They may be down to three members, but the show must go on for Take That.
The man band - newly trimmed down from a four piece after the exit of Jason Orange - have announced a series of shows next year with tickets due to go on sale on Thursday morning.
And Take That's Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen have told how they are looking forward to swapping stadiums for arenas to make it a slightly more intimate affair.
Chief songwriter Gary, 43, said he was looking forward to playing the indoor shows, which begin in Glasgow at the end of April, as the audience would be closer.
He said: 'It's more intimate, our audience have stood in fields for seven years now watching us on a stage that's miles away, its time to give them a better view.'
And bandmate Howard, 46, explained: 'It will be much the same without the worry that it's going to rain on us. It'll be more intimate than stadiums and that's a good thing.'
Gary said discussions are already under way on how to approach this new set of dates to promote their forthcoming album III - their first tour since they launched their Progress Live shows three and half years ago.
He said: 'We're involved in every bit of the tour, and yes we've been talking already about what we can do to blow our audience away but I'm not going to give anything away, you'll have to wait and see.
'I think we all want a big show, our dream is to always make people go "wow". That's the goal so that's all I'll be hoping for.'
And Howard added: 'We normally start talking about a tour from when the songs for the album first start getting written, so over a year for sure. We are 100% involved in which direction the tour goes. It's one of my favourite parts of the job coming up with the ideas for it.'
Gary described a new generation of Take That fans on Twitter last week, retweeting a fan who said their daughters had been trained well to love the band.
So, aiming to impress a wide age range of fans, themes are a big topic of conversation for the three piece at present when they play gigs including Glasgow’s SSE Hydro. Birmingham’s LG Arena, Sheffield’s Motorpoint Arena and the London O2.
'The last time we were out in LA writing, Mark, Gary and I would be in a hotel room together and we'd talk about videos, songs and tour ideas, between us we've come up with about three to four tour ideas already.
'People love our records but the tour has always been the one thing everyone wants to come and see and we know it needs to be something new, exciting and have something that no-one's seen before. We've had conversations about the stage already - it's going to be great.'
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