The Robbie Williams Thread

[pinkmichk]

your cd come yet?
just seen this on twitter :)
@robbiewilliams Robbie Williams' album, Reality Killed The Video Star, currently at No.1 in UK midweek album charts!
and rightly so it should be :D

[Scarlett.]

No :/

and yaaaaaaaaaaay :D

[Scarlett.]

Statistics from iTunes

#1 in
UK
France
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zeland
Norway
Portugal
Switzerland

#2
Sweden

#3
Australia

[Vladimir]

It can't be #3 and #1 in Austria. lol.

[Scarlett.]

I meant the land down under :p

[Scarlett.]

Robbie's incredible new album, Reality Killed The Video Star (http://www.robbiewilliams.com/discography/albums/reality-killed-the-video-star), is at No.1 in the UK midweek charts in its first week as well as topping the iTunes charts in 17 countries worldwide!

His album is currently topping the iTunes chart in the UK, Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Holland, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Portugal and Greece. Wow!
If the album does win the race to the top spot in the UK on Sunday, Reality Killed The Video Star will become Robbie's ninth No.1 album in his home country. This would mark Robbie's incredible return to the charts with one almighty bang and only you can make it happen!

If you haven't bought the album already, what are you waiting for?! Click below to buy Reality Killed The Video Star and see Robbie crowned at the top of the charts... right where he belongs!


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[King Gizzard]

Is that a record?

[Scarlett.]

Not sure, but it is an epic amount of sales!

[Scarlett.]

Reality Killed The Video Star is #20 in America

[Scarlett.]

#8 in Canada
#2 in Spain

[Scarlett.]

Robbie Williams Heading For Ninth U.K. No. 1
November 10, 2009 - Global | Retail | Rock and Pop
By Andre Paine, London

U.K. pop singer Robbie Williams moved 85,000 copies of his comeback set "Reality Killed the Video Star" on the first day of release, according to label Virgin.

Williams is currently ahead of boy band JLS in the mid-week chart based on first day sales on Nov. 9, according to the Official Charts Co.

The album is also No. 1 in the iTunes charts in 16 European countries. It currently tops the iTunes chart in Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Holland, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Portugal and Greece.

If Williams does claim the top spot in the U.K. on Sunday (Nov. 15) it will be his ninth No. 1 album in Britain. He has reached the top of the chart with all seven of his previous solo albums as well as a 2004 greatest hits set.

His new single "You Know Me" is out on Dec. 7.

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So biggest first day sales of 2009. Compared to

ROB: 85,000

Alex: 41,200
Cheryl: 31,200
JLS: 79,400
U2 64,698
Emeinm 63,900

[pinkmichk]

WOW go rob :D and his album wasnt even released the week he on x factor so ha

[Scarlett.]

I know :D its apparently rose to #17 on the US iTunes charts :D

[Scarlett.]

Scrap #17....it's now #10 in the US iTunes album chart :3

[pinkmichk]

:D

[Scarlett.]

I dont think a Robbie album has seen the #10 in the US charts before :3

[Scarlett.]

I got it :D

[Scarlett.]

Just under three years ago – for a complicated, overlapping series of reasons and circumstances that would come to involve love, stage fright, addiction, facial hair, kaftans, UFOs, doughnuts and an emerging desire to explore what life is like when you’re not being a pop star – Robbie Williams more or less disappeared from public life. He had been famous since the age of 18 when he had his first top-10 single as one fifth of the boy band Take That, and had found himself relentlessly stoking that fame ever since, with remarkable success. He needed to take a break, and so he did.

Last Valentine’s Day, the day after his 35th birthday, he took his girlfriend to Brentford Football Club to see Brentford play Port Vale, the team he has supported since childhood. Port Vale lost 2-0. During the game, the crowd noticed he was there, and started singing at him.

'You’re not famous any more…’ they sang. 'You’re not famous any more.’

Being Robbie Williams, he didn’t just accept the Brentford supporters’ taunt in silence. Instead, a choir of one, he enjoyed singing back.

'I’ve got more fans than you,’ he went. 'I’ve got more fans than you…’

That was one retort.

'I’ll buy you and turn you into a Tesco.’

That was another.

Still… You’re not famous any more. It made him laugh – it was funny, not least because of its lovely false logic in recognising someone and then pointing out their lack of fame – but he was aware that, with all the time he had been away and all that had been said about him in his absence, this was now a fairly common perception.

Characteristically, he also wasn’t sure whether he was more worried that it was true, or more worried that it wasn’t.
On October 11 2009 Robbie Williams travels to the X Factor studios for his first TV performance since he slipped away from the public eye. He is to perform his new single, Bodies. He stands behind a screen as he is announced, waiting. When the song begins, the screen is supposed to split apart to reveal him, and to open up his way to the stage. So he waits. He has been nervous for months, but now he feels all right, though as he stands here he sings the theme tune from Rocky over and over to himself inside his head to give himself confidence. And he begins to worry that he can’t remember the words to the first verse.
The song’s dirty bass line starts up. The audience roars. He continues to wait for the two halves of the screen to split, as they had at rehearsals.

They don’t open.

Argentine radio interview, September 2009:
Robbie, why it took you three years to come back?
'This is how the cycle goes with Robbie Williams: release an album, be very excited about it, look healthy, be healthy, promote that album, start eating, tour the album, start going mad, end tour, have a nervous breakdown, end up in rehab… Something had to give.’

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The day in November 2005 when the tickets went on sale for the last Robbie Williams tour is now in the Guinness book of records for the most tickets sold by an artist in a single day: 1.6 million. All that was left to do was the performances. This proved a struggle. 'I couldn’t get my head around why I can’t seem to enjoy or relax or not feel pressurised or not feel sick on the merry-go-round of a tour,’ he says. 'And I really don’t like it. I really don’t like it.’ Too often, his initial stage fright lasted for the whole two hours he was on stage.

As the increasingly stressful tour progressed, he released a new album, Rudebox. This is now often referred to as some kind of legendary fiasco but, though less successful than his previous albums, it sold far beyond the reach of most artists (more than two million copies), had as many fine reviews as poor ones, and contained plenty in the style and of the quality that has made him widely loved. But he barely promoted it (because he was both on tour and in a delicate state), and his core audience may have been put off by its unfriendly title and by the unexpected b-boy rap of its first single, the title track. He now talks of the album as a playful homage to the music of his youth, 'a gap year record where I had loads of fun with my mates. I was making a record that would impress a 15-year-old me…’ He loved it – 'and still do love it’ – but the venom with which it was greeted in some quarters also influenced his decision to lie low for a while.

'I felt a bit battered from the press. I just thought, I can’t be *******ing assed with this any more.’

Do you think the press were unfair?

'Well, they’d been waiting for ages to give me a good kicking, and putting the boot in here and there, but then it was like a collective, “Quick! He’s down! Jump on him! Kick him in the head! Make sure he’s gone! Do it again!… and do it again!… and do it again!… and again!” It was a moment of perceived weakness in a glittering career.’

Why do you think they were looking for a mom*ent of weakness?

'Well, that’s what they do, isn’t it? It’s been said a million times: build ’em up and knock ’em down.’ He laughs wryly. 'They’re hardly decent enough to build them up these days.’

June 2009, Sarm Studios, west London. Williams has a slightly eccentric attitude to recording. When he first met Trevor Horn, the producer of his new album, Reality Killed the Video Star, Horn (whose reputation was established with the sweeping 1980s soundscapes of Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s biggest hits and ABC’s The Lexicon of Love) asked him what hours he likes to keep in the studio.

'Friday,’ he told Horn.

Horn assumed that this was a joke. It wasn’t.

'No, really,’ Williams explained. 'I’ll come in Friday.’ His preferred schedule: pop in for a couple of hours to hear what had been done over the previous week, and to offer his input and opinions before disappearing for another week. For the first month or so, this is exactly what he did.

This could give the impression that Williams is far less involved in, and interested in, his records than he is. The main reason he sees no need to hang around for the painstaking labour of finishing a record – aside from the fact that he has little patience for it – is that he considers that he has already done most of his work, and he has a point. While Horn’s contribution to the songs will elevate them in all kinds of magical ways, if anyone who got to know the finished album were subsequently to hear Williams’s early versions, mostly recorded in his Los Angeles bedroom over the previous three years, they might be surprised at how much they recognised – not only the basic songs but their fundamental structure and arrangements, too.

Anyway, as the recording has progressed, he has found himself spending more and more time here. Today – a Thursday – I find him sitting on a sofa in a small, smoky, windowless room listening to Matt Monro on his computer, and talking about whether he should get a tattoo of the word 'tattoo’. After a while he starts searching Spotify for cover versions of his own songs. 'Engelbert Humperdinck’s done a version of Angels,’ he announces, surprised. He plays about 15 seconds. Horn is busy in a studio upstairs, but this is where Williams and his friends – including, right now, two of his friends from Stoke, Kelvin Andrews and Danny Spencer, who wrote much of the album with him – hang out.

He looks up from the computer.
'So,’ he tells me, 'I’m going to reform. Me.’
With the original line-up?
'No,’ he says. 'Some of us have gone.’

Horn pops in and asks him to come upstairs. Today he is adding parts to Bodies. 'I want it to sound like something’s about to happen,’ he explains, and plays what he has done. Williams seems taken aback. 'It’s amazing,’ he says.
Horn says that there are still strings to be added. 'It’ll make it bigger,’ he says.
'Let’s see how big we can get it,’ Williams suggests. 'It’s like being in a wind tunnel,’ he says. 'In a good way.’ Pause. 'Not forced to be there.’

