Take That and Robbie confirm tour

Take That and Robbie WilliamsThe five group members picked up a prize at the Q Awards in London on Monday

Robbie Williams is to tour with Take That for the first time in 16 years when the reformed group go on a stadium tour next summer.

They have announced an initial string of dates in Sunderland, Manchester, Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, Birmingham and London in May, June and July.

Tickets go on sale on Friday. They will also take the show across Europe.

The band’s last UK tour – without Williams – was seen by a record-breaking one million people in 2009.

Williams rejoined the group this summer and their new album, Progress, will be released next month.

The singer said the gigs would include a mixture of his solo material and the band’s hits.

“I’m going to be doing a bit, the lads are going to be doing a bit then we’re all going to be doing a bit,” he told a press conference in London.

Last summer Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Howard Donald performed 20 stadium concerts – beating U2 and Michael Jackson to the title of the UK and Ireland’s biggest ever tour.

Williams has also been one of the country’s most popular live acts since leaving the group in 1995.

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