\n Excitement is already building ahead of the opening show of The Circus Live Tour, with around 25 to 30 tents pitched and supporters facing a wait of more than 24 hours in total.\n<\/p>\n
\n The chart-topping trio \u2013 now made up of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen \u2013 will play two shows at St Mary\u2019s this weekend at the start of a nationwide tour.\n<\/p>\n
\n Barriers are being put up around the ground to prepare for large queues, while booming speakers and production equipment could be heard during sound checks inside the stadium.\n<\/p>\n
\n The committed fans faced a wait of more than 24 hours in total since pitching up.\n<\/p>\n
\n Around 30 tents have been erected outside the football ground (Image: NQ)\n<\/p>\n
\n Among those camping outside the stadium were Alicia Clayton-Hewitt and her mum Lisa, 45, who travelled from Kent for the concert.\n<\/p>\n
\n Lisa even cut short a holiday in Marrakesh to make sure she did not miss the show.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mum and daughter, Lisa & Alicia Clayton-Hewitt (Image: NQ)\n<\/p>\n
\n Alicia said: “Mum has been a Take That fan all her life and I am just the same. This is the only tour I have ever missed so it was so important that we got here.\n<\/p>\n
\n “My first concert was the comeback tour. We love it. It\u2019s become a real bonding experience for me and mum because it\u2019s something we love doing together, and camping out before the show is all part of the fun.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Lisa added: “I flew back into the country this morning from my holiday in Marrakesh – that\u2019s how special Take That are to us.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Alicia picked me up from Gatwick and we came straight here.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I have been to every Take That concert since 1993. You don\u2019t even have to like Take That – it\u2019s the type of concert where you can bring your husband or your family and everyone will have such a good time. It\u2019s a spectacle.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Fans Laura King, Sarah Selwyn, Clare Paddon and Michelle Scammell were also among a group of nine friends reunited through years of attending Take That concerts together.\n<\/p>\n
\n Fans Laura King, Sarah Selwyn, Clare Paddon and Michelle Scammell (Image: NQ)\n<\/p>\n
\n Laura said: “We all live across the West Country and love going to Take That and Robbie Williams concerts.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We\u2019ve had lots of different experiences camping before shows – sometimes we\u2019ve woken up next to rabbits and sometimes cigarette butts.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Michelle added: “Take That music is really for everyone. We\u2019ve seen children and grandparents at the shows and that\u2019s what makes them so special.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Excitement is already building ahead of the opening show of The Circus Live Tour, with around 25 to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-609761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}