Happy New Year :yahoo:

 

What has 2008 got in store for Oor Rob? :cheer:

 

Off we go.....

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...ticle647491.ece

 

 

Seems The Sun haven't read Robbie's latest blog :lol:

Seen a few of these before. Still funny though :lol:

 

 

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/stor...5001026,00.html

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...ticle647491.ece

Seems The Sun haven't read Robbie's latest blog :lol:

 

 

The penny will probably drop in about three months time....' t****'.... :P

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...ticle661223.ece

 

 

LAST week I asked if anyone knew any A-listers who were obsessed with board games after KANYE WEST revealed he was a Connect Four addict.

 

Step forward ROBBIE WILLIAMS who has outed himself as a Scrabble fan. He’s been playing dad Pete in LA over Christmas.

 

Robbie said: “He won’t like to admit it but I’m the Scrabble ninja in this household. Don’t even come with a challenge until you have mastered the two-letter words.”

 

Kanye thought he was the Connect celeb champ until BEYONCE stuffed him.

 

 

 

(Who's been reading Rob's blog then? :rolleyes: )

 

 

 

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...ticle661223.ece

LAST week I asked if anyone knew any A-listers who were obsessed with board games after KANYE WEST revealed he was a Connect Four addict.

 

Step forward ROBBIE WILLIAMS who has outed himself as a Scrabble fan. He’s been playing dad Pete in LA over Christmas.

 

Robbie said: “He won’t like to admit it but I’m the Scrabble ninja in this household. Don’t even come with a challenge until you have mastered the two-letter words.”

 

Kanye thought he was the Connect celeb champ until BEYONCE stuffed him.

(Who's been reading Rob's blog then? :rolleyes: )

 

I wonder do they pay the 25 quid sub & if so under what name...' Sunny'..I guess..... :)

 

Coldplay may be set to leave EMI

 

 

http://www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk/displ...;pNodeId=191800

 

Coldplay to quit EMI?

 

 

 

It seems Coldplay are the latest music act expected to leave record giant EMI.

 

According to the Daily Star, the four-piece can fulfill their five-album deal by producing a Best Of collection in 2009 before becoming free agents.

 

 

A source apparently told the paper: "There's so much uncertainty in the record industry right now.

 

"The boys don't necessarily need a label anymore. They aren't even considering putting pen to paper on any type of new contract until they see what happens."

 

Coldplay would be the third big-name act to leave the label, after Sir Paul McCartney and Radiohead jumped ship.

 

When Sir Paul left last year, he reportedly compared EMI's reluctance to move with the times to "the dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid".

 

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke also took a parting shot, apparently hitting back at claims the band were asking for too much money.

 

The 39-year-old reportedly said: "We did not ask for a load of cash from our old record label EMI to re-sign. That is a lie. Seems a very strange way for the head of an international recording label to be proceeding."

 

The paper also hinted that Robbie Williams is having second thoughts about re-signing with the label when his current deal ends.

 

 

:huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh:

 

( Not looking all that rosy for EMI is it? How sad. -_- )

 

 

Coldplay may be set to leave EMI

http://www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk/displ...;pNodeId=191800

 

Coldplay to quit EMI?

It seems Coldplay are the latest music act expected to leave record giant EMI.

 

According to the Daily Star, the four-piece can fulfill their five-album deal by producing a Best Of collection in 2009 before becoming free agents.

A source apparently told the paper: "There's so much uncertainty in the record industry right now.

 

"The boys don't necessarily need a label anymore. They aren't even considering putting pen to paper on any type of new contract until they see what happens."

 

Coldplay would be the third big-name act to leave the label, after Sir Paul McCartney and Radiohead jumped ship.

 

When Sir Paul left last year, he reportedly compared EMI's reluctance to move with the times to "the dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid".

 

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke also took a parting shot, apparently hitting back at claims the band were asking for too much money.

 

The 39-year-old reportedly said: "We did not ask for a load of cash from our old record label EMI to re-sign. That is a lie. Seems a very strange way for the head of an international recording label to be proceeding."

