Take That are to release new album ‘Wonderland’ next year.
The ‘Back For Good’ hitmakers – Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald – have announced the follow-up to 2014’s ‘III’, which is being slated for release sometime in March 2017.
The band have also teased their plans for a UK arena tour, ‘Wonderland Live’, which will see them perform for the first time in the centre of arenas rather than on stage, at venues around the UK and Ireland in May and June including four dates at London’s The O2 from June 6 to June 10.
Take That have an impressive tour production history having been the only band to ever have a mechanical elephant on stage as part of their 2009 ‘Circus Tour’, as well as, a 70-foot man named Om who rose out of the stage on ‘The Progress Tour’ in 2011.
Meanwhile, Gary, Howard and Mark won’t be joined by bandmate Robbie Williams on this tour despite the ‘Party Like a Russian’ hitmaker recently admitting he would "love" to do a Take That reunion tour.
He previously said: "My head is, I’d love to do something with the boys but I don’t know if it’s going to be next year because you know, I want this album to have legs and I’m going to go on tour.
"As you can imagine, diary goes: album promo until January, February, March, and then I go on tour for a year which takes me through next year, next Christmas, which would be when the boys would be releasing an album I suppose. I can’t do it. I can’t do it next year. I want to – I want to be able to do both, but you can’t."
Take That’s ‘Wonderland Live’ tour dates:
May 8, Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
May 10, Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
May 11, Glasgow The SSE Hydro
May 12, Glasgow The SSE Hydro
May 15, Dublin 3Arena
May 18, Manchester Arena
May 19, Manchester Arena
May 20, Manchester Arena
May 22, Liverpool Echo Arena
May 23, Liverpool Echo Arena
May 26, Manchester Arena
May 29, Sheffield Arena
30 – Sheffield Arena
June 1, Birmingham Genting Arena
June 2, Birmingham Genting Arena
June 3, Birmingham Genting Arena
June 6, London The O2
June 7, London The O2
June 9, London The O2
June 10, London The O2
June 14, Swansea Liberty Stadium
June 16, Norwich Carrow Road Stadium