Pet Shop Boys Confirmed As Support For Take That Progress Tour 2011 & Tickets
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Monday, 04 April 2011 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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With only weeks to go until the start of the most highly anticipated tour of the year, Take That announced today that Pet Shop Boys are to be very special guests on the Progress Live 2011 Tour.
Pet Shop Boys are the most successful duo in UK music history, having sold 50 million records. With classic hits such as ‘West End girls’, ‘It’s a Sin’, 'Go West' and, more recently, ‘Love etc.’, they have crafted a unique and hugely influential sound which has seen them achieve seven platinum, two gold and four silver albums in the UK alone. In 2009 they won the “Outstanding Contribution To Music” award at the Brit Awards. Their ballet, 'The Most Incredible Thing', recently completed a sold-out, two-week season at Sadler’s Wells in London.
Pet Shop Boys said today: “We are delighted to accept Take That’s invitation to be part of their Progress show and tour which is undoubtedly going to be one of the most exciting events of 2011. We look forward to every night being a huge celebration of pop music.”
Pet Shop Boys 40-minute set will include highlights of their recent Pandemonium tour which was designed by Es Devlin who is part of the creative team working on the Progress Live 2011 tour.
Robbie commented, “I’m a huge Pet Shop Boys fan so for me it will be an absolute joy to be able to watch them every night.” Jason added, “I’m flattered and very happy they’ve agreed to do it. They’re so talented; I thought they’d be above it and us.”
“Pet Shop Boys was the first CD I ever bought” said Gary. “I've followed their whole career and always loved their unique approach to records and live performance. That combined with two lovely people means we’re in for a great tour.”
Progress Live 2011 presented by Samsung kicks off at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light on May 27th, then heads to The City of Manchester Stadium, Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, Dublin Croke Park, Glasgow Hampden Park, Birmingham Villa Park and finishes in the UK with a record breaking eight shows at London’s Wembley Stadium. Pet Shop Boys will also join Take That for the subsequent European leg of the tour.
This is the first time that Take That have toured together as a five-piece since 1995. The spectacular live shows will celebrate their biggest hits from the last two decades and, will also see Robbie take to the stage to perform songs from his incredible chart-topping solo career.
Take That’s Progress Live 2011 tour became the biggest tour in UK and Irish history when a record breaking 1.34 million tickets were snapped up in less than 24 hours of going on sale. The band smashed their previous box office record set in 2008 with The Circus Live Tour more than doubling their own record for sales in a single day. 850,000 tickets went on sale at 9am on October 29, 2010 and throughout the day the band added a further 11 dates to the tour to cope with demand.
Between them, Take That and Robbie Williams have sold over 80 million albums, had 14 number one albums, 18 number one singles, played to over 14.5 million people live, won 20 BRIT Awards, eight MTV awards and five Ivor Novello awards; and the list goes on.
Progress Live 2011 Presented by Samsung full Tour Dates:
MAY 2011
27 May - Sunderland Stadium of Light
28 May - Sunderland Stadium of Light
30 May - Sunderland Stadium of Light
31 May - Sunderland Stadium of Light
JUNE 2011
03 June - City of Manchester Stadium
04 June - City of Manchester Stadium
05 June - City of Manchester Stadium
07 June - City of Manchester Stadium
08 June - City of Manchester Stadium
10 June - City of Manchester Stadium
11 June - City of Manchester Stadium
12 June - City of Manchester Stadium
14 June - Cardiff Millennium Stadium
15 June - Cardiff Millennium Stadium
22 June - Glasgow Hampden Park
23 June - Glasgow Hampden Park
24 June - Glasgow Hampden Park
27 June - Birmingham Villa Park
28 June - Birmingham Villa Park
30 June - Wembley Stadium
JULY 2011
01 July - Wembley Stadium
02 July - Wembley Stadium
04 July - Wembley Stadium
05 July - Wembley Stadium
06 July - Wembley Stadium
08 July - Wembley Stadium
09 July - Wembley Stadium
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