Notes of Life

The Circus

Written by Nikki-ann on Tuesday, 7 July , 2009 at 9:02 pm

Mark and a clown

On Saturday I went to The Circus… The Take That Circus at Wembley Stadium! What can I say? They were fantastic! Their best tour yet (I say that every time and yet each time it’s so true), but they’re still promising to come back and do more.

Take That's ElephantThis tour was based around their current album, The Circus and it really was a show, complete with an elephant (click photo to open a larger one in Flickr), clowns, balloons, dancers and circus folk doing various acts. Even Take That themselves dressed the part, at one point putting on their clown make-up while singing a song!

With a second stage in the middle of the stadium, as well as the main stage and a walkway joining the two, nobody missed out. The show included the old classics (from the first time around) and new, and even the old dance routines crept in at times! As per usual, the crowd went absolutely mad when the boys (sorry… men!) were on stage… screaming, and singing & dancing along with them.

Those stood by the second stage probably wished they’d brough raincoats and umbrellas, despite it being a hot day. When Take That anounced they’d be singing their best song from the 90s (Back For Good), the waterworks started and I’m sure a number of rows around the second stage got a soaking! (For those not in the know… Take That’s Back For Good video featured a lot of rain and so in their recent tours they’ve been replicating this on).

They truely did put on one hell of a show and I can’t wait to see it all again when it comes out on DVD.

You can see more of my photos on Flickr and if you can access the BBC iPlayer (I suspect you need to be in the UK) then you can listen to 60 minutes of Sunday night’s show (the last one of the tour) at Radio 1 (where you can also find other Take That goodies!).

Comments (9)

Category: Life, Music, Photography

9 Comments

Comment by Andrea

Made Wednesday, 8 of July , 2009 at 12:37 pm

Better that Circus than Britneys!

Comment by sarah

Made Wednesday, 8 of July , 2009 at 1:15 pm

wow, sounds fab. xx

Comment by Martha

Made Thursday, 9 of July , 2009 at 11:01 pm

That looks unbelievable! I’d love to go to a circus like that!

Comment by Jen

Made Friday, 10 of July , 2009 at 8:47 pm

Hi, Netchick sent me – looks like you had a blast!

Comment by Anna

Made Friday, 10 of July , 2009 at 9:01 pm

Sounds fun!

Thanks for stopping by my site :)
Have a great weekend!

Comment by East Gwillimbury WOW!

Made Saturday, 11 of July , 2009 at 12:35 am

Isn’t it amazing what circus performers can do?

Comment by Charles Ravndal

Made Tuesday, 14 of July , 2009 at 10:01 am

That’s so nice! Honestly, I havent been to a circus yet!

Comment by rashbre

Made Tuesday, 14 of July , 2009 at 4:32 pm

Looks amazing. I spotted a few of your flickrs a couple of days ago so I know you had bagged great seats near to the front!

Comment by rashbre

Made Tuesday, 14 of July , 2009 at 8:00 pm

er. by ’seats’ I mean ’standing up getting squisheds’ – like me on Sunday :-)

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Nikki-ann - I'm a 30-something year old from the hills of Mid Wales. Here you will find my thoughts, rambling, rantings and reviews on various subjects including books, family history, photography, music, movies and life.