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As Williams tells it, the first few weeks off tour are always 'a horrendous comedown’. It’s hard to break free from the routine: 'At eight o’clock your body switches on and goes, “HEY! EVERYBODY! LET MEEEE ENTERTAIN YOUUUUU!’ And you don’t know what to do. You’re bouncing off the walls.’ This time was worse. 'With the added, “Oh, I’ve got a dependency, as well.” And I was pretty broken, really.’

On February 13 2007 his management put out a statement saying, in full: Robbie Williams has today been admitted into a treatment centre in America for his dependency on prescription drugs. There will be no further comment on this matter.’ In many places this information was treated as some kind of self-obsessed, semi-comic publicity stunt. It was, for instance, repeated over and over – without evidence or justification – that his addiction was to Red Bull and coffee. A quote in the tabloids from his long-term bete noire, Take That’s ex-manager, Nigel Martin-Smith, encapsulated these reactions: 'He’s very theatrical. His whole life is one huge soap opera… He might be after a bit of sympathy. If I was a Robbie fan I wouldn’t be worried. He’ll go to his rehab, have a lie-down and a couple of Anadins and he’ll be fine.’

Perhaps one blessing of how he really was is that he was in no state to be reading all of this. He’d prefer to be no more specific about his problem other than it was 'a dependence on prescription medication’, but it was a serious one. (I’d visited him the previous week. He was charming and self-knowing but clearly in a terrible, worrying way.) On the day his managers intervened, they already had a plane waiting to take him to a clinic in Arizona. Before they even had a chance to tell him why they were there, he told them he knew, and that he’d go.

'And it was infuriating,’ he says, 'because I’d got in that state again, I’d got to where I’d been so many times before. And it’s embarrassing to have to go to rehab again, knowing that you’ve already been, and knowing what’s to come, and knowing the boredom that you’re going to have while you’re there, and being scared about the people that are going to be in there. Are you going to get on with anybody? Is anybody going to be your kind of nutter? Because they’re all nutters, including myself.
I think everyone thinks rehab’s this place that’s a bit like a health farm where you go and get pampered. I was in a hospital ward with four other people in single beds, and it’s horrendous in there. And there I was on this aeroplane being flown to Arizona kicking the *******ing seat in front of me so many times because I couldn’t believe I’d allowed myself to get in that position again.’
What would have happened if you hadn’t gone in?

'I’d be dead now.’
Seriously?
'Absolutely.’
What would have happened?
'Overdose. Drugs do an awful lot of weird things to the chemistry of your mind and your body and your soul, and one of the things is, “Well, if I go, I’ve had a good one…” It’s that matter-of-fact. I’ve heard somebody say in AA meetings, “Don’t commit suicide; in a week and a half you’ll be killing the wrong person.” But it wasn’t a question of being even suicidal, I just wasn’t bothered – I wasn’t bothered if I killed the right person or not. You know, I’m well-versed in the psychology of addiction – I’ve been doing it a long time. First admitting it to myself when I was 19, and here I was at 32, worse than I was then.’
Do you feel like it’s further behind you, or is it something that you’re just going to have to keep thinking about?
He pauses. 'I think it’s something that I’m going to have to keep thinking about. It’s a classic thing to say: it’s never behind you.’

September 2009. Today I find Williams slightly put off his stride by a column in one of the previous weekend’s newspapers in which the writer Miranda Sawyer recounts the following story: A few years ago, a friend was enjoying a minor film hit. Robbie complimented him on his work, and then said, 'But how good is it really? Is it two nights in Knebworth good?’ Oh yes. When Robbie really tried, he could make Jordan look chilled and uncompetitive.

He readily acknowledges that he quite probably did say something of this sort – he believes the conversation in question may have been with Simon Pegg – but that the spirit in which he would have spoken has been fundamentally misunderstood. A comment like this is one of his fallback, jokey responses, far more mock-egotistical than the real thing. He tells me he remembers an occasion when a friend’s niece was showing off some gymnastic moves in the garden – 'Look at me!
I can do this!’ – and he similarly responded, deadpan, 'I did Knebworth.’

He sends Sawyer some cakes and, with them, a note that reads, 'Thanks, Miranda. Actually it’s three nights at Knebworth…’

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In his time away, many things changed. One – and, by then, for him one of the least expected – was that he fell in love. In recent years he had resolved that he neither wanted nor expected to have a long-term relationship. 'I spent a lot of my twenties wanting a maid, really,’ he says. 'I thought I wanted a relationship but I just wanted somebody to fix and nurse me, and I’d take her hostage for six months. When you’re 23, 24, you want to be in a relationship because they look brilliant – you’ve heard all the songs about it and seen all the movies and it looks great. Little did I know that I was nowhere near being in a relationship.’ He says that in his late twenties he became further disillusioned with the whole idea because he saw so little he envied in those he saw around him – his friends’, and those he’d see on TV.

The way he describes it, it almost seems a miracle that his current relationship didn’t founder. He first met the actress Ayda Field through a common friend, the actor Callum Blue, two or three weeks before he went to rehab. They texted each other but he didn’t make their first date: 'I was a bit nervous and didn’t feel up to it and didn’t know whether

I could socialise and be impressive – normal me stuff.’ Eventually he invited her over and they went out to a party. 'And I sat down and started talking to her and that was it. We just got on like a house on fire. I made her laugh and she made me laugh.’ Even if he wasn’t at his best. 'I got very messy. She saw me at my worst the first night. She sort of nursed me, because she wasn’t in a bad way.’ For about two weeks they were together, but then he told her that he had to go to rehab – this was before he had actually resolved to go – and was in no shape for a relationship. ('It was kind of the perfect out,’ he reflects. 'One that I’ve used before – and then not gone.’)

A while after he returned from Arizona they got back together, but he couldn’t shake his expectation that if he liked someone this much it was only a matter of time before she revealed herself as someone completely different. And so, after three or four months, he broke up with her again. And then they bumped into each other. 'That was when I laid all the cards on the table,’ he says. 'I got rid of all the excuses not to stay.’ She listened. They’ve been together ever since. 'For me, she’s incredible. For anybody she’d be incredible, really. We don’t fall out – never have done. If there’s ever a grumpy situation, I’m the grumpy one – that I ultimately apologise for as soon as anything comes out of my mouth. Or, at least, five hours later.’

With her, he enjoyed much of his time off doing the kind of travel he’d rarely before had much appetite for – Morocco, Holland, Egypt, Mexico, the Caribbean, Arizona, the Californian desert – and spent part of last summer camping out in his Los Angeles back garden. He says that at one point they didn’t sleep inside for a few weeks, although they’d go back into the house to watch TV and he concedes that even in the tent they had air conditioning, and a computer to scour the internet. (He also spent many months satisfying the fascination with the paranormal and UFOs he’s had since childhood – explorations that would ultimately leave him more, not less, sceptical.)

To accompany his new lifestyle out of the public eye, he grew an impressive beard. Only after he’d finally shaved did one of his friends tell him, 'It made you look like you eat people.’ He also put on weight, eating the doughnuts and cakes he forbade himself as a pop star, and started wearing kaftans: 'Cashmere kaftans from Morocco. I was Obi-Wan Kenobi most nights.’
Dutch TV interview, September 2009:
Are you also thinking about family? Children?
'Yup. Talk about it a lot.’
I just had a child. One year.
'Did you think you weren’t going to have one?’
Yes.
'Me too. How old are you?’
I’m 32.
'32? It’s about time I knocked one out, really, isn’t it? I’m 36.’ He pauses. 'Am I 36?’
'35,’ corrects a voice off camera.
'I’m 35? Oh. Thank God…’

For the best part of two years, he set aside being Robbie Williams though he never stopped writing and recording music. 'It’s what I do in my spare time,’ he says. It was the desire for England that returned before the desire to be a pop star. After he had given Field a virtual tour of where he was from – Stoke-on-Trent and its hinterland – on Google Earth, last November they sneaked into the country so that he could show her for real. They visited family, and family graves, even turning up on the doorstep of the house where he lived from the age of three to 18. 'An Asian family lives there now, and they were really, really lovely. I went in and saw the box room that was my bedroom, and I was, “Yeah, I definitely, definitely prefer tiny bedrooms.” Big bedrooms I can’t sleep in.’ (Williams will sometimes start out in the grand master bedroom of a big house, but he will inevitably gravitate to something far smaller.)

It was on this trip that another spark was rekindled. One day, driving down the M4, they were listening to the radio and he was surprised at the thought that lodged in his head. 'Mmmm,’ the thought ran, 'I want to be on that again.’
He also decided to move back, and bought a large house in Wiltshire, a property once owned by Katherine Parr. I go to stay for a couple of days in early June. It’s beautiful in the ways of a classic English country estate – rolling lawns, woods, a walled garden, an idyllic pond – but already shows signs of subtle customisation. On a lawn near the house is a yurt. Through the woods a racetrack has been created by a team of 15 Marines for Williams and friends to ride around on the souped-up go-karts called Rage buggies.

Today the photographer Julian Broad has been taking Williams’s first new photos. He has slimmed down, mostly by being what he refers to as 'a food ninja’ – not eating most of what he likes – and he’ll say that one further reason to return to the public eye is because he knew it would make him shape up. He found today’s experience good, but strange. 'It’s weird. I really don’t think I’m famous any more.’

In the wake of Rudebox’s rough reception, he remembers feeling both affronted and, for a time, relieved. 'It was like, OK, that’s that ride over. Thank God for that.’ The relief has faded. The hurt has not. 'It’s knocked my confidence, which was always fragile, anyway. Up until I put it right I’ll feel that way.’

There are several very different albums he could release from the songs he recorded for pleasure while he was away, some of them almost defiantly odd, but in the end he chose the songs he loved which he also thought could right anything that was wrong. 'I’m mainstream,’ he says, unapologetically, 'and I have pretty chart-tastic tastes. I don’t often veer away from a big melodic song with big words for big stadiums.’

