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PROJECTS » TOURS

TAKE THAT

INTRODUCTION

The Take That are a boy band formed in Manchester, England, in 1990, as a five-piece band and which have sold millions of records. In 1996 after Robbie Williams left the band, they announced their split. Almost 10 years later, in 2005, they got together again, without Williams though, and did a small tour entitled The Ultimate Tour 2006 during April and June. In late 2007, they did a tour around Europe and invited Sophie Ellis-Bextor to be their support act. They started touring on October 11th, 2007 and the tour ended up on December 23rd, 2007 with a total of 34 dates.

THE TOUR DATES

Date	Local	Country
October 11th, 2007	Belfast Odyssey, Belfast	Ireland
October 12th, 2007	Belfast Odyssey, Belfast	Ireland
October 14th, 2007	Belfast Odyssey, Belfast	Ireland
October 15th, 2007	Belfast Odyssey, Belfast	Ireland
October 16th, 2007	Belfast Odyssey, Belfast	Ireland
November 15th, 2007	NEC, Birmingham	England
November 16th, 2007	NEC, Birmingham	England
November 17th, 2007	NEC, Birmingham	England
November 19th, 2007	NEC, Birmingham	England
November 20th, 2007	NEC, Birmingham	England
November 22nd, 2007	SECC Hall 4	Scotland
November 23rd, 2007	SECC Hall 4	Scotland
November 24th, 2007	SECC Hall 4	Scotland
November 26th, 2007	Newcastle Arena	England
November 27th, 2007	Newcastle Arena	England
November 29th, 2007	O2 Arena, London	England
November 30th, 2007	O2 Arena, London	England
December 1st, 2007	O2 Arena, London	England
December 3rd, 2007	O2 Arena, London	England
December 4th, 2007	O2 Arena, London	England
December 6th, 2007	O2 Arena, London	England
December 7th, 2007	O2 Arena, London	England
December 8th, 2007	O2 Arena, London	England
December 10th, 2007	MEN Arena, Manchester	England
December 11th, 2007	MEN Arena, Manchester	England
December 13th, 2007	MEN Arena, Manchester	England
December 14th, 2007	MEN Arena, Manchester	England
December 15th, 2007	MEN Arena, Manchester	England
December 17th, 2007	MEN Arena, Manchester	England
December 18th, 2007	MEN Arena, Manchester	England
December 19th, 2007	MEN Arena, Manchester	England
December 21st, 2007	MEN Arena, Manchester	England
December 22nd, 2007	MEN Arena, Manchester	England
December 23rd, 2007	MEN Arena, Manchester	England

COSTUMES

As Sophie did lots of gigs, she probably wore many different dresses during the tour.

During the Manchester gigs [the ones I have information about], she wore the pink dress, which we had already seen during the Up Close gig in Eginburgh.

She also wore the blue-ish dress she had worn during the O2 Arena performance supporting Elton John.

Sophie also wore two other black dresses, as you can see in these pictures in a topic at the Official forum.

SETLIST

[based on Manchester gig and according to jp]

01. If I Can't Dance
02. Take Me Home
03. Me and My Imagination
04. Catch You
05. Murder On The Dancefloor
06. Today The Sun's On Us
07. Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)

THE BAND

LAURA
Bass

JACK
Drums

RENÉ
Guitar

?
Keyboards

THE PRESS

Sophie received great reviews from the press and blogs as the support act, though lots of fans of Take That didn't want her as the support act.

"The venue was the Millennium (O2) Dome in London, and what a venue it is. I must admit that I haven’t actually been in there before, but I was suitably impressed by the space-age feel to the place, full of really futuristic colours and architecture. After a few drinks in the over-priced O2 lounge, we headed into the hall to be greeted by Sophie Ellis-Bextor belting out her numbers. As a warm-up act, this was amazing, I got the impression that about half the audience would have been happy just to have seen this performance" - Kudos

SOPHIE ON TOURING WITH TAKE THAT

• "The Take That boys are lovely and their show is amazing".

• "They've been really friendly [...] they gave me cards and flowers and they come over and chat to us all the time".

• "You know after the gig they get into a bath filled with ice? They hop in for about 30 seconds". Have you hopped in with them? "[...] I'm sure there were some women out front who would've loved that invitation. But I declined".

• "They've been amazingly springtly and they'll often be in the bar after the shows" - on if Take That seemed tired after touring for two months.

• "They're all really nice - not just the guys, but the band and the crew. It's a nice community to be part of".

EXTRAS

» Sophie brought Sonny on stage during one of her performances. Apparently, he sang Happy Birthday to someone. She also said she was more nervous about Sonny's "performance" than her own performance.

» On the last gig in Manchester, December 23rd, Sophie sang All I Want For Christmas originally sung by Mariah Carey.

» As we all know, Sophie postponed her own tour to be able to tour with Take That. The invitation to support the band came rather late and she had to make some last minute decisions. Plus, doing both tours wasn't viable.

» It's the biggest tour Sophie's ever done (in general, 'cos Sophie's biggest solo tour was Read My Lips).

» Sophie said she could swap Today The Sun's On Us for If You Go some nights.

THANKYOUS

» Maria and Shazd84 at the Take That forums for the pictures and information.
» jp at Sophie Ellis-Bextor forums for information.