Take That tightrope walker says performing in Circus Live tour is an 'honour'

A tightrope walker who will perform high above the crowds at the Principality Stadium has said it is an "honour" to help Take That transform the venue into a giant circus. On Tuesday, the British band are taking to the stage in Cardiff as they return with their rebooted Circus Live tour, complete with acrobats, ringmasters, tightrope walkers, and even a mechanical elephant. One of those performers is Ellis Grover, from Carmarthen, who walks "unstrapped" between two stages with a six-metre (19ft) drop below him. "Gary [Barlow] is a lovely chap, I've been trying to get him a tightrope," he joked. Take That originally brought the Circus Live tour to Wales in 2009, with the band performing three nights at the then Millennium Stadium. The group, made up of Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald, previously said: "The Circus tour was one of our favourite experiences as a band and, in the years since, we've talked many times about how much we'd love to do it again one day." Now, 17 years on, they're doing the same for one night only in Cardiff, ahead of releasing their 10th studio album towards the end of 2026. Ellis told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast he had been a high wire walker for 15 y