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September 2009. In a penthouse suite at London’s Soho Hotel, Williams sits in a chair, sips a coffee, asks for an internet password (he will soon be exchanging emails with Rio Ferdinand), flicks through GQ magazine, and prepares to be made up for a day of worldwide media interviews.

'You going to shave first?’ asks Gina, who has been doing his make-up for many years.
'No, I’m not going to shave,’ he says.
'Are you sure?’ she asks.
'Yes,’ he says, firmly.
She nods. 'Rob’s making decisions for himself,’ she notes.
'It’s only taken 20 years,’ he murmurs.

In these press encounters some questions get asked, and answered, over and over and over, but there is always an element of unpredictability. As Williams will himself announce, he often has no filter when he does interviews. An example comes today in an interview for Australian TV, which closes with some questions written in by viewers.
'Here we go!’ says the presenter. 'From Ryan in Queensland: what’s the weirdest thing a fan has ever said to you?’
'“You’ve given me herpes,”’ Williams answers immediately. (There is an explosion of stifled spluttering from everyone in the room – cameramen, technicians, record company personnel.) 'Which is weird,’ he continues, 'because I actually hadn’t. She sent me a text. She was a mentalist.’ He looks around the room. 'Shall I not tell this story? Anyway, that’s what she said. I hadn’t. I was clean as a whistle. Whoo-hoo! So there you go…’
No filter.

Later, MTV asks him to tell the camera what it takes to make Robbie Williams.
'OK,’ he says. 'A little bit of neurosis, a little bit of a music collection, some weird times in your youth, becoming famous really too early, and a big mouth.’
Then they ask him to give them something. He suggests a piece of his hair; the interviewer promises that he won’t put it on eBay.
'I don’t care,’ Williams says. 'Clone it. It can do the promo.’

In 2002 Williams fell out with Guy Chambers, with whom he’d written most of his hits up until that point. After Rudebox’s stuttering reception there seemed to be some expectation that maybe now they would get together. In fact they had mended their bridges a while back – they’ve even recorded together again (a version of the Kinks’ Lola, released on a Radio 1 compilation) though no one noticed. They also tried a little writing, working on something Chambers had already begun with another songwriter, a song called The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. (That other songwriter, remarkably, was Gary Barlow, so that a weird kind of virtual Take That reunion actually took place some time ago.) But there are no plans to release it, and their new collaboration did not go any further. 'I love Guy, I do,’ Williams says. 'But I find him difficult to work with. I’ve moved on. I think ultimately we will write an album again, but right now I wouldn’t feel fulfilled by it. I look forward to that day, but I can’t see it being in the next five years.’

Though he declares that he hopes to find a way round his stage fright, and to tour again eventually, Williams has decided that he would be foolish to schedule any concerts of the kind that have so traumatised him in the near future. Still, early one afternoon in September I meet him in some rehearsal studios in south London. He is preparing both for appearances on TV and a one-off small show at the London Roundhouse as part of the BBC’s Electric Proms. When he walks in, his band are sitting on sofas rehearsing an acoustic version of Bodies he has never heard; he joins in, mid-song. 'That’s good,’ he says. 'What’s it for?’
He tells me that at the weekend he had a crisis of confidence. He had been feeling buoyant at the overwhelmingly positive worldwide reaction to Bodies – he has been genuinely unsure whether the world was at all interested in having him back – and then on Saturday afternoon something inside him changed. 'I just crumpled,’ he says. He explains that when he feels like this, he is impervious to good news. 'I refuse to listen. And I’ll carry on worrying, because that’s what I do… I’m like an Olympic worrier. I take it too far.’

This is the second time he has rehearsed. Last time he just ran through the new album. He does the same again today, then turns to the band and says, 'Shall we do some old stuff?’ He begins with Come Undone, then Feel: the first time he has sung these songs – anywhere – since 2006. Then his most famous song. 'Angels, man, let’s do it,’ he says. 'Let’s get that **** out. Top Trumps.’

This is a song that carries within in it more of his worldview than people may realise. One day, when he and I are discussing the perception that he had lost his marbles and become obsessed by spooky weirdness, he points out, 'I believed that stuff when I wrote Angels – that’s why I wrote Angels. Angels isn’t about anybody, it’s about the thoughts that loved ones that have passed on come back and take care of you.’ Today, during the instrumental build-up near the song’s end, his right arm starts rising up to encourage a non-existent crowd, as though it knows of doing nothing else at that moment. It’s a bit like one of those movie scenes where the comic book character gets back their superpower.

One of the favoured media narratives while Williams has been away has been one in which he is supposed to have been devastated by the conjunction of a terrible dip in his fortunes and the triumphant rebirth of Take That. Not even just the media. During his Australian tour, Williams was staying in the same hotel as Elton John, and one day a note was sent to Williams’s room. It said this: 'Take That – number one album, number one single. Funny how things work out – Elton.’
'And I read that,’ he says, 'and I thought, “What a bizarre way to think about things… you live in a world that I don’t live in.”’
In fact he and his former bandmates had been growing closer again for some time. When Take That came to LA to record last year Williams arranged to meet up with them at their hotel. This wasn’t their first meeting, but this time mutual grievances were finally aired, and – particularly between Williams and Gary Barlow – salved. 'After that meeting we were best mates. I got him, he got me. There’s me from Stoke and him from Frodsham. It was *******ing lovely… I’m so glad that we sorted it out, because I could still be going around pontificating about a man who doesn’t exist any more.’

He invited them up to his house the following night. That afternoon he went to the tattoo parlour and had the Take That symbol – two mirror image Ts inside a circle – tattooed on to the outside of his right wrist. 'I was thinking that it was a part of my life that had great sadness to it that had done a 180 and become something beautiful and really lovely.’ When they arrived at the house, he proudly showed them what he had done. I hear him tell several versions of what happened next: 'They all just went, “What’ve you done that for?” and then didn’t mention it again.’ 'They looked at me like I was a dick.’ 'And they all just went, “You’re mental.”’
'I’m sure they thought it was a mixture of brilliant and daft,’ he tells me. 'As I do, too.’

Following Williams’s appearance on The X Factor there was a mini media storm. Thrown off his stride by the screens failing to open – he could be seen on TV trying to force them apart – he seemed to compensate by making every aspect of his performance bigger: more the performance of someone doing an encore in a stadium than a new single on a TV show. When pumped up like this, his facial expressions can become exaggerated, his eyes super wide. Many of those who commented on YouTube took it upon themselves to decide that something was very wrong, and – fanned by the media – this quickly got out of hand. The suggestion seemed to be that, at best, he had been wheeled out on stage in an unfit state by conniving puppeteers, and that at worst he had clearly relapsed on drugs.

I was with him all that day. This – in its almost banal practicality – is what actually happens:
At the London flat where he and Field stay when he is in town, he eats some lunch – ribs from a Sainsbury’s bag then some chicken breast dipped in salad cream. Mid-afternoon, a van takes us to the studio in Wembley where The X Factor is filmed. He watches Alexandra Burke rehearse then chats with her and Dermot O’Leary. In the dressing-room he reads one of the tabloids while singing Bodies to himself – then, bizarrely, morphs it into Elton John’s Don’t Go Breaking My Heart.
He’s told me that he’s been horribly nervous about this performance all week. 'This is the first sighting of Robbie Williams doing the Robbie Williams thing,’ he points out. Performing simply isn’t feeling very natural right now. He’s even beginning to wonder whether it’s because his performances were driven by sex, and that now he has a girlfriend the need has receded, but he doesn’t really believe that. 'I wish I had some kind of answer,’ he says, 'just so I knew what it was.’

But today he feels calmer. He goes to the stage to rehearse. The first time through he just feels his way; by the second he has worked out what he is doing; and by the third and final run-through he seems to know what his plan is. (Each time, the screen splits as it should.) Afterwards he goes to have a chat with Simon Cowell, then sits in the dressing-room and talks about future home renovations. (His latest plan is to base himself in LA once more.) He picks at a plate of sushi and discusses clothing options for the show. He shaves, and nicks himself, then sits down, shirtless, and makes some phone calls, inviting people to a quiz night he’s holding at the flat the next evening, then walks around, smoking, drinking coffee, half-watching Family Fortunes, then he goes into the corridor and chats with some of the X Factor contestants. Back in the dressing-room, he changes his socks. The atmosphere is calm and friendly. When he’s just about ready to leave for the stage, Field kisses him on the cheek – his make-up has to be quickly retouched.
Afterwards, he comes back, beaming.
'You were so chuffed!’ Field says.
'I was, wasn’t I?’ he says. 'It felt really cool.’
When he gets home, he writes a blog on his website detailing the day’s adventures. 'It all felt so electric… Like three years of anxiety leaving my body. So happy right now…’
Only after that did the whirlwind whip up.

http://www.robbiewilliams.com/sites/default/files/071109_TelegraphMagazine-2%281%29.jpg

One day I find myself discussing with Williams the way his cumulative actions betray a kind of desperate mania to be both famous and not famous. He knows this, of course. 'Less famous, more successful,’ he qualifies. 'It’s success, not fame, that is quite addictive. I’m addicted to a lot of things and, as it happens, success is one of them. For the time being.’
He knows how it frustrates people that he finds all this so complex. Sometimes he thinks he should just shut up about it, but if he is going to talk at all he also feels a compulsion to try and be honest about what is really going on. And this is him. So he may always be an Olympic worrier; he may always veer between finding his chosen role uncomfortably strange and uncomfortably easy; he may forever ricochet back and forth between thinking too little and thinking too much. Though now that he has glimpsed the view away from this life – now that he can truly imagine a life that is not centred on it – perhaps he can begin to discover whether that makes him value all this more, or value it less.

