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15-06-2009, 02:52 PM
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Just being pedantic and moving this story to here!
Fab little review. I'm so proud of the Irish!
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15-06-2009, 03:15 PM
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Cool!! I knew when I was posting it I had it in the wrong place!! Hadnt time to go looking!! Just on sneakily from work!!
 I like that word 'pedantic'!! lol!!
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15-06-2009, 03:19 PM
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15-06-2009, 04:47 PM
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Another one from Ed Power at the Independent!
http://www.independent.ie/entertainm...s-1773751.html
Could it be magic again? That's a resounding yes Monday June 15 2009 TAKE That's 'The Circus' tour is rumoured to have cost €14m to stage -- which seem like a bargain when you see what they've done with the money. Featuring trapeze artists, high-wire walkers, a football-squad worth of performing clowns and a life-sized animatronic elephant (no, that isn't a dig at Gary Barlow's waistline), it's a show with something for everyone. Or at least if by "everyone" you mean those who like their throwaway pop served on a souffle of PT Barnum-esque whimsy. Amidst all the silliness, it would be easy for the music to get lost. But the Take That boys are such self-effacing and exuberant performers, you can't help rooting for them. This is their third stint on the road since the quartet set out to prove that even ageing teen totty could have a second shot at success. But they give the impression of being deeply humbled that anyone -- let alone 80,000 bawling fans -- should still be interested. They bravely belt out many of their biggest hits right at the start, mugging their way through the gay-disco karaoke of 'Could It Be Magic' and delivering 'Back For Good' behind water fountains (after Mark Owen, pixie-ish good looks holding up well, attempts an impromptu 'Riverdance' jig). A quick elephant ride to the main stage and it's time for the foursome to demonstrate their rock chops. Alas, this leads into the dullest part of the set as the cavorting clowns are banished and Take That busk through some sweet, if underwhelming, acoustic pop from their latest album 'The Circus'. With Jason Orange on vocals, they sound, of all things, like pre-'Blue Monday' New Order. But they're soon back in toyboy mode, careering around on unicycles, smearing on clown make-up, and leading a 15-piece marching band through comeback hit 'Patience'. Note to the rest of the world's chart stars: you're going to have to try harder, because with 'The Circus' tour, Take That have raised the bar for pop extravaganzas. At Croke Park, they're ringmasters of all they survey. - Ed Power
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15-06-2009, 04:52 PM
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http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...248850210.html
Monday, June 15, 2009 Grown-up boyband's greatest day yet Take That’s Dublin show featured acrobats, clowns, burlesque dancers, majorettes, marching bands, tight-rope walkers, unicyclists, a 15-metre mechanical elephant and, of course, four lads from Manchester. TAKE THAT call it The Circus Tour , but, if anything, calling it a circus is an understatement. Part music concert, but for the most part theatrical extravaganza /cabaret/burlesque, the boy to manband put on a show that will hardly be surpassed by any act headlining Croke Park, not even U2 who play the venue next month. Take That emerged on stage from beneath a cascade of balloons and surrounded by an entourage of clowns, ballerinas and dancers on a wooden oil derrick. It was evident from the beginning they were going to, in the words of one of their own songs, Take That and Party and then some. "I just want to say 'wow'. We never thought we'd be this big," said singer Howard Donald, reflecting how this seemingly washed-up Nineties boy band have morphed into one of the biggest live draws in the world a decade later. All 80,000 tickets for Saturday night's concert sold out when they went on sale last October. "This is a very special night," said chief songwriter Gary Barlow, the brains behind the Take That phenomenon. "80,000 people. This is the biggest crowd we have ever played to. Thank you." The audience, like the band themselves, were of a certain maturity, composed overwhelming of twenty- and thirty-something women who enjoyed a perfect summer's evening for the concert. As a traditional male bastion, Croke Park had to be made fit for purpose. Every male toilet that could be was turned from Fir to Mná, but even that wasn't enough to accommodate the gender imbalance and dozens of portaloos were brought in for the occasion. The show was bookended by Greatest Day and Rule the World , two huge hits from their latest incarnation. In between they rolled out the hits one after the other. In keeping with the circus theme, there were acrobats, clowns, burlesque dancers, majorettes, marching bands, tight-rope walkers and unicycles. Every circus needs an elephant and the 15-metre high mechanical elephant was the pièce de résistance. The elephant emerged from centre-stage and the band were borne from the stage in the centre of the pitch to the front like Indian maharajahs surveying their supplicants. Two dancers waggled the elephant's ears and a dancer hung off the end upside-down swishing its tail. It was all so uproariously, preposterously over the top and the crowd loved it, joining in a verse of The Fields of Athenry prompted by four Manchester lads who are as English as YR Sauce. High drama turned to low farce when singer Mark Owen split his trousers from crotch to knees. "I'm not taking my trousers off, right?" "Off, off, off," the crowd responded. Owen revealed that the Take That entourage consisted of 238 people and by the end it everyone of them seemed to be on stage. The band signed off with a firework display. "I've seen them five times and this was the best ever. What a show," said Sorca O'Brien from Tallaght. Few would disagree.
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15-06-2009, 06:59 PM
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http://www.sundayworld.com/showbiz/s...p?preview=2434
Includes a nice pic of gary and jason leaving the hotel before the concert.. TAKE THAT 'SHINE' ON CROKER 'Manband' put on pop spectacular GREAT SHOW: Gary and Jason before the gig. WITH a fantastic array of their best hits British 'manband' Take That stormed the stage at Croke Park last night and blew 83,000 ecstatic fans away. The veteran act left no stone unturned as they rooted out all the big numbers including Shine', Never Want To Let You Go, Give Good Feeling and Could It Be Magic during a marathon performance in front of their dedicated Irish followers. Audience The predominantly female audience brought the house down when the four singers took to the stage after a rousing opening by home grown act The Script. The Manchester act that was formed in 1990 pushed last minute nerves aside to storm the show and bring grown women to their knees. Just before they went on stage last night singer, Gary Barlow admitted they had an attack of anxiety. "The nerves are always there," he admitted. "We really have been counting down the days to this one and we'll put on one hell of a show." And he was true to his word. Featuring eye-popping lighting effects and hundreds of performers the Circus Tour was just that. And it was a crowning achievement for Ireland latest pop princes, The Script. However, the evening was tinged with sadness for two of the Dublin-born trio whose parents died when they were on the brink of stardom. Mark Sheehan's mother passed away in hospital after suffering a stroke while The Script were working on their chart-topping album, while four months later lead singer Danny O'Donoghue's dad died suddenly. |
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#69
15-06-2009, 07:53 PM
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Love the Irish reviews, even the ones that have mistakes in them...LOL
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15-06-2009, 07:55 PM
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Thanks so much for posting that! I didn't get to buy the Sunday World yesterday!
LOL at them making up what songs were performed though  Ive' just been out to get the papers - Irish Times, The Sun and Irish Daily Mirror which made me pmsl as I spotted myself and emmatt in a crowd pic!
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