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mocomuseum Tonight we had the pleasure of unveiling @robbiewilliams third solo art exhibition ‘Radical Honesty’ at Moco Museum London. In Radical Honesty, Robbie invites us to embrace the full spectrum of being human, from anxiety and self-doubt to self-love and mirror pep talks. “In a world obsessed with keeping it together, embracing the chaos might just be the most radical thing you can do.” The exhibition is open from tomorrow, May 2nd. Book your tickets at mocomuseum.com now. #RadicalHonesty #RobbieWilliams #mocomuseum Source Instagram

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“Better Man” True Story: How Much of the Robbie Williams Movie Is Fiction?'Better Man' explores Robbie Williams' journey, blending reality with fiction. Discover how much of the movie reflects his true story! by Shreya Jha Writer Published May 1, 2025, 8:39 am SUMMARY'Better Man' is one of the most daring and ambitious biopics in recent history. It tells Robbie Williams' story, with him as an anthropomorphized chimp. If you're in the mood for something unconventional, give 'Better Man' a shot. Some biopics aim for drama, while others aim for originality. Better Man does both—and throws in a CGI chimpanzee for good measure. Directed by Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman), this 2024 film tells the story of Robbie Williams—except Williams’ played by a talking chimp, thanks to some next-level CGI! Crazy? Absolutely. But there’s a method to the madness. The chimp symbolizes how the English singer sees himself—an outsider swinging through the chaos of fame. Robbie Williams (Credits: Instagram/@robbiewilliams) The movie covers his boy band days, solo career, addiction struggles, and family drama. So, is it based on a true story? Let’s crack the case! - AD - Is Better Man Based on a True Story? Jonno Davies in Better Man (Credits: Paramount Pictures) The answer is yes! At its core, Better Man is a biopic that tells the story of Robbie Williams, a British singer who shot to fame with Take That and later became a global solo superstar. But here’s what sets it apart: Williams is portrayed as an anthropomorphized chimpanzee (which is purely fabricated). Why a chimp? The movie never really explains. To everyone in the film, he’s just Williams. But to us viewers, he’s a fully CGI chimp, brought to life by Jonno Davies through motion capture, with Williams lending his voice in some scenes. It wouldn’t be inaccurate to say that this is a creative choice that mirrors how the singer-songwriter often felt out of place, even in his skin. The story starts in Stoke-on-Trent, where young Robbie dreams of fame. His dad, Peter (played by Steve Pemberton), is a performer, but they don’t exactly bond. After Peter bails to chase his dreams, Robbie has to find his path. Eventually, he joins Take That, a boy band managed by the tough and grumpy Nigel Martin Smith (Damon Herriman). Take That becomes a sensation, but fame has its downsides. Robbie dives into addiction, has messy romances (including one with Nicole Appleton, played by Raechelle Banno), and struggles with relentless public scrutiny. And through it all, his complicated relationship with his dad hangs over everything. The movie follows the classic rise-fall-redemption arc we’ve seen in many biopics. But the chimp aspect keeps it fresh. It’s a bizarre, surreal take on the genre that somehow works. Better Man flopped despite critical acclaim Jonno Davies in Better Man (Credits: Paramount Pictures) Critics had plenty of praise for Better Man. Audiences? Not so much. Despite the bold concept and positive reviews, the film flopped at the box office. The film was made on a $110 million budget (per Vulture)—a risky amount for a biopic, especially one about a singer who isn’t a household name in the U.S. Paramount bought it for $25 million, but domestically, it hasn’t even made $10 million. Why the flop? For one, Robbie Williams is massive in the UK and Europe, but not so much in the U.S. Sure, he’s had 14 chart-topping albums and some iconic music videos (like Angels), but American audiences just couldn’t fully buy into his charm. Then there’s the whole chimp thing. Critics praised it as bold and creative, but it might’ve confused or put off casual viewers. As one box office analyst, David A. Gross, told Variety, “The risk-taking is excellent, but $110 million is not realistic for the genre and for this musical artist.” In short, it was a risky move that didn’t quite pay off. Still, reviewers admired the originality. But being unique doesn’t always mean box office success. Is Better Man worth watching? Jonno Davies in Better Man (Credits: Paramount