By Sarah Spina-Matthews

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Take That have announced plans to take their Circus Live tour back on the road next summer, including two hometown dates in Manchester.

Ahead of releasing their 10th studio album towards the end of 2026, they will play at Etihad Stadium on 19 and 20 September.

Take That will play nine other shows at stadiums across the UK and Ireland, starting in Southampton on 29 May and finishing in Dublin in July.

Their first Circus Live tour, in the summer of 2009, saw 600,000 tickets being sold in less than five hours.