Take That Mark Record-Breaking Run At Wembley With 360 Photo
Robbie, Howard, Jason, Mark and Gary brought the UK leg of their record-breaking Progress Live 2011 tour to a roaring finale on Saturday night when they performed the last of a run of eight dates to a sell-out crowd. Take That have smashed the previous record from over 20 years ago which was held by Michael Jackson for his 1998 Bad Tour. Thanks to all of you who bought tickets to the UK shows and came to see the five reunited again after over 15 years!
To mark the momentous occasion a 360-degree panoramic photo was taken on Saturday, the last date of the UK leg, which captures the entire crowd at Wembley Stadium. Commissioned by Wembley Stadium, Take That and The Sun this unique photo is a 'thank you' to everyone for their unprecedented support and to celebrate the band’s record breaking Wembley shows.
“Performing at Wembley Stadium is really special," said Take That, "there is no other place quite like it. The audiences have been absolutely incredible and we wanted to thank everyone who’s come to see us for all their support. We hope everyone will enjoy reliving the show and sharing their memories from our last night at Wembley with all their friends.”
The 20-gigapixel 360-degree panoramic photo will be available right here on RobbieWIlliams.com from midday (BST) on Monday 11 July. Tell your friends and get ready to tag yourself!
Take That's Progress Live 2011 is the biggest tour in UK and Irish history with over 1.76 million people having seen the show over the summer. The tour, one of the most highly anticipated music events of the summer, is the first time the band have toured as a five-piece since 1995. Audiences around the UK have been wowed by a spectacular two and a half hour set, which celebrates their biggest hits from the last two decades.
When Progress Live 2011 went on sale in October 2010, a record-breaking 1.34 million tickets were snapped up in less than 24 hours. 850,000 tickets went on sale at 09:00 on 29th October 2010 and throughout the day the band added a further 11 dates to cope with demand.
Melvin Benn, Chairman of Wembley Stadium, said: “This has been a truly remarkable tour and the band’s Wembley shows have been nothing short of spectacular. I hope the 360 photo will give fans a very special memento of the band’s record breaking Wembley shows. It’s been an incredible summer of events here at Wembley Stadium and we are very proud to have written a new chapter in the stadium’s hall of fame.”
The photo was captured by renowned photographer Jeffrey Martin.
How does the 360 photo work?
The shoot itself is done with a professional grade digital SLR camera and long lens mounted on a robotic tripod head which turns, focuses and snaps photos in a continuous motion around 360-degrees until the entire inside space of the stadium has been captured.
Upwards of 1000 individual photographs are then sorted, merged and enhanced using 360Cities.net’s automated stitching technology to produce a finished image that would otherwise take days or weeks to create. A turbo-charged computer with more cores and gigabytes of RAM than you knew could be levered into a computer make it possible for the Progress Live Tour gigapixel panorama to be available online the following day, ready for people to view and tag via their Facebook accounts.
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Good Morning sweetie xxx Was Happy now really hard 2 sing I think the chorus is such a gob full lol What do u want from me-Did Mark rite the this 4 his wife bless him hes soo cute Luvs seeing u2 2gether again Still cant get enough of Progress,amazing album ev track luv it on a Sun am while im preping the roast dinner Take Care Rob & Ayda xxx
Great Night xxx
Robbie you was great. your concert in Amsterdam Arena was really great. love you all Sandra
hi peeps can u help me please? how do i look at the 360angle photo please? thanks. x xxxx
Saw the show 6/7/11.....WOW...WOW.... What a night!!!! Thankyou so much guys...havnt screamed soooooo much. Enjoy the rest of the tour.xxxx
My friends and I came to the show Friday 8th July and I would like to say a massive thank you to you and the boys for giving us thirty something plus women the opportunity to feel like teenagers again! Rare thing these days what with the pressures of work and families... THANK YOU.. we had a ball x x x You made some old girls very happy
I want a 360 photo of the Düsseldorf. Is a great idea.
I cannae find ma heed!
how do i view the 360 degree picture?
Flip Flop Dolly Drop....Wasn't there...dragged (well didn't hear him complaining..think he loved it really) my bf to 7 progress shows around the uk so had to return the favour and show my support for Lewis and Jenson at the British Grand Prix!!!
This is absolutely amazing...Wow ..a 360 degrees photo of the last TT Progress live UK Tour date at Wembley stadium on Sat 9th July....Love it. I saw the Circus Tour at Wembley stadium 1st July 2009 and the atmosphere at Wembley is incredible.Take That you are simply the best at Live performances....given me such happy memories.The Progress Tour is incredible....very proud of you all.Well done to everyone on the tour.I so enjoyed seeing you at Manchester stadium 3rd June.....Enjoy Milan tonight.Have fun.Much love to you all. xxx ....I Cannot wait until the live dvd is released in November.
HI ROB I HAVE 2 QUESTION 4 YOU I WAS AT WEMBLEY ON THE 4JULY AMAZING NIGHT BY THE WAY SO WHEN WILL THE PROGRESS DVD BE OUT. ALLSO CAN YOU HELP ME WITH A PROBLEN. I HAD YOUR BBC PROMS AND CHANNEL 4 ABBEY ROAD ON MY SKY+ AND IT BROKE I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THEM ON DVD 4 SOMETIME WITH NO LUCK SO DO YOU KNOW IF I CAN GET THEM.XX
Time Delay?
Dogs on Cannabis & Cocaine. Today in our local paper it has stated greyhound trainer was caught speeding up the dog with cocaine, then to slow it down with cannabis. All a betting scam. As Bucks Fizz said 'you gotta speed it up, then you gotta slow it down'...........lol. true
MILANO TI ASPETTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we are ready, we are beautiful, we are very made in Italy!!!
Where's the blog gone????
