http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.s...2/r2_wright_tue

 

Fast-forward a 1.10 hrs and it will come on :D

 

Great interview :D

I will listen after my bath. -_-

Thanks he sounds so much like his father in that interview, gotta love his cheek and humour though.

 

 

and the cough :( quit the smoking Robbie

from this week's Heat ... :rolleyes: Thanks to Rock DJ :yahoo:

 

Robbie says Louis wants to sleep with him, now Louis hits back!

 

Louis Walsh could never be described as a shy, retiring type - over the years he has kept us all very entertained by taking a pop at pretty much every celebrity around. With absolutely no one exempt, it was only a matter of time before someone bit back. Sure enough, last week Robbie vented his spleen over some of Louis' previous comments about him, saying, "I just think Louis wants to manage me and sleep with me."

 

But, never one to walk away from an argument, Louis has decided to answer back in an interview with Heat. Prepare yourself ...

 

We didn't know you knew Robbie Williams well

Louis: I used to know Robbie back in the days when he was fat! Sorry, but he was a bit tubby in those days. I first got to know him years ago when he was in Take That, because I modelled Boyzone on them.

 

Well, that's honest of you. You used to be drinking buddies, didn't you?

We did used to have a few drinks together, but I don't drink much really. He's right, we did have a good time. There'd be a few of us and we'd meet up at the Morrison, Lily Bordellos or The Clarence in Dublin. He used to remind me of Brian McFadden because he was always the life and soul of the party, a larger than life character. He just wanted to party and have a wild time.

 

So you were friends then?

Well, we weren't exactly friends. I'd never call him an actual friend, just an acquaintance that I've met because we're both in the music industry. I was and still am a massive fan of Take That, and I'd see him at their gigs, but it was always Gary Barlow who I was friends with and who I had total respect for. Robbie was also very good friends with Keith Duffy, so when he was in Ireland I'd meet up with them.

 

It's fair to say you've been quite critical in the past - in fact, you once said, "Robbie Williams is Mr Karaoke ..."

Well, I'm entitled to my own opinion aren't I? I don't know why he's getting so upset about all this ... Does it really matter what I think? I'm just talking about his singing. Robbie is a big success and he is doing everything he ever wanted to do, but that doesn't mean I have to like his music. I don't. Just like I don't like Kylie's music. I am an honest person and I always say it how it is, that's all. I have all the TT albums but none of Robbie's, because I don't like his voice. Some of his songs are good, but really it was Guy Chambers who was the winning formula with him.

 

When was the last time you saw each other?

I saw Robbie at the Comedy Awards last year but we didn't have a proper conversation - we just said 'hello' and that was it. I knew he wasn't very happy about the stuff I'd been saying and after the last meeting we'd had, I didn't want to go there.

 

Why, what happened?

Well ... it was about two years ago and Westlife were staying at the Conrad in Chelsea and so was Robbie, so our paths crossed. He came over to me with all his bodyguards and a tape recorder, saying to me, "Hello mate. Why are you saying all this stuff about me? I thought we were mates." He was really intimidating and was recording the conversation. I just backed off because I was on my own and, honestly, I felt quite threatened.

 

Robbie said you just want to manage him and sleep with him ...

Er no, never. Not even if I was on a desert island. I wouldn't want to manage him and I certainly wouldn't want to sleep with him! Robbie has just made this stuff up to try to hurt me, and maybe a couple of years ago it would have done, but not any more. Look, I have Shayne Ward who's younger, better-looking and might even crack America, unlike Robbie. I also have Westlife and they are a really big success story.

 

Robbie reckons you won't allow Shayne to call him

That's rubbish. Shayne is an individual and I just manage him. I would never tell him what to do.

 

So you have never approached Robbie to manage him?

No way. Not ever. Robbie, I'd imagine, manages himself. I would prefer to work with Gary Barlow than Robbie Williams anyday. That guy has had such a tough time, yet he is the one who's talented. TT don't need Robbie like he thinks they do. He needs them. I have to believe in someone to manage them.

 

Are you angry with Robbie?

No. I honestly think it's all a bit funny. The bottom line is he's got me on the front page of all the newspapers and that is promoting X Factor. He is just upset about my comments because he hates criticism.

 

Judi Martin-Clark

Meet the completely stunning Judi Martin-Clark, 36, a promotions model from Surrey. She's looking for a gentlemen to date this Friday. Could you be the lucky man?

 

 

If you could live anywhere? Miami or Australia.

 

 

What do you wish you'd invented? The Ferrari

 

 

Six of what drink will make you anyone's? Sambuca's but I need more than six.

 

 

Dream celebrity date, and why? Robbie Williams - he is funny, sexy and ambitious.

Coolest Hobby: skiing

 

 

Most embarrasing song you secretly like? Crazy by Aerosmith

 

 

I cook a mean (dish): Roast dinner - lamb, beef or chicken.

