Posted June 14, 201312 yr So, thought I'd better start a new thread for this. Kicked off tonight at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin. http://www.avivastadiumevents.ie/imageLibrary/wysiwyg/Dublin%20Stock/Aerial%20View%202%20July.JPG I'm awaiting first reports. :w00t:
June 14, 201312 yr Author From http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-...e-29340156.html SHE is one of the world's biggest divas, but even pop princess Rihanna doesn't need as much room for changing as Robbie Williams. The Take That star will perform at the Aviva Stadium when he arrives for the Dublin leg of his tour this Friday. Such is the furore surrounding the Let Me Entertain You singer that concert promoters altered the changing facilities for the gig, requiring the use of Lansdowne FC's rugby stadium next door. As a result, officials at the club were forced to cancel local sporting fixtures planned for Lansdowne FC later this week. However, such problems will not arise when Rihanna's Diamonds Tour hits the Aviva the following Friday. Club management has been assured that all pre-arranged games and fixtures can go ahead. The decision was taken following an urgent meeting when it was deemed that facilities at the Aviva would not be enough for Robbie and his entourage. "Unfortunately due to the Robbie Williams's concert promoters changing area/facilities requirements overnight, we have had to postpone this week's IRFU Volkswagen Tag games at Lansdowne FC," said a club official. Reformed "This is because of circumstances beyond our control, and we are notifying you immediately. "Next week's games are good to go however, even with the Rihanna concert on the Friday," added the official. And it seems club bosses were less than happy, adding: "If it were up to us, Robbie Williams would lose out every time." Reformed bad boy Robbie (39) will roll into town later this week with tens of thousands turning out to see the singer. The dad-of-one will be supported in Dublin by his protege and former X Factor star, Olly Murs. Just one week later the Aviva will light up when Rihanna brings her Diamonds Tour to the capital. Fans will have their fingers crossed for Friday night's performance – the last time Robbie performed as a solo artist in Ireland he was left suspended in mid-air after stage gear malfunctioned. He remains one of the most popular solo artists on the planet since splitting from Take That in the early Nineties. Robbie reunited with Gary Barlow and the rest of Take That for their 2010 Progress tour. Tickets are still available to see Robbie and Olly and are priced between €69.50 and €99.50. hnews@herald.ie
June 14, 201312 yr O8AqQlr6xKw That upside down effect makes me dizzy :unsure: Edited June 14, 201312 yr by Sydney
June 14, 201312 yr Why is the 'posh' fan area in front of the stage half empty? :unsure: For Gawds sake I never saw so many folk people counting tonight, :smoke: I wonder if Scotty was there or is he ski-ing somewhere :blink:
June 14, 201312 yr Author Great article here. With photos. And a setlist. So if you don't want to know, don't click! http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...-best-ever.html
June 15, 201312 yr Caught Live: Robbie Williams Take The Crown Stadium Tour By GORDON SMART, Showbiz Editor IF any pop fans are getting a bit down at the thought of a summer without a huge Take That stadium show – never fear. One of the best showmen in the business has got just the tonic – a two-hour, rip-roaring, high-octane live show. Robbie Williams’ epic Take The Crown World Tour kicked off at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium last night in front of more than 65,000 fans – and it was something special. It’s a world-famous rugby venue, and in egg-chasing terminology, he not only scored the try, he converted it too. Let Me Entertain You is the best track going to win over a crowd from the opening bars – and Robbie made a simply brilliant entrance. He emerged from a 15-metre high cast of his head above the stage, before whizzing down a zip wire with flares shooting out. The best pop star this country has produced for a generation is at the peak of his powers. Lee Lodge, Rob’s long term show producer, brought together an amazing team including creative director Willie Williams and set designer Mark Fisher – famous for creating U2’s legendary shows. And they are worth every penny because they have delivered in style. By his own admission, Robbie’s not short of an ego. And the series of smaller props of Rob’s head have some big surprises in store. Olly Murs has a great cameo for Kids. They have a natural chemistry and the duet keeps the show ticking along very nicely. It wouldn’t be right not to have a nod to Take That. And ever the crowd pleaser, Rob pulled a female fan on stage for Everything Changes. It’s the first, and probably the last time, you will see a pop star putting on a puppet show. Yes, a puppet show. You have to see it to believe it. You can guess the encore – three of the best pop anthems you could ask to hear in a huge outdoor venue. Feel, She’s The One and Angels. There was a nice shout-out to his daughter “Teddy Bear”, who watched on with mummy Ayda in the crowd. If you have a ticket you are in for a treat. If you don’t, you’ve got a great live DVD to look forward to at Christmas. World class. Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...l#ixzz2WFZzsBl0
June 15, 201312 yr Pop royalty Robbie wows 50,000 fevered fans Robbie Williams performs at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin MARK O'REGAN – 15 JUNE 2013 AN eclectic mix of the young – and the not so young – came in their droves to pay homage to their King of Pop. Robbie Williams was back in town, and his fans who made the journey to the Aviva Stadium in Dublin gave him a regal welcome. This was a gig for which they had waited a long time. The former Take That superstar had chosen Dublin's Aviva Stadium to kick off his much-heralded 'Take The Crown' arena tour of Ireland and Britain. In 2006, the last time he embarked on a solo arena tour, he faced a bout of stage fright, resulting in the cancellation of a leg of the tour. But this time round, the 39-year-old was determined to wow the crowd from the moment he appeared on stage. Unseasonal showers did little to dampen the spirits of the 50,000 fans, many of whom had patiently waited outside the stadium since lunchtime to a wangle a prime position. Fans from all over the country captured the mood with an array of colour. There was a collection of hats sporting 'Robbie, I'm Your Angel', while others proudly paraded less-than-subtle T-shirts emblazoned with 'Robbie, I Just Want To Feel Real Lovin'.' Irish Independent
June 15, 201312 yr Robbie rocks the Aviva Saturday, June 15, 2013 http://i40.tinypic.com/2lvelc4.jpg Some Robbie fans Robbie Williams got his latest arena tour out of the blocks in the Aviva last night Robbie Williams has a complicated relationship with Ireland. His biggest hit, ‘Angels’, owes its origins to, of all things, a boozy night out in Dublin. But it was at a 2006 appearance in Croke Park that he first experienced the stage fright that would plague his career for years. He has evidently put the jitters behind him, choosing Dublin as the starting point for his new arena jaunt. Following a chipper set from William’s spiritual successor Olly Murs, pop’s self-proclaimed ego-in-chief appeared suspended high above the stage before zipping earthwards, plumes of red and yellow smoke spewing in his wake. He opened with ‘Let Me Entertain You’ and segued into minor smash ‘South of the Border’. Beneath a huge 3D effigy of his face, he radiates boggle-eyed glee. An enormous wire-frame bust of Williams is wheeled out as balloons spew from its head, which is surely a metaphor for something. “Hello Landsdowne Road,” he says. “It’s good to be home.” Though there is a (newish) record to promote he resists the hard sell. Last year’s ‘Candy’ prompts a good-natured singalong, though a tilt at Led Zeppelin’s ‘Whole Lotta Love’ is met with overwhelming bafflement. But it’s staples such as ‘Angels’ that really set the hair on end. 4/5 - Ed Power Irish Examiner.com
June 15, 201312 yr :dancing: Loving Rudebox LM9c3j8-uCE Wow !!! I am sure this girl will remember this night forever , did she say she was Dutch , Talking about audience participation , great idea xz8cPaUPupc & I love this song rKyszALVTNQ :rap: EV2DYXTB4Zg Edited June 15, 201312 yr by Sydney
June 15, 201312 yr :cry: I'm trying to be good and not click on the youtube links, soooooo difficult not to. Don't want to spoil anything for myself for when I go to Wembley.
