Take That Announce 2015 UK Arena Tour

Take That have announced details of an extensive UK arena tour for 2015.

The trio’s first live shows since the Progress Live tour in the summer of 2011 will take in multiple dates in Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield and London in April, May and June.

Gary, Howard and Mark said: "We've always been very proud of our live shows and are very excited to be touring again next year. Playing live is something we love the most about what we do and we're looking forward to putting on the most amazing show we can.

"It will have been four years since our last tour so we're really keen to get back out on the road to play some of our biggest songs from the last twenty years alongside our new ones. We hope to see you there!"

They play the following shows:

APRI 2015 Glasgow The SSE Hydro – Tue 28th / Thu 30th

MAY 2015 Glasgow The SSE Hydro – Fri 1st Newcastle Metro Radio Arena – Mon 18th / Tue 19th Manchester Arena – Thu 21st / Fri 22nd/ Sat 23rd / Mon 25th / Tue 26th

JUNE 2015 Sheffield Motorpoint Arena – Mon 1st / Tue 2nd London The O2 – Thu 4th / Fri 5th / Sat 6th / Mon 8th / Tue 9th

Tickets to all the shows go on sale from Aloud.com at 9am on Thursday 13th November. CLICK HERE to get yours.

The tour follows the release of Take That’s eagerly anticipated new album ‘III’, which is released through Polydor Records on Monday 1st December.

Boasting the huge single ‘These Days’, the album marks the first time Take That have written and recorded as a three.

Work started at the start of 2014 with the blessing of Jason Orange who confirmed his departure on 24th September.

Gary Barlow said: “We’d been promising our fans for two years now ‘this record’s coming’ and we got to the beginning of the year and we said to Jason ‘listen, we’ve got to start this record.’

“We waited and waited until the last point, and we’re rushing everything now because we finally got a decision and we have to respect that. We want to move forward as a three right now.”

Unlike previous albums that have seen a main producer take the helm, ‘III’ sees Take That join forces with an eclectic array of studio wizards.

Collaborators include Greg Kurstin (Lana Del Rey ‘Ultraviolence’, Katy Perry ‘Prism’), John Shanks (Take That ‘Beautiful World’, ‘The Circus’), Stuart Price (Take That ‘Progress’, Madonna ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’) and Jeff Lynne (ELO, Paul McCartney ‘Flaming Pie’).

‘III’ is the follow-up to 2010’s ‘Progress’, which became the fastest selling album of the century and the second fastest selling album of all time - shifting more than 235,000 copies in just one day!

In their quarter of a century in the limelight, Take That have had eight number one albums, 15 number one singles and sold over 30 million records.