Robbie Williams has been invited to train with Bayern Munich while he is in the Bavarian capital for a series of concerts this week, the club's sporting director Uli Hoeness was quoted saying on Monday.
"Naturally we'll invite Robbie Williams to join us," Hoeness told German reporters travelling with the team for a test match in Japan against the Urawa Red Diamonds on Monday.

Williams' management had earlier asked Bayern Munich whether it would be possible to take part in a workout.

Williams, who practised with a local soccer team in Berlin during a previous concert stay, was given three choices to practise with the defending Bundesliga champions: Tuesday, Thursday or Friday.

Source: Reuters

Videos from the Olympia Stadium, Berlin 27/28.7.2006

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Robbie Williams live on the 28.07. in the Berlin Olympia Stadium

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Robbie Williams in Olympia Stadium 28.07.2006 - My report

And I thought the concert on Thursday was unbeatable - well I was wrong. Friday was the absolute highlight. He radiated so much energy and good humour, flirted and joked with the fans and you could see that he was having a great time. The stadium rocked and I had a super seat!

I had goosepimples nearly the whole concert and by Come Undone, Feel and Angels shed a couple of tears. Rudebox is stupendous live - on Thursday he was a little nervous to start with - but yesterday, he was on full power from start to finish - you could see the shine in his eyes.

THANK'S ROBBIE FOR A GREAT SHOW

Robbie Williams live on the 27.07. in the Berlin Olympia Stadium

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Robbie Williams is reportedly in talks to play surprise gigs at Ibiza Rocks.

The singer, who is currently in the middle of his Close Encounters tour, hopes that organisers will be able to find convenient dates for him to perform.

A source told the Daily Star, "Robbie has no memory of being in Ibiza. He went there soon after splitting with the Take That boys. He was deep in the midst of depression and battling against his addiction to drink and drugs.

"Now that he's clean and the island has been building a reputation away from the club scene where the naughty people he used to associate with hang out, he wants to go back.

"Robbie has been impressed at Ibiza Rocks staging live music. He likes the idea of turning up under an alias and doing a set from his new electro album."

Source: digitalspy.co.uk

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For Stephan Michme, Morning-Show-Moderator from Radio Fritz, the pop radio station of the Berlin-Brandenburg public broadcaster, it was a once in a life time experience. He was allowed to play against Giga-Star Robbie Williams in the Jahn-Sportpark in Prenzlauer Berg. (as reported).

"Robbie plays left back. He was heavily involved in his teams play, a classic English Kick'n'Rush game. He is a superb player, the Beckenbauer of his team," told us Michme, who has played the last 8 years for the "Fritz-Soccer-Team", a team made up of Fritz employees and listeners. The team plays in Berlin and Brandenburg and was founded by Moderator Michael "MC" Lücke.

How did it come about that he had a game againt Robbie Williams, his background singers and stagehands? The week before, Robbie's tour management phoned up and asked for a game. One had heard of the Fritz-Soccer-Team, not only because Radio Fritz is the media partner for the Berlin concerts in the Olympic Stadium. "We presented Robbie with a shirt with his name and the number 8 at the end of the game, which we had specially made for him," said Michme. "In return he let us have some concert tickets."

Yesterday (Tuesday 25.07.), Robbie spent the day in his hotel, the Ritz Carlton on Potsdamer Platz. The photographers and reporters in and in front of the hotel waited with bated breath, that Robbie at least, in
his famous underpants, would chase a Swedish groupie through the lobby or perhaps sing slighty drunkenly "God save the Queen" while hanging from the chandelier and then with a super model and a bottle Johnnie Walker disappear in the lift to his suite.

Unfortunately, like in the case of Keith Richards, who stayed at the same hotel, nothing of interest occurred, only the coming and going of the tour crew, with their exotic football shirts and at least one mobile to hand. Of course maybe Robbie was only resting, so that at night he could really paint the town red........

Source: diewelt.de

Robbie Williams in Olympia Stadium - My report

Hi there...yesterday's concert didn't go quite as planned. I actually had tickets for the seating area for both dates, as I wasn't keen on being there from early morning onwards to get a good place, especially in the heat. Then at 13:30 one of my friends phoned and said she had a band for the first wave (i.e. for the area in front of the stage, where you could move around freely without losing your place,) for me.

So it was a case of getting ready as quickly as possible, as the original idea was to be there at around 6pm, and then jumped in a taxi, arriving at the Olympia Stadium for 3pm. A sprint to the box office to exchange my ticket to a standing one and then through the masses, many of whom had been waiting since early morning, to my friend. Eventually the gates opened and the race for the best places was on. Wow what a heat and the stage so far, but nothing else for it run,run,run.