 

The paper also hinted that Robbie Williams is having second thoughts about re-signing with the label when his current deal ends.

:huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh:

 

( Not looking all that rosy for EMI is it? How sad. -_- )

 

Sad...I do not think so.. B) .they have had many pounds of flesh those guys at EMI....everyone is waving 'Goodbye' it seems....... <_<

 

Rob to take on dart king Phil

The Sun Bizarre

 

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00416/snn1003dart280_416745a.jpg

Rob... in darts mock-up

 

ROBBIE WILLIAMS is preparing to take on darts legend PHIL “THE POWER” TAYLOR in a star-studded game of arrows.

 

The superstar singer, 33, has invited the 13-times world champion to take him on at the oche in his Los Angeles home.

 

The challenge comes as Phil, 47, recovers from his shock loss in the PDC Championship quarter finals last month.

 

Robbie’s dad Pete Conway said his son could win the April showdown — if given a head start. He said: “Maybe if he starts on 501 and we just have to get a double to finish we could have a go.”

 

Forgot to post this yesterday. That fukkin idiot over at the Sun Gordon 'not so' smart basically wrote out the whole blog up as his main story yesterday. He did a big story slagging off Rob, and most of it consisted of word for word quotes from the Blog. The blog that fans paid £25 for exclusive access is being given to millions of people to read for what? 35p. It is a disgrace, and it is insanity they are allowed to do it as it clearly states legal action will be taken if it is posted elsewhere. The articles has generated endless articles slagging him off, calling him a recluse and saying he has put on loads of weight. :rolleyes: They even did a poll to aks if he should retire

 

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...ticle665538.ece

I saw the thing. I snarled appropriately. :arrr:

 

 

Yes, great journalism isn't it? They just read his Blog then pass it off as some kind of 'scoop' :rolleyes:

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0...15-7642,00.html

 

The Police concert stung by slow ticket sales

 

Article from: Font size: Decrease Increase Email article: Email Print article: Print Submit comment: Submit comment Matt Connors

January 10, 2008 11:00pm

 

IT has been a long time coming but the second Suncorp Stadium rock concert looks unlikely to sell out.

 

Re-formed British rock band The Police have reportedly sold only 25,000 tickets to their January 22 gig at Suncorp, the first show on the Australian leg of their world stadium tour.

 

Unlike Robbie Williams, who re-christened the Lang Park turf with two sold-out gigs of 52,000 each in 2006, The Police, with lead singer Sting, aren't expected to reach venue capacity, despite the addition of pop sensation Fergie to the bill in a bid to broaden the concert's appeal.

 

The Frontier Touring Company, which is representing the tour in Australia, would not discuss ticket sales. The tour is believed to have sold under expectations across Australia.

 

 

-_- -_- -_-

 

 

(Jups says- it probably was a sell out till Fergie was added to the bill. :P )

 

 

 

http://www.showbizspy.com/2008/01/10/robbi...ubbed-by-brits/

 

 

While other stars are waiting to receive their prestigious Brit Award nomination - poor old Robbie Williams has been snubbed by the awards - again!

 

Although the Robster’s 2006 album ‘Rudebox’ made the final eligibility list for Best Male and Best Album, it will be dropped from the final shortlist when it is announced on Monday.

 

Last year, Williams, 33, lost a gong to Muse in the Best Live Act category - an event which coincided with him going to rehab.

 

Since his Brit Award woes, the former ‘Take That’ star has sunk deeper into obscurity, while his former bandmates are on a high.

 

Take That’s comeback album, Beautiful World, has been a storming success and they are favorites to win British Group at this year’s Brits. :blink:

 

Although indie acts have dominated the awards in the past - with Arctic Monkeys and The Killers being last year’s big winners - award show insiders hint that Take That aren’t the only pop act set to bag a gong.

 

Aussie pop princess Kylie Minogue is tipped to top the list of nominations for International Female with her new album X.

 

Lebanese-born Mika - who burst on to the music scene with his flamboyant album Life In Cartoon, is also expected to be a big hit with the voting academy, and is likely to be up for Best Male - along with Mark Ronson and Shayne Ward.

