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Robbie Williams Leaves Take That, Band Is 4-Piece Again

It’s hardly a shocking announcement since it was a well documented fact that Robbie Williams was working on a new solo album. Gary Barlow has just confirmed that Williams is out of Take That and the band will continue as a 4-piece. In a new radio interview, Barlow addressed rumors of Take That taking a couple o...

4 October 2011
08:25 GMT

Take That to Go on 2-Year Hiatus

Even though it’s unconfirmed, it looks like the moment when fans are to say goodbye to Take That at least for a little while, is around the corner. A new report suggests the 5 singers will be taking a 2-year break soon to focus on other projects. Though none of them ever said that the reunion was for good, fans...

31 August 2011
09:09 GMT

Robbie Williams Recording for New Solo Album, 30 Songs Are Finished

He may be back with Take That, but Robbie Williams is not yet ready to put his solo career to rest – much to the delight of his fans, one must add. In a recent blog post on his official website, Robbie says he’s hard at work for his next solo album. Now back in Los Angeles after touring with the reunited ...

5 August 2011
08:38 GMT

Robbie Williams Will Be Leaving Take That, Gary Barlow Hints

Take That is back in the 5-member format that made it the biggest selling British boy band in pop history – yet fans shouldn’t get ahead of themselves with the excitement of the moment because Robbie Williams is not “back for good.” Whether he’ll be leaving the band soon or later on is y...

20 January 2011
08:12 GMT

Take That’s ‘Progress’ Is Biggest Selling Album in 13 Years

Fans were ecstatic when official confirmation finally came that, after long years of feuding and working on solo careers, Take That was reuniting – and that Robbie Williams was back in the picture as well. Sales figure confirm just how ecstatic they were. “Progress” is the first Take That album sinc...

22 November 2010
10:47 GMT

Reformed Take That Do Q Magazine, December 2010

Before taking Robbie Williams back and starting work on a new album as a 5-member band again, Take That were considering going by the name The English, the boys reveal in the December 2010 issue of Q Magazine. In the same interview, they also talk about working together after 15 years without Robbie and of constant f...

20 October 2010
05:41 GMT

Robbie Williams Is Worried for Cher Lloyd

Even though the public seems to have spoken against her in the Gamu Nhengu debacle, Cher Lloyd has some pretty big stars covering her back, aside from Cheryl Cole – like, for example, Robbie Williams. The singer, who is not a stranger to problems resulted from stress and pressure of being in the spotlight, has ...

14 October 2010
07:03 GMT

Robbie Williams Forgets Lyrics to His Song at Hope For Heroes Concert

Robbie Williams could have really embarrassed himself during a concert over the weekend, when he forgot the lyrics to his own song during a charity concert. Luckily, he played it cool and saved face. The Daily Mail informs – and the first of the two videos embedded below confirms – that the singer set out...

14 September 2010
05:02 GMT

Robbie Williams Romances Gary Barlow in ‘Shame’ Video

15 years after their bitter split, Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow have come together again for a duet called “Shame,” whose video has just premiered online and has the two bromancing à la “Brokeback Mountain.”The lyrics of the song talks about the troubled relationship the two had over...

26 August 2010
09:47 GMT

First Wedding Photo of Robbie Williams and Ayda Field

After dating for a little over 3 years, singer Robbie Williams and US actress Ayda Field tied the knot a few days ago in front of 60 guests, friends and family. The first official pic is out. Photographers were not allowed at the ceremony that took place at Williams’ Beverly Hills home because the couple had ag...

11 August 2010
04:26 GMT

Robbie Williams and Ayda Field Are Married

Despite strongly believing that he’d die a lonely man, Robbie Williams has tied the knot with his girlfriend of 3 years Ayda Field over the weekend, just like we also reported he would. The singer and his fiancée exchanged vows in front of 75 people at his Los Angeles home, in a ceremony themed in white ...

9 August 2010
02:59 GMT

Robbie Williams Will Marry Ayda Field Tomorrow

Robbie Williams has been dating US actress and television personality Ayda Field for more than three years, often saying that she was the one that helped him see the problems he was having, thus helping him get his life back in order. After a prank proposal happening live on air during a radio show in November last y...