It paid off though, as i stood in the second row next to the small round stage and catwalk, and at the same time only needed to turn around to have a great view of the main stage. The supporting acts, The Orsons and Basement Jaxx were super, especially Basement Jaxx impressed with their slighty crazy stage act, but the singers were really good.

Then at long last it was 20:30. Fireworks lit up the main stage, then suddenly on the round stage up shot Robbie from under the floor and the concert started with 'Radio'. The atmosphere in the stadium was terrific and Robbie was in great form. Unlike the previous German concerts where he was really ill and looked it. You could see that he really enjoying himself up there. That I could almost touch him and see him from all sides was the icing on the cake.

He joked and flirted with the audience, as you would expect and soon had them all eating out of his hand. He played his newest song "Rudebox", although not released until September, it can be heard on the radio and I found it live really wicked. To 'Let me Entertain you' he descends to the stage in an hydraulic lift. Then too soon the last two songs 'Angels' and 'Kids'. In between a fantastic firework display over the stage. I can testify the fire columns at the front of the stage were definitely hot.

I am really looking forward to the tonight's show, where I'll be able to see the show in total, which wasn't possible up close, although the atmosphere was out of this world.

So that was my report....tonight I hope to get some more photos to show you and enjoy watching the show from above.

Greetings your Patty

PS, Apologies for the news not being up to date, hope to rectify this at the weekend and post some photos from the concerts.

Photos from the early years of Robbies career are being shown from today (27.06.2006) at the Berlin Rock Phot Gallery. The photographs were taken by Fryderyk Gabowicz (59, who grew up in Israel. The exhibition is a selection from the newly released «Robbie Williams: Live - Backstage - Studio: 1993-1999», published by Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, which contains round 150 images of the superstar. The show opened yesterday evening with vernissage, which drew a large crowd.

Talking about his first photo session with Robbie in January 1993, Gabowicz: "Even then he had that extra something which separated him from the crowd. Charisma. Despite his early fame he didn't have airs and graces of a star." Between 1993 and 1998, the former star photograph of the 'Bravo'(leading German teenage magazine) met Robbie eight times by concerts in Germany, UK and Ireland. As wellas Robbie, Gabowicz has photographed among others Michael Jackson, die Rolling Stones, Madonna, The Cure und Billy Idol.

Source: freiepresse.de

Monday, late afternoon, a light breeze and the sun is shining. Five silver coloured VW vans draw up in front of the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Prenzlauer Berg. One drives into the stadium itself, Robbie's security. His bodyguards swarm out and secure the stadium.

The star is wearing a black football strip with the number '7', his personal bodyguard the German national shirt with the name "Kaiser". Robbie is in top form. Jokingly pulling his shorts down a little on the pitch. A great start to Robbie's days in Berlin.

Sources in his hotel report that on Monday night at 11:30pm he made an appearance in the "The Curtain Club" at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The entertainer was dressed in a black and white sweatshirt and accompanied by his personal assistants. A little later he moved to the lobby taking up residence in a sofa corner, in front of the hotel boutique. He looks a little dishevelled and bored, around him his constant companions, who rarely leave his side when he is on tour.

After a little, a bizarre moment, Robbie wanders off in the direction of the exit. The first automatic door opens, followed by the second, he stands now in front of the hotel and stretches. No fans in sight.

He returns shortly to the lobby, it is now one in the morning, Robbie and his troop now move to the Tea-Lounge under the curved staircase. Again an amusing scene is played out, Mr Williams stretches himself out, on the sand-coloured sofa with checked seating surface, surrounded by five cushions, his head resting on an arm, like a diva he lies as if to explain to his friends the world. His troop of course need no enlightment, as of course they are travelling it and experiencing it together. At about 2 a.m. they then retire for the night.

Robbie has reserved the 11th and 12th floor for himself and his team, altogether 43 rooms. The best suite. the 240 square metre Ritz-Carlton-Suite, of course belongs to him personally. By all accounts it is said that the contents of his mini bar were changed before his arrival. Vitamins in, alcohol out.

On Monday, before the game, another sign of his prescence in hotel, as four large Adidas bags are delivered. An Adidas spokesperson confirmed that a large collection had been delivered directly in hotel for his two Berlin shows. In 2003, he visited personally the Adidas-Store in the Münzstrasse, this year unfortunately not up till now.