 

And expect to see 2006 X-Factor winner Leona Lewis in the final nominations for Best Female and Best Single.

 

A Brit insider told Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper: “This year there’s been a resurgence in pop acts. The return of the Spice Girls and Take That has whetted everyone’s appetite for fun.

 

“The charts have been full of serious indie bands. Babyshambles and Arctic Monkeys might get a look in, but it’s time that pop had a comeback.”

 

The full list of nominees will be revealed by Kelly Osbourne on Monday night, live on ITV2 from 9pm.

 

 

By Owen Williams, Jan 10 2008 © Copyright 2008 - Showbiz Spy

 

 

Robbie Williams issues call to arms in protest at EMI 'bean counters'

 

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Adam Sherwin, Media Correspondent

 

Robbie Williams is going on strike in protest at the private equity firm that has taken over his record company, as other stars down tools in an artists’ revolt.

 

Williams, who has sold 70 million records for EMI, is leading a number of stars refusing to work for the company since its £3.2 billion takeover by Terra Firma, the financier. He is withholding the next album in his £80 million deal from EMI and his manager said Guy Hands, the new boss of EMI, was behaving like a “plantation owner”.

 

Coldplay, one of EMI’s few US chart-toppers, are also prepared to withdraw their labour. Their manager said that the band was considering its options after EMI’s head of music left this week, with thousands more redundancies expected.

 

Radiohead and Sir Paul McCartney have already walked out on EMI, which has cut advance payments to stars and told artists to work harder at promoting their music. EMI’s share of the British album market, already damaged by downloading, fell from 16 per cent to 9 per cent last year.

 

The US screenwriters’ strike, which brought Hollywood to a halt, has influenced pop stars, who believe that they can use their muscle to wrest control from the “bean-counters”.

 

A new Williams album, due for September release, should be a huge earner for EMI. But Tim Clark, Williams’s manager, told The Times: “The question is, ‘Should Robbie deliver the new album he is due to release to EMI?’ We have to say the answer is ‘No’. We have no idea how EMI will market and promote the album. They do not have anyone in the digital sphere capable of doing the job required. All we know is they are going to decimate their staff.”

 

Mr Clark discussed Williams’s future with Mr Hands, but said the financier was acting like a “plantation owner” who had stumbled into the record industry via a “vanity purchase”.

 

Williams, 33, who is recording with the hit producer Mark Ronson, wants to follow Radiohead’s example and release new music directly to fans through his website. Lucrative mobile deals with T-Mobile and Sony Ericsson are on the table.

 

He is seeking control over his back catalogue from EMI, the issue that prompted Radiohead’s departure, and a greater return on digital distribution of his music.

 

Mr Clark said: “EMI can sue or pay up his contract. Robbie needs to know what services EMI can provide to an artist of his standing.”

 

The 30-million album selling Coldplay, currently recording new material with Brian Eno, are upset at the departure of Tony Wadsworth, head of EMI’s UK music division. Dave Holmes, the band’s Los Angeles-based manager, told The Times: “Tony was the reason a lot of bands signed to EMI. Artists want to work with music people, not finance guys.”

 

He added: “Why would you want to release an album with a record company in the midst of massive lay-offs? Coldplay have a lot of options. They are in no hurry to deliver their new album.”

 

Mr Hands is keen to retain Williams. The £80 million deal signed in 2002 gives EMI a share of Williams’s substantial live and merchandise earnings. The deal protects the company from a downturn in his CD sales.

 

Yet Williams is holding firm. He said: “I might just put the B-sides to the next album out first online. Then put an album out in 2009. There definitely won’t be a tour any time soon.” Chris Morrison, manager of Damon Albarn, the Blur and Gorillaz star signed to EMI, said that artists did not want record companies to take a chunk of their live earnings.

 

Mr Morrison said: “Artists should have the freedom to make their own choices over concerts.” EMI sources said: “Many artists have raised fundamental questions about the record business in the digital age. EMI is working on a restructuring of its recorded music division to address the needs of artists in what is a very different market from the 1990s.”

