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Robbie Williams rocks Manchester - 30 incredible photos at Co-op LiveWhat a show from Robbie Williams! Dianne Bourne Lifestyle Editor 08:28, 11 JUN 2025 Robbie Williams rocks Manchester (Image: Kenny Brown) Robbie Williams brought a humdinger of a show to Manchester's Co-op Live on Tuesday night - and will return again on Wednesday to wow fans. Our photographer was there to capture the moment Robbie arrived on stage, before heading on to a giant golden rocket, and then plummeting back down to the ground. It was the start of a night of huge entertainment inside the arena on Robbie's ongoing Britpop tour. There were also surprises in store for fans on Tuesday, with The Lottery Winners' Thom Rylance joining Robbie for a duet, before X Factor star Lucy Spraggan was also brought out to stage to sing on the Take That anthem Relight My Fire. You can read our full review from the five star show here. And continue below to see our photographer Kenny Brown's brilliant photos from the Co-op Live show. Robbie was a rocketman as he burst out on to stage to perform new track Rocket. (Image: Kenny Brown) He then delighted fans by heading on to a golden "rocket" to rise up into the air at the Co-op Live Arena. (Image: Kenny Brown) It was a spectacular start to a real humdinger of a show. (Image: Kenny Brown) Robbie then stunned fans by leaping off from the Rocket to fall back down to earth to continue the show. (Image: Kenny Brown) His rocketman suit was ripped off by his backing dancers, to reveal a bright red tracksuit reminiscent of his famous 1998 Glastonbury moment. (Image: Kenny Brown) Robbie did his best to prove he was the "King of Entertainment" in Manchester. (Image: Kenny Brown) It was a huge production, with full live band and dance crew. (Image: Kenny Brown) Robbie was in mischievious form throughout the show. (Image: Kenny Brown) He lapped up the applause from his adoring fan faithful. (Image: Kenny Brown) At the start of the show he emerged surrounded by microphones. (Image: Kenny Brown) A quick change into all red as he continued the show. (Image: Kenny Brown) (Image: Kenny Brown)12 of 32 Robbie Williams rocks Manchester - 30 incredible photos at Co-op Live - Manchester Evening News

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Robbie Williams brings surprise star guest out at Co-op Live gig in ManchesterRobbie said: "Show her the love she deserves" as he welcomed a special guest in Manchester Dianne Bourne Lifestyle Editor 22:32, 10 Jun 2025 Robbie brought Lucy Spraggan out as a guest (Image: Manchester Evening News) Pop superstar Robbie Williams surprised fans at the first of his two Manchester Co-op Live gigs by bringing out a surprise star guest. Former Take That star Robbie is back in the city with his new Britpop Tour. Earlier gigs on the tour have seen a string of surprise guests join Robbie on stage - including boyband Five in London. He has also been welcoming surprise singers to perform the now-famous "Lulu bit" of Relight My Fire, including Lulu herself at one show, and former X Factor winner Michelle McManus on his opening night in Edinburgh. (Image: Manchester Evening News) On Tuesday night in Manchester, it was another X Factor star who joined Robbie for Relight My Fire. Article continues below (Image: Manchester Evening News) Wearing a black leatherette suit, Lucy delighted the crowd singing along to the Take That chart-topper alongside Robbie. The pals embraced at the end of the song, as Robbie said: "Show her the love she deserves." Lucy appeared in The X Factor back in 2012 and has gone on to enjoy chart success as a solo artist. Meanwhile The Lottery Winners frontman Thom had earlier hailed the gig "the best night of my life" after playing the support slot at the sold out Co-op Live arena. When he rejoined Robbie on stage during the "C stage" section of the show, the two singers bantered about what their double act would be called, settling on "The Balls". Robbie Williams brings surprise star guest out at Co-op Live gig in Manchester - Manchester Evening News nd of his two shows on Wednesday night.

