Plaid demands talks to get more cash for Wales' railways
Plaid Cymru's new transport minister has asked for talks with the UK government to demand better rail funding for Wales. Mark Hooper said successive UK governments had failed to…
St Maryâs Stadium, SouthamptonElephants, clowns, aerialists hanging by their hair ⦠the Big Top concept doesnât let up at this hugely enjoyable outing for a boy band with hits to spare Take That have never been shy when it comes to repackaging their past. In 2018, they followed two official best-of collections with Odyssey, a Stuart Price-produced curio in which they âre-imaginedâ their greatest hits. Around the same time, band captain Gary Barlow â now overseeing just two teammates, Mark Owen and Howard Donald â was brutally honest about the bandâs standing as a legacy act more focused on ticket sales than streams. âEven if [the album is] a flop, weâre still going to go on tour next year and play to 600,000 people.â Fast forward eight years and the band have sidestepped the studio time and are instead lightly âre-imaginingâ an entire old tour. And not just any tour. When it first played stadiums in summer 2009, Take That Presents The Circus became the fastest selling jaunt in UK history, making more than £40m in profit. Without an obvious anniversary peg, on paper this unusual reboot of a widely seen show (even the DVD release broke sales records) has th

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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…
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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…
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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…
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