6 August 2010
03:30 GMT

Robbie Williams Closes the Brit Awards 2010 in Style

Robbie Williams, though nominated for Best Male at this year’s Brit Awards ceremony, which took place the other night in London, walked away with the biggest distinction of the night, that which recognized his outstanding contribution to music. The singer was presented with the Lifetime Achievement award and cl...

17 February 2010
06:50 GMT

Leona Lewis Recording with Robbie Williams, Kings of Leon

Leona Lewis is, by far, one of the most successful “products” ever to come out of the X Factor competition, they say, while also among the most talented and visible artists of today. Simon Cowell, her mentor, is now thinking of having her duet with Robbie Williams on two tracks and Kings of Leon for a new...

6 January 2010
10:39 GMT

Robbie Williams to Become Fifth X Factor Judge

Simon Cowell is looking to revamp the popular British show X Factor with next year’s season. Among the changes he wants to make – and ITV to pay for – is replacing Dannii Minogue, as we also reported over the weekend, and bringing a fifth judge on board in the person of Robbie Williams, the Mirror h...

14 December 2009
11:04 GMT

Robbie Williams Returns to X Factor with Duet on Final Show

Earlier this year, in October, Robbie Williams officially marked his return to the music scene with a much hyped performance on the popular ITV competition the X Factor. It was supposed to be a once in a lifetime event but, instead, it turned out to be a disappointment to many. Now, Williams is poised to give it anot...

8 December 2009
08:56 GMT

Robbie Williams Proposes to Ayda Field Live on Radio

Three years after meeting on a blind date and only a couple of weeks after announcing on a television show his intention of settling down, Robbie Williams and girlfriend Ayda Field are now engaged. The singer proposed to Ayda during a live radio show when, seemingly out of the blue, he popped the big question and got...

27 November 2009
04:47 GMT

Robbie Williams Eyeing £50-Million Record Deal

Robbie Williams, although not as popular in all territories as he once wanted to be (for some reason, he never quite managed to break on the US market with his recent releases), continues to be one of the most bankable singers of our times. Although he still has some way to go with EMI, his current record label, Will...

23 November 2009
11:17 GMT

Robbie Williams to Propose to Girlfriend Ayda Field

After two trips to rehab and having his personal life become tabloid fodder, Robbie Williams is finally ready to settle down and make the relationship with Turkish-American actress Ayda Field official. Doing an interview on British talk show Loose Women, the singer admitted that marriage could be in the cards for him...

10 November 2009
04:42 GMT

Robbie Williams Goes Down the Rabbit Hole in ‘You Know Me’ Video

Robbie Williams has done some pretty weird videos throughout his career (“Rock DJ” does come instantly to mind no matter how one tries to avoid it) but, it seems, he’s yet to fully show the world the lengths he can go to. In his latest video, out online just hours ago, for the second single off his ...

7 November 2009
05:45 GMT

Robbie Williams Sells Out, Breaks Record with Comeback Gig

Just days ago, Robbie Williams was making his comeback to the music scene with a live performance of his latest single, “Bodies,” on UK singing televised competition X Factor. Technical mishaps and plenty of anxiety made of that particular gig a “disaster,” as the British media was quick to ca...

21 October 2009
06:14 GMT

Robbie Williams Runs Over Teen Paparazzo, Cries

As he was leaving for home after his performance on X Factor over the weekend, Robbie Williams was involved in an incident that could have proven fatal for a too nosy photographer. As the chauffeur-driven car in which the singer was was heading for the exit, a young paparazzo was hit and then pulled underneath the mo...

13 October 2009
09:52 GMT

Robbie Williams’ X Factor Performance Labeled a Disaster

Robbie Williams performing his first single in many years, “Bodies,” on live television was billed as one of the greatest moments of pop music that would have enabled the legendary singer to make his splashing comeback to the music stage. Some technical difficulties, as well as what seemed like Williams h...

