Inside the big top: How Take That brought back ‘The Circus Live’
After the band launched a revival of its 2009 'The Circus Live' last month, manager Chris Dempsey tells IQ about the operation behind the grandstand event
News By Ciaran Donnelly | 8 June 2026
From staging, to logistics, set design, and down to the venues themselves, everything about Take That’s just-launched The Circus Live tour is a “massive job”. So says the band’s manager, Chris Dempsey, as he talks to IQ about the operation behind bringing back the 2009 blockbuster event.
The band has just embarked on a 17-stadium tour that will run until early July in the UK and Ireland, with venues varying in size from Southampton’s St Mary’s Stadium (35,000) for…
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