The odd storm provoked by his return to performance surges in the following week and then, as such storms about nothing much that really matters usually do, it recedes. The following Sunday Bodies sells the most copies in one week of any Robbie Williams single for nine years. And for at least one of the questions he asked himself during his long self-imposed exile he has an answer.


RW.com/Telegraph

[Scarlett.]

I registered me album, added a picture to the fan wall :D

[Princess]

He recorded in Sarm??? That's where TT did their last 2 albums!

[Scarlett.]

Really? Awesome :D

[Princess]

Funny that! Either a really big concidence or they told him about it,lol.

[Scarlett.]

Probably told him about it :p

I remember hearing the album 'Intensive Care' was recorded in Robbie's bedroom in LA xD

[Princess]

Must have been a pretty huge bedroom,lol!

When Gary was younger,his room was so full of recording stuff he had to sleep on the couch :laugh: He recorded A Million Love Songs in there when he was 15.

[Scarlett.]

Hehe it'd be so cool recording at home :D

[Princess]

You could do it all in your jammies :laugh: I know Mark and Gaz both have studios at home,dunno about the other 2.

[Scarlett.]

Lol and get a cuppa in between songs xD

[Princess]

Every single photo I've seen of TT's studio,there's been about 100 cups of tea around the place,lol!

Soo birthday boy,any plans for today?

[Scarlett.]

Lol proper British guys then! :p

Nah, not much, might pop into town xD

[Princess]

LOL! I heard the Irish drink more tea than you lot do,although I don't drink it at all,I'm weird :P

Oooh well whatever you do,have fun! You should wear one of those big birthday badges! Or do guys not wear those after they're 10? lol

[Scarlett.]

Lol :p

I would if I had one of them badges xD

Anywho, I'm off to bed, Night! :D

[Princess]

Buy one :P Nightt xx

[Iceman]

Robbie Williams has said that he feels no bitterness towards his former Take That bandmates after following them on stage at London's Royal Albert Hall last night.

After his old band opened the Children In Need gig with 'Greatest Day', Williams performed 'Bodies' and 'You Know Me' at and later rejoined the group for an all-star rendition of The Beatles' 'Hey Jude'.

Williams told The Sun: "I was tearing up before I came on, knowing what was just about to happen and what the reaction was going to be like.

"We should have milked it for a lot longer. I was trying to call them back and do a bow. It's the first time in 15 years we were together, we should have at least stayed for 15 minutes."

He added: "While they were singing I wanted to grab a mic and start singing too. It would have to have been 'Back For Good'. I'm not nervous around them anymore because we've spent a lot of time around each other now.

"All the bitterness and resentment has gone. We're just left with four lovely lads who I love to pieces. It's total respect now."

Of a future reunion, he confirmed: "The ball is definitely rolling. We don't know how to do it yet, nothing is planned but I'll be keeping the Brits to myself. We'll save it for something special."

[Scarlett.]

Coolio :3

[pinkmichk]

just listening to radio and you know me charted at 23 despite not being released til 7th
oh and laura i drink a lot of tea lol

[Scarlett.]

JLS have beaten Robbie Williams to get their first number one album.
Both JLS and Williams's tenth solo album Reality Killed The Video Star sold over 200,000 copies, making them the fastest-selling albums of the year so far.

The race to number one was so tight that JLS beat Williams to the top spot by a margin of less than 1%.

JLS is also the fastest-selling debut album since the Arctic Monkeys's Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not in 2006.

JLS told the Official Charts Company: "It is absolutely unbelievable that we have reached the number one spot on the album chart this week after such an incredible race with the pop icon that is Robbie Williams.

"We are so overwhelmed by the support of the people that have purchased our album and can't thank them enough for making our dreams come true. We truly have the best supporters in the world and can't express our gratitude enough."

Elsewhere in the album chart, Snow Patrol's Up To Now reached number three, while Biffy Clyro's Only Revolutions got to number eight.

Last week's number one album, Cheryl Cole's 3 Words, dropped to number seven.

Digital Spy


Well done JLS and Robbie :) (stupid EMI choosing to release the album during the X Factor minefield)

[Iceman]

Robbie Williams has confirmed that he recently recorded some "amazing" songs with his former band Take That.

The singer, who joined the group on stage at a Children In Need charity event last week, revealed the news in a radio interview to be broadcast at Christmas.

"We'd have to have written some incredibly great songs together for me to be very, very excited about the project," he told BBC Radio 2.

"Gaz [Gary Barlow] is an amazing, amazing singer songwriter. I'm honoured to be in the same studio as him, erm, when we do, in the future."

Asked by presenter Kate Thornton if he was lying and had already recorded new material, he replied: "Oh sod it, we've been in and the songs are absolutely amazing."

Williams, whose new album Reality Killed The Video Star lost out to JLS's self-titled debut in the battle for number one, admitted that he wanted to rejoin his former bandmates so that he could feel part of a "gang".

"I want to do it because I've always wanted to be in a gang ever since I left that gang," he said.

"And all the bitterness and resentment's gone now and what is left is a load of love, and watching four guys get together and enjoy each other's company and enjoy the process of writing together. I'm envious of the joy they're having."

[Scarlett.]

What a Brilliant week....The children in need gig was the most fun I've
had in a long time....So was loose women
Such a nice vibe back stage....
And the race to number 1 in the uk?
Didn't quite do it fell short by about 1,500 ..How close was that?
I called Marvin to talk to the JLS boys and sent my congratulations.They were
really chuffed and it made me feel good for them...
I was semi gutted for half an hour because I know how hard everyone's
worked...from EMI to Management to all of you that supported me and
bought the record....
Then I saw the bigger picture and realised what an amazing week it's
been ....The album's doing amazingly well all over the world
and I'm very grateful and touched by all the support
Thankyou,thankyou thankyou......
and thankyou x
P.S I get the feeling for the most part you really dig the album..and
That's the best part of my job right there...... ; )


RW.com

[Shaun]

Anyone watch Live @ Knebworth last night? The finalé [angels of course :p] gave me goosebumps

[Scarlett.]

I watched it a few weeks ago :P I loved it

[KKBL]

Shame he didn't get to #1 but his sales were amazing either way so it doesn't really matter.Hes going to have huge sales in Europe too!:D
Havn't got the album yet but i'll defenitely get it before Xmas!

[Scarlett.]

Somehow a few British newspapers are calling the album a failure because it didnt get #1...I dont think they look at sales statistics or even at the worldwide charts LOL

Its a fab album :)

[Scarlett.]

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/46814000/jpg/_46814113_field_getty226b.jpg

Robbie Williams has proposed to his girlfriend, the pop star's mother Jan has confirmed.

Williams asked actress Ayda Field to be his "betrothed for the end of time" on an Australian radio show, but it was initially perceived to be a joke.

However, Jan Williams told BBC Radio 5 live that her son had revealed his proposal plans to her "a week ago".

She said she was "really pleased" for the couple, adding: "I've always wanted a daughter-in-law."

However, it is still not clear whether the radio proposal was for real - or whether Williams had popped the question beforehand.

Asked when she thought the wedding would be, Mrs Williams said: "I don't think it will be that far in the not-too-distant future, but that's all I'm going to say on that."

'Lovely match'

She added: "I'm very excited. I'm really pleased. They've been together for nearly three years, so it's about time.

"She's a great mate, as well as a lover. She's got all the qualities that he needs in a girl. It's a lovely match."

Williams was appearing on the Australian radio station 2Day FM, when breakfast show host Jackie Henderson told him that Sydney had a reputation for celebrity proposals.

Turning to his girlfriend, the 35-year-old said: "Ayda Field, I love you so much. Do you mind being my betrothed for the end of time?"

Field, who was in the studio at the time, laughed before saying: "I would love to be your betrothed 'til the end of time."

He then borrowed Henderson's frog ring and slipped it onto Field's finger. However, Mrs Williams told the BBC her son had already purchased a genuine engagement ring.

For the remainder of the show, Williams accepted the congratulations of fans who phoned in to speak to him.

But when one caller asked Williams to divulge the last lie he had told, he replied: "I told one this morning.

"I mainly just tell people the truth. With the exception of a few white lies here and there."

Earlier this month, Williams told Jonathan Ross on his chat show that he thought he was "going to be a bachelor" until he met Field.

"I was introduced to Ayda and things just changed. She's a wonderful person and I'm in love. She's really broody and I'm getting there," he said.

BBC News


:D

[pinkmichk]

i heard that on gmtv this morning apparently his management have said its a joke but rob doesnt seem like the bloke to jokingly propose?
album is def not a failure just those muppet jls boys using crafty tatics
i love rob at knebworth esp feel it makes me cry everytime i watch it

[Scarlett.]

Nah, lools like the proposal is real :3

[pinkmichk]

awwwwwwwwwww :D

[Scarlett.]

His mum has said it is, so it is xD, his management is probs misinformed

[Scarlett.]

Robbie confimed he isnt engaged on the website

[Scarlett.]

50 Cent has said that he wants Robbie Williams to give him a call so that they can arrange to work together.

The rapper also revealed that an earlier attempt by the pair to collaborate was foiled when Williams entered rehab.

"I've pretty much worked with everybody I want to work with in the music industry apart from Robbie Williams. I really want to do something with him," he said.
"During the Curtis album we talked about working together, and we set up some time to go into the studio to make something happen, and then he went to rehab right before we got into our session. So it never actually happened. But I still want to do it."

The 34-year-old said that Williams has a "unique voice" and a "different kind of energy to anyone", and told the Sunday Mirror: "It will make for a different kind of hit record. So make sure you tell him to pick up the phone."

50 Cent, real name Curtis James Jackson III, added that he is determined to become the first black James Bond. "We’ve got a black president. Now we need the first black James Bond. I'm down with that. I've got the watch for the role," he said.


