announced". Sky News. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
3. "Radio 1 tour page" . Retrieved 28 October 2008.
4. "Take That tickets sell out in record time - Metro News". Metro.
5. "Shows". STV Shows.
6. Lewis Corner (29 September 2011). "Take That to break records with 'Progress' tour DVD". Digital Spy.
7. "Top 10 Music DVDs". IRMA . IRMA. 4 December 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
8. "Official Music Video Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
9. "British video certifications – Take That – The Circus – Live". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 4 September 2013.