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Robbie Williams review, BST Hyde Park: gloriously entertained by the new Tom Jones

 

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Robbie Williams brought a dollop of Las Vegas pizzazz to the closing night of the British Summer Time concert series in Hyde Park. Fresh from a 16-show residency in Sin City, the 45-year-old left no stone unturned to dazzle 65,000 fans. Did he entertain us? And how.

 

There was a sense of unfettered celebration about this show. Perhaps it was because England had won a World Cup a mile or so up the road just minutes before Williams took to the stage. Perhaps it was because Hyde Park blushed a breathtaking pink under a tangerine sunset (although the flushed hue could equally have come from the gallons of rosé that Williams’ fans had guzzled throughout the afternoon). Or perhaps – in my case – it was because having stood through almost four enjoyable-yet-visually sterile hours of Neil Young and Bob Dylan in the same park on Friday evening, my desire to see “a show” was heightened.

 

Surrounded by a troupe of dancers, the former Take That member and tabloid-filling wild child bounded on in a black and silver jacket and ripped through Let Me Entertain You before leading the crowd through a series of Freddie Mercury-esque call and responses. “Are you ready to worship at the temple of light entertainment?” he shouted. “The number one rule of entertainment is ‘You have to love your audience’. And in the Nineties I tried to love you all individually.”

 

And so the familiar Williams tone was set: part showman, part comedian. But what made this show different was the sense of a rubicon having been crossed. Now a middle-aged family man with a Vegas residency, and having not had a UK number one single for seven years, Williams can safely be labelled a heritage act. Is he musically relevant? Hardly. Is he close to the zeitgeist? No. But in becoming our new Tom Jones, he has upped his production values and lost that sense of shouty insecurity that could make him so annoying in the past.

 

Even songs like Old Before I Die, 1997’s cringey attempt at Britpop bandwagon-jumping, took on a cheery nostalgic sheen. There were cabaret twists a-plenty: a choir made up of X-Factor contestants (Williams was a judge last year) came on for Never Forget, Williams’s father Peter joined him for Sweet Caroline, and a female audience member called Lesley was serenaded on a sofa during Somethin’ Stupid

 

But just when things teetered a little too far in the direction of vaudeville, a full-on laser show would begin and Williams would play a song like No Regrets, co-written in 1998 with long-term collaborator (and current band mate) Guy Chambers. Mournful and slow-burning, No Regrets remains one of the greatest pop songs of the Nineties.

 

Williams lapped up the cheerful energy as much as the audience, did. “I’ve got a massive smile on my face, and a smile in my heart,” he said after a final run of Kids, Rock DJ, She’s the One and, of course, Angels (“the national anthem”, as Williams called it).

 

As fireworks popped overhead, you felt that it’s only a matter of time before Williams gets the call up to perform in Glastonbury’s fabled Sunday afternoon Legends Slot. This moved down a generation last month from septuagenarians to Kylie Minogue, so he’d be fair game. And on this basis he’d nail it.

 

Williams’s hits might be behind him. And as he joked from the stage, the backstage drugs have been replaced by hummus and celery. But he doesn’t care. Nor did the beaming crowd. Robbie Williams: he’s loving ageing instead.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-l...ly-entertained/

 

All these five star reviews are amazing to read (and absolutely correct). B-)

 

Here's another one. Robbie Williams Is England's Greatest Living Legend https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/zmpam5/r...yde-park-review

 

So rarely, these days, do you see someone Smash It to such a high and palpable degree. So rarely does it feel as though the stars – man, mood and moment – align to create such pure, concentrated entertainment.

I don't even have to read the comments to know what they say.

 

When I said I liked the dress Tess - I didn't realise it cost £1,455 :o

I don't even have to read the comments to know what they say.

 

When I said I liked the dress Tess - I didn't realise it cost £1,455 :o

 

 

I bet Ayda does not have to pay for those clothes , most likely on loan from the designer , that is the way it works with designers & celebrities ...

I wasn't at Hyde Park gig but during the week I've already believed I was there too!

Still continue to collect all reviews, opinions and photos... Really proud for him.

 

Let's hope there will be DVD... So many great performances for ages and almost no official videos. It's a pity

 

I wasn't at Hyde Park gig but during the week I've already believed I was there too!

Still continue to collect all reviews, opinions and photos... Really proud for him.

 

Let's hope there will be DVD... So many great performances for ages and almost no official videos. It's a pity

 

There were cameras there but I wonder was that for the live streaming , I did not even know that it was going to be on YT

 

I agree it was a great night, everything worked perfectly to make a great show & Robbie was on top form ...

 

 

 

I could see Robbie doing a TFi type of show. might even see some of those card tricks he's been practicing ...
I could see Robbie doing a TFi type of show. might even see some of those card tricks he's been practicing ...

 

I think he'd be good at it. Could be a bit chaotic. ;)

Robbie Williams checks out wife Ayda Field and leaps off boat on Spanish holiday

 

EXCLUSIVE: Cheeky Rob couldn't help but admire bikini-clad wife's derriere as they relaxed on Formentera in Spain

 

 

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The couple, who have three children, are on holiday with pals on Formentera in Spain.

 

By the look in Robbie’s eyes that green bikini of hers could easily Come Undone...

 

As the pair relaxed on the beach, Robbie took the opportunity to rub some lotion into Ayda's hard-to-reach areas.

 

When he managed to tear himself away from Ayda, he performed a majestic dive off the side of their boat.

 

 

The pop star — wearing sky blue trunks — also enjoyed a spot of snorkling.

 

Earlier this month, a truth about Robbie's mental health — and the real reason why he had to turn down £15m to host American Idol — came to light.

 

For three years, it transpires that Robbie was in the grips of agoraphobia.

 

 

The chart-topping singer may have an exuberant public persona but it has been hiding the debilitating disorder, that saw him "unable to leave the sofa for three years".

 

When he was at his lowest ebb, Robbie reportedly turned down American Idol because he "couldn't face the public".

 

Speaking about that time and his condition, Robbie told The Sun Online: "My career had gone stratospheric and taken me to Mars, and I needed some time to get my equilibrium back and get myself back together.

 

“It was my body and mind telling me I shouldn’t go anywhere, that I couldn’t do anything.

 

 

“It was telling me to just wait, so I literally just sat and waited."

 

Robbie revealed what it was like to be gripped by agoraphobia.

 

He continued: "I was agoraphobic from around 2006 to 2009. Those years were just spent wearing a cashmere kaftan, eating Kettle Chips, growing a beard and staying in.

 

 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news...t-wife-18787330

 

 

I've never heard of Formentera. :blush:

 

 

Me neither :o

 

Do you think somethings in the offing this side of the water in the coming months , it's unusual to see them being this pubic on holiday , :thinking:

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