Take That have announced that Gary Go will support them on the UK leg of their upcoming world tour.

The relatively unknown singer will join the boy band from the opening night of the tour in Sunderland on June 5th.

The band said they had been big fans of Gary Go since seeing him perform last year.

“Gary Go is a rare and talented artist with an amazing voice and inspirational songs. We all just love his passion and enthusiasm,” Take That said in a statement.

Singer Mark Owen described the performer as “quite wonderful”.

As previously reported, over one million tickets for the UK leg of Take That's Circus tour sold out just hours after they went on sale in November.

(by Jason Gregory)