Take That originally brought the Circus Live tour to Wales in 2009, with the band performing three nights at the then Millennium Stadium.
The group, made up of Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald, previously said: “The Circus tour was one of our favourite experiences as a band and, in the years since, we’ve talked many times about how much we’d love to do it again one day.”
Now, 17 years on, they’re doing the same for one night only in Cardiff, ahead of releasing their 10th studio album towards the end of 2026.
Ellis told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast he had been a high wire walker for 15 years, and as there are only a few of them in the UK at the moment, the opportunity “just came across my desk, so to speak”.
“It is just a process of trust really. We’ve all got this ability in us,” he said.
With the circus already passing through Southampton, Sunderland, Coventry and Glasgow before coming to Wales, Ellis added he was “quite tired” after a month on the road “but the knees are feeling fine”.