Take That Rocks!

TAKE THAT is FANTABULOUS!

Yeap....their Progress tour has began. They started off in Sunderland as usual. And I was one of those lucky fans who managed to get tickets to watch them live in their next stop, which was Manchester, where they all came from.

I am a mega fan of Take That. I loved them since I heard their song "Babe" and "Back for Good." I was very excited when the boys (or maybe I should call them men) decided to reunite a few years back! I was slightly sceptical when Robbie joined them last year...but I have to say, it was really nice to see them all together on the stage.

The show kicked off with The Pet Shop Boys....unfortunately, I didn't manage to watch their entire performance, as I was running late.....and....ermm....coz I was too busy choosing which t-shirt(s) to buy from the stall outside. hehehe...

...............75 pounds less later (yes i know!), I eventually went in and saw about 15 mins of The Pet Shop Boys. They were entertaining, and certainly, got the crowd going.

Take That (minus Robbie) began their gig with "Rule the world," one of my favourite songs. The interesting thing to note was that this particular song was the closing tune for their Circus tour. It was like they were continuing their gig from where they last toured in 2009. A few songs later, the 4 of them went behind the stage....and Robbie appeared on the stage, on his own.

I never was a huge fan of Robbie (the person)....but I do like his solo music. He started off his own mini gig by singing Rock DJ! I loved the fact that Robbie sang a few of his own solo songs on stage...and at the end of it, he was joined by the other 4, singing tunes from their new album, and popular songs when they were a team back then.

I really enjoyed myself! There were fireworks, confetti, human chess board, amazing dancing troupe....wow...the gig was brilliant!

The Circus vs Progress tour?

I personally think that The Circus tour is the better of the two. I thought that The Circus tour was more extravagant and playful, which made it special. The Progress tour was more serious & grown-up. It really showed how much the guys have "progressed" and moved on.

Having said that, the stages were set with similar ideas. For example, in the Circus, there was one main stage, and another that tracked into the middle of the concert venue. This concept was maintained in The Progress tour. The other similarity was the use of robotics. It was a robotic human in the Progress tour, while in the Circus, they created a robotic elephant.

For those of you who are unable to catch the gig, I would highly recommend that you buy the DVD when it is out later this year, you will not regret it!

Let the show begin!

Yellow confetti!

The grand finale (the robotic human is in white)