IT won’t be quite as spectacular as his last tour with his Take That bandmates, but that hasn’t stopped fans clamouring for tickets to Gary Barlow’s south coast solo outing next week.

Put it this way, there won’t be any 60ft robots, elephants or unicycles,” he joked, reminding fans of the Circus and Progress Live tours.

“There’ll be a bit of production, but mainly it’ll be me and the band, very music-based.”

The Bournemouth International Centre date, on Wednesday, is completely sold out.

It was a late addition to a series of arena shows following the release of the former X-Factor judge’s first studio album in 14 years, Since I Saw You Last.

Barlow last toured two years ago when he played the BIC for the first time in nearly two decades.

  • For a full interview with Gary Barlow ahead of his BIC date, see tomorrow’s Seven Days, free with the Daily Echo.