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I agree. That was the nastiest I've read in a long time. It really annoyed me.

So much twaddle disguised as 'fact'. :arrr: :arrr: :arrr:

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Yip. Here we go. As I expected-

 

from http://www.newsof theworld.co.uk

 

 

 

RAV'S SHOWBIZ ROUND-UP

 

 

 

ROBBIE: I'VE LOST THE PLOT

 

PALS close to ROBBIE WILLIAMS fear for the star's health after he cancelled the Asian leg of his world tour.

Robbie's Close Encounters tour was supposed to include gigs at Shanghai, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Singapore.

 

But a statement from his management said: "It became clear that the stress and exhaustion from the Asian tour coming shortly after the end of the European dates would seriously impact his health."

 

One music insider told me: "Let's hope he gets over this hurdle. He obviously can't go on and is very stressed and exhausted."

 

And I'm told that the signs of fatigue were there for all to see when Robbie performed at Milton Keynes on Thursday night.

 

He he was sweating profusely and telling the 65,000 fans he "felt like s***." One fan said: "He was out of control, touching up the backing singers and making a pass at the keyboard player. You could see it all on the big screen."

 

Another told me: "He just wasn't himself. He couldn't stop sweating."

 

Robbie is also in the middle of a high-pressured battle with ex-manager NIGEL MARTIN-SMITH which is no doubt adding to the star's stress.

 

The feud is over a new track on Rob's album called The 90s, in which he calls Nigel an "evil man".

 

My insider added: "Rob's always had his demons. One minute he's fine, the next he's not."

 

More questions were asked of his performance at Milton Kyenes on fan website purerobbie.com.

 

One posted: "He looked really, really stressedas if he was really frightened. Something here is wrong!" — Kathi.

 

 

:wacko: :wacko: :wacko:

Don't know if this is nice or nasty. :unsure:

 

 

from the Observer

 

 

Best of British and all that ...

 

Robbie Williams captivates the masses in Milton Keynes

 

Sunday September 17, 2006

The Observer

 

 

Robbie Williams

The National Bowl, Milton Keynes

 

 

'Robbie Williams' - the brand, the multimedia empire, the mobile phone-endorsing image - has for some years overshadowed Robbie Williams, the sad-eyed man who is prepared to admit to 75,000 people that he feels like death. Being 'Robbie' clearly isn't good for Robbie, and yet when the latter walks on stage he's got little choice but to switch on the former. The lights go on, the lights go off; he's the Blackpool Illuminations in human form. Which, for a singer who bills himself as 'the king of light entertainment', is rather a compliment.

 

Williams was nearing the end of a long European tour - Europe is where his brand is most omnipresent and enduring - when he reached the Milton Keynes National Bowl for the first in a five-night stretch in which he'd play to nearly half a million people. :rolleyes: Beyond the Golden Circle of VIPs and competition winners, his audience, nearly all of them white women aged between 25 and 50, batted flashing bunny ears and willed him to ask them to show him their bosoms.

 

It felt as though a hen party had gatecrashed a group therapy session. The mood in the crowd and the mood on the stage rarely tallied, although no one could be blamed for feeling confused. One minute, having gambolled through 'Radio' and 'Rock DJ', Williams was cracking us up by nailing an impression of Charlie Chaplin's cane-swinging shuffle. The next, he had tears in his eyes and looked as though he needed his mum.

 

Faced with a sea of people who 'love' him without knowing him, who mouthed back to him such anguished lyrics as 'Why do you say we should suffer in silence?/ I've taken as much as I'm willing to take', he frequently seemed overwhelmed at the distance between what he could see (in the crowd) and what he could hear (from his own mouth). Everyone was grinning; their shoulders had the vivid tidemarks of recent holidays; they wore pink cowboy hats and T-shirts announcing their bawdy intentions. It seemed to make little sense in his mind that they'd actively want to listen to a man perform a long run of songs - 'Millennium', 'Make Me Pure', 'Come Undone', 'Advertising Space', 'Feel' - whose sole subject seemed to be his mental ill health.