Hi Rob. How long did this blog take to write??? You must be an expert typist by now...When are you coming back to Australia ??? We could put another shrimp on the BBQ for you and Ayda....Wishing you love and happiness always
I have been DENIED ACCESS..... got heaps of house work to do anyway....... I did think you were a prick when I was DENIED ACCESS, but that is probably because you may think I am a bitch LOL... what took you so long..... xxx I liked the deeper spiritual version of Robbie who hasnt had a drink for 11 yrs...... take care xxx ps the cone of silence is spy talk for face to face with a big glass dome over your heads... apparently it works cause chaos never heard a word, not a word... and they did that cause the shoe phone was tapped and their were agents hiding in the filing cabinets.... private members indeed, It woudn't be any fun without the cone of silence over our heads. Unless you are disguised as batman, batman is soooooooo hot.... Id get all shy in the private members lounge just me and you, I'd be speechless and you would mistake me for being cool an uninterested..... PSS.... seems your employeeees are slacking off while your out earning the bread and butter, cause the charity section is empty( thats not good) and the extras, well there is no extras.... mmmmm Oh well you cant get good help these days what can you do.....
Have you ever listened to a song and felt your heart flip and your stomach lurch just at the way one word is sang. It might sound daft but everytime I listen to WE WERE YOUNG this happens to me when you say MY LIFE and FIRELIGHT, it also happened when you said BLAME IT ON YOUR FATHER in BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY. Loved the tour, hope to see you again soon. xxxxx
I wonder all the time why you won't come to Berlin during the tour?! Who choses the venues and places where you do your gigs?! I'm looking forward to Hamburg though, even though it'll take quite a while to get there from where I live. I love you!
How many dogs do you have? and what are it for races... I love dogs and want a pug that grunting so sweet in love nathalie
What a fantastic view- as I was miles away sat in Wembley Stadium this gives me a completely different view. Did anyone else think though that the programme was overpriced (at £20) and then when I got home and looked at it it was all pics and not much else. I brought it for prosperity but was a little disappointed!!! Would have liked a few sentimental words from each of them..... Also as a 33 odd year old now with 2 children and a baby on the way Ive thought for a few years that it would have been nice to see some babygrows/bibs/small tshirts in merchandising. A lot of us are now getting on and have kids so would be nice to "force" them into wearing the gear as well :-)
AND ON THAT NOTE I'VE GOT TO GO x WILL BE AT PETES MEETING TONIGHT IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION BUT IF YOU THINK YOU NEED A MEETING HE DOES A GOOD ONE ANYWAY I WILL BE THERE HOPE U CAN MAKE IT XXX
OH BYE THE WAY BOB, THE WHO WILL BE INVITED AM ALSO A FRIEND OF PETE AND HAVE ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING BROUGHT UP BY KEITH MOONS DOCTOR DO U THINK WE SHOULD INVITE THE GOOD DOCTOR XXX
Went all the way from Belgium to see you on the last night at wembley.But i must say The Pet Shop Boys were Amazing!!!!(ppl seem to forget them)Then when you mr Robbie came on the whole arena went crazzzzy it was brilliant.keep up the F words it suit's you ;) Have a great time in Europe Martine
SO BOB I'VE GOT THE CHURCH, GOT THE VENUE, HOW MUCH FOR TAKE THAT TO COME AND PERFORM FOR US XX
Hello Robbie I have a question for you, I come to the park in Copenhagen on 15 July, I'll try to get a seat right up at the scene, because I have a gift for you as I have been made especially for you, but if I can not come near you is there another option that I may deliver the gift to you so I'm sure you get it?? Love MissLuna
WELL BOB IT WAS NICE HAVING YOU DOWN HERE HOPE THE REST OF YOUR TOUR IS EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL XX I WAS WOKEN BY I TEXT THIS MORNING OFFJOSEPH XX ASKING ME FOR MY BLESSING TO PROPOSE TO MY CHERUB XX I SAID YES OF COURSE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE DIDN'T COME ON HIS OWN AND ASK ME IN PERSON X SO NOW IM NOT JUST A GRANNY I WILL BE EXPECTED TO BE THE WEDDING PLANNER NOW XX DO YA WANNA COME THE WEDDING IF U CAN'T MAKE IT YOU CAN ALWAYS PAY 4 IT XX WITH LOVE THE SCOTTISH WIDOW XX p.s HAVE U STILL GOT THAT JOINT XX
i want a 360 photo of the Düsseldorf gig!!!!!!!!!! pleaseeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that would be awesome, you should do a pic like this every night! its fantastic for the fans.... please!!?
Oh this is so amazing! I just flew back from London, back to Australia after having seen the last two shows. Yes, I flew to London just to see you guys, and nothing else. I was up on the barrier on the 8th, and I could have been again on the 9th, but I wanted to sit back and absorb the show from a seat (exhaustion, plus a bit of sunstroke from waiting since 8am to get in, and pure adrenaline fuelled excitement). I haven't had two such amazing nights in forever. I met some amazing new friends, who I think will be new friends for life, and although Rob, you were just out of my reach during Feel, I did get to spend a very precious second at the very end with Howard and Jason as you all came about during 8 Letters. Truly, you are the greatest entertainers around, and when people think I'm a bit of a nutter, I only have to show them footage of your shows, and they all shut up. You definitely were too bootylicious for most of that crowd, too! I know this might sound like I'm just being a show-off, but to fly 27 hours just to see you guys, when I have a fear of flying, is testament to how much faith I have in you. I read this blog often, Rob, and you gave me the inspiration to do it! I knew the if I could get over that fear just to see you guys, I could do anything. Thank you for some amazing memories, and I can't wait to see myself in this 360 shot! So many congratulations to you and the boys for a show that has outshone all of the others any of you have put on!