One million tickets sold for Take That tour

Take That sold one million tickets for their latest tour in less than 24 hours yesterday.
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Oct 2010, 22:15 BST
Updated 29th Oct 2010, 22:21 BST

Tickets agencies struggled to cope with fans reporting websites crashing and phone lines being constantly engaged under the weight of the massive demand.

New dates were also added to the tour which will be the first time all five members of the band – Gary Barlow, Robbie Williams, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Howard Donald – have performed together since 1995.

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A statement issued by the band said: "We are speechless, truly and utterly shocked. This is the most amazing news for all of us. "

Tickets went on sale at 9am yesterday and by 2pm new dates had been added to the tour in Sunderland, Glasgow, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff and London. Fans queued overnight outside many venues to get tickets.

A spokeswoman for Ticketmaster said "totally unprecedented demand" had left them struggling to cope.

One fan, Laura Docherty, wrote on the band's Facebook page: "I got tickets. But I've never experienced every website down."

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