Digital Spy

[InOne]

Fiddy needs to ****.

[Scarlett.]

His last worrying appearance on the X Factor left millions of viewers fearing that Robbie Williams was not up to the challenge of making a big comeback.

But now it seems, the 35-year-old pop star is ready to grace the X Factor stage again – and is being lined up to perform on the grand finale of the ITV talent contest.

Olly Murs will duet with Williams, while Joe McElderry will sing with George Michael and Stacey Solomon will be joined onstage by Canadian crooner Michael Buble.

Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartneywill also perform on the final, which will run over Saturday and Sunday.

For Williams, there will be much to prove after he left fans distinctly underwhelmed with a performance of his number one hit Bodies on the first results show of the series.

It was meant to be his triumphant comeback performance following a spell in rehab battling an addiction to prescription drugs, as he promoted his album, Reality Killed the Video Star.

But wide-eyed, unblinking and glistening with sweat, the singer regularly interrupted his lyrics to shake hands with audience members and address the crowd.

And his performance left many of the 13million viewers wondering if he was quite ready for the challenge.

Afterwards, Williams blamed the performance on a stage malfunction, as the sliding door, which was supposed to open before he sang, failed at the last minute.

He admitted he had battled nerves, saying: 'Now I don't know if you've ever had 10 million (plus) people ready to judge you on your first performance back in three years, but let me tell you, if the door between you and them isn't opening that's enough to throw you right off your stride.'

However, after the 'bizarrely odd start' he started to 'find his feet'.

He added: 'The audience were immense and the love in the room was palpable. It all felt so electric. Like three years of anxiety leaving my body.'

A show source said: 'Everyone has a lot of love for Robbie and it would be a fantastic conclusion to the series if he came back and did an immense performance.

'I have a feeling it would also lay some of his demons to rest.'

The hopefuls were yesterday taken home and Joe, 18, went back to the two-bedroom flat he shares with his mother in South Shields, County Durham, with his mentor Cheryl Cole, who also hails from Newcastle.

And the student, who is the bookmakers favourite to win with odds of 2/5, was bombarded by crowds of adoring fans.

If Joe wins, he will be swept away from his humble background for good. His mother Eileen, 47, has already revealed how he slimmed down to nine stone after binging on sausage rolls, chips and fizzy drinks, at school.

But he lost weight in a bid to get on the X Factor, running three miles every other day and using his mother’s friend’s exercise bike, as well as sticking to a diet of vegetables and low-fat meat.

Welcome home: Joe McElderry and his fellow Geordie, mentor Cheryl Cole caused a stir in South Shields last night

Eileen split from Joe’s father, probation officer Jim McElderry, 47, when Joe was a baby, but said they have a great relationship.

Single mother Stacey Soloman, 19, is second favourite to win the million-pound recording contract at 4/1, while Olly Murs, 25, is at 5/1.

Show sources revealed that Simon Cowell was upset over Danyl Johnson’s departure, saying: 'He really thought that Danyl had done enough to get through to the final.'

Meanwhile, Barry Manilow has hit out at the X Factor contestants, saying they are merely performing high-octane karaoke rather than singing a song.

He said: 'They cram extra notes into each bar and it’s all about vocal acrobatics.'

Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1234002/X-Factor-Robbie-Williams-sing-final--despite-wild-eyed-attempt.html#ixzz0Z3KbiLTn)

[Scarlett.]

Olly + Robbie = Pure Win

[Scarlett.]

Vote Olly ;)

rdHJArmCjXU

[Sarah.]

Great performance of You Know Me <3 Good to see him back on the show :P

[Scarlett.]

Indeed, he was 10x more confident this time round xD

[Scarlett.]

You Know Me looks to have become a Robbie classic now, everyone is singing it at college and it has been recieved really well :3

[Scarlett.]

Leona Lewis is reportedly planning to collaborate with Robbie Williams.

The 'Happy' singer is expected to team up with the 'You Know Me' star to record a duet later this month.

An insider told The Mirror: "Leona is incredibly proactive. She knows exactly what she wants and where she's heading and is thrilled with these developments.

"She loves Robbie and thinks he's a real laugh - and the love-in is mutual. They're just going to go in the studio and see what comes out."

The source added: "The track will coincide with her arena tour, with the possibility that Robbie could appear on stage. Simon [Cowell] is really keen on the idea and hopes it will help Robbie come on board with The X Factor."

Digital Spy

[Scarlett.]

Robbie Williams is planning to wed on Valentine's Day, it has been reported.

The pop star wants to marry Ayda Field - his girlfriend of three years - in Santa Barbara in California this year.

According to the Daily Star, the 35-year-old has asked his closest friends and family to clear their diaries in the week leading up to February 14.

Robbie is said to have proposed to Ayda, 30, last week at their home in LA, presenting her with a huge diamond ring.

He is said to want his old boyband pals Take That to join him on the big day.

A source told the Daily Star: "Robbie doesn't want to have a long, drawn-out engagement. When he gets something in his head there's no stopping him.

"He's asked all his friends and family to keep the entire week free leading up to February 14, so they can have a week-long celebration before Valentine's Day."

MSN News

[Princess]

Ah the things I could do to this thread.... :p

[Scarlett.]

Noooooooooooooo :(

:p

[Princess]

Haha I won't! I stuck my TT thread for about 5 seconds and got scared and took it back down,lol!

[Scarlett.]

Haha :p

[Scarlett.]

Its a lot more light hearted than the original, but its a cover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ASEz-SfqM

[Scarlett.]

Robbie Williams has announced that his next single will be the official song for Sport Relief 2010, NME reports.

The track 'Morning Sun' is due for release on March 8, ahead of this year's Sport Relief weekend which takes place from March 19 to March 21.

Williams said of the news: "I am very happy to donate my time to help Sport Relief and I thank my co-writers for doing the same... Please join us in helping this very worthwhile cause."

All proceeds from the single will be donated to the charity.

The singer has also reportedly signed up for Simon Cowell's re-recording of 'Everybody Hurts', which is being released to raise funds following Haiti's recent earthquake disaster.

Digital Spy

[Scarlett.]

See pics here (http://www.robbiewilliams.com/news-blogs/morning-sun-video-first-look)

[Scarlett.]

Just downloaded 3 Lions 2010, and its brilliant :D Not really vastly different from the original, just a few different voices, but its good :)

[Scarlett.]

Robbie has teamed up with Gary Barlow on his next single, Shame, which is not only co-written but also performed with his former bandmate. The duet between the two superstars is set for release on 4th October later this year and working on this track is the first time the two have written and recorded together since Robbie left Take That back in 1995, that's 15 years ago!

Shame is the first single to be released from In And Out Of Consciousness: The Greatest Hits 1990-2010, Robbie's 39-track album of greatest hits from the last 20 years.

Spread over two CDs, this is the definitive collection of Robbie hits celebrating his impressive career to date; 57 millions album sold, 11 millions singles sold, seven UK No.1 albums (making him the biggest selling solo artist in the UK), a Guinness World Record for fastest ever ticket sales… it's no wonder that he picked up the Outstanding Contribution To Music award at the esteemed BRIT Awards in London earlier this year!

Speaking about this forthcoming album and working with Gary Barlow again, Robbie said: “It’s incredible to listen to the album and realise that it’s already been 20 years of making music and playing gigs. And the great thing about the album is that it’s not only a celebration of my past but also a bridge to the future. The fact that part of the future includes a name from my past makes it all the more poignant for me”.

To be released on CD and DVD, In And Out Of Consciousness will be out on 11th October 2010.

[Scarlett.]

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r21/sugarjay58/rwgb.jpg

[Shaun]

Should be pretty amazing. Two of the best songwriters from the last 20 years.

[Scarlett.]

I agree, I dont want a full blown TT reunion, but I do want this single xD

[Shaun]

Haha - what are Laura's thoughts regarding it?

[Scarlett.]

I think she is most likely pretending its isnt happening :p

[pinkmichk]

ugh
side note rob looks hot even if the brown shoes are back

[Scarlett.]

http://gallery.mailchimp.com/12acca015eb25f519c6644d58/images/130710_GH2CoverTrakclist.jpg

CD 1
1. Shame (with Gary Barlow)
2. Heart And I
3. You Know Me
4. Bodies
5. Morning Sun
6. She’s Madonna
7. Lovelight
8. Rudebox
9. Sin Sin Sin
10. Advertising Space
11. Make Me Pure
12. Tripping
13. Misunderstood
14. Radio
15. Sexed Up
16. Something Beautiful
17. Come Undone
18. Feel
19. Mr Bojangles

CD 2
1. I Will Talk And Hollywood Will Listen
2. Somethin’ Stupid (with Nicole Kidman)
3. The Road To Mandalay
4. Eternity
5. Let Love Be Your Energy
6. Supreme
7. Kids (with Kylie Minogue)
8. Rock DJ
9. It’s Only Us
10. She’s The One
11. Strong
12. No Regrets
13. Millennium
14. Let Me Entertain You
15. Angels
16. South Of The Border
17. Lazy Days
18. Old Before I Die
19. Freedom
20. Everything Changes (with Take That)

[pinkmichk]

still not happy bout the rob/gary song otherwise tracklisting pretty cool cover looks great

[Scarlett.]

Happy that Rudebox is there xD

[Princess]

I think she is most likely pretending its isnt happening :p

Pretty much. Nearly all of it is still rumours so unless anything is confirmed I am staying in denial.

Btw it pisses me of that he has Everything Changes as 'With' Take That like they're the backing singers or something :rolleyes:

[Scarlett.]

Pretty much. Nearly all of it is still rumours so unless anything is confirmed I am staying in denial.

