Gary Barlow has just announced that the Take That World Tour has been canceled due to an illness in the family. The band will be no longer performing in South America & Australia so that can stay closer to home. They will only be sticking to dates around Europe.

Gary made a statement when speaking to the mirror saying “We had a big ambition next year to do a world tour, but I have actually got an illness in my family and it means I am not going to travel for the next two years extensively”

Gary’s statement came weeks after Robbie Williams confirmed he would be joining the group on their 30th anniversary world tour. He teased that next year he will be on tour separately to the band but they could possibly reunite if they meet “at the same place at the same time”.

In the meantime, Gary will be spending next year writing a movie with Tim Firth and he’s very excited about it.

Even though the band won’t be touring all over the world they will still be doing shows in the UK so make sure to get tickets down below.

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