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So, more concerts this summer? :) Whe will go to Latin America at last? :) As usual, from time to time I'm thinking what setlist I'd like to get at Rob's open air concert. At the moment here it is (it consists of songs from 12 albums): 0. Intro - National Anthem Of Robbie 1. Be A Boy 2. Let Me Entertian You 3. Candy 4. Monsoon 5. You Know Me 6. Mr Bojangles 7. Come Undone (with snippet of U2 - I Haven't Found...) 8. Bodies 9. H.E.S. 10. Karma Killer 11. Back For Good (Punk Version) 12. Rudebox & Rock DJ 13. Love My Life 14. Advertising Space 15. The Road To Mandalay 16. Feel 17. Sensational Encore: 18. Millennium 19. Let Love Be Your Energy 20. There She Goes (The La's cover) 21. Angels --- Maybe we can try to do a poll about setlist?

We will see :) I think yes, one day he will win again.

Keanu!

No The Road To Mandalay?? Really?? Less surprised with no Tripping.

So happy happy day! My dear friends, I congrat you all as well for being around thru the Life and years! Happy Birthday, Dear ROB!!! We love so much. One day he will be knighted And his work will be done He'll stand proud and fearless His face forever young God bless our Robbie He is so well hung!

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Finally!!

While I prefer U2's version of Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) and its video than Robbie's mmZBC92pgrE I think Robbie's version of I Believe In Father Christmas is better and his voice is stronger than Bono's on it. qD6QSJsASVM Regarding Happy Xmas I think both of them did a great work but John is still the best =)) n1JTBG1fa_c

Fully agree with you, Laura! This album must be on chart every year since it's releasing. I don't know why it's not. But even Last Christmas haven't bene a Number 1 during 30+ years so The Christmas Present will be back in 20-30 years )))) I would safe 3 covers on it: Bryan Adams duet, Chestnuts Roasting...(because It has a quality Is Swing 1 like One For My Baby), and maybe Merry Xmas Everybody but better they would record Have Yourself... My faves: One Last Christmas (how cool his voice sounds here! my friends think it's Elvis), Rudolph, Can't Stop Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life, Fairytales, Bad Sharon. Again even 6 songs have different styles. Again, it's amazing album of tons of wonderful tracks. I say thank Mr Williams for this record! Yes, maybe Robbie's Top-3 album for me.

So lovely lovely Teddy!! And yes, looks like on his young father :)

Yes, It was a wonderful performance on XF!

Robbie Williams will headline British Summer Time (BST) festival in 2024, it has been announced. The British pop star, who headlined in 2019 with an array of hits from his two decades-long back catalogue as a solo artist, will return to London’s Hyde Park on Saturday July 6. He joins previously announced headliner Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, who will take to the stage on July 5.

Knebworth is not so far from London, yes. But I think they will do the Wembley concert or maybe two. Not 8 like Taylor or Take That before, of course :) p.s. I decided to register too.

I will update his data during this Tour this weekend.

Update after this week #1 of Take That album This Life :) Oasis (incl.band & solo efforts) Number 1 singles 8 Number 1 albums 17 Take That (incl.band & solo efforts) Number 1 singles - 22 Number 1 albums - 26 The Beatles (incl.band & solo efforts) Number 1 singles - 26 Number 1 albums - 27

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Sad news for sure. Anyway, happy to see one more note between Johnny and Rob.

I liked and still love Misunderstood. I've been in university that period! Nice memories

Yes-yes, of the best performances at this period :))

I think after last concerts in Austria, Dec 8. But still don't undertand how it will be look like :D

I hope for Bruno Mars comeback. Too long since the last solo album.

You're right, some opportunity for Rudebox the album. Do Rudebox Tour in 2026? )))

All is fine. All could be better without Covid. Just remind you all XXV was planned even earlier. Now let's wait for a new album - if we don't count Xmas album it would be 8 years since THES in 2024. Too long to wait!

