Better Man

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Thanks, yes :) Wow for Coldplay! Coldplay’s Biggest-Ever Concert - Music of the Spheres World Tour, Ahmedabad World's Biggest Cricket Stadium - Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera (Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Sports Enclave) Coldplay has broken the record for largest stadium shows of the 21st century with more than 111000 fans at each of its two shows in India. JTqGnqvMiXo Waiting for some collaboration of Chris Martin and Robbie very soon.

Absolutely.

Kelly Clarkson has a rather big own show on US TV and what? :) Good cover anyway. FUiFFLDnKJ0 JMtlSTeGAQY

After months of auditions, 400 takes of single lines, and a lot of studying Robbie William's voice, Adam Tucker talks us through his big gig in Better Man! BqkjJpjKWzY

pYFdNKbF__g Not sure such interview could be named as real promo but: 100% true :)

Not sure that I've posted this interview before. kRYzu1loT7Q

Oh, there is some new unofficial documentary of Take That has been published on YT earlier today! That's cool when you're sitting to watch TT doc but at first 2 minutes watching your favourite band (Depeche Mode) instead :dance: I don't think some of you who follow TT would see anything new but in overall it's a simple doc and good to see and get some thoughts from boys messages. Be-kfJThLm0 In the 80s, the biggest British boyband was Wham! 5 UK Number Ones, they broke America and then broke up. Afterwards George Michael went on to be a very big popstar, and other Wham! member Andrew Ridgeley did not. It set in the pop-consuming public’s minds that only one member can win a boyband breakup. In the 90s, Take That were the biggest British boyband. The five working-class lads from the North of England earned 8 UK Number Ones in three years. However when in 1996 they split up, there could only be one George Michael. This is New British Canon and This is The Story of “Back For Good”. 00:00 Introduction 00:42 Gary Barlow & The Start of Take That 07:40 Take That vs The UK Charts 17:10 Writing Back For Good 24:27 Robbie Leaves & Take That Split 32:39 The Wilderness & The Return

Looking at XXV drums I still suppose these SA concerts are not the part of Live 2015 Tour. But anyway, Fobbidden Road better be included when the movie promoting is continuing. Again, it's a very good song.

2025 Oscars: Best Visual Effects Predictions The epic "Dune: Part Two" is the favorite, up against "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. By Bill Desowitz January 27, 2025 Final voting is February 11-18. The 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2, and air live on ABC at 7 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PT. We update our picks through awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions. The State of the Race The Best Visual Effects nominees are “Alien: Romulus,” “Better Man,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” and “Wicked.” While the race has been shaping up as a simian battle between “Kingdom” and “Better Man” (both from Wētā FX), “Dune: Part Two” has emerged as the favorite for its epic work, building off the Oscar-winning “Dune.” However, “Kingdom” is certainly deserving of the franchise’s first win. The biggest hurdle has been the acting branch’s dislike of performance capture. Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part 2” is more exciting and emotional, with Paul (Timothée Chalamet) leading the nomadic Fremen in a holy war on Arrakis. VFX supervisor Paul Lambert and his Oscar-winning “Dune” DNEG team ramped up everything with much more visceral action, particularly with Paul and the Fremen riding the massive CG sandworms into battle against the Sardaukar. For Paul’s first ride, they created a separate “worm” unit, in which Chalamet stood on a platform with gimbals designed by SFX supervisor Gerd Nefzer as the sandworm set piece, with gripping devices imitating the Fremen hooks and surrounded by an industrial fan that blew sand on the set. Wes Ball’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” kicks off the post-Caesar (Andy Serkis) saga 300 years later, diving deeper into the now dominant ape civilization. Wētā greatly upgraded its photoreal performance capture animation and VFX, leveraging tech from the previous “Apes” trilogy along with the Oscar-winning “Avatar: The Way of Water.” Additionally, Ball made use of a lot more VFX action set pieces (33 minutes are entirely digital — a franchise first) by incorporating his hand-held, single-take visual style. Michael Gracey’s “Better Man” shows off a completely different Wētā simian style (production VFX supervised by Luke Millar). The CG chimp conceit came about when Williams told the director that he felt like a performing monkey in his youth. This became the driving metaphor for Williams’ rise and fall as a result of arrested development and addictions. Wētā adopted a more human approach to mimic Williams’ mannerisms from youngster to adult (performance-captured by actor Jonno Davies). The highlight is the elaborate musical sequences, particularly “Rock DJ,” which was shot on London’s Regent Street throughout four evenings and stitched together like a single shot. Jon M. Chu’s populist Oz musical, “Wicked,” tells the origin story of Elphaba/the Wicked Witch (Oscar-nominated Cynthia Erivo) and Galinda/Glinda the Good Witch (Oscar-nominated Ariana Grande). Aesthetically, it leans into magical realism for its depiction of Oz. ILM and Framestore split VFX duties, with ILM’s Pablo Helman serving as production supervisor. The CG work includes hundreds of animals (via Framestore and ILM’s monkeys), lots of set extensions, and the showstopping “Defying Gravity” number, with Erivo on wires against blue screen in collaboration with special effects supervisor Paul Corbould. Fede Álvarez’s “Alien: Romulus,” a standalone set between “Alien” and “Aliens,” concerns young colonists who encounter the parasitic Xenomorphs while scavenging a derelict space station. In a throwback to the original, there’s a deft combination of animatronics and CG. ILM joins Image Engine, Tippett Studio, and Wētā (production supervised by Oscar winner Eric Barba of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”). There are Facehuggers and Xenomorphs (including a cool zero-gravity fight sequence), a hybrid human/Xenomorph from Wētā, and a diabolical android named Rook that resembles Ash (Ian Holm) from “Alien,” using a Legacy puppet and Metaphysic Live, the generative AI software from Metaphysic, for transferring the facially-captured and de-aged performance to the puppet. Nominees are listed below in order of likelihood they will win. Contenders “Dune: Part Two” “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” “Better Man” “Wicked” “Alien: Romulus” https://www.indiewire.com/awards/prediction...ons-1235022100/