 

What counted to the crowd was his unmatched ability to entertain. He understood that in order to communicate anything at all to an audience stretching halfway to the Arctic Circle, he had to move exaggeratedly and sing lustily. Williams is the only solo act of his generation who can hold an audience as big as the Bowl's in his sweaty palm. He even managed to make his new single, 'Rudebox', an unexpected homage to 1980s electro-dance music, sound wildly commercial. 'I'm pleased to announce it's this week's No 1,' he sniffed. 'In Finland ... or somewhere like that.' One suspects its failure to do the same in England would relieve as well as mortify him: he'd finally get a rest from the adulation he thrives on.

 

His self-deprecating ploy to present himself as a tacky pier-end turn was sent into orbit by the arrival on stage of his best friend, Jonathan Wilkes, who joined him for a performance of 'Me and My Shadow' that would have been thrown out of an audition for Seaside Special. But the endearingly provincial Wilkes wasn't up there to provide a Cannon to Williams's Ball (or, in his own words, a 'Wayne' to his 'Rooney'). His role was to make his sad, confused friend feel less lonely. Which, when you've got half a million people to entertain on your lonesome, is just about the nicest thing a friend could do for you.

 

 

I agree with the last paragraph though. :cry:

 

 

 

 

Going back to the NOTW article.

 

The quote attributed to a fan on PureRobbie.com was indeed from PureRobbie but from a fan's blog where she spoke about his performance at Leeds. She thought he looked a bit stressed and scared and put it down to the TV cameras being there. She wasn't even at MK. :o

 

Here's the link to PureRobbie

 

http://www.purerobbie.com/showthread.php?t=301&page=3

 

 

Guess this goes to show that the journos are scanning fan forums to try to dig up some dirt on Robbie. PureRobbie of course is available for anyone to view. As is Buzzjack. :cry: :arrr:

 

 

Think they are out to destroy him folks. :angry: :angry: :angry:

From http://www.thepeople.co.uk

 

 

ROBBIE SAID HE LOVED ME.. THEN BEDDED 20 GROUPIES

EXCLUSIVE THE ROBSTER REVEALED: BY THE He LOVER WHO DUMPED HIM!

Nikhita Mahajan In Bratislava

A SEXY Slovak has revealed how Robbie Williams spent three months declaring his love for her - while bedding at least TWENTY groupies.

 

Brunette beauty Michaela Dubekova said the superstar made her feel so special during their affair that she was even planning to move into his LA mansion.

 

"It wasn't just sex," she told The People. "Robbie and I made LOVE. We would look into each other's eyes and sometimes take it really slow, just holding on to each other and rocking gently."

 

But Michaela, 26, got so tired of the Robster cheating on her with strings of fans that she did what few women could bring themselves to do - and DUMPED him.

 

She told The People: "I couldn't handle the fact that he continued to see all these other girls. He'd say, 'You know I love you'. But that wasn't good enough for me."

 

Michaela, who split with the singer last week, added scathingly: "Robbie Williams is definitely not bad in the sack - but not out-of-this-world amazing."

 

 

After Robbie, 32, wooed her on the European leg of his world tour in June, sales rep Michaela tried to keep the romance secret so as not to betray his trust.

 

 

But now she has revealed how he:

 

 

LOVED to have sex when she was wearing nothing but her stilettos.

 

 

REVELLED in raunchy romps in his car or dressing room - and got turned on watching her walk around his hotel room naked.

 

 

OOZED raw sexiness - but struck her as very lonely despite all his wealth and fame.

 

 

ANGERED her by seeing US model Jessica Cole - and romping with an international list of fans including German hairdresser Heidi Lessau, Icelandic stunner Snaedis Gudnadottir and Swedish doctor Marie Annerstedt.

 

 

Robbie has just cancelled the Asian leg of his tour in November because of exhaustion and stress. But Michaela found him on top form after he wowed audiences in Brussels.

