:rofl: very good

 

is unbelievable how these stories get started in the first place.

Is this a good time to mention Robbie Williams playing The Joker in Batman, Scotty? :lol:

Is this a good time to mention Robbie Williams playing The Joker in Batman, Scotty? :lol:

 

Yeah, go on then ^_^

I agree

 

Hope he never joins them, sorry but I never liked TT

 

 

Me neither Sabrina, you're not alone :arrr:

From yahoo.com

 

Live 8 Photo Book being published-

 

McCartney brother shares gig photos

(Thursday June 29, 2006 11:41 AM)

 

The brother of Sir Paul McCartney has launched a book of behind-the-scenes photographs from last summer's Live8 concert in London.

 

Mike McCartney, a photographer and former member of 1960s band The Scaffold, is donating all the proceeds from the book to the Live Aid Trust.

 

The limited edition Live8 Coolpix book includes candid shots of stars such as Robbie Williams giving an unidentified woman a massage, :o as well as pictures of Sir Paul's estranged wife, Heather.

 

Mike, 62, who was cleared earlier this year of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old waitress, said the pictures were "just snaps from a family day out".

 

He added: "It began as a nice family day out in Hyde Park, but when you find yourself backstage at the greatest show on Earth and bump into Brad Pitt, Madonna, George Michael, U2, Annie Lennox, Bill Gates, the Beckhams, Kofi Annan, Paris Hilton, Robbie Williams, Snoop Dog, Peter Kay, Pink Floyd etc, it would be rude not to take their photo."

 

Only 1,000 editions of the book, which costs £60 for a signed copy and £30 unsigned, have been printed.

 

Copies will be available on eBay and from the O8 Place in Whitechapel, Liverpool.

 

 

 

Like the bit where he said it just started as a nice family day out :o

 

Wish my nice family days out included all them stars, mine normally consist of a picnic at the seaside :P

 

From http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk

 

 

Music giants square up in transatlantic takeover tussle Jun 29 2006

 

Daily Post

 

 

MUSIC giant EMI and US rival Warner Music were locked in a takeover tug-of-war yesterday as both companies battled to take control of each other.

 

EMI - home to Coldplay,, Gorillaz and Robbie Williams - said yesterday it had rejected a 320p-a-share offer from Warner which valued the company at £2.54bn.

 

The Warner bid came in response to a £2.52bn offer from London-based EMI, which the US firm rejected last night as the two traded blows with a series of takeover proposals.

 

The frenzied bidding activity sent shares in EMI 9% higher today to 309p. A tie-up between the two music giants has long been regarded as a strong possibility as the pair have circled each other for years, with agreements almost reached in 2000, 2001 and 2003. The combined music company would be the third largest in the world behind Universal Music and Sony, and would bring EMI's artists together with the likes of Madonna, from Warner.

 

:mellow:

 

 

Worst things could happen than EMI being taken over IMO. :rolleyes: Their promotion of Robbie is rubbish.

Their promotion of Robbie is rubbish.[/color]

 

 

That's an understatment if i ever heard one -_-

From The Mirror :rolleyes:

 

29 June 2006

PALMER-TOMKINSON

Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley

 

LOOKS like the flames of passion are still burning between Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Robbie Williams.

 

The usually talkative socialite came over all coy when asked about her relationship with the superstar singer. She said: "We are still good friends, but I don't want to spoil anything by saying any more."

 

So there is obviously something to spoil then, Tara?

 

 

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

They had an article in either The Sun or the Star yesterday about how her nose is collapsing. -_-

MTV Channels and Network LIVE Celebrate the Anniversary of Live8

29.06.2006 20:52:00

 

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LONDON and LOS ANGELES, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- One year on from the historic Live8 concert, MTV Networks International is celebrating the first anniversary of the momentous music event by airing a new special called Live8: What A Difference A Day Made, through a partnership with Network LIVE. An estimated three billion people from all over the world watched Live8, billed as the greatest show on earth, where the creme of the world's music artists came together to perform with one message -- make poverty history. Beginning 2nd July 2006, in recognition of the day that music changed the world, MTV Networks will premiere the 90-minute special to its network of 50, reaching 480 million households around the world in major markets including US, Japan, UK, France, Germany and Latin America. In addition to providing viewers the chance to relive the music spectacular of Live8, Bob Geldof will introduce the programme by giving a retrospective on how far we have travelled since the historic event and why it's important to remember one year later.

 

The programme is a selection of highlights from most inspirational performances and presentations that took place across 10 cities including London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Ontario, Tokyo, Johannesburg, Philadelphia, Moscow and Edinburgh. Live8: What A Difference A Day Made relives the moments when U2, Coldplay, Black Eyed Peas, Green Day, Madonna, Youssou N'Dour and Dido, Robbie Williams, Pink Floyd, R.E.M., Paul McCartney and others captured the hope and optimism of the world and rallied the crowds to fight against poverty in Africa and to lobby the G8 leaders to makes promises on debt relief, AIDS drugs, trade tariffs and education.

 

Live8: What A Difference A Day Made, distributed by Network LIVE, will air on MTV's channels in the lead up the G8 Summit 2006 on 15 July in St Petersburg, Russia where G8 leaders are expected to discuss international issues such as global energy security, infectious diseases and education. Live8 was executive produced by Network Live CEO Kevin Wall.

 

MTV has a long history of providing a platform in support of pro social issues, and regularly offers its audiences opportunities for direct dialogue with world leaders. In 2005 in the week leading to the G8 Summit and Live8 concerts UK Prime Minister and Chair of the G8 summit Tony Blair and Live8's leading force Bob Geldof took tough questions on African poverty, debt relief and Bush policies on climate control from MTV viewers representing 24 countries around the world -- including 7 African nations.