Not bad conversation on US podcast about new movies but only Better Man had 25 minutes of discussions. mh8Bho4SSI4

Waiting for a new song by this summer :) But the tournament will be since middle of June to middle of July. How it's possible to come USA for performing during the Tour?... **************** Robbie Williams to perform song for Club World Cup as part of new FIFA ambassador role. British singer and songwriter Robbie Williams’ new ambassadorial role at FIFA will see him perform a song for this year’s FIFA Club World Cup in the United States. Williams, who has recently been named as a music ambassador for football’s world governing body, will also collaborate with FIFA at future events and tournaments as part of the deal. The 50-year-old was in New York on January 16 to sing a medley of songs at the Club World Cup’s launch event for its trophy tour. And as part of his set, which included hits such as ‘Feel’, Williams performed snippets of his song for the Club World Cup. Williams is a lifelong supporter of Port Vale, an English team playing in League Two, and was named their club president last year. A FIFA spokesperson told The Athletic: “We can confirm that FIFA is collaborating with Robbie Williams – our new FIFA Music Ambassador – and his team on a number of new music projects for future FIFA tournaments and events, one of which is for the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup 2025.” Williams has been used in the past by FIFA, including at the opening ceremony of the 2018 men’s World Cup in Russia. His performance provoked U.S. broadcaster Fox to issue an apology — via the Hollywood Reporter — after he stuck his middle finger up directly into the camera during the broadcast, which would have been beamed into millions of homes worldwide. During the Club World Cup’s trophy tour launch event in New York, Williams told FIFA that the revamped tournament is “something wonderful to look forward to” and that football “alleviates our problems and soothes our troubles”. The 32-team competition, which will include Chelsea, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Inter Miami and Juventus, begins on June 14 and ends on July 13. Having initially struggled to find a broadcast partner for the tournament, DAZN agreed a $1billion deal with FIFA that will see all 63 matches made free to air across the globe in a bid to attract as many viewers as possible. FIFA has previously denied that it was a struggle and says it was assessing the market. Tickets to watch the games in person went on sale last week and the tournament opener, which will be played between Inter Miami and Al Ahly, will cost $230 for the cheapest seats with prices rising to $700. Prices could still rise as FIFA announced it will use “adaptive pricing”, better known as ‘dynamic pricing’, which means if they are in demand then it becomes more expensive, or if there is little demand, then the cost should decrease. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6082791/20...club-world-cup/

Yes! I like this a LOT. I really want to see each his concert be starting or finishing by this Anthem. Like Queen did.

