Progress Live
| Tour by Take That | ||
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| Associated album |
Progress Progressed |
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| Start date | 27 May 2011 | |
| End date | 29 July 2011 | |
| Legs | 2 | |
| No. of shows | 35 (total) | |
| Supporting act(s) | Pet Shop Boys | |
| Box office | US $185.2 million ($197.17 in 2017 dollars) | |
| Take That concert chronology | ||
| Home Media release | ||
Home Media Cover, at Etihad Stadium, Manchester
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Progress Live (also known as the 20th Anniversary Tour) was the eighth concert tour by British pop group Take That. The tour, sponsored by Samsung, supported their sixth studio album, Progress as they visited major cities in the UK and Europe. It was the first tour to feature all five original members performing together in 15 years and the final tour to feature Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. In its infancy, the tour accomplished many accolades including selling 1.34 million tickets in less than 24 hours. The tour quickly became the biggest tour in the United Kingdom with demand for tickets a reported 30 times higher for Progress Live. They played 8 nights each at Etihad Stadium in Manchester and also Wembley Stadium in London – breaking the previous record held by Michael Jackson's Bad World Tour set in 1988. These eight nights at Wembley Stadium saw Take That break the record for the highest-grossing residency by grossing £38 million ($61 million) from their respective London dates alone. At the conclusion of 2011, the tour was placed on Billboard's annual, "Top 25 Tours", and appeared third worldwide, earning over $180 million with 29 shows. Each member of the band received £7,900,000 from the tour after tax.
In early 2010, the media reported that Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow were recording a duet in Los Angeles, California. Since that announcement, numerous rumours emerged of Williams reuniting with the band. In July 2010, the band confirmed his joining and also announced all five members recording an album. Later in the year, the group announced their upcoming promotional tour. The announcement of the tour was well received by both the media and public. Once tickets were available, many ticket vendors' websites and hotlines crashed due to demand. The popularity of the tour surpassed their previous fest, which was viewed by over 600,000 spectators with over 1.8 million people having attended the shows.
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