 

Sour notes

 

1994 George Michael fails to persuade a court that his Sony recording deal is “contractual slavery”. Resigns to Sony years after losing £4 million battle

 

1993 Prince stamped the word “slave” on his cheek and changed his name to a symbol in a battle with Warner Bros for artistic and financial control

 

1991 The Stone Roses pour paint over the offices of Silvertone Records as a £1 million move to Geffen is delayed three years by a legal dispute

 

1987 Geffen sues Neil Young for $3 million after he delivers Transformer, a flop synth-rock album. The writ claims that he was deliberately making music “unrepresentative of Neil Young”

 

1978 Graham Parker attacks Mercury Records in the song Mercury Poisoning. It contains the lines: “Their geriatric staff thinks we’re freaks. They couldn’t sell kebabs to the Greeks”

 

1977 EMI fires the Sex Pistols, citing “adverse publicity”. The group kept a £40,000 advance and paid musical tribute: “E.M.I., Unlimited edition with an unlimited supply”

 

Source: Times database

 

 

poor old Robbie Williams has been snubbed by the awards - again!

 

oh lord :heehee: :heehee:

Edited January 11, 200817 yr by Mr. Bump

Robbie goes on strike?

Source:MW

09:38 | Friday January 11, 2008

 

By Ben Cardew

 

Robbie Williams has reportedly gone on strike in protest at Guy Hands stewardship of EMI.

 

Williams is withholding his new album, due for a September release, according to The Times.

 

The paper quotes Williams’ manager, Tim Clark as saying, “The question is, ‘Should Robbie deliver the new album he is due to release to EMI?’ We have to say the answer is ‘No’. We have no idea how EMI will market and promote the album. They do not have anyone in the digital sphere capable of doing the job required. All we know is they are going to decimate their staff.”

 

The report says that Williams wants to follow Radiohead’s example and release new music directly to fans through his website.

 

Clark adds, “EMI can sue or pay up his contract. Robbie needs to know what services EMI can provide to an artist of his standing.”

 

The report also quotes Coldplay’s manager Dave Holmes. He says, “Why would you want to release an album with a record company in the midst of massive lay-offs? Coldplay have a lot of options. They are in no hurry to deliver their new album.”

 

The Daily Star this week printed a retraction after suggesting that Coldplay were on the verge of quitting EMI.

http://www.showbizspy.com/2008/01/10/robbi...ubbed-by-brits/

While other stars are waiting to receive their prestigious Brit Award nomination - poor old Robbie Williams has been snubbed by the awards - again!

 

Although the Robster’s 2006 album ‘Rudebox’ made the final eligibility list for Best Male and Best Album, it will be dropped from the final shortlist when it is announced on Monday.

 

Last year, Williams, 33, lost a gong to Muse in the Best Live Act category - an event which coincided with him going to rehab.

 

Since his Brit Award woes, the former ‘Take That’ star has sunk deeper into obscurity, while his former bandmates are on a high.

 

Take That’s comeback album, Beautiful World, has been a storming success and they are favorites to win British Group at this year’s Brits. :blink:

 

Although indie acts have dominated the awards in the past - with Arctic Monkeys and The Killers being last year’s big winners - award show insiders hint that Take That aren’t the only pop act set to bag a gong.

 

Aussie pop princess Kylie Minogue is tipped to top the list of nominations for International Female with her new album X.

 

Lebanese-born Mika - who burst on to the music scene with his flamboyant album Life In Cartoon, is also expected to be a big hit with the voting academy, and is likely to be up for Best Male - along with Mark Ronson and Shayne Ward.

 

And expect to see 2006 X-Factor winner Leona Lewis in the final nominations for Best Female and Best Single.

 

A Brit insider told Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper: “This year there’s been a resurgence in pop acts. The return of the Spice Girls and Take That has whetted everyone’s appetite for fun.

 

“The charts have been full of serious indie bands. Babyshambles and Arctic Monkeys might get a look in, but it’s time that pop had a comeback.”

 

The full list of nominees will be revealed by Kelly Osbourne on Monday night, live on ITV2 from 9pm.