Btw it pisses me of that he has Everything Changes as 'With' Take That like they're the backing singers or something :rolleyes:

Well it's on his album so he has to put (with Take That) it's like with any song on anyones album

[Princess]

Well it's on his album so he has to put (with Take That) it's like with any song on anyones album

Yeah I know but it's not like it's his song,it's Take That's. Meh whatever.

[Scarlett.]

It's on there, because he is acknowledging that he wouldnt be where he is today without them, the album is a timeline, it's started in modern day, with Barlow and Robbie working together, and gone all the way back to him and TT

I hope they dont reunite fully, the one song is okay, and it's epic Gary writing with Robbie, but TT and Robbie should stay apart

[Princess]

They better stay apart. There's all these rumours about a full album and tour which would be horrid. I wouldn't go see them on tour if Rob was involved but the thought of not going on tour makes me want to throw up. So he better not be involved.

[Scarlett.]

Aye, I enjoy Robbie as he is now, and TT as a four piece

[Princess]

Same,not I enjoy Robbie but he is much easier to tolerate when he's by himself.

[Scarlett.]

lol indeedy :p

[pinkmichk]

same thought process as laura (who'd have thunk it we agreeing over something rob related)
a 1 off charity single yes everything else no including the rob/gary song i've already said it but its the last pairing that should be happening
if they tour together i dont want to be a part of putting money towards their downfall which is what i think will happen but i want to see rob cos i have a feeling it may be last rob tour
i love tt but as a 4 (even though i'm of the old school they were great then but better now) and of course i love rob but i love rob the solo artist by working together they effectively putting a bomb under both music careers
but i will be buying the album just because its rob but for first time ever i wont be buying a rob single as well

[Scarlett.]

:(

[xDramatick]

They better stay apart. There's all these rumours about a full album and tour which would be horrid. I wouldn't go see them on tour if Rob was involved but the thought of not going on tour makes me want to throw up. So he better not be involved.

I wanted to go see their next tour as I'll be able to afford it but I won't go if Robbie's there.
I'm not a Robbie fan and TT are MUCH better as a four-piece.
Absolutely gutted.

[InOne]

ooooo it's just like the 90's again.

[Beastie]

ooooo it's just like the 90's again.

Lol where's the BN biscuits?? do do do do!! bn bn!! do do do do!

[Scarlett.]

Where's S Club 7? :(

[InOne]

Lol where's the BN biscuits?? do do do do!! bn bn!! do do do do!

I actually found the vid footage of Robbie coming on stage with Oasis when he first left TT.

[Princess]

This is like a nightmare. I want to wake up

[Scarlett.]

It might only be for one year, I've heard

[Ninastar]

Thats so freaking wierd! I was talking this the other day with my dad, and I said Robbie will never join Take That again, and I think I anti jinxed it. Sorry Laura xx

[Princess]

It might only be for one year, I've heard

One year is a long time.

[Locke.]

How many more albums are Take That contracted for?

[Princess]

How many more albums are Take That contracted for?

Just the one.

[Locke.]

I think this will be their last then... Started with the 5 of them and end with the 5 of them.

[Scarlett.]

I kinda saw it coming tbh, Robbie was only contracted for one last Greatest Hits album with EMI

[pinkmichk]

i've made my point very clear over where i stand on this matter so all i can say is :(

[Princess]

They can't break up again :(

[Scarlett.]

The greatest hits was kinda a hint too, starting with a Gary and Robbie duet, ending with a TT song

[pinkmichk]

i was kinda ignoring hoping it werent gonna happen i dont want to go see take that the 5 piece but i reckon its robs last tour so really torn (as i would like to see tt as a 4 piece again but again i think this is it)

as for the breaking up part again that tore me apart first time i have no shame in admitting i was one of those teens in tears

[Scarlett.]

It's become quite a soap opera really, and I suppose this was the next logical way for it to go

[pinkmichk]

no it didnt need to go this way whatever happened to retiring on a plus point from the industry

[Scarlett.]

Well, it's apparently only for a year isnt it? Robbie might go back to doing his stuff and TT their own stuff after that

[pinkmichk]

nah i think this is the end for them both and if my thinking right is cos this will just blow apart all they worked for since the split but they wont be thinking that they will be thinking go out as we came in but its just not good

[Locke.]

They'll be fine. It will create a lot of buzz and media interest. The first single is a certain #1 now. Then once they split it will have everyone interested in their solo careers again (I know Mark is working on an album, I'd imagine Robbie will still want to release stuff, don't know about the others).

No big deal.

[pinkmichk]

but not everyone is happy about it there is fans who are but then you have both camps rob and tt fans (i happen to fit into both) who dont want it i've spoke to more people who dont than do

[Locke.]

75% + of them will still buy the music they release.

Even if they say that they won't now, most still will when the time comes.

[pinkmichk]

i've pre ordered the robbie greatest hits but thats it wont be buying a joint effort album

[Scarlett.]

I'll be buying both, it's still Robbie and Take That, I'm not gonna stop supporting them now just because they're together

[Tom4784]

It'll benefit Robbie more then it will Take That I think, he isn't quite the prospect he once was.

[Smithy]

Laura???

Are you ok????

[LaLaLand]

Absolutely ridiculous.

He's has badmouthed them since he left way-back-when, calling them fit to burn. He took the p!ss out of them when they said they were reforming and didn't even have the backbone to turn up at the reunion on TV.

Surprise, surprise - TT have become somewhat even MORE popular than their first run and Robbie "re-invents" himself into a nice, polite, modest "gentleman".

Pff. If I was one of the four, I'd have told him where to go! But any attention is good attention I suppose.

IMO I preferred TT without Robbie.

[Scarlett.]

^ They made up back in summer 2008, and have been good mates ever since

tbh, I'm actually excited in a way about this, sure it could mean the end of Robbie and Take That, but at least they'd go out they way the came in

All good things, as they say, must come to an end

[Iceman]

^ They made up back in summer 2008, and have been good mates ever since

tbh, I'm actually excited in a way about this, sure it could mean the end of Robbie and Take That, but at least they'd go out they way the came in

All good things, as they say, must come to an end

Agree completely, my facebook went nuts with people posting all the classics earlier....

[Scarlett.]

I kinda came around to the idea of the reunion when Shame was announced, but I didnt want to say anything

[Scarlett.]

u2kK-TTOttY

After a 15-year wait and months of eager anticipation we can confirm that the rumours are indeed true: Robbie and Take That are back together and releasing an all-new album.

Following the reunion of all reunions in New York last September, Robbie, Gary, Howard, Jason and Mark have secretly recorded a full studio album with producer Stuart Price, which will be released later this year.

"I get embarrassingly excited when the five of us are in a room," said Robbie, who also duets with Gary Barlow on new solo single, Shame. "It feels like coming home."

Bandmate Mark Owen added, "Getting the five of us to be in a room together, although always a dream, never actually seemed like becoming a reality. Now the reality of the five of us making a record together feels like a dream. It’s been an absolute delight spending time with Rob again. But I’m still a better footballer."

And what does Jason Orange think about Robbie's re-joining the boys? "Flippin’ brilliant, absolutely brilliant," he said. "I’m over the moon that Robbie’s back with us, however long it lasts. I just want to enjoy our time with him. Life is beautifully strange sometimes."

Between them, the five-piece have have sold 80 million albums, performed to over 14.5 million people live, won 19 BRIT Awards, had 13 number one albums, 17 number one singles, eight MTV awards and five Ivor Novello awards!

Take That's forthcoming album, which is currently untitled, will be released in November 2010, a massive twenty years since the band first performed live together in 1990. Wow!

RW.com


They look happy together :D

[Jessica.]

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[Scarlett.]

Robbie has ditched the old man look I see :D (back to his old Rock DJ look in the vid)

[Scarlett.]

http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af167/therobbiewilliamssiteukau/Picture7-9.png

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[GypsyGoth]

I think it's nice they are friends and back together.

[Scarlett.]

Agreed, they look really happy to be back together

[Iceman]

They look really happy together. Rob looks the best he has for years

[Scarlett.]

Aye, he's looking more like his old self xD

[Iceman]

and thank **** for that he got rid of the quiff

[Scarlett.]

Haha yeah, the Reality Killed The Video Star was cringy, it didn't suit him xD he's meant to look awesome xD

[MrGaryy]

aaah I'm probably the only one but I'm loving this!! This is the band fully complete now and I can not wait to see them perform together again!

[Scarlett.]

Me and Iceman are loving it too :D

[Iceman]

aaah I'm probably the only one but I'm loving this!! This is the band fully complete now and I can not wait to see them perform together again!

You're not I know loads who are happy about this, i mean it was inevitable this was gonna happen, it's been in the pipeline for years now.

[Scarlett.]

I reckon we'll be hearing 'Shame' within the next week

[Ross]

I'm so glad.

[MrGaryy]

So is this now the official Take That thread? seeing as Laura's changed her. :)

[Callum]

They do look really happy together, but on GMTV today the showbiz reporter said that it's probably only going to be temporary and it will pave the way for them all to go and do their own stuff.

[pinkmichk]

warming to this although obviously need to hear the music but they all look great esp rob how is it possible to love the man even more than i already do and they all look happy which is a really good thing

[Scarlett.]

This one is the official one for the five piece band :p (as I know Laura doesnt want to report on it all)

[Scarlett.]

Here's a new pic from TT.com

http://cdn.umg3.net/takethat/_graphics/eximg_tmb.jpg

[Iceman]

so this is still the Rob thread just now its the new TT thread???

[Scarlett.]

It's the TT thread now, but we could use this one or make a new Robbie thread or make a new Take That one

[Patrick]

For good?

I thought it was only a year?

[Jack_]

Seeing all these pics of them together gets me all excited :D

[Scarlett.]

That's the name of a TT that song and the unofficial anthem for the reunion

[Scarlett.]