 

 

"I was on a business trip there and went to his gig," she said. "I'm not like those girls obsessed with pop stars and never thought much of Take That.

 

 

"But after the show, one of Robbie's bodyguards invited me backstage. I'm not some kind of groupie but thought, 'Why not?'

 

 

"Robbie was very flirty, complimenting me loads and telling me what a good body I have. But I wasn't after simply jumping into bed with him so I joked with his entourage. Robbie was impressed - he's clearly not used to being around intelligent girls, especially those who aren't in awe of him.

 

 

"That night I stayed in his room but we didn't have sex. I wanted to make him wait and he was a real gentleman about it.

 

 

"But next morning both of us were really horny. I couldn't resist - just his smell did it.

 

 

"He kept stroking my body and kissing my neck and shoulders - it was driving me wild. We ended up having sex and it was great.

 

 

"He's very sexy and had obviously built up frustrations from the night before. From then on we were hooked on each other." It was the start of a three-month affair.

 

 

Michaela said in her home town, the Slovakian capital Bratislava: "Robbie was very confident with his body.

 

 

"And sometimes if he was walking around the room naked and I got of bed, I could tell he got very turned on.

 

 

"Robbie really enjoys sex and definitely has a kinky side. He never wanted to do anything gross but loved it when I dressed up for him. He also loved having sex when I wore nothing but stilettos. We had sex everywhere, all the time - in the car, backstage in his dressing room, in his hotel."

 

 

Michaela revealed: "He's not some kind of god in bed. His manhood is not some amazing size - he's very normal.

 

 

"But our relationship was definitely more than sex. We would also have a laugh. He loves cracking jokes.

 

 

"But he's not always funny and I never pretended he was. I think he respected that. He was always telling me, 'Michaela, sweetheart, you're a breath of fresh air'."

 

 

Robbie proved she was special to him by giving the number of his LA home. She said: "I was aware he had other girls throwing themselves at him. But I honestly thought he had some loyalty to me.

 

 

"We would text and call every day. Robbie's a very lonely man. He has so much money and fame that he just can't be normal.

 

 

"He doesn't get close to people because he can't trust anyone. I made an effort to gain his trust. Only my closest friends and family knew I was with him.

 

 

"I wanted him to feel that when he was with me, he could relax and be the real Robbie Williams."

 

 

But Michaela started to feel undermined by constant tales of Robbie's cheating - and reports that he was seeing gorgeous Jessica Cole.

 

 

She said: "After a while it got hard to ignore. The one-night stands were easier to let go of.

 

 

"But a few names kept cropping up - Jessica's in particular. She knows Robbie from LA. He said she was just a friend who had a crush on him."

 

 

The People told last month how German fan Heidi, 22, kept on her white stiletto boots to romp with Robbie in Berlin.

 

 

He had already spent a steamy night with financial analyst Snaedis in Copenhagen and begged medic Marie to play sexy doctors and nurses in his hotel in Gothenburg. The randy Robster seduced another four girls the week before. Michaela said: "Eventually I had to confront him. He kept saying, 'Calm down, sweetheart. You have nothing to worry about. You know I love you'.

 

 

"But now and again he would tell me it was none of my business what he got up to when I was not around

 

 

"That hurt. When he saw me upset he'd put his arms round me and tell me how much he loved me."

 

 

Despite the reassurances, Michaela finally called it a day.

 

 

She explained: "I've been out with enough d***s to identify another. Robbie is a perfect actor. He promises a lot but few of his promises turn into reality. "I even planned to move to LA with him after the tour. But with him it's a case of out-of-sight out-of-mind. Even his friends told me that he doesn't know a good thing, even when it's gone."

 

 

Robbie, who has battled against drink, is now playing the final UK dates of his tour, which ends in Australia in December.

 

 

Told he had cancelled his Asian gigs, Michaela said: "It doesn't surprise me that it's all getting a bit much for him.