I was waiting for French release because traditionally French cinema market is one of the biggest in Europe. So, it's good to see a good result there. Only I don't understand why it notes 15-26 Jan while it started on Jan-22. But hope this result is correct.

'sometime this year' JQyq6wSnVNQ

Thanks Riser! Fixed a mistake. Very good song, btw.

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BUZZJACK POSTERS CHART SUNDAY JANUARY 26TH 2025 4 weeks in a row at No 1! Artist Forums 01 158 Robbie Williams and Take That 02 131 Lady Gaga 03 102 Kylie and Dannii Minogue 04 89 Little Mix 05 23 Spice Girls 06 21 RuPaul's Drag Race 07 19 Madonna 08 18 Ariana Grande 09 15 Steps 10 9 S Club #1 Artist Forums 05/01/2025 | 04 weeks | Robbie Williams and Take That [204, 258, 231, 158] January was fantastic, dear friends!! THANK you! Tess, you was right ;)

Emma is fully deserved to be added, yes :)

OK, added Wings stats. --- Yes, it is more about albums. But. Oasis could release their new single around summer Tour dates - any effect could be then. Again, while Elton John (or Tom Jones much earlier) can record with young acts why for example Robbie or Paul couldn't? I remember this great single by Rihanna, Kanye and Paul - FourFiveSeconds. Number 3, if I'm not wrong. Or for example, Wonderwall and Angels never been #1. Who knows one day... So, if somebody would ask me to bet even 1K USD on the fact nobody of them will never get another #1 I wouldn't do that =))

Spice Girls have: 2x Number #1 Albums 16x Number #1 Singles (9 - SG, 4 - Geri, 2 - Mel C, 1 - Mel B) So, not enough for Top-3 =( But we can add and make it Top-4, no problems! --- Yes, thanks, let me do my homework with Wings and Traveling Wilburys. Must be added, for sure!

Regarding post above I decided to open a thread here with more details. If you're interested: http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=277754