 

In addition, MTV's pro-social activities include the award-winning Staying Alive campaign. Launched in 1998, Staying Alive is a multimedia global HIV and AIDS prevention campaign that challenges stigma and discrimination associated with HIV AIDS as well empowers young people to protect themselves from infection. The Emmy award-winning campaign consists of documentaries, public service announcements, youth forums and Web content. Staying Alive provides all its television programming rights-free and at no cost to 3rd party broadcasters globally to get crucial prevention messages out to the widest possible audience.

 

For more information on Live8 and the issues it was set up to address, please visit http://www.live8live.com/.

 

Kylie wows Elton's bash

The Sun

 

POP princess Kylie Minogue and regal Elizabeth Hurley reigned supreme last night at Sir Elton John’s star-studded annual charity ball.

 

Kylie, 38, used the White Tie and Tiara Ball to return to the party scene after beating breast cancer.

 

The singer — wearing £3million in diamonds. including a 16-carat white gold necklace worth £2.5million — called it her “official coming outâ€.â€

 

And teenage Princesses Beatrice, 17, and Eugenie, 16, turned up in daring outfits with plunging necklines.

 

Actress Liz, 41, sported a sparkling diamond headdress and a ring with an exquisite 31-carat Chopard rock.

 

Among the other guests at 59-year-old Elton’s Berkshire mansion were chart stars James Blunt and Robbie Williams, TV girl Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and supermodel Kate Moss.

 

They were entertained by Indian musicians and dancers in a giant marquee decorated in the style of a Raj palace.

 

Sources said Elton took advice on the menu from Liz’s Indian boyfriend Arun Nayer. One said: “We weren’t talking onion bhajis and poppadoms, it was the best fine dining.â€

 

The bash raised money for Aids and an Indian charity.

 

 

 

 

Why is there no Robbie News today? :huh:

 

Did he go to Elton's Curry Night or not? :unsure: No Photos or anything? :cry: Some reports mention him. Some don't.

Calm befoe the storm Scotty. :huh:

Calm befoe the storm Scotty. :huh:

 

What? :unsure:

Why 'What'?

Have you found any Robbie News? :unsure:

LOL..nope, its just a saying when nothing much is happening, which is unusal.

Why 'What'?

Have you found any Robbie News? :unsure:

 

Well there is this. Has it been posted already? :unsure:

 

 

 

Summit puts safety first on Robbie Williams

 

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Worldwide - Summit Steel is supplying all production rigging equipment for the European stadium section, and rigging consultancy and crew (under direction of Head rigger Jez Craddick) for the whole of Robbie Williams' Close Encounters world tour.

 

The first half of 2006 has been Summit's busiest period ever, resulting in the purchase of over 70 new Lodestar hoists from Lift-Turn-Move - complete with customised rain covers - in order to supply the 110 hoists required to service Close Encounters. These are in addition to the 200 hoists that have been in action on Summit's other work during this period.

 

Motor control throughout the rig is all standard fixed-speed units. Summit commissioned Kinesys to design and build eight brand new customised 4-way 'briefcase' controllers and another four 6-way modules to the same spec as Summit's existing Ibex design for use on the tour, which is being project managed by Summit's Chris Walker.

 

Walker has worked closely with Jeremy Lloyd, the tour's technical design director and production manager Wob Roberts. With the set, staging, lighting, sound and video systems all being so physically integrated - and virtually all of it custom built for the tour - large amounts of time were spent in advance doing test builds and establishing the best methods for rigging the various elements. Much of this is complex, requires great precision and has generated some imaginative lateral thinking.

 

More off-beat 'rigging tasks' include areas like the O-lite video panels, which are slid up into their special frames (known as 'tusks') being pulled by hoists. Devising and installing safety systems was an area of primary importance for the Summit team.

 

With the set consisting of exposed metalwork needing to be accessed at any time, and also because it's outdoors with no roof, standard fall arresters weren't an option. Instead, Summit has designed a system of static rope safety lines with inbuilt shock absorbers at the top. Walker also recommended that all personnel and crew needing to access any of the set or flown pieces use a Petzl ASAP, which clips around the rope and runs up and down as they climb.

 

In the 'Scorpions' Tails', Summit has installed a series of Tirsafe safety lines - rated for having a number of people fall on them at any one time - and necessary because of the construction, nature and accessibility of these set pieces. Linked to the safety systems, Summit also drew up a 'Rescue at Height' policy and a set of safety procedures and risk assessments based on the new Work At Height regulations.

 

Touring crew were trained on rope rescue during the lengthy pre-production period at LiteStructures in Wakefield. Summit then supplied the tour with the same Rope Rescue kits for the universal and advanced touring systems. Summit co-ordinated with The Event Safety Shop, the tour's Health and Safety consultants throughout.

 

Chris Walker says "Being brought in to the project at an early stage enabled us to get involved with a lot of the design details and to try to solve as many potential problems as possible before the tour started. It was great to be working with Wob Roberts and the Robbie Williams team again; it's a pleasure to work with people who want everything to be done properly."

 

(Lee Baldock)

 

 

*** Sigh ***

 

Any, ahem, 'interesting' news? ;)

 

 

 

There is no gossip today. I miss my gossip. :cry:

*** Sigh ***

 

Any, ahem, 'interesting' news? ;)

There is no gossip today. I miss my gossip. :cry:

 

No there is not. Will i make up some :unsure: :rolleyes: