As we told you earlier, heat were the only magazine invited to mingle with those gorgeous boys at their private dress rehearsal for their new tour – and we just can’t tell you how flippin’ fantastic the show, the stage and the costumes were (those who have seen it already, you know what we mean). Our highlights (other than getting to hang out with Gary, Howard, Jason and Mark after the show) included the moment when an ultra-tight trouser-wearing Jason announced to us, “I’m loving these trousers as they’re Sunderland’s colours… but they’re crushing my balls.” And he wasn’t kidding, that offending red-and-white stripy pair left very little to the imagination. Another fab moment was when was an amazing 30ft mechanical elephant rose from the stage and the lads climbed up onto it to sing The Garden. Operated by dancers, it was simply spectacular. We were also dazzled by Mark’s vocals on Shine and Up All Night and Jason got us feeling warm and fuzzy inside when he sung Wooden Boat and How Did It Come To This?. Finally, we watched gob-smacked as the lads painted on their own clown make-up whilst singing What Is Love with Howard on the lead and Gary finished off the two-hour spectacle with Rule The World. If you need any more proof that Take That are the best band around, this tour will prove it. And if you want more pictures to drool over, just check out our gallery below from the dress rehearsal. Yum!
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