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Robbie Williams live in London: Good old fashioned entertainment fills a stadiumIt's bonkers, bizarre and it doesn't all make sense. But you can't fault Robbie's commitment to old fashioned entertainment. Robbie Williams (Picture: Jason Hetherington) “My dream is to become the greatest entertainer on the planet… the king of entertainment,” says Robbie Williams as he greets the Emirates Stadium crowd while wearing a silver spacesuit. It’s a fitting mantra for the man who has always occupied one of the most curious spaces in British pop history. On one hand is the man with his place cemented in UK pop history after flogging 75 million albums and enough awards to fill his LA mansion. On the other is the man who, at various points during tonight’s show, speaks to an AI rendering of his younger and older self and belts out a cover of Dennis Waterman’s Minder theme tune. It’s unpredictable, unrepentantly wild and definitely entertainment. It begins with the moment when Robbie enters in the aforementioned space suit and goes straight into his new 70s flecked single ‘Rocket’, before a customary run-through of ‘Let Me Entertain You’ gets the entire stadium pogoing. As for that entertainment, it’s abundantly clear when he begins a lightning speed medley of Foo Fighters, Blur, Bon Jovi and The White Stripes. It’s unhinged, but he’s only too aware of the silliness. “You need to forget about being cool and just commit,” he posits. To his credit, he completely commits. Whether that’s commanding the crowd while wearing a coat that resembled a giant pink loofah or bringing out Lulu for ‘Relight My Fire’, it’s a complete carnival of madness that rarely gives you time to take in one moment before the next arrives. Among the strangest is with the chat with an AI rendering of a young Robbie (cue jokes about his hedonistic past) and then an older Robbie too (cue some end-of-the-pier jokes about erectile dysfunction). There’s also the moment when he inexplicably brings out Lethal Bizzle to perform his recent track ‘Can’t Touch This’, before Bizzle is joined by Wiley. The latter guest in particular seems an ill-advised choice, given that he was stripped of his MBE in 2020 after making a series of anti-semitic comments online and is yet to properly address his actions. At the core of the show, though, is the same showmanship that has propelled Robbie to national treasure status over the last 30 years. He serenades a fan who has travelled from China during ‘She’s the One’ and spends large portions endearingly talking about how his family have saved his life. He ends the main portion of the set with ‘My Way’, which feels like the most appropriate of closers. Here was an artist offering a firm two fingers up to the idea of cool and resolutely dancing to the beat of their own entertainment-packed drum. The result, for the most part, is one of the most thrilling stadium shows of the year. Robbie Williams live in London: Good old fashioned entertainment fills a stadium

Reminder Soccer Aid is this Sunday JUNE 15TH 😊⚽ Recent articles rarely mention Jonny when it comes to Soccer Aid 😒 Robbie Williams should be knighted for charity efforts, says Soccer Aid host Dermot O'LearySoccer Aid returns next week. Henry Browne/Getty Images "My wife [Dee Koppang O’Leary] is a TV drama director – she’s just doing Rivals again, and she worked on The Crown, Bridgerton and Abi Morgan’s The Split – so we watch a lot of drama. We’ve enjoyed zeitgeisty stuff like The Last of Us and The White Lotus, and I’ve retrospectively been getting into Andor. I love all my Star Wars and it’s the best TV of the Star Wars universe. You're watching: New on Netflix in June 2025 "Oh, and I adore Shogun! I’m glued to every frame of that. There is so much great, gutsy drama out there – we could have this conversation again tomorrow and I’d have another six or seven shows I’d talk about." So, you don't watch a lot of your own genre, entertainment? "I’m such an entertainment kid, and I grew up in live TV, but it must be like working in a fish-and-chip shop – you love fish and chips, but when you get home, you can’t eat fish and chips. I don’t sit down to watch entertainment shows, but if I’m cooking, that’s when I’ll watch them – as well as documentaries, live sport and current affairs." What's been key to your success as a presenter? "You can teach most things, but two things you can’t teach are curiosity and empathy. You meet some presenters who aren’t as curious as they should be. Empathy is something that you have and that you garner as you get older and you’ve lived a bit more. And you never stop learning. "I hadn’t done