Progress Live

Progress Live
Tour by Take That
Associated albumProgress
Progressed
Start date27 May 2011 (2011-05-27)
End date29 July 2011 (2011-07-29)
Legs1
No. of shows35 (total)
Supporting act(s)Pet Shop Boys
Box officeUS$185.2 million ($250.84 in 2023 dollars)[1]
Take That concert chronology
Home Media release
Home Media Cover, at City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester

Progress Live was the eighth concert tour by English pop group Take That. The tour, sponsored by Samsung, supported their sixth studio album, Progress as they visited major cities in the UK and Europe. It was the first tour to feature all five original members performing together in 16 years and the final tour to feature Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. In its infancy, the tour accomplished many accolades including selling 1.34 million tickets in less than 24 hours.[2] The tour quickly became the biggest tour in the United Kingdom.[3] They played 8 nights each at City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester and also Wembley Stadium in London – breaking the previous record held by Michael Jackson's Bad World Tour set in 1988.[4][5][6] These eight nights at Wembley Stadium saw Take That break the record for the highest-grossing residency by grossing £38 million ($61 million) from their respective London dates alone.[7][8][9] At the conclusion of 2011, the tour was placed on Billboard's annual, "Top 25 Tours", and appeared third worldwide, earning over $180 million with 29 shows.[10] Each member of the band received £7,900,000 from the tour after tax.

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  9. ^ "Hot Tours: Take That, U2, Roger Waters". Billboard. 22 July 2011.
  10. ^ "Top 25 Tours of 2011". Billboard. 8 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2011.