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Back in 2009, The Circus Live set a new precedent for stadium pop; it was not just a hit; it was a phenomenon of sorts, smashing records by selling 600,000 tickets in under five hours. It wasn’t just about the music; it was also the immersive spectacle, crowned by the unforgettable sights of the band riding a 30-foot mechanical elephant through stadiums packed with a million fans screaming. This time around, band members Gary Barlow, Howard Daniel, and Mark Owen have promised something “bigger, braver, and bolder”, a contemporary show which will be laced with nostalgia, and an opportunity for the band to showcase something fresh to their fans who have been waiting for the last 17 years.

 

 

 

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The 11-date tour kicks off on May 29 2026, at St Mary’s Stadium in the port city of Southampton, making its way through iconic venues like Manchester’s Etihad Stadium, Hampden Park in Glasgow, and the London Stadium, before concluding in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on July 4. Support acts will include The Script, who had also supported the original 2009 tour, returning alongside the iconic Belinda Carlisle, guaranteeing a multi-generational feast of pop classics.

General sale opens on Friday, September 26, at 09:30 BST. Fans who pre-order their forthcoming tenth studio album from their official website, titled ‘TT10’, before 17:00 BST on Tuesday, September 23, will receive a code, allowing them to participate in the pre-sale, which begins at 09:30 BST on Thursday, September 25.

Much like the scene in Derry Girls, Take That’s revival of The Circus Live taps into collective memory. It’s about more than nostalgia; it is about how pop culture is lodged in the contemporary pop landscape. As the pre-sale frenzy grips, Take That isn’t just simply reviving a tour; they are resurrecting a feeling of joy, spectacle, and shared celebration. Whether this tour soars or merely glimmers will depend on how much risk they take and how well they live up to the expectations, as it seeks to create a shared spectacle of British pop theatre at its grandest.

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    The Eden Sessions are a set of outdoor concerts held at the Eden Project in Cornwall. The concerts are held in high regard as one of the best places to see live music, with the Evening Standard saying “The nearest you can get to watching a gig on the moon.” The Eden Project, where the concerts are held, opened in March 2001. In the year following, August 2002, the first Eden Sessions took place with Pulp headlining the first show, and big name artists such as Oasis, Amy Winehouse, Kylie, Elton John, and more headlining over the years.         

 

 

 

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Madness are a ska and pop band formed in Camden Town, London in 1976. Current active members include Chris Foreman, Mike Barson, Lee Thompson, Graham “Suggs” McPherson, Dan Woodgate and Mark Bedford, with five past members Cathal “Chas Smash” Smyth, John Hastler, Dikran Tulaine, Gavin Rodgers and Garry Dovey. Their first release “The Prince”, a homage to their idol Prince Buster, was a hit on the UK charts, reaching number 16 despite their rookie status. Their most well-known song is the 1982 track “House of Fun, ” their only UK number-one single. Their most recent album “Theatre of the Absurd Presents C’est la Vie” also took the number one spot on the UK albums chart.

Gary Barlow is an English singer, songwriter and member of the well-known band Take That. Born in 1971 in Cheshire, he became lead singer in Take That in 1989. He wrote many of the group’s songs, including Take That’s first UK charts number-one single “Pray”. He embarked on a solo career in 1996 and is also active in the band with members Howard Donald and Mark Owen (previous members include Robbie Williams and Jason Orange). Barlow’s most recent music release is the 2023 album “This Life” with Take That, which peaked at number one on the UK albums chart.

The Script are an Irish rock band from Dublin, formed in 2001. The current members are Danny O’Donoghue, Glen Power, Benjamin Sargeant and Ben Weaver, with only one past member Mark Sheehan who passed away last year. After signing to record label Sony Label Group, they began working in London and released their debut album “The Script” in 2008 – the album reached number one in the UK charts. They are known for mainstream hits “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved” and “Hall of Fame”. Their most recent release is the album “Satellites” which peaked at number two on the official album charts.

Madness last performed at the Eden Project in 2017 and it’s no surprise that they have been invited to perform again off the back of their recent chart success. The managing director of the Eden Sessions, Rita Broe, expressed her excitement in a comment, “We can’t wait to see what the band have in store for us this time around.”  

The dates each artist is set to perform can be found below. 

