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Robbie Williams new without scandals

20/01/2017 written by Michel Imhof
After his last swing album "Swing Both Ways", Mr. Entertainment Robbie Williams is back with the album "The Heavy Entertainment Show" and a stadium tour. He is still the wild singer on stage, but in his private life Williams has become calmer.

"My name is Robbie Williams and for the next two hours, your ass is mine!" - That's Robbie Williams' greeting at every one of his concerts. "That's my standard phrase. I'm still working on it, suggestions are welcome!", he said during his appearance on the ProSieben program "Circus HalliGalli".

It's been over twenty years since Robbie Williams left Take That and embarked on one of the biggest solo careers in Europe. He not only fills entire halls, but stadiums. When Williams comes onto the stage in front of 125,000 people suspended upside down on a rope and sings "Let Me Entertain You", as he did at Knebworth in the UK in 2003, it's great cinema. He is in his element on stage and knows how to cast a spell over the audience.

In the meantime, he doesn't attach any importance to parties and even abstains from alcohol

But although the lead single from his latest album is called "Party Like a Russian", Williams' life has calmed down, as he revealed in an interview with BLICK: "I haven't been partying in my private life for a long time, but I eat all the more chocolate." Intoxicants are largely a thing of the past, there are no more drug excesses: "I haven't drunk alcohol for a few years now, I keep my hands off strong drugs and, as far as possible, light drugs too."

Williams puts the fact that he has become calmer down to his family: "My children have saved me. They give me the opportunity to take responsibility." Williams has been married to actress Ayda Fields (37) since 2010; their first child, daughter Theodora Rose (4), was born in 2012 and their second child, Charlton Valentine (2), in 2014. He dedicated the song "Go Gentle" on his last album to his daughter, nicknamed Teddy, and the song "Motherfucker" on his current album to his son Charlton. "The song for my daughter is heartfelt and sweet. For my song, I thought back to what I would have liked to have heard about myself as a twelve-year-old. That's just the bad boy image." Williams lives with his family in Los Angeles, their second home is in London.

Successful producer brought back on board

For his "The Heavy Entertainment Show", Williams has brought an old colleague on board: Guy Chambers. He is responsible for Williams' big hits "Angels", "Feel" and "Rock DJ" - to name just a few. "We wrote five albums together and then fell out," he says. "But he's like a big musical brother to me. I knew that we would work together again at some point." He just didn't think the break would last so long: "We already made my last swing album together. That's why he's now also on board for the pop album".

Next year, Williams will be touring 17 European countries with "The Heavy Entertainment Show Tour". And even if Williams has become quieter in his private life, one thing is still certain: he is very, very wild on stage.

Robbie's wild stories


  1. The Brit says of himself that he would like to be gay. Although he has often had a crush on men, he is not a fan of penises. He was constantly checking whether Google still suggested "gay" when he typed in "Robbie Williams" and was surprised when it no longer did.

  2. Williams is obsessed with UFOs. In an interview, he claimed to have been visited by extraterrestrials three times. He has even subscribed to a Google News Alert for this.

  3. Robbie Williams does not have a driver's license. He says the traffic in London is too bad, so he always takes a cab and has never thought of getting a driver's license. Strangely, the singer currently lives in the car city of Los Angeles.

  4. He is still ashamed of the fact that he once caused an entire concert hall to boo the VIP sector. They didn't seem to want to get up. When his manager waved his hands in front of the stage, he realized that something was wrong. These were wheelchair seats.


ROBBIE WILLIAMS
Sat September 2, 17, Letzigrund Stadium Zurich
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