By Owen Williams, Jan 10 2008 © Copyright 2008 - Showbiz Spy

 

That came fromt he 3am Bitches originally yesterday. Those rotten bitches make me sick. Their personal ventetta against Rob is absolutely sick and so bloody boring now. He has taken all of 2007 off, has'nt worked at all since last years BRITS so why on earth would he be nominated? No-one expected him to be, yet these vindictive bitches make a full story about just so they can once again slag him off. I don't know how Rob manages to deal with it all, because it pissed me off so much, I can't imagine what my reaction would be if it was me that was being slagged off endlessly in the media all the bloody time :angry:

I have made a thread about the srike btw :D

This is what that bast*rd Gordon Smart has said for tomorrow's Sun. Just what the hell would this man know about a hard days work? He is a tabloid journalist, and a showbiz one at that. Could there possibly be a job for a more lazy person? I think not. This man writes as if he is a child, and when he does big articles three quaters of them consist of quotes, like with him copying Rob's blog. Rob has worked a hell of alot harder in the past decade than most major acts combined, for the first time is his career he is taking a proper break and he gets called a recluse and gets mocked by a stupid tosser like this idiot.

 

He is so bloody stupid, and I am sick of him already. Bring back Vicky. The Sooner the better. This man has absolutelly no talent in writing articles, he is not even witty in the slightest, and he clutches onto straws in his desperate attempt to slag off Rob.

 

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...ticle679405.ece

THIS IS A VERSION OF THE STORY THAT THE SO CALLED JOURNALIST HAS WRITTEN WITH THE IDEA OF MAKING IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER IT IS TRUE OR NOT - THAT IS WHAT I CALL BAD JOURNALISM - ESPECIALLY THE COMMENTS AT THE END ...JUS TRYING TO CAUSE MORE SPECULATION....- [b]CLOSE PALS OF ROBBIE NEVER TELL ANYTHING TO THE RAG NEWSPAPERS LIKE THE STAR/MIRROR & SUN....AND THAT IS A FACT[/b]

 

ROBBIE GOES ON STRIKE

 

ABOVE: Robbie wants a better deal with EMI12th January 2008 By Cameron Millar ( THE DAILY STAR )

 

 

ROBBIE Williams is going on strike by refusing to work for his record company.

 

The £80million Rock DJ singer has reportedly vowed to throw down his microphone unless a row over pay and conditions is resolved.

 

Robbie has warned he might only release B-sides if he is forced to put out any new material by bosses.

 

As part of his deal, Robbie, 33, has to hand over a fat slice of profits from touring and merchandise. He is said to be keen to hold out for a better deal.

 

He said: “I might just put B-sides to the next album, out first online. Then an album out in 2009. There definitely won’t be a tour any time soon.”

 

The walk-out comes as EMI has been taken over by financiers in a £3.2bn deal. A big cost-cutting drive is on the cards.

 

Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney, 65, and Radiohead have already left the label, after it cut payments to artists and said they should work harder to promote their own material.

 

Robbie’s manager Tim Clark said: “The question is should Robbie deliver the new album he is due to release to EMI? We have to say the answer is no.

 

“We have no idea how EMI will market and promote the album. All we know is they are going to decimate their staff.”

 

Worried fans of the singer have besieged internet chat sites, worried at how Robbie’s strike will affect his music.

 

An industry insider said: “Stars sign up with labels to work with people who are passionate about music.

 

“They don’t want to work with bean counters and accountants in a company in the midst of a massive lay-off.”

 

EMI’s head of music Tony Wadsworth left this week and thousands more redundancies are expected after financiers Terra Firma took over. Bosses at EMI are said to be privately furious at Robbie’s demands.

A label insider said: “Robbie thinks he’s untouchable because he is such a massive star, but he hasn’t reckoned on the determination of these guys to get their money’s worth.”

 

A close pal of Robbie’s told the Daily Star: “There are a lot of other ventures Robbie could pursue if this really is the end of his music career for a while.”

Edited January 12, 200817 yr by Scorpio