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December 20th
Radio success in Europe
Angels was the 26th most played track on commercial European radio stations last week, that was 6 places higher than last week. The song has been in the Top 40 for two weeks.
December 16th
Chart success
Angels has moved up two places in the UK Top 40, from No. 7 to No. 5. The album has reentered the UK Albums chart at No. 32.
Robbie on TV
There will be a Rob special on MTV on Saturday, the programme will focus on Rob's solo career.
He'll also be featured in a Robbie special on VIVA TV December 28th 3 pm CET. Concert footage from Cologne will be included so be sure to set your VCR's.
Radio success
Angels was the most requested song on UK Radio 1 last week, well done Rob!
December 15th
Norwegian radio interviews
I recieved a mail from P4, stating that Robbie will be on the show Etter Atten med Even Rognlien today (monday) 18.00 - 20.00, and on the show Grenseløst med Siv Stubsveen on Tuesday 21.00 - 23.00. He will however not appear on NRK P3, according to a mail a got from HC Andersen (DJ on the show Topp 20), Robbie didn't have time to do the interview so it was cancelled.
On Norwegian TV show
Robbie sang Angels (to playback) on Norwegian TV on Saturday. He looked great and people in the audience went wild for him, hopefully the appearance will bost his sales in Norway, which hasn't been too good so far.
December 9th
Robbie on tribute album
Robbie will contribute to a tribute album to Noel Coward. The album will be out in April and some of the profits will go to Red Hot AIDS Charity Trust. Other stars that will contribute with songs to the album are Suede, Elton John, Marianne Faithfull, Bryan Ferry and Divine Comedy. The album will be produced by Neil Tennant.
December 8th
New album
Robbie will be starting to work on his new album in January!!
Top Of The Pops performance
He will be recoring a performance of Angels on the 11th of December, it will be broadcast on Friday 12th December
Norway Promo
On Saturday 13th December Robbie will be in Norway performing on the TV show Ei Hand Å Holde I from Gjøvik Fjellhall. The show is aired live and Robbie will be on at 21.10.
While in Norway he will also be interviewed by Radio P4, NRK P3 and TV2's weekly show God Kveld, Norge which is aired every Wednesday.
Danish Promo
Friday 12th December Rob'll be interviewed by P3 - The whole show is due to be broadcast on Christmas day 16.00.
Robbie will do a brief interview for 'National TV Puls' to introduce his new video 'Angels'
He'll also be on Radio 'Voice' - Live on air interview and performance of 6 songs;
Angels
Baby Girl Window
One Of God's Better People
Lazy Days
South Of The Border
She Makes Me High
Dutch Promo
On Wednesday 10th December Robbie'll be singing Angels live on Tros TV. He'll also be interviewed by Telegraaf and GPD.
Taiwan Interviews
On Tuesday 9th December Robbie will be doing some phone interviews for Taiwan.
Concert Of Hope
Robbie performed alongside Gary Barlow, Damage, Boyzone, 911, All Saints, Peter Andre. He played six songs including his singles South Of The Border, Lazy Days, Angels and Old Before I Die plus his rocky version of Back For Good. He also performed the Beatles' classic Let It Be together with his old mate Gary Barlow and the other acts.
Thanx to Ricarda for this info.
Robbie In Court
As most of you must know by now, Robbie was sued by his former manager Nigel Martin Smith. The court ordered Rob to pay NMS £90 000, Rob must also par NMS a fifth of all his royalities till February 2006. His record company Chrysalis states that they will appeal.
If you want to tell Nigel Martin-Smith what you think of him, you can write to him at this adress:
Nigel Martin-Smith
41 South King Street
Manchester
M2 6DE
Tel: +44 161 832 8080/8737 (0161 from UK)
Fax: +44 161 832 1613
Messages of support to Rob can be sent to this adress:
F.A.O. Tim Clark
IE Music Ltd
59A Chesson Road
London
W14 9QS
Fax: +44 171 610 0762
November 17th
Tour date cancelled
The concert in Geneva on Wednesday 19th November has been cancelled. The reason is unknown to me.
The gig in Madrid on November 27th will not be taking place either, but it will be rescheldued for another date.
TV appearances
Robbie will be promoting Angels a lot over the next couple of weeks.
He will be at the following shows:
ICRT Radio (Live show) - November 25th. Rob will be on air at 15.10 for an interview with David Wang until 15.25.
BCC Radio (Live show) - November 25th. Rob will be on between 14.30 and 14.45 and will answer competition winners questions asked by the dj.