 

 

Who wouldn't you go out with, even if the survival of the species depended on it? John Mcurrick.

 

 

Guess what I did: I have been in a Bond film!

 

 

Describe your look: Dark ,dusky ,pleasing to the eye.

 

A Rock & A Hard Place

Date : 30.08.2006

 

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THE highlighted hair. The tears. The big cars and bigger yachts. The signs were there. And now we know – David Beckham is having a mid-life crisis.

 

The Express’s Day & Night girls hear from a source who says Victoria Beckham fears Day-vid is going through a difficult period in his life.

 

“Victoria has told David she is his rock and as long as he has her, he need not feel bad, weepy, anxious or distressed,†says the source. Vicky is brunette butler Paul Burrell to David’s Princess Diana.

 

“David calls her ‘my powerhouse’,†continues the source. “They are going through a new romantic phase in her marriage.â€

 

To many men approaching middle age and worried about the future, this romantic phase is known as “the guiltsâ€, and comes after a previous romantic phase in which the man has romanced his secretary, PA or some insignificant and utterly meaningless other.

 

Not that Dave would cheat on his Posh, with whom he is “besottedâ€. Says the source: “He thinks she is the most beautiful sensual woman in the world and he loves her new hairdo.†What is beauty and sensuality without a choppy bob?

 

And it’s not just the way Posh does her hair that keeps her man happy. “David loves Robbie Williams and Victoria has started playing Robbie around the house, grabbing his hand and dancing with him whenever he’s gloomy.â€

 

How envious other men must be. What better when the mood is dark than a blast of Let Me Entertain You and your significant other dragging you up for a boogie? It’s Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party made real.

 

Posh should be made available on the NHS. Who needs Prozac and Valium when you have Posh, Robbie Williams and a choppy bob?

 

King of pop is back!

Aug 30 2006

By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

 

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IT'S the date fans can't wait for ... when Robbie Williams brings his Close Encounters tour to Roundhay Park.

 

More than 90,000 fans are expected to turn up each night for his performances in Leeds on Friday and Saturday of next week.

 

For a man who once said he hated touring, Robbie Williams has been doing plenty of it this year.

 

His 2006 world tour began back in April with dates in South Africa and the United Arab Emirates, then the singer shoehorned in an appearance on ITV's Soccer Aid before heading out on the road.

 

Now, after gallivanting around Europe for much of the summer, Robbie Williams is coming home.

 

On Saturday he will play the first of nine sold-out gigs in Glasgow, Leeds and Milton Keynes, to a total audience of over 500,000 people.

 

 

Robbie, 32, might not ever be able to top the record-breaking three nights he played at Knebworth back in 2003, but he's certainly having a crack at it.

 

 

The 2006 Close Encounters tour is undoubtedly his biggest yet.

 

 

The interestingly-named Wob Roberts, who has been the singer's tour manager since he launched his solo career, says: "It's a long way from that first gig in 1997 at Norwich UEA."

 

 

Back in early August, at Cologne in the middle of the German leg of the Close Encounters tour, Wob and the rest of the 215-strong entourage were dealing with the rain. Lots of it.

 

 

And with each show being open-air, the bad weather could have been a problem.

 

 

But Wob, an easy-going bloke, takes the downpours in his stride.

 

 

"The whole stage is designed with water in mind," he said. "We've got an industrial non-stick floor which we did a few experiments on.

 

 

"If it really rains hard, it can be dodgy out there, but for the most part it's fine.

 

 

"What we do is set up the stage so it looks as good as possible, and then waterproof the bits that we have to.

 

 

"The musicians are waterproof anyway, so they're all right," he laughed.

 

 

"Why don't we put up a roof? Because it doesn't look anything like as good."

 

 

He's not wrong.

 

 

As you may have guessed from the title, the Close Encounters tour has an alien theme.

 

 

The stage set is designed to look like a spaceship by tour producer Lee Lodge, along with set designer and architect Ray Winkler, who has worked with The Rolling Stones.

 

 

"We wanted the stage to look like a huge alien contraption that had landed in the middle of the stadium," says Ray.

 

 

"It stems from Robbie's obsession with aliens and all things extra-terrestrial. The geometry of the stage set is built around circular motifs - resembling crop circles."

 

 

The beginning of the show starts with the musical notes from Close Encounters Of The Third Kind as well, with Robbie bursting out on to the stage to the power pop blast of hit single Radio.

 

 

But before that can happen an awful lot of work has to go into erecting the set, as well as making sure that everything goes without a hitch during the support acts and Robbie's own two-hour show.

 

 

"It takes 24 hours to set the whole thing up, do the show and then take it down again," says Wob.

 

 

"As soon as the show's done, as the punters are leaving, we're starting.