Hi all! Welcome to (The) Greatest Chart Run Ever. A few years ago I decided to follow to the charts of these UK bands (and their members combined) more carefully and after this Friday Chart news I suppose it'd would be interesting to do this together since now. Only Number #1s (Albums & Singles) make sense. You could ask me why there is no The Rolling Stones but while we're into Charts threads it's not so interesting to look at the band's stats only (1x Number 1 of Mick is not so interesting for stats). Same with Queen. So, based on current statistics of UK OCC Chart history, this is Top-3 of the biggest (band) acts: The Beatles, Take That, Oasis. https://www.officialcharts.com/ Very important to understand I'm combining their joint and seperate efforts through the music history. All of them still record or publish new releases together or seperately, so it's difficult to separate them from each other, IMO. Well, why did I choose this title for a thread? I like the movie's title The Greatest Beer Run Ever :D. Check it out when you will have some time. What can I say more? Oh! Of course! Please fix me and tell if I did any mistakes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OVERALL STATS: THE BEATLES(incl.band & solo efforts) Number #1 Albums - 29 Number #1 Singles - 27 TAKE THAT(incl.band & solo efforts) Number #1 Albums - 28 Number #1 Singles - 22 OASIS(incl.band & solo efforts) Number #1 Albums - 18 Number #1 Singles - 8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STATS IN DETAILS: THE BEATLES The Beatles Number #1 Albums (15): Please Please Me (1963), With The Beatles (1963), A Hard Day's Night (1964), Beatles For Sale (1964), Help! (1965), Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966), Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), The Beatles (The White Album) (1968), Abbey Road (1969), Let It Be (1970), The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl (1977), Live At The BBC (1994), Anthology 2 (1996), 1 (2000) Number #1 Singles (18): From Me To You (1963), She Loves You (1963), I Want To Hold Your Hand (1963), Can't Buy Me Love (1964), A Hard Day's Night (1964), I Feel Fine (1964), Ticket To Ride (1965), Help! (1965), Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out (1965), Paperback Writer (1966), Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby (1966), All You Need Is Love (1967), Hello Goodbye (1967), Lady Madonna (1968), Hey Jude (1968), Get Back (1969), The Ballad of John And Yoko (1969), Now And Then (2023) Paul McCartney Number #1 Albums (6): Ram (Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney) (1971), McCartney II (1980), Tug Of War (1982), Give My Regards To Broad Street (1984), Flowers In the Dirt (1989), McCartney III (2020) Number #1 Singles (3): Ebony And Ivory (with Stevie Wonder) (1982), Pipes Of Peace (1983), Ferry Cross The Mercey 1989 (& The Christians, Holly Johnson,Gerry Marsden) (1989) Wings (Paul McCartney) Number #1 Albums (2): Band On The Run (1973), Venus And Mars (1975) Number #1 Singles (1): Mull Of Kintyre/Girls' School (1977) John Lennon Number #1 Albums (3): Imagine (1971), Double Fantasy (1980), The John Lennon Collection (1982) Number #1 Singles (3): Imagine (1975), (Just Like) Starting Over (1980), Woman (1981) George Harrison Number #1 Albums (2): All Things Must Pass (1970), Concert For Bangladesh (George Harrison & Friends) (1972) Number #1 Singles (2): My Sweet Lord (1970), My Sweet Lord (posthumous reissue) (2002) Traveling Wilburys (George Harrison) Number #1 Albums (1): The Traveling Wilburys Collection (2007) ---------------------------------------------- TAKE THAT Take That Number #1 Albums (9): Everything Changes (1993), Nobody Else (1995), Greatest Hits (1996), Beautiful World (2006), The Circus (2008), Progress (2010), III (2014), Odyssey (2018), This Life (2023) Number #1 Singles (12): Pray (1993), Relight My Fire (& Lulu) (1993), Babe (1993), Everything Changes (1994), Sure (1994), Back For Godd (1995), Never Forget (1995), How Deep Is Your Love (1996), Patience (2006), Shine (2006), Greatest Day (2008), These Days (2014) Robbie Williams Number #1 Albums (16): Life Thru A Lens (1998), I've Been Expecting You (1998), Sing When You're Winning (2000), Swing When You're Winning (2001), Escapology (2002), Greatest Hits (2004), Intensive Care (2005), Rudebox (2006), In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990-2010 (2010), Take The Crown (2012), Swings Both Ways (2013), The Heavy Entertainment Show (2016), The Christmas Present (2019), XXV (2022), Better Man (OST) (2025), BRITPOP (2026) Number #1 Singles (7): Millennium (1998), She's The One/It's Only Us (1999), Rock DJ (2000), Eternity/The Road To Mandalay (2001), Somethin' Stupid (2001), Radio (2004), Candy (2010) Gary Barlow Number #1 Albums (3): Open Road (1997), Sing (EP) (& Commonwealth Band) (2012), Music Played by Humans (2020) Number #1 Singles (3): Forever Love (1996), Love Won't Wait (1997), Sing (& Commonwealth Band) (2012) ---------------------------------------------- OASIS Oasis Number #1 Albums (8): Definitely Maybe (1994), (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (1995), Be Here Now (1997), Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants (2000), Heathen Chemistry (2002), Don't Believe The Truth (2005), Dig Out Your Soul (2008), Time Flies - 1994-2009 (2010) Number #1 Singles (8): Some Might Say (1995), Don't Look Back In Anger (1996), D'You Know What I Mean (1997), All Around The World (1998), Go Let It Out (2000), The Hindy Times (2002), Lyla (2005), The Importance Of Being Idle (2005) Liam Gallagher Number #1 Albums (6): As You Were (2017), Why Me Why Not (2019), MTV Unplugged (2020), C'mon You Know (2022), Knebworth 22 (2023), Liam Gallagher & John Squire (& John Squire) (2024) Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Number #1 Albums (4): Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (2011), Chasing Yesterday (2015), Who Built The Moon (2017), Back The Way We Came - Vol 1 (2021) P.S. In a case you'd choose better place of these stats on BZ, please transfer the thread. *

Update after #1 of Better Man OST album (Robbie) in January 2025: Oasis (incl.band & solo efforts) Number 1 singles 8 Number 1 albums 18 Take That (incl.band & solo efforts) Number 1 singles - 22 Number 1 albums - 27 The Beatles (incl.band & solo efforts) Number 1 singles - 26 Number 1 albums - 27

Just some reminding how perfect they both were on this track. This is my mother Rob's fave track :) This record is 10/10. Still think it's my favourite Robbie's album - and what even more irony it had been my his 1st ever album I heard. Still remember this evening very very well. xF8nMPIPKHY