Gary Barlow

18/06/2025 – Eden Project – Cornwall 

The Script plus Tom Walker 

25/06 – Eden Project – Cornwall 

Madness 

12/07 – Eden Project – Cornwall

More information can be found on the Eden Sessions website, and ticketing information can be found here. 

Mark Sheehan (Lead guitarist) speaking of the new single states, the single “Delivers all the ingredients everyone knows and loves”. The single comes alongside the announcement of the group’s sixth album Tales From The Script: Greatest Hits set for release on October 1st.

The group also released details of their Greatest Hits UK and European Tour to accompany their Greatest Hits album. The tour kicks off with intimate European concerts in February leading to UK arena performances from May 2022.

The tour will include the group performing at the O2 Arena in London and Dublin’s 3 Arena for two homecoming concerts. The singer Ella Henderson will be joining the group for their UK and Ireland tour dates.

The Script was formed in 2007, with band lineup Danny O’Donaghue (Lead vocalist and keyboardist), Mark Sheehan (Lead guitarist) and Glen Power (Drummer). The group’s debut album The Script was released on August 8th 2008.

The album reached number 1 in the UK Official Album Charts and chart success continued with singles “For The First Time”, “Hall of Fame”, “Nothing”, “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved”, “Breakeven” and “Superheroes”.

The group have achieved five UK number 1 albums, six billion streams and over two million ticket sales. Frontman O’Donaghue in speaking about the Covid 19 Pandemic, expressed that if not for the Pandemic the band may have split. O’Donaghue further said, “This might have been a greatest hits with a full stop”

The tour will be the group’s first in two years, O’Donaghue in his excitement to be performing after such a long time stated “I know I’m gonna lose it on stage, night after night.” Power added, “We’re taking all the best songs and playing them all together in one place”.

O’Donaghue expressed that the group are excited to be going back on the road again. The group look set to be busy with their new single release, new album and Greatest Hits Tour.

The group will be performing two dates before their tour at the Isle of Wight Festival next month.

See the free streaming service for The Script’s new album Tales From The Script: Greatest Hits here and see the tracklist below

Breakeven
The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
For The First Time
Nothing
Hall of Fame
If You Could See Me Now
Superheroes
Six Degrees of Separation
Rain
Arms Open
The Last Time
Run Through Walls
Before the Worst
We Cry
Science & Faith
No Good In Goodbye
Never Seen Anything “Quite Like You”
I Want It All

See The Script’s Tour Dates below. Tickets are available here

16/09/21 Isle of Wight Festival- Newport
19/09 Isle of Wight Festival- Newport

15/05/22 SSE Arena- Belfast,
19/05 M&S Bank Arena- Liverpool,
20/05 First Direct Arena- Leeds
21/05 AO Arena- Manchester
23/05 Motorpoint Arena- Cardiff
24/05 Motorpoint Arena- Nottingham
26/05 P&J Live- Aberdeen
27/05 The SSE Hydro- Glasgow
28/05 Utilita Arena- Newcastle
30/05 Brighton, Centre- Brighton
31/05 International Centre- Bournemouth
02/06 Arena- Sheffield
03/06 Utilita Arena- Birmingham
04/06 The O2- London
14/06 3Arena- Ireland, Dublin
15/06 3Arena- Ireland, Dublin

UK & Ireland! Pre-order our #TalesFromTheScript Greatest Hits album before 3pm on Tue Aug 31st to gain access to the exclusive tour pre-sale at 9:30am on Wed Sep 1st. https://t.co/DKQj6lzwp4. General sale 9:30am Fri Sep 3rd.

Europe! General sale opens 9:30am on Fri Sep 3rd. pic.twitter.com/ATd5pGeNL6

— the script (@thescript) August 27, 2021

The Eden Project, which hosts the concert series in Cornwall, was due to welcome some of music’s biggest names including My Chemical Romance, Lionel Richie, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, The Script, and Diana Ross. The summer event was supposed to take place between June 17th and July 21st 2020.

The organisers of the Eden Sessions have today (April 17) confirmed that their summer schedule of shows will not take place this year due to the current coronavirus crisis. Taking to Instagram to announce the news organisers said: “Organisers have been closely assessing the impacts of the global coronavirus pandemic and decided that to ensure the safety and wellbeing of concert-goers, artists, crews, Eden Sessions staff and supporting teams, the Sessions could not go ahead this year,” a statement from the Eden Sessions, which you can read in full below, explains.”

