Robbie Williams News24

British pop star Robbie Williams has quit record label EMI after 15 years and signed a lucrative new deal to relaunch his solo career. The Angels singer has been on EMI’s talent roster since quitting Take That and launching himself as a solo artist back in 2006, but he has now announced he will be joining Universal Music to make his comeback with a new album next year (12). Read the rest…

A representative for Take That has confirmed the group will continue as a four-piece following the departure of Robbie Williams. The singer rejoined his former bandmates last year (10) to make an album and take part in their Progress Live shows, marking his return to the road with the band for the first time in 15 years. The gigs came to an end in July (11) and Williams is now back working on solo material. His departure was confirmed by bandmate Gary Barlow in an interview with Britain’s Radio Times, with the singer saying, “We’re all happy. The fans have come along and been happy… Now Rob’s doing a solo record, and from this point it’s back to where it was. It ended perfectly. And you know what, we can revisit it whenever we want. Read the rest…

The ‘Angels’ singer and his actress wife Ayda Field plans to have children are well underway and they have even picked out names for their prospective babies already.

He said: “She wants a football team. I want two. A boy and a girl. “[We're going to call them] Woody and Sonny! Cool, eh? She wants to get on it now, but, I just got back off tour. There’s a stretch from now until Christmas and then, we’ll do some practising.” The 37-year-old star – who married Ayda in August 2010 – is glad he has waited until his late 30s to start a family, as he thinks it will make him a better father.

In an interview with The Times Magazine, he added: “I think up until now, with relationships, I’ve played it well. I waited till I was well into my thirties, I did what I needed to do, I got here without any kids. Now I’m a bit older, a bit more mature, kids will come.”

Robbie admitted he has had problems committing to one woman in the past, and was initially worried he would cheat on Ayda, but after five years together, he is now sure their bond is solid. He added: “I haven’t had to monogamise. I didn’t want to be capable. All the way through my twenties, I wanted someone who would fix me.
Then I wanted a maid. But I didn’t even find them.”

When asked if he was a good husband, Robbie replied he was and added: “I don’t cheat on her. That’s the main one. That was the main worry that I had.”

The singer – who recently finished a tour with his old boy band Take That – has been working on lyrics for his ninth album at his Los Angeles home, and thinks the results are his best ever. He wrote on his blog: “Lyric progress? I wrote everything I needed to finish – aren’t I a good boy? Read the rest…

Robbie Williams has apologised to fans in Denmark from his sick bed after a bout of severe food poisoning forced his band Take That to cancel a show in the country. The Angels hitmaker, who is on his first tour with the band since he quit to go solo in 1995, became “violently ill” on Friday (15Jul11) after eating seafood. Read the rest…

The Take That star was performing his solo section at the group’s concert at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland, on Saturday night (18.06.11) when his penis popped out of his trousers during a raunchy routine of ‘Rock DJ’. Read the rest…

Take That singers Mark Owen and Howard Donald were both trapped on a stage robot during their concert at the City of Manchester stadium at the weekend. The pair were meant to be lowered to the stage on the palms of the group’s giant robot man, Om, but the mechanics failed. Read the rest…

The Take That singer – who recently began a tour with his old band – will release a clothing collection inspired by his grandfather in the UK from September. Entitled Farrell, the range will be available from the House of Fraser department store and on website Shopdirect.com. Read the rest…

The 37-year-old Take That singer thought getting a boost of Human Growth Hormone (HGH) would help fight his feelings of lethargy and make him healthier but was told by medical experts his problems stemmed from a lack of the hormone – which boosts a man’s sex drive – and says the supplementary injections have changed his life. Read the rest…

The reunited five members of Take That kicked off their Progress Live 2011 tour in spectacular fashion last night (27.05.11).
Take That kicked off their Progress Live 2011 tour in spectacular fashion last night (27.05.11). The ‘Never Forget’ group opened their European tour at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, Northern England, with a huge stage set including an 18 metre tall bionic man prop, acrobats and stage performers climbing a towering wall of water. The band initially appearing as a quartet with Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Howard Donald performing ‘Rule The World’, ‘Greatest Day’, ‘Hold Up A Light’, ‘Patience’ and ‘Shine’.

Returning member of the group Robbie Williams then appeared to perform a selection of his solo hits including ‘Let Me Entertain You’, ‘Rock DJ’, and ‘Angels’. The full five piece group were then reunited onstage to play their first full set in 15 years. Robbie told the crowd: “20 years in the making, 15 years in the waiting, five years deliberating. Ladies and gentlemen, the That That show. I’m very proud to be a part of it all again.” The band then performed a selection of classic tracks from their 90s period including ‘Million Love Songs’, ‘Babe’, ‘Everything Changes’ and ‘Back For Good’.
The stage production reportedly cost £15 million to produce and featured 31 performers and nine costume changes for the band.