MTV Mandarin - November 25th. Robbie should be on air to talk about his album between 12.00 and 12.45.
TV München - Rob will have a 20 minute interview with TV Muchen and an interview with TZ.
TFI Friday - November 28th. He'll be performing Angels.
National Lottery - December 3rd. He'll be performing Angels.
This Morning - December 4th. He will be performing Angels.
Angels video and release date
Robbie has completed the video for Angels so look out for it at your TV screens. The single will be out December 1st.
Rob naked on stage
Smash Hits reports: Botty Williams! He goes on stage starkers.
We all know that Robbie Williams is a natural showman, but he brought a new meaning to the phrase when he showed everything at a gig last fortnight in Manchester. Ather announcing, 'The press say I'm always getting my kit off, so I'll give them something to write about now,' the Robster proceeded to sing Old Before I Die with only a guitar covering his nethers. 'Brings a new meaning to bum notes,' one member of the audience was heard to shriek...
November 7th
Robbie at the MTV Music Awards
Robbie presented the award for Best Breakthrough Artist together with Baywatch's Gina Lee Nolin, at the MTV Music Awards last night. He wore the same jacket he wore on the cover of LTAL, and looked really good with a pair of sunglasses on. He was in a good mod and joked about they way he looked last year. A sound samle will be up in the sounds section shortly.
October 25th
News from the The Official Robbie Williams Web Site:
Angels - The new single
It is confirmed that Robbie's new single will be Angels, it is due for release as a Christmas single. Robbie will be shooting the video at the end of October.
Tour Update
If you were at the Manchester gig you may have been fortunate enough to catch Rob in his birthday suit - and what a dapper one it was too!
The London gigs kicked off in a big way on both nights. The Hammersmith Palais was packed and Rob and his band put on two great performances.
The first of the London gigs on Thursday 16th was followed by an aftershow party for guests of Robbie, the band and crew who have been travelling the length and breadth of the UK to bring the man himself to you live and direct.
Friday night was another great gig and if you were there you may have caught a glimpse of the likes of Chris Evans, Gabby Roselyn, Mark Owen and Des-Re.
Robbie on Italian TV
For those of you in Italy Robbie will be doing a short promo trip when he will be appearing of the following TV shows:
Fantastica TV - 25th Oct
Buona Domenica TV shows in Rome - 26th Oct
Roxy bar TV in Milan - 8 songs live - 27th Oct
Noel Coward Tribute Album
On the 30th October Rob is meeting up with Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys......Rob and Neil will be recording a track for the Noel Coward tribute album called 'Red & Hot'.
TOTP Mag and More Mag Interviews
31st October Rob has an interview with Top of The Pops magazine and More magazine. TOTP will be on shelves from 1st December and More is out on the 3rd December.
ITV Sports Awards
Robbie will be on the ITV sports awards where he will perfrom 'Old Before I Die'.
MTV Awards
Robbie is going to be presenting an award at the MTV awards in Rotterdam on the 6th
Milan Radio
On the 24th November he will be live on the Milan 105 radio show.
Des O'Connor Show
Rob will be on The Des O'Connor show performing Angels, date to be confirmed.
Smash Hits Awards
Robbie is rumoured to have some involvement with the The Smash Hits Awards The Awards will be broadcast on the 30th October.
Possible TV Appearances
There is talk of Robbie appearing on Clive Andersons Show, Live and Kicking to perform Angels his new single released for Christmas.
Scandinavia and Poland Promo Trip
There is also an unconfirmed promotional trip to Scandinavia and Poland.
October 24th
Robbie on Princess Diana
Taken from Smash Hits:
Robbie Williams, who was in Paris the week of Princess Diana's death, has spoken to Smash Hits about his reaction to the tragedy. Robbie, who has called his album Life Thru A Lens, says of his own experience of media hounding: "The attention is something I saw as part of my job before, I've been in some life threatening situations." He added: "The Diana thing puts the whole thing into perspective, it's an immense loss to the world, I'm very sad - no-one could touch the world like she did."
Ev'ry time We Say Goodbye on charity album
Taken from TOTP magazine:
Robbie found himself in deep doo-doo when lots of rudie four-letter type words crept into his recording of Every Time We Say Goodbye for new charity album, Come Again, to help community music projects. "It was late at night and I was in the middle of the song when I noticed lots of people staring at me in the studio", explained Rob freshly washed out wit soap. "So obviously I started shouting at them, using lots of, erm, colourful words. But they've all been edited out because the album people got scared. It's like, 'Oooh Rob swearing, too scary!'" Perhaps they would have been better calling the alb Don't Come Again.
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