Seeing all these pics of them together gets me all excited :D

I got the 'Never Forget' album this afternoon :D

[Princess]

It's the TT thread now, but we could use this one or make a new Robbie thread or make a new Take That one

Don't make a new TT one,mine's like my haven. Just use this as like Robbie/TT with 5 members.

[Scarlett.]

Okay ^ I hope you dont mind me having a seperate one :p it's just I know you wont want to be hearing the news in your thread :)

[Princess]

No,it's grand. Better than having Robbie in my Robbie free zone,lol.

[Scarlett.]

lol :)

[Scarlett.]

ROBBIE WILLIAMS is at the centre of a multi-million pound record label bidding war after he confirmed he is rejoining TAKE THAT.

The band will release an album together and are set to rake in £75million with a 54-date stadium tour next summer.

But Robbie's record-breaking contract with EMI - signed for a reported £80million in 2002 - is up in October.

And industry insiders say he could make even MORE on a new deal then.

Multi-national record labels including Universal and Sony have begun negotiations with Robbie's management.

An industry source said: "Signing Robbie Williams is the holy grail for labels at the moment.

"He's already struck the biggest record deal in history, so whatever he is offered will have to compare favourably to that.

"He could be the first British artist to ever land a £100million deal."

Robbie, 36, will release an as-yet untitled album with GARY BARLOW, 39, MARK OWEN, 38, HOWARD DONALD, 42 and JASON ORANGE, 40. It is due to rack up the highest number of pre-orders in history.

The band yesterday ruled out playing arenas on their tour - because they're not BIG enough.

Venues like London's O2 and Birmingham's LG Arena have a 20,000 capacity - but Take That need something like Wembley Stadium, which can pack in 100,000, to accommodate all their fans.

An expert said: "They'd have no trouble selling out five nights at

Wembley. To play to an equivalent number they'd have to do 21 nights at the O2."

Other venues on their comeback tour could include Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, Murrayfield in Edinburgh and the Stadium Of Light in Sunderland.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3058119/Robbie-Williams-tipped-for-a-100m-new-deal.html#ixzz0ttUprvZf


Looks like it is only for one year

[Jessica.]

:love: TT just got 500x better.
http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Entertainment/images-4/robbie-williams-3.jpg

[Princess]

Looks like it is only for one year

Gary updated his blog today and it said like 'Hope you enjoy the next 12 months'.

[MrGaryy]

Everywhere keeps saying 'one year to start with'. I imagine after the year is up Robbie will stay on, he's always saying how much he misses it and how jealous he is of the other lads, I can't see him walking away from that again. Either that or the band will just totally break up and they'll all go do their own things.

[Iceman]

^^ I agree its a year to start with, he wont be going anywhere!

[Scarlett.]

They could possibly do it like TT album > Solo albums > TT album?

[MrGaryy]

They're getting on a bit though. Realistically these guys have go chance at success as solo artists anymore, not even Robbie. His last album was a very moderate success and his few performances were basically laughed at by the majority. The others' past solo experiences have proven to be even bigger failures. Take That is there only chance at success as performers, though no doubt Gary could easily do very well as a songwriter for others.

[Princess]

This is quite incredible. 'Between them they have sold more than 80million albums, played to more than 14.5million people live, won 19 Brit Awards and had 13 No1 albums, 17 No1 singles, eight MTV awards and five Ivor Novello awards'

[Scarlett.]

Robbie Williams has only been back in Take That for mere minutes, but already offers are flooding in for the five-piece – reports state the boyband are in negotiations to headline Glastonbury next year, and they’ve been approached to perform at the opening ceremony in 2012 Olympics.

Take That are planning a stadium tour for next summer and are apparently keen to make space in their schedule for the Glastonbury festival. “There's a lot of logistics to sort out but both sides are desperate to make this happen,” a source told the News of the World.

Early negotiations are for U2 to headline the Friday night, after pulling out of this year’s festival when Bono injured his back, then Take That on Saturday and Radiohead on Sunday.

The guys have also been approached to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in east London. “At present, Robbie is only on board for a year, but that's to reduce the pressure on the group. The belief is that this will be a permanent move and he will therefore be available for 2012,” a source explained.

“It is a huge honour for the boys and will see them playing to a phenomenally big audience. Everyone is confident they are up to the challenge.” Paul McCartney, the Spice Girls and The Rolling Stones are also being lined up to perform at the opening ceremony, according to reports.

MTV

[Smithy]

OMG, no I really do not want them opening the olympics D:
Glastonbury fair enough but please not the olympics :bawling:

[Scarlett.]

Why? Who do you want to open the Olympics? Take That are the UK's biggest band, and the Olympics are being held in the UK xD

[Princess]

I always said they should open The Olympics,anyone who saw their show would understand why. Take That(well my 4 anyways) really don't seem like festival people though.

[MrGaryy]

Glastonbury would be cool but I think the Olympics should be someone like Leona Lewis, not that I'm a huge fan of hers but she's one of the great British voices of the last ten years and all.

[Scarlett.]

Leona Lewis? God no D:

[MrGaryy]

Why? Who do you want to open the Olympics? Take That are the UK's biggest band, and the Olympics are being held in the UK xD

Slight exaggeration of the truth there :tongue:

[Smithy]

Why? Who do you want to open the Olympics? Take That are the UK's biggest band, and the Olympics are being held in the UK xD

ik, they're the UK's biggest band but i've never been that keen on them, tbh I think they are slightly over rated. I think theres a few acts which are more well known Worldwide that should open the oplympics.

[Iceman]

biggest boy band/group maybe not band....i dont class them as a band

[Scarlett.]

Slight exaggeration of the truth there :tongue:

Not really, unless the Zombie Beatles come back, or the Gallaghers manage to make up xD I cant honestly think of any other big bands of the top of my head p

[Smithy]

They're the biggest UK band still making music

[MrGaryy]

Leona Lewis? God no D:

Well it's traditionally opened with a ballad and there's no one who can do a ballad as well as Leona no matter how much it pains me to admit. And she's been one of the most successful new British exports of the last while.

[Scarlett.]

They're the biggest UK band still making music

That's what I meant :joker: Obviously there has been bigger bands in the UK xD

[MrGaryy]

Not really, unless the Zombie Beatles come back, or the Gallaghers manage to make up xD I cant honestly think of any other big bands of the top of my head p

I'd say Coldplay are bigger, they have much more international success.

[Scarlett.]

I'd say Coldplay are bigger, they have much more international success.

Forgot about them, but your right xD

[Princess]

Take That are one of the most successful bands in Britain though,forgetting worldwide and all that.

[ILoveTRW]

The thought of them opening the Olympics makes me physically sick, no joke.

[Iceman]

I'd say Coldplay are bigger, they have much more international success.

Yeah i'd agree with that and coldplay are an actual band aswell, a lot more success

[ILoveTRW]

Anyway wasn't the spice girls supposed to be opening the show.

[Scarlett.]

Anyway wasn't the spice girls supposed to be opening the show.

I didnt hear that, but they were only successful in the 90's the comeback was pretty fail

[Lewis.]

Not a big fan of Robbie rejoining but I think it will give them a little bit of a boost with the headlines. And I agree with Gary, Leona should open the olympics (Slightly biased?)

[Princess]

If we're doing the whole group/band debate,I don't know about Robbie but all of Take That play instruments live(not for the whole thing cos they're busy dancing and what not) but they all can,3 of them can play 3 instruments each and Gary always plays the piano/keyboards on the albums.

[InOne]

Need someone like Kasabian to open the Olympics :D

[Smithy]

Well it's traditionally opened with a ballad and there's no one who can do a ballad as well as Leona no matter how much it pains me to admit. And she's been one of the most successful new British exports of the last while.

She did Beijing though :/

[Scarlett.]

Robbie can play the guitar, not sure about any other instruments, I dont think he's really needed to use the other instruments in the past since its been just him for 13 years xD

[Princess]

Well there you go then,they are a band! The guitar was always kind of Jay's thing though,he learned it cos he didn't think he was contibuted enough musically to the band back in the day.

[Scarlett.]

What I find weird is this time around it seems Robbie and Gary are best friends.

"I met four brothers, some I like more than others, one was like a brother from another mother, the leader singer made it hard to like him, and I loved him despite him" [The 90's from Rudebox]

From how it seems now he's closer to both Mark and Gary (he's been close to Mark throughout his solo career, they sang Back for Good together once) though all in all he likes them all now.

[Princess]

Yeah I don't like the Gary/Robbie thing,him and Mark were proper besties back in the day. And aye at Knebworth,I remember Mark talking about that on something.

[Scarlett.]

I like it, they've forgiven and forgotten :) What's the betting the media forget about Mark and Robbie and bill Gary and Robbie as the big "Robbie's Take That Comeback"? xD

[Princess]

About 99%,the media seem to forget a lot.

[Scarlett.]

Indeed they do :p they tailor things to suit the stories

[MrGaryy]

She did Beijing though :/

True. But I don't see why she couldnt do both. I reckon she' could release a single specifically for the Olympics, kind of like Waka Waka.

[Smithy]

True. But I don't see why she couldnt do both. I reckon she' could release a single specifically for the Olympics, kind of like Waka Waka.

I think she'd probably do a cover a bit like Run or SCYHO

[Princess]

Gonna try and go to about 8 dates,bit of a step up from none :p That's what I was planning before Rob so if I can afford it I will. I wanna do opening night,closing night(which is usually London or Manchester),Dublin,London and Manchester.

Chewy,you gonna go?

[Scarlett.]

I'm not sure, I always seem to be short of money xD

[Princess]

Me too,I have none but I had none last time and somehow I still managed it.