 

 

"And the main production will be out by four in the morning, that's 31 trucks."

 

thanks to www.purerobbie.com - the picture is my own preferred piccy and not from the article. Thanks to www.robbiewilliams.de for that and Jackie ^_^ .

Wob? :unsure:

 

Well, Wob will need to do a bit of stage waterproofing this weekend. :cry:

 

 

Oh and Louis Walsh is just a sad, twisted little man. :rolleyes:

I quite like that headline "KING OF POP IS BACK". Has a nice ring to it... :wub:

 

About Mr. Walsh - correct me if I'm wrong here, to my knowledge his biggest acts were Boyzone and Westlife. None of those were really successful outside the UK & Ireland. Ok, maybe they did alright with some of their songs in Europe, but never ever were they as big as Rob is in the rest of the world.

So, that says it all to me. B)

Yes Westlife are only big in the UK. Thankfully not enough people in the rest of the world are prepared to be brainwashed by the manafactured joke that they are :D

 

Louis's opinion on artists will never be taken seriously cause not one single act he's manages has an ounce of credibility whatsoever :puke2:

Take no notice it comes from the The Star newspaper ^_^ You can tell he is back in the UK :cry:

 

 

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Robbie in quit threat

 

Robbie Williams has revealed he is thinking of quitting music because he is fed up of the pressures of fame.

 

 

The singer is considering retiring from the pop star lifestyle when he has finished promoting his new album 'Rudebox 74' because he wants to go back to being a regular guy again.

 

 

He told the Daily Star: "I've got to take the view over the next 18 months and see if I want to be part of the machine any more, because I don't see me singing again.

 

 

"It's a question of what I want and where I want to be. Can I live without radio picking my song and putting it on the playlist? Or is fame something I'm addicted to?

 

 

"I don't know where I stand with it all at the moment. Do I take things into my own hands and dismantle this monster and have a nice life?"

 

 

Williams releases a new single, 'Rudebox', on Monday (September 4) ahead of his UK stadium tour.

 

from http://www.newstatesman.com

 

 

It could be one of the most explosive showbiz confessionals of recent times. Top British publisher Bloomsbury is apparently trying to convince Ethan Hawke, star of Dead Poets Society and erstwhile husband of Uma Thurman (pictured, below), to write his life story. But will he be prepared to spill the beans on the marriage, which ended two years ago amid rumours of serial infidelity? Her alleged romance - strongly denied - was with the Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino. Bloomsbury is offering Hawke oodles of the company's Harry Potter profits but he is apparently still unsure about baring his soul. In any case, the book would be one of those rare things: an unghosted celebrity memoir. Hawke has written two pretty well-received novels and is also a relative of that little-known US scribe, Tennessee Williams.

 

 

 

Bloomsbury certainly needs a good autobiography. I hear the publisher's upcoming memoir from former Take That singer Gary Barlow - which came with a price tag of £1m - is a right turkey. "They have had to sex large chunks of it up," says my man with the red biro. "His story is a bit of a boring one: big success with Take That, meant to have the talent, gets overshadowed by Robbie Williams and has happy family life. Bor-ing."

 

:lol:

 

 

Robbie May Quit The Music Game :cry:

 

 

 

Speaking to the Daily Star Robbie Williams revealed he is fed up of the pressures of fame and is thinking about quiting and go back to being a regular guy again.

 

Robbie says: "I've got to take the view over the next 18 months and see if I want to be part of the machine any more, because I don't see me singing again.

 

"It's a question of what I want and where I want to be. Can I live without radio picking my song and putting it on the playlist? Or is fame something I'm addicted to?

 

"I don't know where I stand with it all at the moment. Do I take things into my own hands and dismantle this monster and have a nice life?"

 

Source: Chartsingles

 

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Please don't lynch me :mellow:

:unsure: :( :( :( :(

 

I don't see how he can ever go back to being just a normal guy, he's far to famous for that.

I can understand him saying that though, the pressure to perform and keep churning out new material can't be easy, no matter how much money you've got.

Wish he'd make up his mind. He was just telling Music Week about his 'next' album ( the one he's planning after Rudebox). :unsure:

Can you imagine a pop scene without him in it..boring comes to mind.

 

I know he keeps saying this type of thing, but looking at it objectively I can see that it could be beginning to cross his mind.

 

Tour finished at the end of the year, T Mobile was an 18 month agreement, second recording contract he's going through at a fine pace and could in principle be nearing the end then.

 

Why does he want to continue putting himself through hoops when he is financially secure and at the top of his game right now.

 

I would be thinking through my options too if it were me.

 

He knows the score and just possibly he has had enough of the Louis Walsh(es) of this world

 

So all his "haters" will be pleased while we his "lovers" will be absolutely gutted if he ever does decide to "leave us" :cry:

August Robbie News ^_^