 

 

"All these girls throwing themselves at him, his fame, his money - he just seems like a very lonely man who needs a good rest."

 

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

 

 

' I wanted to make him wait' she says.

Well, until the next morning anyway. Well done love. :lol:

 

 

 

 

I tell ya. Worse press than Ian Huntly. :rolleyes:

 

 

From http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk

 

 

17 September 2006

FRANK & SPANK..THE BOTTOM LINE

WATCHING Robbie Williams and his special chum Jonathan Wilkes lolling around nearly naked in a paddling pool together there was only word that sprang into my mind.

 

And it wasn't "heterosexual".

 

But it's only horseplay between two lifelong friends. What else could it be?

 

These guys are so close that Sky One's fascinating documentary about Williams's sell-out European tour reminded us that there is a major downside to going to a Robbie concert: You have to endure his excruciating double-act with world-class hanger-on Wilkes.

 

The programme was called We Are Not Alone, which Robbie never will be as long as sad sidekick Jonathan's there to stroke his not-inconsiderable ego. As his massive roadshow rolled around Europe, Britain's top pop superstar rarely missed a chance to pat himself on the back.

 

"It's a great night to be Robbie Williams," he boasted after wowing a massive crowd at Milan's San Siro Stadium, "This is the 36th show of the tour and I'm still raising the bar. I'm just dead chuffed with myself.

 

But while he clearly loves himself a lot, the singer is not nearly so lost in admiration as his concert director Hamish Hamilton, who compared his hero to a high priest and insisted: "Going to a Robbie Williams concert is a bit like going to pray." Do me a favour!

 

 

After moving on to Budapest. Robbie and I Jonny immersed themselves in the "Backstage Paddling Pool" and discussed romance. Williams: "I believe there's one person out there for everybody and I hope - whoever I chose - she's a good 'un." Wilkes: "Or HE!" Williams: "Or he... you never know."

 

 

Weirdly, this inseparable duo call themselves Frank and Spank. But don't get any perverse ideas about the true nature of their relationship. Because Spank (Jonathan) is happily married and proudly showed Uncle Rob his baby son Nicky. So there you are.

 

 

:arrr: :arrr: :arrr:

 

 

Think they are out to destroy him folks. :angry: :angry: :angry:

 

Exactly. I made a similar comment on another forum already a few months ago when things weren't half as bad as they are now. People seemed to think I was paranoid :wacko:

Well, I wish I was. But I don't think I'm imagining this, it's getting too obvious now. I can't see this negaive press stopping anytime soon, I suppose they won't rest until they have ruined his career. :puke2:

What I hate most is being totally helpless about it all, I don't just wanna watch this happening, wish there was something we could do :cry: :cry: :cry:

 

 

 

I was almost starting to miss the kiss'n'tell

Well, it wasn't for long :lol:

The press are beyony a joke. Why on earth are they so obsessed with giving him bad press :angry: :angry:

 

They are like bloody children for god sake, just grow up and be proud that the greatest showman on earth is British. They really don't deserve him sometimes. :puke2:

 

Why can't they just give a constructive review of the gig without deliberately being negative and making up $h!te. :arrr: :arrr:

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: I don't think I'll come in this thread anymore, it winds me up

 

Stupid press, it's about time they found someone else to pick on for a change :arrr:

Edited by sparkle

Well, if the tabloid 'journalists' (and I use that term loosely), are scanning Fan Forums to pick up some dirt to dish, lets not give them any ammunition. :arrr:

 

Not that we have any ammo on here. If they do visit Buzzjack and read the Tour Reports they'll only find positive stuff anyway. And I guess as that's not what they are looking for we won't be seeing our Name in Lights anytime soon. :rolleyes:

There's another classic I've just seen on TRWS but I'm too pissed off to even post it at the moment. :arrr:
Hey come on Sparkle. She's no floosy this one. She made him 'wait' for about 6 hours remember. ;)
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