[Princess]

Originally posted by Markus
How much did they sell?

Don't know. Just asked Callum in the other thread. I'm sure it'll be on the forum soon.

[Princess]

Originally posted by JDIZZEL
Jasons voice makes me all... D

Ditto! I Mr. Orange

[BigSister]

yay woop for take that
Still not got it though lol

[Princess]

The Circus is now available to download on UK iTunes.

I meanwhile already know loads of lyrics from having it on replay all weekend,yay me!

[Locke.]

Digital Spy:

Take That have notched up their eleventh number one on the UK singles chart.

'Greatest Day', the lead single from the group's upcoming album The Circus, debuts in the top spot this week. It becomes the group's third number one in five attempts since reforming in November 2005.

Last week's chart-topper, 'If I Were A Boy' by Beyoncé, falls to two, while T.I. and Rihanna climb to three with 'Live Your Life'.

Britney Spears bounces back to seven with 'Womanizer' following her performance on The X Factor, while Akon climbs to nine with 'Right Now (Na Na Na)'.

Meanwhile, singles by Same Difference and McFly both fall short of the top ten, debuting at 13 and 18 respectively.

Britain's Got Talent champion George Sampson also makes a disappointing chart debut, stalling at 30 with 'Get Up On The Dancefloor' / 'Headz Up'.

[Princess]

Thanks David!

I'm dying to know the sale figures.

[Greg.!]

Take That are back for good, they had patience and now they are going to Rule The World with there new song greatest day!!!

[Princess]

Originally posted by gregalz123
Take That Rule The World!!!

[Callum]

Originally posted by Princess
Thanks David!

I'm dying to know the sale figures.

I haven't seen any figures yet which is strange but I'll post them tomorrow because I know they'll be up then.

[Princess]

Thanks Callum!

Can always rely on you for all the figures and so forward!

[MarkWaldorf]

Around 65k apparently.

[Princess]

Awwwwww no! I wanted 70+

Haha I shouldn't be disappointed with 65.

Thanks Mark!

[xDramatick]

Yay!
Congrats TT!
Let's hope for a #1 album, I'm certainly gonna buy it [bought BW the other day, love it]

[Princess]

Yay,you bought BW!!!! The Circus is much better,I'd recommend it to anyone.

They have to have a number 1 album,it's the most pre-ordered album ever and loads of people get impatient and go and buy it

[Princess]

*thought to self*

Take That really do have the best fans-another number 1,fastest selling tour ever,biggest pre-ordered album ever,all the Brits they've won have been voted for by the public and so on. Woop for the Thatters!

[pinkmichk]

from facebook

To mark Monday's release of The Circus we have some fantastic podcasts from the band for you.

Featuring the band discussing the new album, their hopes and fears for it and also talk you through the writing and recording of it.

And the first podcast has just been made live... you can download it to your computer and also to your video iPod or iPhones if you have them, right now!

Just copy the URL (www.takethat.com/podcasts/podcast.xml) and paste it into your preferred podcasting program on your computer.

In iTunes for example, you just go to the "Advanced" menu and choose "Subscribe to podcast" and follow the instructions. Other programs will be different - just look in the help section if it's not obvious.

[Scarlett.]

It deserved to be No.1

[BigSister]

I got greatest day today *finally* lol

[pinkmichk]

radio said asda are selling it for Ł6 so i am gonna see if someone can pick me one up else it will have to wait a bit

[Princess]

Radio 2 session(starts at about 1hr 54)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/event/takethat/index.shtml

Sales of GD were 70,302 :cheer:

http://takethatworld.s2.bizhat.com/t...ftopic435.html

Pictures of the album launch,them at St Pancreas train station going to Paris

http://photo.wenn.com/index.php?ref=...208&version=uk

http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Se...ge&src=quick#1

Think that's it....

^^^Those podcasts are amazinggggg.

[BigSister]

yay you nearly got it right Laura ^_^

[Princess]

Album launch

Take That were mobbed by hundreds of thirtysomething fans as they prepared to begin a promotional tour for their fifth album The Circus.
Gary Barlow, 37, Mark Owen, 36, Jason Orange, 38, and Howard Donald, 40, were besieged as they arrived at St Pancras station in London to catch a Eurostar train to Paris.
The boys celebrated their eleventh number one on the UK singles chart this weekend after Greatest Day, the lead single from the album, debuted in the top spot. It is the group's third number one since reforming in November 2005.


The band are beginning a promotional tour for their fifth album The Circus
Barlow and Owen were most recently seen handing out friendly advice to X Factor finalists in a masterclass earlier this month.
Take That hysteria has been at its highest this year with their tour becoming the fastest-selling in UK history after fans snapped up 600,000 tickets in five hours last month.
The band's 2009 stadium tour, The Circus - Live, smashed UK box office records, including Michael Jackson's 1987 Bad tour.


