Take That have announced their new album, Dreamers, and a massive 2027 European tour, weeks after frontman Gary Barlow admitted he had completely "fallen off a cliff" emotionally following their most recent live dates.
The Manchester pop band, who now perform as a trio comprising Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald, confirmed the details of the upcoming record and live shows after teasing fans earlier in the week.
European tour dates
The Dreamers Tour will be the group's largest European run in years, featuring 31 shows in 31 cities across 16 countries, with further dates expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
The tour will commence in Switzerland on June 3, 2027. The band will then perform in Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Norway, Sweden, France, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Denmark, Spain, Italy and Austria.
They will conclude the run with a final date in Germany on July 23.
Dreamers album and single release
Fans who pre-order the forthcoming album, Dreamers, from 10am local time on September 2 will receive early access to tour tickets. Venue presales will begin on September 3, ahead of the general sale the following day. Full tour dates are available on the band's official website.
The third single from the new record, Feel My Love, will be released on September 4. The track is a collaboration with the Irish-American singer-songwriter Michael Patrick Kelly.
The upcoming single follows the releases of You're A Superstar and Sweet July, both of which the band performed during their recent The Circus Live tour.
Gary Barlow's Instagram video
The announcement will delight fans after Barlow, 55, opened up about the emotional toll of the revived The Circus Live tour, which concluded at Dublin's Aviva Stadium on July 4.
The singer shared a candid Instagram video explaining that he was suffering from "post-tour blues".
"GB here. I've been trying to make this video for a few weeks, and it's not been easy," he told his followers. "I must say that this tour has thrown me slightly.
"Whenever we come off tour, it always feels a little bit of an anticlimax.
"The whole thing, but for some reason, I don't know whether it was just because it just felt so celebratory doing the circus again and it seems to have gone down so well that it just feels like I've completely fallen off a cliff since the end of the show."
Post-tour blues
Barlow said he forced himself to make the video to check in with fans and ensure they were coping with the end of the tour.
"So I've been meaning to make this video for a few weeks, but I finally have got round to it today," he said.
"I forced myself to do it because I just want to check in on everyone and make sure everyone's okay with the post-tour blues.
"It's a really funny one. I don't know whether it's because as the years go by and the tours become more and more important to us or to me anyway.
"I'm always sad at the end of a tour and particularly this one. I just thought it was absolutely joyous, the whole thing, and I'm fully aware of how much everybody enjoyed it, and we did have our questions.
"However, we didn't need to worry about a thing because it all went great. Everybody survived. A great time was had, and we are able to move onwards with smiles on our faces and our hearts full of happiness. It was just brilliant."
End of The Circus live shows
Reflecting on a busy year that included a Netflix project in January, Barlow thanked the fans who joined them.
"What a wonderful year this has been so far, with Netflix in January and all the build-up to the first couple of releases from the new record, and then this circus tour," he said.
"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Thank you everybody that joined us and we'll see you for the next installment, which isn't far away now."
The new tour announcement follows an emotional statement Barlow posted on X, formerly Twitter, confirming he could not physically repeat the energetic Circus tour for a third time.
He described the recent run as the "best tour ever", noting that saying so 35 years into their career was significant.
"And another tour comes to a close. Somehow, this one feels a little different," he wrote.
"With the other tours, it's always comforting to know there will almost definitely be a next time. But I'm pretty sure this tour won't return.
"I was 38 when we originally did this show, and I have to say it's been a whole other challenge doing it as a 55-year-old.
"I just can't see a way I could physically do this show again.
"So, it's with an extremely heavy heart that I leave The Circus in my past. I got to run away with The Circus twice.
"Now I'm running towards our next exciting, brand new show."