Pictures) Okay, so Better Man flopped (hard). But does that mean you should skip it? Well, you can choose not to. Better Man is worth your time, especially if you’re tired of cookie-cutter biopics. Most music biopics follow the same formula: rising star, personal struggles, redemption. Better Man covers all that, sure, but it does so with a cheeky twist. The chimp isn’t just a gimmick—it cleverly delves into Williams’ self-image, adding depth to what could’ve felt like a tired story. Jonno Davies, who performs the motion capture, brings Williams’ chimp to life with insane detail. The 50-year-old even lends his voice, making it oddly authentic. Together, they create a character that’s surprisingly relatable even if he’s, you know, a chimp. Robbie Williams Using Age-Old Bill Clinton Formula After Seemingly Admitting Alleged Nicole Kidman Romance Will Never Not Be FunnyThe supporting cast holds their own. Steve Pemberton is great as Williams’ dad, and Damon Herriman plays the tough band manager perfectly. Raechelle Banno, Kate Mulvany, and Alison Steadman are all amazing, but to be honest, the real star here is the CGI chimp. And let’s not forget the music! The film features all of Williams’ biggest hits, plus an original song, Forbidden Road. While it might not snag an Oscar, it’s a stunning track that beautifully wraps up the movie. If you’re a Robbie Williams fan, Better Man is a must-watch. If you’re not, it’s still worth checking out for its sheer creativity. How often do you see a biopic where the main character is a CGI chimpanzee? Exactly, that’s the point. Better Man is available to stream on Apple TV! 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Robbie Williams: 'I’ve never asked the world to take me seriously'Story by Dylan Jones • 1h • 11 min read The first time I met Robbie Williams I couldn’t get rid of him. It was 1998, I was leaving a big job, and someone was throwing a dinner for me in one of the upstairs rooms in The Groucho Club, the private members’ club in Soho. About an hour into the dinner, Williams burst in, obviously looking for the lavatories. But, pleased by what he saw, namely a lot of adoring young women making purring noises, and extremely attentive waiters, he stayed. And stayed and stayed. He stayed for the rest of the evening, uninvited but outrageously good company — singing, telling jokes, doing cartwheels, and even spending a good 45 minutes discussing the problems with newspaper and magazine distribution with our circulation director. “I would have been high on cocaine, and I would have needed an audience,” he says, thinking back. “The Groucho was somewhere I went nearly every night for 18 months. I enjoyed it because I found a kinship with people that I respected highly that allowed me to be a member of their fraternity without judgement. I was sometimes 20 years younger than them, sometimes 10 years younger, but they were all people I highly respected. It was all people who were mentally ill and addicts, most of them anyway. But to be allowed into the fraternity of people who had made me laugh or made me think without judgement felt special. While I was ruining my life at the same time.” As I would learn over the coming years, his performance that night was very Robbie. I’ve since interviewed him a few times, and the interviews usually disintegrated quite quickly into therapy sessions, which, obviously, tended to make them more revealing. When I spoke to him on Tuesday this week, and asked him how he was in reference to his mental health, he was as positive as I’ve ever seen him. (Jason Hetherington ) “How am I? I’m good. My story arc is at the other end. I’m now looking back and talking about what was. Now I get to explain myself. I am a journalist, and I have one subject and it’s me. And I’m reporting live from the scene, whenever I decide to turn the camera on.” Recently, you’ve probably been reacquainted with Williams. Whenever he speaks to the press he appears to be drawn into conversations about his mental health, he remains a ridiculously popular live attraction, and not so long ago there was the biopic where instead of an actor playing him, there was a chimpanzee instead. That’s right, maybe you saw it, or more than likely you didn’t. By all accounts it didn’t break any box office records, and apparently didn’t perform well in the US, one of the few places in the world where Williams can walk down the street unmolested. Robbie Williams On that topic, I remember sitting in a hotel room in Belgravia in 2003 with David Bowie, and all he wanted to talk about was Williams’s extraordinary success. Bowie lived in New York at the time, a city immune to Williams’s charms, and Bowie just did not understand why he was so popular. As for the film, although it was a canny enough idea, unfortunately the script and the narrative were a little too pedestrian for the film to really work. But it’s certainly not unenjoyable. “I was incredibly pleased by the profound effect it’s had on people, as well as the critical response,” says Williams, with genuine pride. “It could have been shit, and it’s not. That feels good in my soul, and it’s therapeutic. The monkey idea came out of [director] Michael Gracey’s brain. He asked me one day what my spirit animal was, and when I said lion, he looked at me with a cocked head. ‘Really?’ And I said, okay, monkey. And that was the idea. Instantly it played into my whole career, as it’s all been built on audacity.” (Jason Hetherington ) Regardless of how you might feel about Williams — and there may be huge swathes of you who think they know everything there is to know about the man, too much possibly — I encourage you to pause judgement until you’ve seen him live. Over the past two decades I’ve seen him perform a number of times — Wembley Stadium, Fashion Rocks at the Albert Hall in 2003, the rehearsal for a private performance in LA about a decade later, yada yada yada — and he has never been less than extraordinary. There are many things Williams isn’t, but there is no one who can control an audience like he can. All those clichés about his days in the working men’s clubs paying off are true: there is literally no one who can walk on to a stage and own an audience so quickly and so comprehensively. You might not like his music (you’re wrong) and you might just think it’s the kind of stuff you listened to 25 years ago when you couldn’t escape a day without hearing Angels blaring out of a car radio, a café or a TV screen — but watching him live is something everyone should once in their life. Even if only for 10 minutes. He obviously still gets a massive buzz out of it. “The feeling you get from performing in front of hundreds of thousands of people changes over time, because when it first started to happen, the dramatic imposter syndrome couldn’t work it out and reacted against it, in disbelief,” he says, thinking deeply about his response. Robbie Williams “It created an acute existential crisis. But when the first child arrived, and then the fourth, imposter syndrome took a back seat. And necessity comes forward. There is no place for the panic about your place on the planet or within the music industry. You’re facilitating a beautiful life for your children and your family. Childhood trauma doesn’t understand 80,000 people beaming back love to you, and that’s how strong that feeling is. The trauma sent me off in a not good direction.” Williams is coming round again, appearing in London in a month’s time, but he’s also in town because — that’s right, you’ve guessed it — he’s here to celebrate his first art show. Because Williams is now an artist. Taking over the massive Moco Museum, the public gallery at the Hyde Park end of Oxford Street, he’s trying his hand at something completely different. According to the gallery, Williams’s “expressive style manifests as striking physical pieces that use a mix of materials and layered textures that expand his visual language of sarcasm, self-deprecation and playful irreverence” .Okay, got that. What else? “From a marble depiction of anxiety and a seat designated for uninterrupted introversion to a monumental jumper of mixed feelings and vibrant canvases that explore personal narratives — it’s all there, blunt and unpolished, yet oddly comforting.” (Jason Hetherington ) Comforting? Using his epigrammatic skills and his fondness for modern “pop” style poster imagery, he’s created a series of artworks that reflect how he feels about… well, Robbie, just what do they reflect? He has previously said this work is about all those things which make us human — anxiety, self-love, introversion, morning mirror pep talks. In a world obsessed with keeping it together, embracing the chaos, facing self-judgement and enjoying the disorder. Robbie Williams “I’d been doing things in secret in my garage since 2006 and was too scared to show it. And then for some reason nearly two years ago I had this drawing of three people on a podium and the joke was, ‘She came first at the Ozempics’. And I became neurotic about getting that joke out there first before somebody else did. So I put it up on Instagram and got such good feedback that I carried on doing it. And Instagram makes you more prolific because it needs feeding. I’ve only just joined the ranks of people using social media. I’ve previously existed in the 1990s, but I’m now a fully-fledged member of the new age in which we find ourselves. And what I’m finding is that I’m an entertainer with a compulsion to entertain and this is perfect. I get to entertain in a new fashion every day. Previously I thought it was a bit ‘pick me, pick me’, and I’ve always been ‘pick me, pick me’, but I think my ego might have thought I was above it.” (Jason Hetherington ) “Kim [Logchies-Prins] at Moco saw the value of the mental health aspect of the stuff that I do, and feels that it’s of its time, and the conversation that’s happening socially in the world right now. “I haven’t monetised it yet, but there does need to be a plan. I need my creativity to have a destination, and sometimes that destination is people telling me how much the film moved them, or they liked a gig or how much a song meant to them. But sometimes it’s just cynical commercialism. It feels a bit icky commercialising it because most of my art revolves around mental illness, but of course I will. There is a huge back catalogue of failures, so it took me a while to make a go of it.” Robbie Williams I had figured that his exploration was a mere whim, but Williams was actually encouraged to pursue his art by one of our most famous and accomplished artists. “The reason I thought I could do it is because I was hanging out with David Hockney at his studio in LA and he showed me how he draws on an iPad. If it wasn’t for Hockney, I wouldn’t have thought that iPad drawings would have been a medium that would be considered worthy. I’ve got all these boxes of pens and paints and canvasses and glue and typewriters, but you use an iPad, and it becomes simple and quick. And my brain works so quickly and gets bored so quickly, you don’t get a chance to get bored. Hanging out with him was like hanging out with a Beatle, it was incredible.” (Jason Hetherington ) The show is called Radical Honesty, although I’m not sure how radical it is. His paintings look like the kind of things you might find in a primary school show, using the kind of maxims and adages adopted by the likes of David Shrigley or Hayden Kays, although Williams’s are all about… Williams. To wit: “Just because you’re dyslexic doesn’t mean you’re not stupid; Violets are blue, roses are red, lock the pill cabinet or I’ll steal your meds; I will not be honouring my commitments today and I will be feeling marvellous about it; Be yourself (restrictions apply); Just off to have a nervous breakdown — does anybody want anything?” Etc etc. You’ve seen similar things on Instagram, and they all seem to exist solely to house the aphorism. In fact, imagine your local GP waiting room redecorated by the set designers on Sesame Street, and you’re halfway there. I’m not sure how great they are, but I quite like them. Robbie Williams His funniest piece is a painting of a portaloo, with the caption: “Portaloo, couldn’t escape if I wanted to, Portaloo, knowing my fate is to be with you.” Better are the ceramics he has made with 1882, which are very Yellow Submarine-esque, and actually the kind of thing I wouldn’t mind at home. Is he remotely bothered by what the critics might say? “I do worry about criticism which is why it took so long for me to show the work. Also, my own thoughts about celebrities doing art is not very positive. I didn’t want people to shame me. Most celebrities’ artwork… I don’t rate it. I thought, I must be shit too. When a lot of celebrities do art, they have a need to be taken seriously, but I’ve never asked the world to take me seriously. And they’ve repaid in kind. But with my art, it’s not serious, it pokes fun. I hope my stuff is ridiculous and shows us how ridiculous we are. I’m not saying my stuff is any better, I’m just saying why it took me so long to show it to people. (Jason Hetherington ) “Myself, I like Jonas Wood, but most of what I like is the greatest hits of the people we all like. I like Pop Art. Warhol, Haring and all the people you see on posh people’s walls. I’ve bought some art but I don’t collect art. What I find interesting is that in England, Damien Hirst’s spot paintings are on the wall of every house I’ve looked at to buy. In California it’s Ed Ruscha. And in Miami it’s Kaws. It’s money see, monkey do. With me it’s about you know, walking into somewhere and seeing something and going, I could do that, so I’m going to. I love looking at something and going, I can do that.” So, Robbie Williams is at it again, lost in a world of his own making, seemingly still unable to make sense of the tumultuous effect fame has had on his young mind and body, and his ongoing struggles with anxiety, relationships, rejection, popularity, unpopularity and his seemingly innate desire to get everyone in the world to love him. Have a look at the art and take it for what it is (he’s a better artist than Bob Dylan) but don’t let it affect any desire you may have to go and see him live. Trust me, you won’t regret it. If you do, tell Williams. Because I can guarantee he’ll want to talk about it. “For me, it’s just one finger in a bunch of pies I’ve got,” he says, as we wind up the interview. “All I know is that when I’m thinking of things to draw, I’m not thinking about me. I don’t get much of a break from thinking about me, so the therapeutic value of what I’m doing is incredibly important to me. And if I can make an honest or a dishonest penny from that, great. How far it can go, I have no plan. “My ambitions have got bigger. I want to start a university of entertainment, and I want to write the syllabus. I want to go and get revenge on the educational system that failed me. And I want to build my hotels and put my own entertainment venues in them, and I want to design them. I need another carrot in front of me and I need dramatic purpose. Without it I’m left to my own devices and the chaos of my own mind. Thinking about art means I’m not delving into the place my brain can take me. I’m not in the pocket anymore, I’m not in my pomp and pop music is for young people. You’re in a hinterland until you’re celebrated for still existing. You can’t be lucky enough to have the career I’ve had, to stay around for this length of time, without being in some people’s minds national treasure-ish. I’ve meant a great deal to a great deal of people. But we’re British and we shouldn’t lean into praise.” Register now for one of The Standard’s newsletters. From a daily news briefing to Homes & Property insights, plus lifestyle, going out, offers and more. For the best stories in your inbox, click here. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/style/robbie-williams-on-success-cocaine-trauma-and-finally-growing-up/ar-AA1DYYqF?ocid=BingNewsVerp

National Portrait Gallery @NPGLondon · 20h #DidYouKnow that Robbie Williams' cover for The Face magazine was one of the best-selling issues? Discover more behind the photography of The Face in our current exhibition, The Face Magazine: Culture shift. Open until 18 May. Robbie Williams by Norman Watson, 1995 National Portrait Gallery (@NPGLondon) / X

Nice cover .. The Standard @theLDNstandard · 1h Presenting Robbie Williams 🚨In this week's issue of The London Standard, the singer songwriter @robbiewilliams opens up about success, cocaine, trauma and finally growing up Make sure you pick up a copy of the paper today and tomorrow The Standard (@theLDNstandard) / X

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Max Beesley: ‘Alcoholism is a very quick disease – you can soon get in trouble’Chris Harvey Thu, April 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM GMT+1 8 min read Max Beesley stars in the upcoming drama Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes - Paul Grover At 8.30am, on the morning of 7 July 2005, Max Beesley was at a hotel in Marylebone participating in a read-through for a new BBC drama, Hotel Babylon. The producer had asked everyone to be in early and the actor – star at the time of Jed Mercurio’s medical drama Bodies – had been there in good time. By 9am, as the cast were going over their lines, they heard multiple sirens screaming on the road outside. Ten minutes earlier, suicide bombers had detonated improvised explosive devices on three underground trains. One was at Edgware Road Station, less than half a mile away. Another exploded on a Piccadilly Line train leaving King’s Cross, two miles down the road. One hour later, a fourth bomb was detonated close by, on a double-decker bus. The blasts killed 52 people (not including the four Islamist suicide bombers), and the proximity of the bombers in enclosed spaces led to a horrifying 775 people being injured. Today, I’m in a room with Beesley near King’s Cross once more, talking about the new four-part Disney+ drama, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, which explores the killing of an innocent Brazilian man, 15 days later, by the Metropolitan Police. The 27-year-old electrician was on his way to work when he was followed onto a tube carriage in south London by specialist firearms officers and shot seven times in the head. A report by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) in 2006 concluded that his death had been “caused by avoidable mistakes” – de Menezes had been wrongly identified as a suspect in a second set of attempted bombings when he left for work from his home in a block of flats linked to one of the would-be jihadists. The 2008 inquest ruled out a verdict of unlawful killing. Screenwriter Jeff Pope, whose credits include Appropriate Adult (as executive producer), Little Boy Blue and the 2023 Jimmy Savile drama The Reckoning, wrote earlier this month that the Met still has questions to answer about the shooting. The strong cast includes Emily Mortimer as the future Met commissioner Cressida Dick, who was the commander in the control room of the surveillance operation that day; and Conleth Hill plays the serving Met commissioner Sir Ian Blair. Beesley, who appeared recently in Guy Ritchie’s high-profile Netflix show The Gentlemen, plays Assistant Commissioner, and head of counterterrorism at the time, Andy Hayman, who was criticised in the IPCC’s report for “inaccurate public statements concerning the circumstances of the death”. Max Beesley as head of counterterrorism Andy Hayman in Suspect - Stefania Rosini/Disney+ Beesley – who notes that taking on a real-life character represents a very different challenge for him – was an admirer of Pope’s attention to detail in factual dramas such as 2019’s A Confession, but says he asked the producers of Suspect if it was possible to talk to Hayman himself. He’d studied the book Hayman wrote in 2010 about his experiences on the force, The Terrorist Hunters – “I read it a couple of times, making notes,” he says. “I had a plethora of questions.” The former policeman “was very generous and forthcoming with personal things I asked him, private things, you know, but that was invaluable. I got a real sense of him.” He lauds “the incredible work that [Hayman] did tracking those copycat bombers down” but says, “I did want to get into some grey areas with him.” He notes that Hayman still vehemently denies “that the Kratos order was not given” – this was the shoot-to-kill policy adopted by the Met after 9/11, which became a key point of contention in the inquest. Cressida Dick denied ever giving a Kratos order as de Menezes was pursued into the tube station, stating that she only instructed officers to “stop” de Menezes, not to shoot him. Beesley pegs himself as “quite a good reader of people” but adds that “it’s difficult when there are two people and you’ve got two versions of events – we can’t 100 per cent say, ‘No, that’s what happened’.” Pope employs multiple perspectives, he says. Beesley has strong views of his own about what happened, and adds – “but I’m going to keep them to myself.” He’s similarly circumspect when I ask for his views on the political situation in his adopted home. Beesley has lived in America for the past two decades, and has brought up two daughters, Sabrina, 11, and Bella, 6, there with wife Jennifer Noelle. So what are his thoughts on the 47th US president? In light of “what’s happening to people at present, I think I’ll take the Fifth on that,” he says. “I’m a dual citizen, so it’s tricky – my kids are Californian babies, my wife’s from Minnesota.” He does, however, admit to having some savings invested in the S&P 500 stock index, which is being battered by Trump’s tariffs on the day we meet. He and his family had to evacuate their Encino home during the wildfires that engulfed parts of Los Angeles in January, he tells me. “We know probably five families, a lot of folks that lost their homes. The environmental dynamic there is shifting dramatically, no doubt about it. You know, Los Angeles, ‘88, ‘89, ‘90, it was vibrant, it was bustling. It was just an incredible place to be, and it’s a little different now. You drive along Sunset [Boulevard] on a Saturday night, it’s quite quiet. A lot of folks are moving away from there, to [northern states, like] Oregon or Maine.” He’s been thinking about returning to the UK, where he grew up in the working-class suburbs of Manchester (he’s still an avid – and deeply concerned – Manchester United fan). The “gift of fatherhood,” he says, has been life-changing. “They are unequivocally the most important thing in my life, those girls.” When we meet, he’s with his own father, Maxton (“He’s a great drummer,” he tells me later). Both his parents were musical. His father still plays in dance bands, and his late mother was a jazz singer. As a chorister at Manchester Cathedral, Beesley was given a scholarship to Chetham’s School of Music, specialising in piano and percussion after his voice broke. He went on to Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he met actors such as Daniel Craig and Ewan McGregor and began acting, though he has enjoyed something of a dual career, playing over the years with Paul Weller, Stevie Wonder, Roy Ayers, James Brown, George Michael and Robbie Williams. (Remarkably, he can be seen playing percussion on videos of Williams performing at Live 8 in Hyde Park on 2 July 2005 – five days before the bombings.) He has known Williams since he was 14 and the future Take That singer was 11. Max Beesley: Alcohol is ‘a very serious drug’ - Paul Grover When he first moved to LA in the early 2000s, he says, “I bumped into Rob in a shop in a classic car sales room. I moved in with him for a couple of years, and we went on the road, touring.” What did he think of the 2023 Netflix documentary about the singer? “I watched it and went, ‘That’s Rob’. There’s no pretence. There’s no acting. I thought it was really quite brave of him.” Williams has talked about his problems with cocaine and heroin abuse. Beesley has had issues of his own, although not with hard drugs. “Alcoholism is an incredibly quick, progressive disease that if you’ve not got your eyes on it, you can get in trouble very quickly,” he says. Society has something to answer for in the way that it pushes people towards drinking, he adds, especially in adverts. “You know, it’s Christmas, have a drink. It’s a nice day, let’s have a drink. It’s a very serious drug.” He realised that the way he turned to booze had become habitual in June 2013, three months before the birth of his first daughter, and stopped. “I don’t like anything controlling me,” he says. Beesley has been through some ups and downs in his career since he took the title role in the BBC adaptation of Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones in 1997. He told a journalist in 2014 that when he first moved to the US, he’d had 67 auditions in one year without getting a job. He has “had the thought, ‘I might have to do something else’ multiple times” since then, but has been sustained by shows such as Sky’s Mad Dogs and his music. (He released the excellent jazz groove album Zeus as Max Beesley’s High Vibes in 2023.) It’s his musical ear that gives him a talent for accents, too, helping him to switch from his native Manc to Hayman’s London-tinged Essex in Suspect. He knows it’s a drama that will draw attention: it’s still a sensitive subject and the depiction of Hayman will be closely observed. Pope, he insists, “encourages the audience to make up their own minds”. All four episodes of Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes are available to stream on Disney+ from April 30 Max Beesley: ‘Alcoholism is a very quick disease – you can soon get in trouble’

This makes for interesting reading. Bars closed at the Arena for the David Gray concert. People calling in to the gig he did in April said it was chaotic with fights breaking out in the audience, people continuously walking up & down the stairwells obviously going & coming from the bar , They said the people involved were not young people & seemed to be also off their heads on coke or something . Robbie is lucky his gig is outdoors, last time I was Croke Park there were people fighting in the crowd also drunk but at least it was outdoors & you could get out of their way . Drink should not be allowed at these gigs imo, it ruins it for everyone else who have paid a lot of money to see the artist https://www.msn.com/en-ie/entertainment/music/why-is-the-3arena-closing-their-bars-during-david-gray-s-gig-this-weekend/ar-AA1DU0FU

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Robbie Williams @robbiewilliams · Apr 26 EIEIEIO Up the football, here we go... When we get promoted this is what we'll sing. We are Vale, Super Vale, Darren is our King. Well played Mr. Moore, Well played boys, Well played Carol ❤️" @OfficialPVFC @pvfc_carol

I wonder what sculptural pieces are in this exhibition !. I would love to see it but unfortunately will not make it to London this year .. ROBBIE WILLIAMS: A new exhibition opens a Moco Museum featuring artworks by Robbie Williams... yes, that Robbie Williams. Radical Honesty is a solo show of the singer's sculptures, some of which are on display for the first time, along with his paintings. 2 May-24 October Things To Do This Week In London 28 April-4 May 2025 | Londonist

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❤️ 11. National Treasure - Under The Radar Volume 1 Written by Robert Williams, Guy Chambers, Chris Heath Produced by Guy Chambers & Richard Flack Recorded by Richard Flack Recorded at Sleeper Sounds, London. Mixed by Richard Flack Published by Farrell Music Ltd / Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd Vocals - Robbie Williams Backing Vocals - Robbie Williams & Sara-Jane Skeete Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Flute, Electric Harp - Guy Chambers Drums - Karl Brazil Orchestral Arrangement - Guy Chambers

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robbiewilliams Liked by edgodrich and others robbiewilliams Hail Keanu, So what I learned —
The answer from my post about whether any good deed can truly be free from ego was, in short:
No.
But — that’s okay.
And do it anyway.
So I will. I learned so much from my comment section.
Bless you all. Anyway —
Today’s Inkling: Let’s come up with the tracklist for the “I Want to Bonk You” mixtape together. Here’s my starter suggestions: Sexual Healing — Marvin Gaye
I Wanna Be Your Lover — Prince
I Feel Love — Donna Summer
Relax — Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Ecstasy (When You Lay Down Next to Me) — Barry White
No Diggity — Blackstreet
Let’s Get It On — Marvin Gaye
f*** the Pain Away — Peaches
Sex Machine — James Brown
Last Nite — The Strokes
Chariots of Fire — Vangelis (Fred Again suggested “Chariots of Fire,” by the way. 🎩) OK. Over to you: Horny songs only.
Zero dignity.
Maximum passion.
Or just full ridiculousness.
(Preferably both.) Another question I’m pondering today: If a bad person successfully pretends to be a good person 100% of the time...
Are they actually a good person? Discuss. Oh, and by the way —
how funny is the word “Bonk”?
Truly underrated. Namaste FFS. ❤️
Rob X

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The Lottery Winners and Robbie Williams Plan Song Togetherby Music-News.com on March 21, 2025 in News The Lottery Winners and Robbie Williams are writing a new song together. The Lottery Winners – who recently their latest single ‘Ragdoll’ with Chad Kroeger on Wednesday (19.03.25) – are hitting the road with Robbie Williams this summer, and they’ve got plans for an all-star collaboration. Frontman Thom Rylance told Contactmusic.com: “We’re working on ideas with him. “We’ve been sending over little ideas to each other and putting them together. And he’s a great writer. “He’s so good, he’s so witty, and his lyrics are great and his melodies are great. “So I just keep sending bits of music, he keeps sending bits back, and before we know it, we’re going to have a summer hit with Robbie Williams.” Thom is “blown away” by his blossoming friendship with Robbie, who invited the band to the London premiere of ‘Better Man’ late last year. He added: “I’ll just literally tell him my every thought, and he kind of tells me his, and we just try and make each other laugh. “He’s become almost my therapist, which is so weird, like, ‘Robbie Williams is my therapist.’ ” The Lottery Winners have collaborated with the likes of Shaun Ryder, Frank Turner and Boy George in the past. For new album ‘KOKO’ – which drops on Friday (21.03.25) – they have teamed up with Reverend and the Makers, Shed Seven, and Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger. This week, the group released their track ‘Ragdoll’ with Chad, and Thom joked he found the balance between the two acts “very easily”. He said: “It was weird because I had to find our middle ground, I had to find the Venn diagram of Nickelback and Lottery Winners and then write a song that fit directly in the middle there. “And luckily, I am a genius, so I managed to do it very easily [laughs]. “But then when Chad came into the room and and put and put his parts on it, man, it just came alive!” The Lottery Winners and Robbie Williams Plan Song Together - Noise11.com

Hopefully we might see them taking the stage together in the upcoming tour. TLW are talking abut a new song in the Summer so who knows, it just might happen during the tour

I like this very much & the references to the various songs along the way. No Regrets, She's Madonna ( very funny ) , You Know Me ... great video 😊