much co-hosting before This Morning and I barely knew Alison [Hammond] when we started, but I’ve learnt so much from her and now she’s like a sister to me. Always learning is why I still really love the job." Dermot O'Leary. UNICEF/Soccer Aid Productions/Stella Pictures You're hosting Soccer Aid — have you ever fancied playing in the match? "I play five-a-side most Thursdays locally with a lovely bunch of guys of all ages, so part of me does fancy playing rather than hosting, especially when I see some of the players and think, 'Well, I could do that.' But then you get down onto the side of the pitch, you look at how big it is and realise it’s quite hard to kick a ball from the corner flag into anywhere near the box! It’s the 10th anniversary next year, so maybe they’ll let me go out and play for 10 minutes." Who have you seen get the most rapturous reception from the Soccer Aid crowd? "When Pele came to visit, it was like Jesus had turned up. You had the crowd going wild, but you also had these really famous football players walking past losing the plot because Pele was there. I’ve been lucky enough to meet a lot of famous people, and it’s not easy to handle that level of fame. Pele acknowledged his legendary status, but it fell so lightly on his shoulders. That’s the hallmark of class." Have you got a favourite footballer you’d like to see play on Soccer Aid? "Thierry Henry – he was such a gifted, beautiful footballer to watch and had this passion combined with intelligence, which I love. That whole Arsenal team were about that, so you didn’t feel like you were supporting a bunch of idiots." Do you agree that Robbie Williams doesn't get the credit he deserves for coming up with Soccer Aid, and that if there's a football/charity-related knighthood going, he should be first in line? "I would like to see Robbie knighted. Robbie always shows up, and I don’t mean that just literally. Even if he isn’t playing, he brings that stardust quality. When he does something, he really commits to it, I saw that when I did The X Factor with him. We had Judges’ Houses round his house and normally they can’t wait to get rid of us, but Robbie is so committed and so focused – and the focus he has given UNICEF has been great. It would be lovely to see that recognised." Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2025 airs on Sunday 15th June at 6pm on ITV1 and ITVX. Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The Radio Times Podcast. Robbie Williams should be knighted for charity efforts, says Soccer Aid host Dermot O'Leary | Radio Times

Robbie Williams live at Emirates Stadium: all hail the king of entertainmentRobbie does everything in his power to give the crowd the best night of their lives. Artists: Robbie Williams + Published: June 9, 2025|By Ali Shutler Photography by Frances Beach Robbie Williams wants to be known as the king of entertainment. “Life is tough; the world’s gone mad. We need a place to come together to have a shared experience,” he explains at the start of his second headline gig at London’s Emirates Stadium. The entire show, he continues, is his love letter to entertainment. “So forget about being cool and just commit.” For the next 100 minutes, Robbie does everything in his power to give the crowd the best night of their lives. Early outings for the rowdy ‘Let Me Entertain You’ and the boisterous ‘Rock DJ’ set the tone, while a medley of stadium-sized hits from Foo Fighters, Blur, The White Stripes and Bon Jovi turn the venue into the biggest rock disco around. There’s no sign of Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi for new single ‘Rocket’, the only track from upcoming album ‘Britpop’ that makes the set, but he’s joined by The Lottery Winners’ vocalist Thom Rylance and Lulu for a searing ‘Relight My Fire’ and there’s some serious dad dancing when Wiley, Lethal Bizzle and Scorcho perform their collaborative track ‘Can’t Touch This’. Yes, Robbie raps as well. There are also AI skits with past and future versions of himself alongside jokes about his turbulent history and the size of his penis. The whole thing would feel cheesy if not for Williams’ charismatic blend of bravado and self-awareness. “You better be good because I’m phenomenal,” he smirks at one point. “Embrace your cringe,” he encourages a little later. And for the first half of the show, Emirates Stadium is treated to an over-the-top run-through of some of the finest pop songs ever written, with Robbie, the cartoonish all-singing, all-dancing ringmaster. Later, though, he admits to the crowd that before heading out on his first stadium run since 2017, he got incredibly anxious and still doubts his relevance. He