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We’re so sorry to announce that we’re postponing Eden Sessions 2020, but we are working to reschedule artists booked for 2020 to play next year. Thank you for your patience and support and we look forward to welcoming everyone back to what promises be an unforgettable season in the summer of 2021. Full statement and further FAQs at the link in our biog (www.edensessions.com/eden-sessions-2020-statement-and-faq)

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The continued, “[We are] working hard to reschedule the artists booked for 2020 to play next year. When shows are rescheduled and dates confirmed, the Eden Project will contact all existing ticketholders with details. Original tickets will remain valid for any show that is rescheduled.” You can find out more information about the Eden Sessions postponement here.

The news will come as a double blow to fans as My Chemical Romance was due to have their first UK comeback show at the summer series, but due to the coronavirus crisis it has now been postponed. My Chemical Romance had been due to make their UK live comeback with the Eden Sessions gig on June 16 2020. As it stands, the band’s sold-out Stadium MK residency in Milton Keynes, between June 18 and 21, is still going ahead.

Also going ahead as planned is their show at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, in Dublin, on June 23. My Chemical Romance have already been forced to postpone their planned tour dates in Asia, Australia and New Zealand due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Speaking about his headline slot, Grennan said: “It’s a real honour for me to play a show on behalf of Teenager Cancer Trust and raise money and awareness for so many courageous young people! To tread the boards of the Royal Albert Hall will be a life ambition ticked off for me, and to do it for Teenage Cancer Trust make it that extra special – thank you to Roger Daltrey and the team for giving me this opportunity.”

The announcement included the acts that are set to headline the gigs, with Tom Grennan, the latest headline act to be announced, will grace the stage, on Wednesday the 27th of March 2019. Tickets for Tom Grennan’s gig will go on sale, on Friday the 14th of December, at 9am. You can grab them from the Royal Albert Hall website. He will be joined by one of the most successful bands in British history, Take That, who will perform, on Thursday the 28th of March 2019.

Director of Fundraising at Teenage Cancer Trust, Liz Tait said: “We’re so excited to announce this incredible line-up. These amazing shows not only bring together some of the world’s biggest names in music, but also raise vital funds to support young people facing the chaos of cancer through our 28 specialist teenage cancer units in NHS hospitals across the UK, led by expert nurses and support staff. For every young person we reach, there’s another we can’t, so every penny raised through the gigs is crucial. As always, we’re incredibly grateful to our honorary patron Roger Daltrey CBE, who is the driving force behind the Royal Albert Hall shows. And it’s great that tickets are on sale just in time for Christmas!”

Joining Grennan and Take That will be award winning Rudimental and Ghetts – both performing, on Monday the 25th of March 2019, indie heroes Doves – will be performing, on Friday the 29th of March 2019, The Script – will grace the stage, on Saturday the 30th of March 2019, and Levellers – are set to perform, on Sunday the 31st of March 2019, with more acts to be announced soon.

Money raised by these gigs will support young people with cancer to make sure they get the treatment and support they need. This year’s shows are supported by sponsors Tangle Teezer and American Airlines. Tickets went on sale, on the 7th of December 2018, and can be purchased at the Royal Albert Hall website or here.

The Irish singer announced his departure from the BBC musical talent show on Twitter today, stating;

‘I had two wonderful seasons on The Voice and as everybody knows I gave it my heart and soul and couldn’t be more proud of the show and what we have achieved. My focus will be on The Script moving forward as we are about to embark on the most important part of our career as a band’

O’Donoghue coached this years victor Andrea Begley to success, and was also the mentor for last years runner-up Bo Bruce, whose debut album, ‘Before I Sleep’ made the UK Album Chart top 10 in May – outselling the winner, Leanne Mitchell, whose self-titled debut achieved first-week sales of just under 900 copies. He is the second judge to quit the show, after Jessie J announced her departure earlier this month.

It is unknown whether the remaining judges, Sir Tom Jones and will.i.am will return for Season 3, as will.i.am stated previously that he would only return if the judging panel remained the same.
O Donoghue’s band, pop-rock outfit The Script recently finished the global tour for their third album, ‘#3’, and will be appearing at V Festival this August.