June 15, 201312 yr From: http://www.robbiewilliams.com/news-blogs/f...ies-dublin-show First Night: Take A Look At Robbie's Dublin Show 15 Jun 2013 Robbie descended on Dublin last night for the first stop on his Take The Crown Stadium Tour 2013 and what a night it proved to be! Playing to a packed crowd at the Aviva Stadium, Robbie stormed through a set packed with old classics and new favourites in a performance that was nothing short of spectacular. If you've got tickets to any of the upcoming dates, you certainly have a treat coming your way..! For a quick peep at last night's show check out the video below, filmed from right inside the heart of the action. Were you there to see the show last night? Share your best moments with everyone by leaving a comment below! * WARNING * This video contains spoilers! WB9PbQRE9-M Edited June 15, 201312 yr by Sparkle
June 16, 201312 yr My back’s f***** and I don’t look much like Harry Styles ... in fact I’m turning into me dad Robbie on being a father, stage fright and hitting forty http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/forumrw/Screenshot2013-06-15at080711_zpsca27f9d9.png ROBBIE WILLIAMS is back on tour this month entertaining the best part of a million fans on the UK leg of his Take The Crown world tour. His first night in Dublin was a high-energy performance, with the Take That star covering every inch of the stage in a two-hour pop masterclass. But the married, Stoke-born singer and father of one is fast approaching the big 4-0. And as he looks in the mirror every morning and examines each new grey hair and wrinkle, he knows the inevitable outcome — he’s turning into his dad. In an exclusive interview with The Sun, Robbie said: “There’s no getting away from it, the big 4-0 isn’t far away. “My back is f***** and I am stretching every day to make sure I’m in shape for the tour. I’m well aware I have gone a bit ‘dad-sized’. “My arms are a bit smaller because I cut down on the weights but I’ve still gone to a place that’s not really Thin White Duke, not that I’ve ever been that. “There was more of a chance of me being Harry Styles when I was Harry Styles’ age. I had a similar body shape to him. “But nobody tells you that you carry on getting thicker and thicker, depending on your DNA. I am slowly turning into my father. “I am like a trunk of some kind, it’s definitely not lithe. That’s not the word for it. This shape doesn’t lend itself to the running-man dance, let’s say, or body-popping, any more. “Regardless of what I eat, or how much exercise I do, nature is taking its course, and I am becoming my old man. I’m fine with that, I just hope the missus is.” I have been interviewing Robbie, or bickering with him as it was in the early days, for the best part of seven years now. Without any shadow of a doubt, he is the happiest I’ve ever known him. I met his daughter Teddy for the first time, who lights Robbie up every time she comes into the room with her stunning mum Ayda. The youngster was in residence at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Friday when I went out to see the show, with her little ear protectors on, as mum bopped away to the hits. He even dedicated Come Undone to his “Teddy Bear”. He told me: “I am honestly the happiest I’ve ever been. Being a dad, having a daughter, it’s just the most important thing in the world to me. It has changed my life and that’s not being dramatic, that’s the way it is. Suddenly it all makes sense.” Robbie is living in north London, in a beautiful rented mansion while he is on the Take The Crown tour. Neighbours include his old foe Noel Gallagher from Oasis, Jason Orange’s rumoured ex-flame Lulu and Modfather Paul Weller. The family have settled into what Robbie calls “Stella Street”, after the Nineties comedy show, while on an extended break from LA — but Robbie is living a similarly reclusive lifestyle here to the quiet life he has in California. He was snapped at the O2 a couple of weeks ago with Adele watching Beyonce — but it was a rare appearance out of the house. He explained: “I went on a date night with Ayda to see Beyonce. I don’t go out. I don’t go to gigs, I don’t go to where people are, I don’t like big crowds. “So I was made to go on date night — not that I don’t want to go and see Beyonce, she’s great, but I would have happily watched it on YouTube. I like looking at big crowds from onstage and that’s about as close as I want to get to anybody.” It all goes back to his well-documented problems with drugs and booze in the past, but also the constant pressure to pose for pictures or being handed phones to ring relatives