Circus is back in town

IT'S '09 AGAIN

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ROLL up, roll up boys and girls, welcome to the greatest Take That show on Earth... all over again.

The Circus, the band's legendary 2009 tour, is returning next summer for a run of huge stadium shows across the UK and Ireland.

It's the spectacle that transformed Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen into acrobats and clowns - riding a 25-foot elephant.

"The Circus is back," gushed Gary at the launch yesterday. "It's worth noting that the elephant got a bigger applause than we did."

The 2009 tour shattered Michael Jackson's record as the fastest selling in UK - shifting 600,000 tickets in under five hours.

Despite going down in Take That folklore many fans didn't get to see the gig.