13 October 2009
04:16 GMT

Robbie Williams Back in the Studio with Take That

As he’s preparing to release his upcoming solo album, “Reality Killed the Video Star,” Robbie Williams is also looking for new ways to evolve artistically and, ironically enough, that means a return to where everything else started: the five-member Take That, from which he’s been notably absen...

28 September 2009
05:18 GMT

Robbie Williams Says 3-Year Drug Addiction Almost Killed Him

As one of the guys in Take That, Robbie Williams was always the “fat kid,” he once said in an interview. Later on, after the split that broke the hearts of millions of female fans around the world, Williams openly struggled with his weight, alcohol addiction and, after that, a dependency to painkillers. I...

26 September 2009
02:46 GMT

Robbie Williams to Perform ‘Bodies’ on X Factor

Robbie Williams, now preparing for a comeback to the music scene with the “Reality Killed the Video Star” album, has finally acknowledged the power of Simon Cowell in terms of making hits, reports in the British media say. As such, the singer will perform “Bodies,” his first single off the alb...

18 September 2009
08:16 GMT

Peter Andre to Be Bigger and Better than Robbie Williams

For long, people knew him as that guy behind “Mysterious Girl” and Katie Price’s husband, but Peter Andre is bent on getting people to notice him for his own worth as well. Rod Stewart, Elton John and Robbie Williams were not big stars when they began their music career either, Andre tells The Sun, ...

10 August 2009
07:58 GMT

Robbie Williams Takes Over Michael Jackson’s London Dates

Robbie Williams and Whitney Houston are the two celebrities that are currently being courted by organizer AEG Live to take over Michael Jackson’s residency at London’s O2 Arena in a bid to recoup part of the massive loss it suffered by refunding tickets for Jackson’s “This Is It.” Both s...

31 July 2009
05:13 GMT

Robbie Williams to Reunite with Take That

When Take That came back on the music scene in the 4-member format, the ancient rivalry between the boys and estranged member Robbie Williams seemed to reach a new intensity, especially since the band proved more popular than what the latter put out as a solo artist. Now, Williams’ manager is saying that a reun...

26 January 2009
10:52 GMT

Peter Andre Goes ‘Alien Hunting’ with Robbie Williams

When word got out that British pop star and former Take That member Robbie Williams was so fascinated about UFOs and alien life that he was thinking of seriously investing in it, the entire media was almost instantly filled with sarcastic jokes at his expense. However, it seems that at least one person shares the sam...

12 January 2009
11:04 GMT

Robbie Williams Enjoys Buying His Friends

It's not a state secret that Robbie Williams is a troublemaker. So normally, it would be a bit difficult to imagine he in his turn can be conned - but it seems to have happened, or so he claims. Williams, who moved to Los Angeles five years ago, loaned two friends money to set up a fashion label in New York but ...

31 October 2007
10:56 GMT

Robbie Williams to Join Westlife?

Westlife apparently have set their eyes on a winner and probably feel that five is always better than four. The fact is, it has been rumored that the hugely successful boy band have invited the equally successful ex-Take That member Robbie Williams to join them. The Irish four-piece would apparently love to welcome t...

27 October 2007
06:02 GMT

Robbie Williams' Favorite Hobbies: "Bum Sex" and "Heroin"

Robbie Williams likes to shock the American public and then claim that he was in fact joking. Well, we all know Robbie enjoys his (not so little sometimes) jokes and that most of the times he goes way over the top, only to claim that in fact it's all a question of Americans misunderstanding his sense of humor. A...

19 October 2007
06:59 GMT

Bon Jovi Hates Robbie Williams and Oasis

If truth be told, this guy sure isn't playing when it comes to kicking people in the nuts. Not literally - although that would have made for some nice headlines, I'm sure - but be sure to stay out of his way if you know what's good for you, 'cause when Jon Bon Jovi decides to take a swipe at someo...

5 September 2007
04:33 GMT

David Beckham and Robbie Williams Go Gay

Good news for those who still watch 'Desperate Housewives' and for all the girls out there who dreamed of Beckham making his way into the world of television: David will team with his British fellow Robbie Williams for a contract on a groundbreaking show. Last week, the creator of the show, Marc Cherry, rev...

8 August 2007
06:25 GMT


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