Robbie Williams is reportedly planning a huge musical comeback in 2008.

The singer – who recently came to the end of his four-year recording deal with EMI – is said to be so jealous of his former Take That bandmates success he is plotting his revenge by planning a comeback of his own.

A source close to the singer said: “Things haven’t been going that well for Robbie recently and he’s been having a bit of a break from recording. Read the rest…

Its charity for singer Robbie Williams this Christmas, for the former Take That star has volunteered himself to a homeless shelter for the day.

The Feel singer will be spending both Christmas Day and Boxing Day distributing gifts to the less fortunate ones at the Skid Row charity house in LA.

The singer might also play a few notes on his guitar and will be singing Christmas carols after they finish eating.

It was Robbie’s chef friend Raymond Terry who first took him to see the shelter and had quite a few good things to tell about the 33-year-old stars philanthropy.

“Robbie does an awful lot of charity work. And this is really close to his heart. Everybody I’ve taken to Skid Row is moved to tears. And the homeless people there are a lot of fun, The Sun quoted Raymond, as saying. Read the rest…

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Robbie Williams may quit his record label EMI after he completes his final studio album for the company, his manager has suggested.

The singer signed a record £80m deal with the label in 2002 to produce four albums for the company.

“I would be very wary about signing him to any major label at the moment,” Tim Clark told the Daily Telegraph.

The singer has been with the company for a decade and remains one of the label’s biggest-selling acts.

Mr Clark refused to comment on the performer’s current contract terms, but said “all options” were open once Williams has completed his obligations.

Negotiations

The singer is also contracted to release a best-of compilation.

Since 2002, Williams has released three albums: Escapology (2002), Intensive Care (2005) and Rudebox (2006).

A fourth album, Let’s Swing Again, is due for release in February 2008.

Williams will be the first major pop act to come up for renegotiation under EMI’s new owner, private equity giant Terra Firma.

Mr Clark’s comments suggest Williams could follow in the footsteps of Paul McCartney and Radiohead, who have both left EMI in the past two years.

He said the internet offered artists opportunities without the need for record labels.

“What we really don’t want is the dead hand of multinationals throttling these brilliant opportunities,” Mr Clark said.

‘Devaluing music’

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke criticised EMI last week on BBC Radio 4′s Front Row.

“When you’re in a situation like this with shareholders, private equity firms, it looks at music as something to buy and sell on, that it’s inorganic, that it’s something that can be valued and devalued,” he said.

“Companies buying and selling themselves and seeing the artists work as simply part of their stock is devaluing music – if anybody’s responsible for devaluing music, it’s them.”

Sir Paul McCartney also branded his former label “boring” last week in a newspaper interview, citing it as a reason for why they parted company.

EMI declined to comment. (source: BBC.co.uk)

Robbie Williams is in Los Angeles again. Paparazzi saw him in shopping mall. He visited Abercrombie and Fitch, The Grove and Nordstrom. Is he making shopping before Christmas or just making beard to grow to look like a Santa?

Robbie Williams is to issue an apology in court to former Take That manager Nigel Martin-Smith over claims in a song that he stole money from the band.

The multi-millionaire pop star is also expected to pay damages and legal costs running into six figures. A hearing at the High Court on Wednesday will bring to an end a long-running feud between the two. Manchester music mogul Martin-Smith put Take That together and made them into one of the biggest-selling pop groups in history. But after Williams suddenly quit in 1995, Martin-Smith successfully sued him for breach of contract. Williams last year released the album Rudebox. One of the tracks, The 90s, claimed Martin-Smith ripped off Take That over tour payments and detailed how Williams fantasised about gouging out his eyes.

He was forced to re-record the song after Martin-Smith instigated legal proceedings shortly after the album’s release in October 2006. Read the rest…

Robbie Williams is on his way to Egypt to record new material apparently inspired by his new girlfriend Ayda Fields. The couple – currently holidaying in Morocco – seem to be finally getting serious after dating each other off and on for the last twelve months. Robbie is said to have become inseperable from the American TV actress – which he hopes to cement by recording the new songs. A source tells The Sun, “It is unusual behaviour for Rob, who normally can’t be bothered leaving the house to meet a girl.

“Ayda’s calming influence and steady outlook on life seem to be producing the balance Robbie’s been so desperate to find.”

Earlier: Robbie Williams was spotted hanging out in Amsterdam wearing an old man-style beanie hat, beard and sunglasses. His spokesperson denied that he smoked any drugs while in the Dutch city.

Video: Robbie Williams in Amsterdam.

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(sources: entertainmentwise.com, youtube, web)