Take That Turn Etihad Stadium Into a Cathedral of Pop - Image Gallery

Etihad Stadium, Manchester – 19th June 2026

IMAGES BEN WHITEHURST

Photo Credit Ben Whitehurst

There comes a point in every pop group's existence when nostalgia becomes either a museum piece or a full-blown act of resurrection. Take That, striding onto the stage at Manchester's Etihad Stadium, chose the latter. What unfolded wasn't some polite trip down memory lane; it was a euphoric, lights-blazing celebration of pop's strange ability to soundtrack entire lifetimes. Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald commanded the vast arena with the confidence of men who have long since stopped chasing relevance because, somewhere along the way, they simply became part of the cultural furniture. Yet there was nothing static about this performance. Captured here by photographer Ben Whitehurst for All Music Magazine UK, these images bottle a night where thousands surrendered to melody, memory and the sheer joyous excess that only a truly colossal pop show can deliver.

SET LIST

1. Greatest Day

   
   

2. Hello

   
   

3. Could It Be Magic

   (Barry Manilow cover)

   
   

4. Pray

   
   

5. A Million Love Songs

   
   

6. Back for Good

   
   

7. The Garden

   
   

8. Shine

   
   

9. Up All Night

   
   

10. Babe

    
    

11. You're a Superstar

    
    

12. Love Ain't Here Anymore

    
    

13. Nobody Else

    
    

14. The Circus

    
    

15. What Is Love

    
    

16. Do What U Like / Promises / It Only Takes a Minute / Take That and Party

    
    

17. Said It All

    
    

18. Never Forget

    
    

19. Patience

    
    

20. Relight My Fire

    (Dan Hartman cover)

    
    

21. Hold Up a Light

    
    

22. Rule the World

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