As I understood, there is a very short version of the concert on Netflix :/

4 stars from Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertai...w-b2452253.html Take That review, This Life: Cosy collection of durable, hummable, very English songs Gary Barlow and co prove to be a safely uplifting choice this festive season Helen Brown Slogging through the housework to Take That’s ninth album, This Life, I notice a gentle uptick in my mood. Nothing dramatic. No grand romantic swooning over the laundry basket. Just a hummable, toe-tappable companionship as the band work through their very English gripes and consolations (rainy days, lost loves, muddled plans) to the jaunty shrug of Gary Barlow’s easy-hook, mustn’t grumble melodies. “No way tomorrow is golden,” they concede on single “This Life”, like a weary co-worker popping a cuppa on your desk, but “a new day can be anything you want”. It reminds me that whoever chose Take That to promote Marks & Spencer’s back in 2008 knew their stuff. The boy band once pelted with thongs on stage had, by then, matured nicely into a man band you’d trust to sell sensible knickers and cosy sweaters. Like any group of mates formed in the Nineties, including TV’s Friends, Take That have weathered storms and suffered attrition but, ultimately, they connect us to a more hopeful era. The band lost the rackety charisma of solo star Robbie Williams back in 1995 and the comic camaraderie of Jason Orange a decade later (now rumoured to be living an “off-grid” life in the Cotswolds). However, earlier this year, the remaining trio proved a safely uplifting choice to unite a divided nation at the king’s coronation concert, with Howard Donald and Mark Owen beaming fraternal warmth into Barlow’s solidly crafted songs. You only have to clock the perfect way he turns the tune of “Back for Good” (1995), on the line “in the twist of separation” to feel the smooth satisfaction of his very domestic craft in action. It’s like watching a potter flick a spout into the rim of a jug. Nothing too showy, but a practised touch that makes the whole thing work. This Life finds Barlow pouring out similarly comforting mugs of song. Songs you can safely dunk a digestive into. It opens rather mournfully with “Keep Your Head Up” – layers of vocals steaming up a window of synths while a piano motif repeats like raindrops trickling down glass. “Keep your mind strong, your wings wide,” runs the cautiously motivational message, “Let go, instead of holding on…” The trio then speed into steering-wheel-tapper “Windows”. Like the entirety of the Jonas Brothers’ latest album, the track dials into the family-friendly Seventies soft rock of bands like America with its casual electric guitars and falsetto yearnings. There’s a touch of Billy Joel and Joe Jackson to the descending piano chord stomp of “This Life”. Barlow knocks out affable, oatmeal anthemic choruses on songs like “March of the Hopeful” (“Don’t change a thing about my heart!”), “Brand New Sun” (“Hey hey hey!”), and the banjo-accented “We Got All Day” (“Alright! Slow down! We got all day-ay-ay!”). There’s a little Police-era Sting to the slightly spiky vocal and bass line of “Days I Hate Myself”, driven by an engagingly lonely keyboard line. Meanwhile, “Mind Full of Madness” is propelled by a twitchy pulse indebted to the Rocky III theme song “Eye of the Tiger” and lyrics which, heartbreakingly, appear to reference Barlow’s grief over his stillborn daughter, Poppy. You might catch a little of Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side” sway to “The Champion”, which feels like an answer to Robbie’s “Strong” (1999) on which – decades before Netflix documentaries existed – he deconstructed the “mess” of his celebrity: “And this is real ’cause I feel fake?”. Now Barlow and co are taking the point further, suggesting that strength lies in owning the vulnerability. Over slickly pattered bongos, they accept that being “a little bit yesterday, a little bit broken” can still leave a man “feeling like a king”. Reassuring. Those preparing to face family members with differing world views this festive season may find solace in “One More Word”, a track that builds from the tenderness of close connection (“I had to hold your hand in the waiting room”) to the acknowledgement of disagreements (“I drink your wine/ I take your point of view/ Take mine?… ’Cos I love you”). I was stupidly snobby about Take That in the Nineties. All of us indie kids were (even as we all bought identical M&S charcoal grandad knitwear). But like those cardigans, the band have proved their practical, likeable durability. I don’t think I’ll ever have my emotional world shaken or thrilled by anything they make, but I’m grateful for the security of their reliable wool-cotton mix and what – over the years – has come to feel like a nationwide friendship. Long live the III.