TAKE That will play an extra Southampton date when they bring their 30th anniversary tour to the city next year.

Tickets went on general sale at 9.30 this morning for the major arena and stadium tour which visits St Mary's Stadium on Saturday May 25.

Within an hour organisers have announced an extra date has been added " due to demand" which will be the following night, Sunday May 26 ( the bank holiday weekend).

Take That will be performing all their much loved greatest hits live, and will be joined by special guest Rick Astley.

The tour follows the release of ‘Odyssey’ a re-imagined greatest hits album that takes the listener on a journey through the incredible musical history of one of the UK’s most successful bands of all time.

The ‘Odyssey’ album - produced by Stuart Price - kicks off celebrations on November 23 and features 27 tracks spanning three decades of the band’s history from their 1992 debut ‘Take that and Party’, right up to the present day.

The album will also feature a host of special guests as well as three brand new tracks, set to continue what is easily one of the greatest British pop stories ever told.

The full track listing will be revealed at a later date.

‘Odyssey’ is both a celebration of Take That’s past and present, an emotional journey through all their incarnations.

The album is peppered with soundbites from their life, building a historical narrative around the songs - the story of five Northern teenage lads, who went on to become one of the biggest boy bands of all time, before splitting up and reforming again nine years later with one of the most sensational music comebacks ever seen. “The story is, if you think about it’ said Howard, ‘quite mad.’ ‘We wanted to tell the tale of the band,’ said Mark, ‘the history of what happened to us. If you only ever own one of them, this should be the definitive Take That record.’

The 2 CD album is a mix of their all-time biggest hits and some brilliantly ‘reimagined’ versions of Take That classics, with exciting new arrangements and production with some tracks being rebuilt from scratch. ‘Some have been reworked, but without spoiling what people loved about them in the first place.’ said Gary .’You’ve got to be respectful, but at the same time, you’ve got to let the ambition of doing something new and refreshed come through as well.’

Take That have had six No.1 albums and have sold over 45 million records across 30 years.

Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen are Take That in 2018 and continue the legacy of one of the most successful bands in British chart history.

Ticket prices:

Stadiums - £55, £65, £85, £99 + booking fees (VIP packages at £199 + booking fees)

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