When a boyband called Take That burst onto the music scene in the early '90s, fans probably never expected them to still be going strong more than 30 years later, especially after dropping two members - including the mega famous Robbie Williams - and enduring a temporary split along the way. But while they're now a three-piece in their 50s, Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald can still fill out stadiums with the now middle-aged women who were once their teenage fans snapping up tickets as well as appealing to younger crowds. On Thursday night the trio brought their This Life tour to the Swansea.
com stadium - and what an awesome nostalgia fest it was. The band last performed in front of a sell-out 27,000 people at the Swansea venue, then known as Liberty Stadium, in June, 2017. Seven years on, they've proved they've still got it with bells on.
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