also reveals that his parents now have Parkinson’s and dementia, which makes him worried about his own future. It leads to an emotionally charged rendition of ‘My Way’ that’s both defiant and gut-wrenching. The prickling, heartfelt energy continues through the soaring ‘Feel’ and tender karaoke classic ‘Angels’. Before Robbie takes to the stage, a video talks about the death of traditional entertainment due to the rise of social media and artificial intelligence. It’s not just an easy set-up for a nostalgic run-through of the greatest hits, though, with the same video talking about the irreplaceable human element as singers, dancers, and musicians prowl the stage. They’re a consistent presence throughout the night, giving tracks such as ‘Millennium’, ‘Kids’ and ‘Strong’ a snarling energy. Then there’s Robbie, the rebellious, desperate showman who’s at his most powerful when he’s vulnerable about what these timeless classics now mean to him. It’s a bold move, considering a lot of Britpop Summer is being championed by bands hoping to relive their glory days, but it makes for a smart, silly show with a lot of heart. It’s been 34 years since Take That’s debut single, but there’s still no one else who wears the crown quite like Robbie Williams. All hail the king of entertainment. Robbie Williams live at Emirates Stadium: all hail the king of entertainment - Dork

Masculinity, mental health, cat food – Robbie Williams’s comeback has it allLauren O'Neill He’s still perfectly capable of putting his foot in his mouth, but the more he reveals of himself the more we seem to love him. Welcome to the Robnaissance Masculinity, mental health, cat food – Robbie Williams’s comeback has it all | Lauren O'Neill | The Guardian Few facts feel more perfect than this: Robbie Williams’s current stadium and arena tour is sponsored by a cat food. Yes, the Britpop tour, promoting Williams’s upcoming album of the same title, is brought to us by Felix (he joins the brand’s feline mascot in a new campaign). The show has just spent two nights in residence at London’s Emirates Stadium, having previously stopped off in Edinburgh. It will also see dates in Manchester, Bath, Newcastle and Dublin, as well as other cities in Europe, many of which are sold out. I mention the cat food thing because it feels pretty intrinsic to Williams’s popular persona, and how he’s perceived right now. It is, by anyone’s standards, entirely camp in that particularly British, “hun culture” type of way, where glamour goes hand in hand with ordinariness – and that’s exactly where Robbie’s appeal lies in 2025, as he experiences what appears to be a cultural comeback. Indeed, over the past year or so, and particularly over the past six months, Williams has experienced a resurgence, something he himself acknowledges: “Robbie Williams,” he laughed on stage on Friday night. “Back in stadiums, eh?” That’s not the only bit of evidence, however. He’s rumoured to be playing a secret slot at this year’s Glastonbury; he was recently honoured with the PRS for Music Icon award at the Ivors; and while his biopic Better Man was commercially unsuccessful, it went down pretty well with critics, who praised it for its candour about class and addiction. Williams shows up on cosy TV shows such as Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel, not to mention the cat food adverts, but he’s also found an audience with generation Z, as the subject of social media posts featuring archive photos of 90s and 00s fashion and celebrity culture. His appeal in 2025 has become widespread; his music still endures (play Angels in any pub in Britain and it’ll have the same effect as telling everyone there’s a free bar). You could, then, call it a bit of a Robnaissance. This is all happening because Williams occupies a unique position. He’s a charisma machine who regularly plays in front of thousands, but he’ll also happily divulge to his crowds that he’s – and I quote – “knackered” after playing certain songs, and exchanges concerns about erectile dysfunction with a lip-fillered, AI version of his future self in a between-songs bit. If someone from a younger, more self-serious generation – Sam Fender, Harry Styles – were being sponsored by Pedigree Chum it would probably raise a few eyebrows, but for Williams, stuff like the Felix partnership is entirely on brand. The first person, after all, to nudge and wink at Robbie is Robbie. There is a whole section in his show about how he no longer cares for being cool, while dressed in a hot pink suit. On stage, he delightedly acknowledges that his audience is primarily made up of middle-aged mums – “and I love it!” He speaks candidly about his