As previously announced dates sold out, the band added two more - June 23 at Manchester's Old Trafford Cricket Ground and July 5 at London's Wembley Stadium.
A statement from the band said: 'We are, once again, totally astounded by the response today and amazed at being able to break such records - we feel very privileged to be in this position at such a time.
'We're all meeting up this afternoon to start planning next summer and promise to make it the very best show we've ever done. See you in 2009!'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...fth-album.html

BEING kidnapped by COLDPLAY last week was a proper showbiz adventure.
But going to France with TAKE THAT — the best pop act in Britain — for a double celebration last night was another treat.

The lads — GARY BARLOW, MARK OWEN, HOWARD DONALD and JASON ORANGE — took me on the Eurostar to Paris for the launch of their new album The Circus.

Mark was also planning a boys’ night out to wet his new daughter Willow Rose’s head. He told me: “You’re buying me a pint tonight.”

His wife Emma was left at home with the baby, who was born on Friday, as Mark headed off to France.

Take That are at No1 in the singles chart with Greatest Day and on course for the same spot in the album charts.

They are thumping BRITNEY SPEARS, whose album is called Circus, 5 to 1. And deservedly so after her feeble performance on X Factor.

Read Bizarre tomorrow for my exclusive interview with the band.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle1993404.ece

Album sales!!!!!

Take That are outselling Britney Spears in the album charts by a significant margin.

The group's new album The Circus is outselling Spears's LP Circus by as much as fourteen copies to one with some retailers, according to Festivalwise.

The reformed boyband shifted 20,000 copies in Asda stores alone when the CD went on sale yesterday, 7,000 more than the previous record set by Leona Lewis's debut.

Take That broke records last week when their new album became the most popular of all time on digital music store Play.

Band member Jason Orange refused to get competitive with Spears, telling the Daily Star: "It's not a big deal. Mark [Owen] is more bothered about it. It'll be unfortunate if she gets higher than us in the charts, then I'll be like: 'Bitch'. But as it stands now, it's one of those things."

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a1...g-britney.html

Woolworths collapse leave shelves empty of Take That

The collapse of Woolworths had a severe knock-on effect yesterday when Zavvi, the UK's second biggest record chain, was left with no copies of highly-anticipated new albums from Take That and Britney Spears.

The failure to sell two of the year's biggest albums on their first day of release is likely to have cost Zavvi hundreds of thousands of pounds in lost sales. Take That's The Circus album was expected to sell 80,000 copies alone on its first day of release yesterday. Last night supermarket Asda said that it sold around 20,000 copies of The Circus yesterday, its fastest-selling first-day release ever.

http://takethatworld.s2.bizhat.com/t...ftopic450.html

Other

MUMS are ditching lullabies — and instead singing pop songs to tots.
Take That’s Patience is the top tune to get babies to sleep, according to a survey.

The poll of 2,000 mums put Robbie Williams’ Angels second and the upbeat I Kissed A Girl by Katy Perry third.

One in ten mums said they could not remember lullaby lyrics.

Kathryn Crawford from thebabywebsite.com said: “We were really surprised.”

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle1994183.ece

Review

The cover of Take That's fifth album depicts all four members balancing precariously on tightropes, but mastering the manoeuvre with poise and grace. It's an apt metaphor, in a way; when the former teen heartthrobs decided to make a comeback two years ago, it was something of a risky endeavour. Could four grown men best remembered for spelling their band's name out on their bum cheeks be taken as 'serious' artists? As it happens, they were - and it wasn't just their loyal fanbase that welcomed them back with open arms, either.

So, building on their hugely successful return should be an easy feat for the Mancunian man-band - just turn in another collection of vaguely poppy tracks and a couple of sombre ballads, and hey presto! You've got another hit album on your hands. As formulaic as that sounds, however, Take That manage to add a dash of panache to The Circus, which is more than can be said for a number of their ill-advised peers.

Unlike their last record, there's perhaps no immediate hit apparent here; these are mostly tracks that start from seeds of doleful piano hazes, before blooming into orchestral wonders. The Garden is a good example, its horn-laden crescendo providing a festive-tinted opener, as does the slightly hoary title track, all Chicago-like sentiment and gramophone-filtered vocals. The best tracks, though, are the ones billowing with Beatles-style pomp; Hello's brisk tempo, Jason Orange's sweet trill on the easygoing How Did It Come to This, the carnival-style (if somewhat cliched) pep of Up All Night.

No doubt about it: as pop albums go, this is fairly standard fare. But Take That know and accept their boundaries, and they perform the songs within them with enthusiasm and a indisputable seal of quality. And all four members can sing, too - which again, is more than can be said for a number of their ill-advised peers.

http://entertainment.ie/album-review/album/6059.htm

[MarkWaldorf]

Oh hay Laura

[Princess]

Hello!

[MarkWaldorf]

I was in HMV this morning and finally saw the TT CD And a DVD! Lucky!