[Princess]

Pic of them shooting a new video

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs088.ash2/37725_144385762245652_135354843148744_431967_78804 80_n.jpg

[Smithy]

Is that for a new single or promo for something else?

[Princess]

Next single I presume.

[Princess]

Someone's found rumoured tour dates

00.06.2011 Stuttgart » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.06.2011 Berlin » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.06.2011 Francfort sur le Main » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.06.2011 Hanovre » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.06.2011 Gelsenkirchen » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.06.2011 Leipzig » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.06.2011 Dresde » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.06.2011 Nuremberg » Take That with Robbie Williams

00.07.2011 Dusseldorf » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.07.2011 Munich » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.07.2011 Cologne » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.07.2011 Hambourg » Take That with Robbie Williams

00.08.2011 Birmingham » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.08.2011 Glasgow » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.08.2011 Liverpool » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.08.2011 Londres » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.08.2011 Manchester » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.08.2011 Newcastle » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.08.2011 Sunderland » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.08.2011 Lyon » Take That with Robbie Williams
00.08.2011 Paris » Take That with Robbie Williams

[Scarlett.]

Ohh a new video?

[Sarah.]

OmG. Need to see Robbie liveeeee. :)

[Princess]

New single is called Flood,someone confirmed it earlier on Twitter but I can't find the tweet now. Weird name.

[Scarlett.]

Flood ey? Wonder when its out :D

[Princess]

Probably end of November,the album is up as the 29th on Amazon so probably the week before then.

[Scarlett.]

They're filming the video early then :p it could be out early November, before teh album

[Princess]

They always film pretty early though. I remember for Greatest Day they filmed that in like July/August and the video was released about October and single was November 23rd,The Circus following a week later on December 1st

You need to get caught up with this TT business Chewy :p

[Scarlett.]

lol Robbie filmed Bodies around August and it was released in October xD It's best filming early though xD what are those shirts they're wearing?

[Princess]

No clue,they look very weird though,especially the hair. Jay looks good though. I'm glad he shaved,he looked like a tramp a couple of weeks ago.

[Ninastar]

I'm gonna see them in their next concert. Quite looking forward to it.

[Princess]

Make sure you're get the tickets at 9am online if you want to go. Getting tickets is the most stressful thing in the world. Most of the sites always crash.

[Scarlett.]

No clue,they look very weird though,especially the hair. Jay looks good though. I'm glad he shaved,he looked like a tramp a couple of weeks ago.

lol the old fashioned sort of musician :p

[Princess]

lol the old fashioned sort of musician :p

Or like a tramp :p Jay doesn't like the publicity a lot,he likes to hide when they're not doing anything,mainly behind his hair it would seem.

[Princess]

ARGH someone on my Twitter just met them! Jealous.

[Scarlett.]

Or like a tramp :p Jay doesn't like the publicity a lot,he likes to hide when they're not doing anything,mainly behind his hair it would seem.

lol :joker:

[Princess]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3060799/Take-That-to-play-concert-for-the-Queen.html

[Locke.]

Might try and get tickets if they come to Liverpool

[Princess]

Liverpool is in the rumoured dates but those dates don't look well quite right. They usually don't do it.

[Scarlett.]

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/797/x22048dd4.png

[Princess]

More pics from a girl who was there

http://tweetphoto.com/user/3828898

[Princess]

Snap much :p

[Scarlett.]

Lmao at the same time and everything xD

[Nicky.]

Make sure you're get the tickets at 9am online if you want to go. Getting tickets is the most stressful thing in the world. Most of the sites always crash.

It's alllll part of the fun!!!

and I'm gonna go to one of them.... it's 3 / 4 months after the McFly tour according to those dates, so I should be able to afford one.. or maybe two - depends how much I like the new album. ;) :D

[Scarlett.]

Apparently they have stunt doubles for the vid!

http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k380/sterrec/Take%20That%20THE%20Reunion/35090_117526271628029_1163182750821.jpg

[Princess]

I posted that up there *points*

You know I actually love the pic in your sig Chewy if I just cover Robbie with my thumb :laugh:

And aye Nicky,I hate ticket stress but can't imagine Thatter life without it.

[Scarlett.]

Oh lol I thought that was a link to the other picture so I never bothered clicking xD lmao

and it's a great piccie xD maybe you could photoshop a tree in? ;)

[Princess]

Haha!! You know for the 2011 calender,I just plan to buy a marker and draw all over Robbie. I don't know how I'm gonna avoid him at these concerts. I'm not going to go up front at my first show just in case I throw something at him when I have no self control and get myself banned from the rest of the shows,lol!

[Scarlett.]

lmao I can imagine you getting snapped by the press as they take you away from the concert xD

[Princess]

'Deranged fan gets banned for concerts she spend all her money on'

Which place is closest to you for a concert? Like Manchester?

[Scarlett.]

lol yep Manchester :]

[Princess]

You should come with me to a Manchester show,you'll have a great time :p

[Scarlett.]

lol aye, but I'm not sure if I'll have the money to go xD at the moment I iz jobless D:

[Princess]

Tickets are usually only about 50 quid. I don't think they'll be released for a few months yet anyways. Well I hope not,I need to save!

[Scarlett.]

lol hopefully I'll have a job within the next month, if I do, I'll come xD

[Princess]

YAY! I don't have a job but I didn't the last 2 tours either and somehow I managed it. I literally have no life in order to save :laugh:

[Scarlett.]

lol xD I've been searching for a job for ages...it's so boring I actually miss college! :eek:

[Princess]

I've been searching for a job for a year with no luck. I've been nothing for a year,can't wait to go to uni in September and just do something! It'll be great.

[Scarlett.]

I hate being unemployed, it makes me feel so useless, I never realised how much I have an urge to be useful until now xD

[Princess]

LOL same,it's awful. A job would also be useful for money! Need some of that.

[Scarlett.]

Aye same here! :p

[Princess]

I figure if I save enough just for tickets by whenever they're released(I'm guessing Octoberish),I can just deal with flights and hotels later. I have my birthday next month so hopefully get enough money for a few then *fingers crossed*

[Scarlett.]

Aye :p fingers crossed :)

Anywho, I usually got to bed by 3am at latest, so I think I best be off! Night Laura :)

[Princess]

Night night Chewster :) x

[Princess]

Hah I'm so sad,I saw that other pic of them rowing(the one from VERY VERY far away) and I guessed who was where and I was 100% right!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3062462/Reunited-Take-That-film-wacky-rowing-video.html

[Scarlett.]

lol just go by the hair xD

Take That have filmed the music video to their new single, which is believed to be called 'The Flood'.

It sees the bandmates dressed in old-fashioned rowing outfits competing in an Oxford and Cambridge-style boat race, according to The Sun.

The video - the first to feature Robbie Williams since he announced his return to the band - was shot at Dorney Lake in Berkshire, which will play host to the rowing events at the 2012 London Olympics.

A source said: "Robbie and the boys clearly got on very well. It was just like old times. They were mucking about and having fun.

"The boys were stuck in a five-seater rowing boat wearing old-fashioned white rowing kits bearing a custom-designed Take That crest. They were told to paddle like the professionals. I think they found it quite hard. If you haven't done it before, sculling can be pretty difficult.

"When they finished filming on the first day Robbie decided he needed to cool off. He jumped straight into the lake and had a little swim. No one else had the guts to join him - it was freezing!

"There were lots of little kids around and at one stage they all started singing 'Angels' and Robbie was pretending to conduct them."

Williams recently filmed a Brokeback Mountain-inspired music video with bandmate Gary Barlow for the pair's upcoming duet 'Shame'.

Digital Spy

[Princess]

HAH that's what I went by! I hope it's called Flood rather than 'The Flood',think it sounds better.

[Nicky.]

Tickets are usually only about 50 quid. I don't think they'll be released for a few months yet anyways. Well I hope not,I need to save!

I love how that was 'only about 50 quid' xD I've never spent more than £35 on a gig ticket ever!

[Princess]

From the forum

Take That have confirmed that they hope to gain access to an 11 date tour in America through Robbie's popularity over there, in 2011 also an appearance at the next Glastonbury, announcement was on celebrity news on itv2+1 seconds ago!

Completely delusional,it's never going to happen! People in America have no clue who they are,think they may be getting slighty too big for their boots at the minute. I like them cos they're down to earth,I hope they can stay that way.

[Princess]

I love how that was 'only about 50 quid' xD I've never spent more than £35 on a gig ticket ever!

Only just seen this. Yeah but Nicky,that's a gig,Take That concerts are a show. Their last tour cost 10 million to produce,their ticket prices are very reasonable for the show they put on.

[Scarlett.]

Here's the cover
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs374.snc4/45739_421093509106_5441929106_4803270_3164153_n.jp g

and a sneak peek at the video
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs394.snc4/45707_421093614106_5441929106_4803272_1968708_n.jp g

[Scarlett.]

Who's going tommorow? :D

[Scarlett.]

This thread is looking a little dusty, time for a polish :3

Robbie Williams has revealed that Gary Barlow has helped write and produce his new solo album.

The 'Rock DJ' star, who rejoined his former band Take That last year, is currently still working on the follow up to 2009's Reality Killed The Video Star with Barlow while the pair embark on their record-breaking tour with the rest of the group.

Speaking to Esquire about the upcoming record, Williams explained: "Gaz is great for me because he knows how I should sound. He wanted to make a Lennon and McCartney-type album. That was his big idea - big, standard records.

"At the minute it's just me and him finishing the album and I love it. Love my friendship with him. Love that he regards me as an equal.

"Gary is kind of unemotional about stuff. I'm emotional about stuff. He's solid. I'm fickle. He gets stuff done, I don't."

Williams is currently out of a recording contract while he tours his reunion record Progress with Take That.

The group recently announced that they will release a new mini-album titled Progressed on June 13.

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