The album has also become the fastest-selling of the century, with over half a million copies being sold in its first week of release.

Robbie Willliams recently rejoined the group, and the band peformed together as a five-piece for the first time in 15 years on last Sunday's (November 14) X Factor.

Take That also recently announced that they are set to tour next year.

Watch their performance of 'The Flood' on the X Factor below: 

The site is one of a number of official agencies which crashed this morning due to the unprecedented traffic the tickets attracted.

In a statement Ticketmaster reported that the demand was “at least twice that of Michael Jackson” last year.

It will be the first Take Tour in 16 years to feature all the original members.

The dates are as follows:

• Sunderland, Stadium Of Light – May 30
• Manchester, City Of Manchester Stadium – June 3/4/5/7
• Cardiff, Millennium Stadium – June 14
• Dublin, Croke Park – June 18
• Glasgow, Hampden Park – June 22/23
• Birmingham, Villa Park – June 27
• London, Wembley Stadium – July 1/2/3/5

Watch the video for Take That’s new single, ‘The Flood’ below:

Take That have denied reports that they are to play next year’s Glastonbury.

The band, who announced a 2011 stadium tour yesterday, have been linked to the event ever since their reunion with estranged former member, Robbie Williams.

“We have a big production, we have a big show,” said Mark Owen. “I don’t think we could put our stage in there. I don’t think it’s possible. If we’re having a good time we might get on the bus and go down. We can go and take our caravan and watch a few other bands.”

With dates scheduled for Manchester, Dublin and Cardiff amongst others, a gap has been left in the band’s ‘Progress’ tour which would enable them to play the festival.

The tour will be in support of new album, ‘Progress’, the first with the original line up in 16 years.

The first stop on the tour is Sunderland’s Stadium of Light on 30 May, 2011.

Watch Take That's press conference yesterday (October 26) below:

The news comes a day after Take That won a Q Award and Robbie Williams re-joined the band.

The documentary, Take That: Look Back, Don't Stare, will be a retrospective on the pop group's last year and will focus on the events prior to the band reuniting with Williams.

ITV's controller of entertainment, John Kaye Cooper, says, "We're thrilled that our great relationship with Take That continues and they feel ITV will be able to give viewers and fans the first opportunity to see this amazingly frank and honest film about the last 12 months of Britain’s best loved band."

Producer Dan Bowen of Pulse added, "Directors Fred Scott and Nick Davies have created a beautifully crafted film on an iconic band, and brilliantly captured a rare insight into Take That’s rollercoaster ride over the last 12 months, that we hope fans will treasure."

The programme will coincide with the band's new single 'The Flood' out on November 14.

A DVD release, ‘Look Back, Don't Stare. A Film About Progress’, will follow on December 6.

Watch Take That perform their 2006 hit 'Patience' below:

The album, which was recorded in New York with producer Stuart Price, is the first Take That record to feature Robbie Williams in 15 years and will include the group’s current single ‘The Flood’.

The newly unveiled artwork for ‘Progress’ shows the band in a sort of evolutionary line, beginning with a crouched Gary Barlow and ending with Jason Orange taking to the air. The shoot for the cover was done by US photographers Nadav Kander who had previously photographed Barack Obama.

The album and its ten new tracks will be seeing release on November 22.

Watch Take That's video for 'The Flood’ below:

The British quintet felt their more electro-influenced tunes written for comeback album ‘The Progress’, which is due out next month, were such a departure from their back catalogue they may have needed a new name.

They later decided against the idea.

“I’m guessing that the initial idea of not being called Take That freed Gary up,” the recently rejoined Robbie Williams told Q magazine.

Check out the video for Take That’s 2006 hit ‘Patience’ below:

Speaking about his wife, Emma, he said: "I do want us to grow old together. I do fancy her. Those feelings are there."

Take That's latest album features a track called 'What Do You Want From Me',  which includes the lines: "I still think I'm in love with you, still want to make love to you."

Owen explained: "My hope for me and my relationship with Emma is in that song. But it's difficult because of what it brings up."

Watch the video Take That's latest single 'The Flood' below:

The stars gazed at each other from facing stools for the majority of the performance as they belted out lyrics documenting the pair’s long and rocky relationship, finishing with a few crowd-pleasing dance moves.

They famously fell out when Williams quit Take That, but the “Angels” star recently announced he is rejoining the group and performed with Barlow for the first time in 15 years last month. The press reported last week that when the band go on tour, they may all rent a house together instead rather than stay in a hotel.

The new single “Shame” has been taken from Williams’ upcoming greatest hits compilation, ‘In and Out of Consciousness’, which is released next week.

Check out the ‘bromantic’ performance below:

The concert will feature Take That and Lily Allen amongst others.

The launch will still go ahead and our thoughts go out to Gary and his family.

Take a look at Gary Barlow speaking about Children in Need from 2009 here:

Since their 2006 comeback after a decade in the wilderness, they have sold close to five million albums.

'The Circus', released last December, topped the charts for five weeks. The Circus live show was the fastest-selling tour in UK history. The Wembley concerts alone are a staggering achievement. No other group - not U2, not Coldplay, not Oasis - attempted to sell more than three nights there this year. If nostalgia accounted for the immediate success of their return, then it's something else that is sustaining this second act in the life of the nation's favourite former boy band.

"Our story is too complicated to sum up in a few lines," says Gary. "If we'd tried to plan it like this it would never have happened."

Watch the official video for 'Rule The World' by Take That here: