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Robbie Williams: RudeboxYour least favourite popstar’s gone electro and it’s – whisper it – good By NME|23rd October 2006 With his Take That past coming back to haunt him, tabloids sharpening their knives and missed appearances, clearly all is not well with Williams. And yet he has claimed that this is the first musical venture where he is being himself. The stakes are extremely high. Luckily, ‘Rudebox’ is the best thing he’s ever put his name to. From a career of trying on different ill-fitting identities (CampPop Robbie, Fat Dancer Robbie, Swing Robbie, Stadium Robbie) he has finally found one that fits. f***ing about on laptops with the likes of Lily Allen and Pet Shop Boys, he has hit on a fun, frantic, pisstaking mixtape of crystalline ’80s electropop, Skinner derived rap-ups and lazy skank pop. Lyrically, Williams has always been a very British mix of redcoat self-deprecation and zeitgeisty, chemically-enhanced moodiness, but on ‘Rudebox’ he continues this without falling into the previous pratfalls of whininess or navel-gazing. There’s the double-headed autobiography of ‘The 80s’ (currently at the centre of a legal dispute) and its follow-up ‘The 90s’, the clattering ‘Vogue’ rap in the LA tale ‘The Actor’ and ‘She’s Madonna’ – possibly his most bonkers song ever. ‘Rudebox’ is not ‘Robbie Williams the serious artiste’, but it is an amazing pop album. It remains to be seen if it will be his undoing with the mainstream and those tabloid hacks. But it seems, musically at least, he’s just getting started. And, if you leave your preconceptions at the door, you might just love it. Priya Elan Robbie Williams: Rudebox

Twenty Years Ago Steve Pafford did Robbie Williams in the Rudebox review You’ve heard the impossibly incongruous chart news from Blighty, right? Robbie Williams, 52, has overtaken The Beatles on the all-time leaderboard for most UK No. 1 albums ever with his 16th pole positor Britpop. Other than the cynically inevitable ’deluxe’ edition featuring a track called 100% Beau (miaow), co-authored with Supergrass’ Gaz Coombes, I can’t say said album or feat has filled me with the joys of winter, although the PSB-ish one about Morrissey is hilariously perceptive. Alas, back in 2006 the ex-Take That Fat Dancer did release something at turns bizarre and really rather interesting: a curate’s egg of experimental mainly synth-pop songs that sound like a superior grab-bag of B-sides. Your Steve Pafford guy was summoned to EMI’s Hammersmith HQ for a preview, and this was the result. Get ready to relight my fryer… Or was that his and Gary’s? One could be forgiven for thinking Robbie really has “gone gay”, if his latest “experimental dance” opus is anything to go by. Rudebox has constant references to bum-sex including the Robster being on the receiving end. “So sick, I just had to take it”. The insanely catchy next single Lovelight, with its pitch-perfect falsetto disco, does the unthinkable and manages to out-camp the Scissor Sisters. Lyrically the alluring electro-ballad Burslem Normals is a bitter Morrissey-inspired barb against Burberry bling chav culture, though the music is pure ABBA-esque Erasure, only with a more expensive synthesizer. Speaking of synth duos, he then ropes in his and our favourite double act Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe on two of the most accessible tracks here: We’re The Pet Shop Boys is a hard-edged cover of a cover where the narrator wistfully reflects back to a time in the Eighties when he and his lover thought of themselves as the Pet Shop Boys. PSB crop up again on She’s Madonna, a gloriously Motown-eque sweeping synth anthem that nods to many of the pop duos past hits with a ridiculously rampant Robbie vocal. It’s possibly the best thing Robbie or the Pets have put their name to for aeons. So ignore my tittle-tattle on which way Robbie is well swung, because, on the face of it, the song seems to provide ‘proof’ of Robbie’s heterosexuality. With a chorus of ‘I love you baby, but face it, she’s Madonna/No man on earth could say he don’t want her. But hang on, surely even someone as buffeted from the real world as him would know that the 48-year old Madge vadge is about as appealing to the straight male population as rice pudding? Ah, she’s one of those ‘gay icon’ type thingies, yes? I get it now. Elsewhere there’s an intriguing ragbag of ideas, from solid covers of ’80s Pop faves Louise and Kiss Me (Human League and current writing foil Stephen ’TinTin’ Duffy respectively), Hunky Dory-era Bowie tributes (Viva Life On Mars and The Actor) and a Streets-lite two-part autobiographical suite The 80s and The 90s, where lyrics such as ’It’s nice that you’ve got a mansion/While I’m treated like the drummer from Hanson” prove that the ex-boybander’s post-Take That trauma is still as evident and as brilliantly twisted as ever. Strange fascination indeed. **** Steve Pafford Twenty Years Ago Steve Pafford did Robbie Williams in the Rudebox review - Steve Pafford

A reminder of some of the reviews at the time & even a few more in the years in between 😋 Robbie Williams, RudeboxThis article is more than 19 years old (EMI) I It is hard to think of a recent release that has incurred quite the level of negative pre-publicity afforded Robbie Williams' seventh album. Coming hard on the heels of a world tour that began with Williams offering refunds to the entire audience at the opening show and ended with the singer apparently announcing his retirement from live performance, Rudebox has been billed as incontrovertible proof that the previously unstoppable Williams juggernaut has developed engine trouble. Here, it has been intimated, is the sound of Robbie Williams' big end going: an album so peculiar, so spectacularly misconceived, that it will decimate his fanbase at a stroke. "What a bizarre, baffling and downright strange record this is," howled one august music magazine. Alas, would that Rudebox were that interesting. There are certainly moments when you wonder what on earth Williams thinks he's up to - not least a cover of world music star Manu Chao's novelty track Bongo Bong/Je Ne T'aime Plus that concludes with Williams doing a terrible impersonation of the French legend he recently namechecked in an interview as Serge Gainsborough - yet, for the most part, it turns out not to be bizarre, baffling or downright strange, but somehow inevitable. On his last album, Intensive Care, Williams' new co-writer Stephen Duffy apparently expunged the singer's desire to record the wretched jokey tracks that had peppered all his previous albums, like a musical equivalent of the tiresome array of gurns and knowing winks he employs onstage. Reviews were better, but in Britain at least, sales were not: the final single from Intensive Care, Sin Sin Sin, was the lowest-charting of Williams' career. The ensuing live dates, meanwhile, suggested that Williams' longing to be taken seriously as an artist and songwriter was precluded by his longing to perform Me And My Shadow à deux with Jonathan Wilkes, former presenter of ITV's You've Been Framed. Don't let Intensive Care fool you, seemed to be the message; I'm not done winking and gurning yet. And so it proves. Despite a stellar cast list, including the Pet Shop Boys, Lily Allen, New York hip hop DJ Mark Ronson and producer William Orbit, Rudebox is an album that doesn't stop winking and gurning at you for over an hour. It throws a lot of musical styles at the wall: R&B, 80s cover versions and electro among them. But every time one of them looks like sticking, every time it threatens to hit a note of affecting seriousness (the brilliant, icy meditation on fame's corrupting power that is She's Madonna, a cover of New York electro act My Robot Friend's We're the Pet Shop Boys - a glorious homage to the power of music - or The Actor's skewed, slightly disturbing synth-pop) it quickly starts making with the pop-eyes and funny face: "We're mad, innit?" as Williams exclaims at one juncture. This, it scarcely needs saying, proves fantastically irritating, not least because the funny face usually takes the form of a novelty hip-hop track, often featuring the uniquely depressing sound of a white multimillionaire pop star rapping in Jamaican patois. Good Doctor finds Williams doing a terrible north-western approximation of Mike Skinner's vocal delivery. It's the Coronation Streets. The kind thing to say would be that Rudebox exists in a long tradition of messy, risk-taking records that seem less like coherent albums than a kind of musical miscellany in search of an editor: the Beatles' White Album, Fleetwood Mac's Tusk and the Clash's Sandinsta! among them. But you feel fairly daft implying that Williams' limp cover of Stephen Duffy's 80s pop hit Kiss Me somehow drinks from the same stream of inspiration as Dear Prudence or Somebody Got Murdered, and, in any case, it's hard to think of a song more likely to curb the listener's generosity of spirit than Rudebox's closing "secret" track, Dickhead. A woeful sub-Eminem rant, it features Williams gallantly threatening to set his retinue of bouncers on anyone who dares to criticise his music. By the time it concludes, puzzlingly, with the singer shouting "I've got a bucket of shit! I've got a bucket of shit!", one feels less inclined to say the kind thing than the cruel thing: you don't need to tell me that, pal, I've just spent the last hour examining it. In truth, Rudebox doesn't deserve such opprobrium. If it's unlikely to confound fans of Captain Beefheart with its edginess and experimental verve, the mind still boggles at what Williams' core audience - the mums, the Heat readers, the couples who buy two CDs a year from Tesco - will make of it. A scant handful of highlights aside, it is packed with half-baked ideas, bad jokes, music that any other star of Williams' stature would be terrified of the general public hearing. Perhaps that's the point. If nothing else, Rudebox is a sharp reminder that Robbie Williams is unique. Robbie Williams, Rudebox | Music | The Guardian

A lot of chat about Rudebox going on at the moment which will be 20 yers old on OCT 23rd This is my favourite live version but I also love the original video Source https://www.youtube.com/@TakeThatUcozru Source https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Nho5FPo__hIFbg_UlaCgA Rudebox (Radio Edit)Song by Robbie Williams (Do the rudebox Shake your rudebox Do the rudebox Shake your rudebox Do the rudebox Shake your rudebox Do the rudebox Shake your rudebox) OK then, back to basics Grab your shell toes and your fat laces A little hand clap for some funk faces And make your body move in the following places Goes up your back and then down your spine And when it hits your head... OK then, back to bass-heads Dance like you just won at the Special Olympics They got the rudebox off the back of a spaceship So sick I just had to take it The R-U-D-E-B-O-X Up your jacksy, split your kecks, Sing a song of semtex Pocket full of Durex Body full of Mandrax Are we gonna have sex (yes) Do you wear your knee socks (ohh) Back to the rudebox Got this double fantasy Where we just never stop I've got one design And that's to funk you to the top Know what's on my mind, It's only one thing you will find I got one design And that's to bump you till you drop Rudebox Do the rudebox 'Cause you so nasty Rudebox Shake your rudebox Why you so nasty? Rudebox Do the rudebox 'Cause you so nasty Rudebox Shake your rudebox Why you so nasty? OK then, back to spaceship Take both pills, f.uck the Matrix Jack those Jills, shake your Playtex Rock three stripes, not the Asics A-D-I-D-A-S old school, 'cause it's the best (Yes) TK Maxx cost less (Yes) Jackson looks a mess (Bless) OK then, what to do If you try to jack me I'll rudebox you If you rudebox me I'll rudebox your whole crew 'Cause it's what I do Ain't that right boo (true) I'll ride with you If you can get me to the border 'Cause the sheriff's after me For what I did to his daughter I did it like this (You did it like that) I love it when you double clap (clap) Got this double fantasy Where we just never stop I've got one design And that's to funk you to the top Know what's on my mind, It's only one thing you will find I got one design And that's to bump you till you drop Rudebox Do the rudebox 'Cause you so nasty Rudebox Shake your rudebox Why you so nasty? Rudebox Do the rudebox 'Cause you so nasty Rudebox Shake your rudebox Why you so nasty? OK then, check the tan line Make your body shape Like you're stood on a land mine Call me on my mobile Not the land line And jack the main line At the same time OK, this is what we do Got a jam so fresh It's nice for you OK, give me what you got And dial 808 For the bass to drop OK then, what's the fracas Grab your cardy Your lead hat and the bus pass You don't sweat much For a fat lass Grab your rudebox 'Cause your box is righteous OK bum, rush the show I got high speed dubbing on my stereo And all the tunes in the box are the cherrio I know I told you before, Did you hear me though Got this double fantasy Where we just never stop I've got one design And that's to funk you to the top Know what's on my mind, It's only one thing you will find I got one design And that's to bump you till you drop Rudebox Do the rudebox 'Cause you so nasty Rudebox Shake your rudebox Why you so nasty? Rudebox Do the rudebox 'Cause you so nasty Rudebox Shake your rudebox Why you so nasty? Do the rudebox Shake your rudebox Do the rudebox Shake your rudebox Do the rudebox Shake your rudebox Do the rudebox Shake your rudebox Do the rudebox Shake your rudebox Do the rudebox Shake your rudebox...

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Looking forward to this documentary ... No hint of a date yet ! Jan 28, 2026 Taken from the brand new album 'BRITPOP' and contains scenes from the upcoming documentary 'ROBBIE WILLIAMS - THRU A NEW LENS' - COMING SOON.. Documentary footage courtesy of Lorton Entertainment Directed by Charlie Lightening Additional footage - Leo Baron https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Nho5FPo__hIFbg_UlaCgA

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MEO Kalorama, day 1: Robbie Williams guaranteed entertainment, Grace Jones took great care in the provocation Robbie Williams entered the stage after one in the morning, but not even the late hour could stop the energy of thousands of people who were waiting for the headliner of the first night of MEO Kalorama, in Lisbon. Grace Jones was also waiting, in another concert to leave a mark in this edition of the festival.Robbie Williams confirmed what is already part of his identity: when he is on stage, he knows exactly how to be the king of the party. Let those who saw the Briton this Friday, August 28, at Parque da Bela Vista, in Lisbon, for more than an hour, say so. The night began with "Let Me Entertain You", a choice that works almost as a declaration of intent. And Robbie Williams complied. He danced, told stories, joked with the audience, provoked laughter and went through a career full of successes that continue to be recognized by different generations. On the public side, the response was immediate. There were those who had grown up listening to "Rock DJ", "Supreme", "Millennium" or "Kids" and those who had discovered the artist later, through other hits. At MEO Kalorama, these generations met in the same space, united by songs that spanned decades. The lineup spanned several phases of Robbie Williams' career. "Let Love Be Your Energy", "Pretty Face" and "Candy" were part of a journey through the great moments of the British's discography. Humor was present throughout the night, including the singer's usual jokes. The relaxed relationship with the Portuguese fans was once again one of the strengths. Throughout the concert, the Briton was constantly interacting with the audience, between personal stories, confessions, jokes and moments of great emotion. In one of the first conversations with the audience, Robbie Williams explained what it means to him to be on stage: "Tonight is my love letter to entertainment". And, true to his style, he quickly turned the conversation into an unexpected story. By pretending to recognize an old fan in the audience, she revealed that she had slept with him in the 1990s. "I almost didn't recognize him because he now has a beard. There he is. He would recognize those eyes anywhere. It's good to see you again, Pedro," he joked. When Pedro tried to deny the story, the Briton didn't let it go: "No. He's like, 'No, that didn't happen.' It f***ing happened. It really happened. He was a very affectionate lover, very kind, by the way." Happy with the crowd's reaction, Robbie Williams jokingly spoke about why he continues to tour: "I look at you, at the audience, and I remember why I do this. It's not for the money, nor for the glory... It's because I have four kids and I f***ing need to get out of the house," he said, laughing. The family was, in fact, at the center of one of the most emotional parts of the night. The singer said that, before having children, he felt lost: "Before having my family, I didn't know what I was doing here. He was lost. It was noisy, immature, maybe successful, but completely lost." The musician spoke of his four children and joked about the fact that he is the Robbie Williams of the 90s and now has four children with the same woman. "I don't know how that happened," he joked. There was also space to remember the period of Take That, with "Relight My Fire". Before recalling the boyband's theme, the host said that he was never allowed to be the lead singer and recalled the episode in which he tried to record the single, but was eventually replaced by Gary Barlow: "They sent me away and put Gary Barlow in my place. And now, whenever this song plays on the radio, I get really sad," he revealed. A special medley, which brought together classics by other artists, such as "Ace of Spades", "Another One Bites the Dust", "We Will Rock You", "Y.M.C.A.", "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" and "Hey Jude", was also part of the lineup. During the medley, the Briton remembered Dolly Parton, an American singer who died this week at the age of 80. "Thank you, Dolly. Not many people have a public life and are universally adored by everyone. And Dolly Parton was adored by everyone. May God bless you, Dolly," said the singer before his choir performed the chorus of "Jolene". Between songs, Robbie Williams also confessed that, before the concert, he didn't know if he would be able to go on stage, revealing that he was sick. "I came here tonight not knowing if I could really do the show, because I'm really f*****," he confessed. Backstage, he was even asked if he thought he could act. The answer was immediate: "I'm in Portugal. I'll be fine." As is tradition in all concerts, he dedicated the theme "She's the One" to a front-row fan. In the final stretch of the night, before performing Frank Sinatra's "My Way", the Briton spoke about his father, who suffers from Parkinson's disease. The singer recalled that his father was a comedian and singer and that he used to accompany him on tours until he got sick. One night, on the way to the stage, I said to him: "God has done me good enough, but he has made you the best in the world Robbie Williams also explained that, deep down, what we all seek is the pride and love of our parents: "All we want is for our mothers and fathers to be proud of us and love us. (...) And I know my father is proud of me. And I also know that when he said, 'You're the best in the world,' he was right." After saying goodbye to the sound of "My Way", the artist returned to the MEO stage for "Feel". "Angels" followed, with the party giving way to a collective moment of emotions. Thousands of voices joined Robbie Williams' in a song that has been part of the musical memory of several generations for almost three decades. The Briton didn't need to reinvent the formula. He brought the great hits, the personality, the humor and an energy that is renewed with each song. The performance started after one in the morning, but for those who were in front of the stage, the clock seemed to matter little. Robbie Williams continues to know how to do what he promises since the title of one of his greatest hits: entertain. And tonight, in Lisbon, among fans of various ages, he did it again on a large scale. MEO Kalorama, day 1: Robbie Williams guaranteed entertainment, Grace Jones took great care in the provocation

Interesting post from Thom ( The Lottery Winners ). Great esposure for the guys when they had off to OZ & NZ with Robbie Music is one of the UK’s greatest exports. It travels further than we ever could, puts our towns and cities on maps all over the world and has been part of this country’s identity for generations. But behind all of that, it’s an industry that is becoming increasingly difficult to survive in. Making records, touring, travelling, taking British music out into the world - it all costs more than ever, and for emerging artists, the gap between having the ambition and actually being able to afford it can be enormous. That’s why support like this matters so much. A wholehearted thank you to @bpi_music and the MEGS panel for believing in us. It genuinely means the world to us, literally. We know what an opportunity this is, and we won’t waste it. We won’t let you down. Let us know in the comments where you want to see us play! ♥️ See video in link below https://www.instagram.com/thelotterywinners/?e=c7bfdb18-c11c-4852-be86-2307f7e88f86&g=5

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https://x.com/pdepopbr After conquering Europe with the most ambitious show of his career, Robbie Williams brings its Britpop tour to Brazil on October 13 in São Paulo. The date of the show is close to the singer's 20th birthday without stepping on Brazilian soil.

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@RTEArchives Robbie Williams entertains 80,000 fans at Slane Castle. WATCH: RTÉ News reports #OnThisDay in 1999 https://rte.ie/archives/category/entertainment/2024/0813/1464803-robbie-williams-at-slane/ @robbiewilliams @SlaneCastle

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Sensation! @michael.patrick.kelly.official und @takethat präsentieren gemeinsamen Song! Is this song celebrating a live premiere at the Golden Henne? Take that and MPK are now doing a common thing - at least musically. Their song #feelmylove is here and there is also an audio sample on YouTube. The whole song will be released on 04.09.2026 - suitable for the awarding of the Golden Henna. Since Take That is also at this year's Golden Henne, we can be curious if MPK will also be present to present the joint song live there for the first time. But first of all, we are excited about the new song and the accompanying audition! Quelle: YouTube Take That Alle Rechte liegen beim Eigentümer #michaelpatrickkelly #takethat #feelmylove #kellyfamily https://www.instagram.com/kuenstlersupport/

Can you believe it.. Take That & Robbie Williams both coming to Thomond Park in 2027 . DREAMERS… 💥" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" We’re thrilled to reveal the title of our upcoming tenth studio album and that we’ll be bringing it to stages next summer with our 2027 European tour. Tickets go on general sale at 10AM local time, Friday 4 September. You can get pre-sale access by pre-ordering Dreamers (arriving later this year) from our official store before 10AM BST / 11AM CEST, Tuesday 1 September. Pre-sale starts 10AM local time on Wednesday 2 September. All pre-order and pre-sale info here: https://takethat.lnk.to/dreamers Pre-Sale & General Sale Timings: 10AM BST / 11AM CEST on Tuesday 1 September. Pre-order for pre-sale access closes 10AM local time on Wednesday 2 September. Ticketing pre-sale begins 10AM local time on Friday 4 September. Tickets go on general sale Source https://www.facebook.com/takethat?__cft__[0]=AZZRcqKKOZK-2i49uoLj1LwQMpMdZfSSrin7QlW2pGqQObKXhMWp7MPUn_P1bw0v5SA7wkGxz8QHW2eS_PeBnXLvXnl8XnkNt8HJQSk40znNUOW5LiGpQp0rAgHvDTQB3gfWzPFjtpKv6MI_muKwbni_&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R

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Take That @takethat · 2h Feel My Love with @MPK_Official is yours on Friday 4th September. We had so much fun making this one. We can’t wait wait for you to hear another song from our upcoming album Dreamers and to play it on tour for you next year! Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Feel My Love (Preview) · Take That · Michael Patrick Kelly Feel My Love ℗ An EMI Recording; ℗ 2026 Universal Music Operations Limited Released on: 2026-08-28 Producer, Background Vocalist, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Programmer: Jamie Scott Producer, Piano, Programmer: Martin Hannah Producer, Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer: Michael Ilbert Producer, Vocalist, Acoustic Guitar: Michael Patrick Kelly Additional Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Programmer: Itamar Lapidot Recording Second Engineer: Merrari Mastering Engineer: Matt Colton Vocalist: Gary Barlow Vocalist: Mark Owen Vocalist: Howard Donald Background Vocalist: Mike Needle Bass: Sam Dixon Keyboard: Ruth O’Mahony-Brady Composer Lyricist: Gary Barlow Composer Lyricist: Mark Owen Composer Lyricist: Howard Donald Composer Lyricist: Jamie Scott Composer Lyricist: Mike Needle Composer Lyricist: Michael Patrick Kelly https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCHmFNsh_Sg1QTmF_L62gMg

@thomrylance 16 h Hollibobs with this one lol @robbiewilliams