Take That in Birmingham – As it happened

Monday 27th June 2011, 5:32PM BST.

Take That at Villa Park. Photo: Lisa Wright
Take That at Villa Park. Photo: Lisa Wright

Take That fever took over Birmingham tonight as the biggest boy band in the country brought their Progress tour to Villa Park.

Lisa Wright sent in live updates from the concert of the year and we included the best tweets from the #TakeThatVP hashtag and your emails.

See pictures of Take That at Villa Park

See pictures of the fans at Take That last night

Catch up with the live updates as it happened below:


  1. 1
    Mark Smith

    I just don’t understand all the OTT attention that is being paid to Take That. They are just another boy band, not particularly talented in the grand scheme of things, pretty much like all the other boy bands. Okay, they are more of a geezer band now but still, take a pill for Gods sake.

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    tammy

    Omg I could hear this all night in my bedroom last night, as I live 5 minutes away from Aston Villa. It was amazing! And I didn’t even have to pa to go. The only thing I regret is not being able to see them =[
    Mybe today I’ll go down to aston park and stand outside the villa where theyre performing again xD

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