Robbie Williams News24

Williams announced last week at BBC Electric Proms that the next single will be “You Know Me”.

“You Know Me” follows hot on the heels of Bodies, Robbie’s biggest selling single since Rock DJ in 2000. Bodies charted in the top three across Europe, with No.1s in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy and entry to the UK charts at No.2. Read the rest…

Robbie Williams has opened the BBC’s Electric Proms series with a headline show at London’s Roundhouse. He was accompanied by a full band and string section for the gig which showcased new material from his forthcoming album Reality Killed the Video Star along with some classics. Acts including Dizzee Rascal, Doves and Dame Shirley Bassey do their own Electric Proms shows later this week.

The Bodies singer caught up with Radio 1′s Scott Mills to tell him about how his comeback’s been going, his life with partner Ayda Field and what was behind him shouting, ‘I’m rich beyond my wildest dreams’ when he signed a contract thought to be worth £80 million back in 2002.

This is what Rob wrote about his performance:

What a lovely audience the other night..
I know listening to new stuff can be a bit of a bore..But everyone was
lovely and received it with kind hearts and consideration
so thank you very much….

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Read what Rob wrote about it:

So i’m stood behind the Jumbo screen waiting to go and peacock…Dermot does a lovely introduction “Blah,blah,blah..lovely stuff and niceties…Ladies and gentlemen Robbie Williams!” At this point in the rehearsals the music starts….The doors open…..BUT LIVE…..The music starts…The Doors don’t open..
So we’re a few seconds in And the doors remain closed a few more seconds and they’re still closed…… Now i don’t know if you’ve ever had 10 million (plus) people ready to judge you on your first performance back in 3 years….

More at www.robbiewilliams.com/news-blogs/x-factor.

First public performance of “Bodies” will be on X Factor in the following Sunday. Robbie have got competition for you, if you wanna be in the London’s studio to see X Factor click for more: http://www.robbiewilliams.com/news-blogs/x-factor-competition

Robbie has been nominated in the Best Male category at this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards and only your votes can make him the winner! Having recently been crowned MTV’s Greatest Superstar thanks to a flood of your votes, Robbie’s fate is in your hands once more as voting opens for the coveted prize. The awards ceremony will be broadcast live from the O2 World in Berlin on Thursday, 5th November from 21:00 CET (20:00 in UK)

He faces tough competition from Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Mika, but we know your votes can make Robbie the winner, soi vote for him on your MTV website:
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Robbie Williams has revealed he is to reunite with Take That at a charity concert in London next month. The ‘Bodies’ singer has been invited to play at a special concert the group’s singer Gary Barlow is organising in aid of charity Children in Need and plans to join his former bandmates for a one-off performance. Read the rest…

Mobile games firm Artificial Life has announced a deal to make an official Robbie Williams iPhone game, due for release later this year. The as-yet unnamed game will tie in with Williams’ new Reality Killed The Video Star album, and will thus include music and artwork from the album within the game. It’s not a music game along the lines of the Lady GaGa Revenge and Coldplay Revenge titles made by US firm Tapulous, though. Instead, Artificial Life’s Robbie game will be a 3D rally racing title. Read the rest…

Robbie Williams will open this year’s BBC Electric Proms. He will be accompanied by a string section, horn section and full band. The show features new material from Robbie’s forthcoming album “Reality Killed the Video Star” alongside some classic tracks, under the musical direction of Trevor Horn.

The first single from the album – Bodies – is classic Robbie, a mash-up of a grinding electro bass line with a gospel choir and heavenly strings, as the singer casts an eye over modern life. Read the rest…

Robbie Williams will perform “Bodies” live next month on TV show X Factor. This will be his first performance in UK since 3 years. Robbie said ““I’m a huge fan of The X Factor, of course I’ll be watching every week, just like everyone else.”

Robbie will be appearing at this year’s ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) Awards as a special guest performer. Those of you in Australia are in for a treat when Robbie takes to the stage later this year on Thursday, 26th November at Sydney’s Acer Arena to give what will be the only live Australian TV performance of his soon-to-be-released single, Bodies. Nine Network will be broadcasting the awards ceremony on the evening, or you can tune in to the encore screening on MTV which will follow the event. (source: robbiewilliams.com)