of the people he meets. He said: “In 2007 I thought I had retired, it was a definite definite. In 2013 I want to carry on until the limbs give up. Fortunately, I am now in a position to enjoy it all. “In my twenties, professionally everything went through the roof which was great. “Physically it was an awful decade for whatever reason. I couldn’t handle whatever it was I was doing at that time. “Now I am just so content and so happy thanks to my wife and thanks to my daughter. “I want to go and play. I want to go and enjoy myself with people enjoying me. “I want to play with the fans and all the people who have been dragged along to see this ‘thing’. “I want to take them with me for the rest of my life. Maybe I’ll think the opposite, I’ve been known to. “But right now I want to keep going and going and going.” Like father, like son ... Robbie Williams with dad Pete in 2002 Mark Allan This year marks the tenth anniversary of his record-breaking run at Knebworth, Herts, where he sold out three nights with 125,000 fans at each gig — one more than rivals Oasis. Recalling those dates, he said: “Looking back at Knebworth it is my equivalent of the 1999 European Cup Final. Those Manchester United players will always have that moment as their crowning glory. “I will always have that as mine — the moment when I was incredibly imperial and in unison with the heartbeat of the pop nation. They came out in force to agree with me. “It’s a colossal thing to have achieved, no matter if people stop buying my records or stop coming to the gigs — that always will have happened. That can’t be taken away. “That’s something I will always have in my heart, three nights, 125,000 a night. To actually witness that, to be the reason why they were there, is mind-blowing. “That was a time in my career when I was riding that wave that I never thought was going to end. “You can’t contemplate it coming to an end — you are Megaman. People have very short memories, so that’s why Knebworth becomes even more important to me.” Despite appearing to be the most confident alpha male on the planet, Robbie still suffers crippling self-doubt. He said: “I always get stage fright — though maybe there won’t be this time. “There is always a level of fright. If I can just make it manageable rather than overwhelming, that’s the best I can hope for. “But my swagger is on full, the O2 gigs I did last year were a reminder that I can still do this. “I spend a lot of time in my head going, ‘It’s over, you’re not very good’. Even up until being onstage at the O2. “I was surprised that people still really liked me. I do value myself a little bit more now, and I’m ready to go and crush it. “Like Ronan Keating said, ‘Life is a rollercoaster, you’ve just got to ride it.’ “Seriously it is. I don’t know where life is taking me, or where it is all going, doors close and doors open. “Things are incredibly dispensable. I am the biggest-selling male solo artist in the UK. “Everything I’ve done and achieved in 15 years could be forgotten in an instant. “I have witnessed things going away. I know how quickly it goes, I know how short people’s memories are. “David Bowie is a different animal than I am. He’s artistically in the fabric of what is pop culture in this country. I am in the fabric, but not so much. I am in the inlay, he is the sleeve. I am more dispensable than him. But there is still more of the race to be run. There are still more twists and turns to come. “Look at the whole Take That thing, the whole Gary Barlow thing. It is unimaginable that all of that should happen. “It’s down to me where I want to take this. I pray and hope that I am afforded the same support and the media that I have had, and also from radio. “I am nearly 40 now, so what happens then? There are less than a handful of people who have their records played consistently on the radio and it is the oxygen that you need to survive. “I am still ambitious and I still want big songs. It is going to be interesting for me either way.” Tour dates June 18, 19, 21 and 22 - Etihad Stadium, Manchester June 25 and 26 - Hampden Park, Glasgow June 29 and 30 plus July 2 and 5 - Wembley Stadium, London SUN/co/uk Picture.. thanks to trws
June 16, 201312 yr Author Im not reading anything and not clicking on any more vids. I want there to be an element of surprise when I go next week. After the concert I will resume full Mod duties. :lol:
June 16, 201312 yr Ooooooooh next week, not long now :dance: I know exactly what you mean about watching the vids and reading the articles, it will spoil things if you know too much and what to expect on the night.