poor mental health on Instagram. Interestingly and marvellously, it’s in this total abandon that his star is rising again. And this could, it should be acknowledged, very easily not have happened. For a while, he wasn’t well received by the public – a video of him singing as his wife Ayda Field gave birth to their child went down online like a ton of bricks, as did a gag where he used hand sanitiser after touching hands with a New Year’s Eve audience on TV. It was only in 2022 that he was widely criticised for performing in Qatar at the football World Cup, responding to the feedback thus: “If we’re not condoning human rights abuses anywhere, then it would be the shortest tour the world has ever known: I wouldn’t even be able to perform in my own kitchen.” Since then, however, the tide has turned. Williams has publicly shown his softer side again. A 2023 Netflix documentary about his life saw him reviewing photos and footage on his laptop, in bed in his underwear. There’s also the aforementioned mental health chat online, and, of course, Better Man was further insight into his struggles at the hands of the press and the music industry. Broadly, the vulnerability that he has always embraced in his music (“I don’t wanna die, but I ain’t keen on living either”) has become more and more in vogue for men and male celebrities, in response to the frightening versions of masculinity spawning online. It seems that the mainstream masculinity of the day has caught up with the man who openly sang in 2002: “If you don’t need me, I don’t exist.” Williams will probably always have the ability to put his foot in his mouth spectacularly. But the more he reveals of himself, the more he cements his place as a unique and – let’s face it – unparalleled British performer. There is nobody who does what he does, nobody with his legacy or catalogue, nobody who straddles cool and uncool in quite the same way that Brits love so much. From where I am standing, then, Williams’s popularity in the current moment is deserved and hard won, for a performer who has the type of gift you cannot teach. When he emerged on stage in front of 60,000 people on Friday night, he introduced himself simply: “I’m Robbie Williams. This is my band, this is my arse.” He also told us: “I want to be the king of entertainment.” And at this point, you do have to ask: who else could it be? This is his Robnaissance – we’re just living in it. Masculinity, mental health, cat food – Robbie Williams’s comeback has it all | Lauren O'Neill | The Guardian

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Gary Barlow sends crowd wild with Take That classics at 'magical' Nottingham showStory by Kevin Cooper Gary Barlow Performing His Songbook Tour at The Royal Concert Hall© Kevin Cooper From the moment that Gary Barlow stepped on stage at the Royal Concert Hall on Friday night (June 6) for the first number of his Songbook tour, he held the sold-out crowd in the palm of his hand. Celebrating the music he has created over the past thirty years both with Take That and as a solo star, everything that he did was greeted with wild enthusiasm and screams galore from the predominantly female audience. He opened with one of his own songs Open Road, which was quickly followed by Take That’s Greatest Day, as confetti rained down on the ecstatic crowd. The crowd lapped up every song be it 90’s pop joy with Sure, Everything Changes and Pray complete with his dancing moves, or newer crowd pleasers like These Days and The Flood. Barlow then introduced his ‘marmite’ part of the set as he invited the crowd to sit and enjoy what he is superb at, namely writing simple pop ballads. A Million Love Songs was beautiful and had the crowd singing along as did the gorgeous Patience. He delivered a lovely moment of reflection as he performed his latest and really quite moving song, If There’s Not A Song About It, dueting with one of his backing singers Jemma Donovan. He followed this up with his debut solo chart topper from back in 1996, Forever Love, which provided a really special moment as he tinkled out the mournful opening notes. He wound the show up with a host of Take That’s biggest anthems such as Shine, Relight My Fire, and Back For Good. Ending with a magical mobile phone lit sing along to Rule The World before the confetti bomb finale in time honoured Take That fashion to Never Forget. Having taken the crowd on a trip down memory lane, it was impossible not to love pop’s most embarrassing dad who had delivered a set that was all pure, saccharine joy. Gary Barlow sends crowd wild with Take That classics at 'magical' Nottingham show

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