Source: diewelt.de

Close Encounters in South & Central America

Chile
SANTIAGO - October 11 Estádio Nacional

Argentina
BUENOS AIRES - October 14 - Estádio River Plate
BUENOS AIRES - October 15 - Estádio River Plate

Brasil
RIO DE JANEIRO - October 18 - Estádio do Flamengo

Mexico
Mexico City - October 22 - Foro Solo

Source: EMI Brazil

Robbie gave one of his best concerts in Milan before about 75,000 spirited fans. In the scorching heat (of over 40C.) the superstar won over the hearts of the crowd with two hours of songs, tricolour and Italian curses.

Whether it was "Trippin", "Sin Sin Sin", "Radio", "Rock DJ" or "Millennium", the Italian fans, in the San Siro Stadium, sung and danced with Robbie until near exhaustion. They had travelled from as far away as Sicily for the only Italian date on his "Close Encounters" Tour. As well as the old and new favourites he also performed the new single "Rudebox" from his upcoming album "Rudebox (1974)".

His reputation as an entertainer was once more underlined in Milan. "The doctor told me I couldn't sing tonight and forced me to have an injection in my bottom. So I've put my arse on the line for you," announced Robbie between two songs.

Robbie repeatedly wrapped himself in the Italian Tricolour and kissed it, during the concert, and when he sang the Italian WM winning song "Siamo i campioni del mondo" (We are the world champions), he had then the crowd totally in his sway. He even had a couple of Italian curses memorised, which he had his fans sing.

So now that he has won the hearts of the Italians, he has returned to Germany. Robbie is staying at the luxury hotel, Ritz-Carlton, in Berlin before his two concerts there on Thursday & Friday. So watch out Berlin!

Source: Europolitan

Robbie live Milan, Italy on Saturday 22.7.2006

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Yesterday's Robbie interview on the Scott Mills' Show is now available as podcast.

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Today, during Scott Mills' Show, Robbie Williams phoned live from Berlin .

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Followed by "Rudebox"

ROBBIE Williams is either a very brave or a very foolish man.

The singer is risking the wrath of Madonna's husband Guy Ritchie by raking over the past on a track on his controversial new album.

Both dated leggy TV presenter Tania Strecker - Ritchie before he met Madonna and the Robster after the film director ditched her.

Now Robbie has plundered his own relationship with Tania for material on his experimental album Rudebox74, to be released later this year - but then he seems to have gone further.

Music industry insiders tell us the track She's Madonna is based on an alleged conversation Guy had with Tania when he left her.

According to her version of events, the man behind hit movies Lock, Stock and Snatch ended their romance with the words: "Look, you know I really love you, but she's Madonna."

Our man behind the mixing desk reveals: "It seems Robbie always had this conversation in the back of his mind for a song.

"Probably without realising the subject matter behind the song, Madge gave She's Madonna the thumbs-up when Robbie personally played it to her at her London home earlier this summer.

"No doubt he'll be keeping his fingers crossed that she'll agree to appear in the video when it's a single early next year." The track - a duet with Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys - is already being described as a pop masterpiece.

When unlucky-in-love Robbie, 32, dated Tania back in 2000 it looked as if he'd finally found someone he wanted to settle down with. But he ended the romance after four months because of the stress that it was causing him.

When Ritchie dated the 6ft blonde earlier she described him as the "love of her life" and was devastated when he ditched her for the Queen of Pop.

She said at the time: "Guy knew the best of me and the worst of me, and we still ended up becoming lovers. And then, it didn't work out.

"I always knew I wasn't as important to Guy as his career. He is great, but he needs a very strong woman to get through to him. But it's not so much he's Madonna's match as she's his."

A source adds: "Guy's not going to be happy that all this is being dredged up again. Although everyone concerned has moved on, it's a bit out of order that Robbie has used it as the basis for one of his songs. Surely he has enough stuff to write about."

Source: mirror.co.uk

Mega-entertainer number one, Robbie Williams landed yesterday, at around 17:30, in his private jet at Templehof Airport. He then drove, with his crew, to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Potsdamer Platz.

Robbie stayed at the hotel designed by Rainer Buerkle during his last visit and was reportedly seen in the bar.

On Thursday and Friday in the Olympia Stadium, should see Robbie bring his fans to boiling point. The weather forecast is good and hopefully Robbie too.

On Thursday, first up are Orson, followed by Basement Jaxx, Mr Williams should take to the stage at about 20:30.

Source: Berliner Morgenpost

Robbie Williams live on the 22.7. in Milan

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It is well known that Robbie Williams is coming to Berlin this week, but when? For this reason I decided to wait in front of his hotel on the off chance that he might appear. Suddenly 6 mini-vans drew up at the hotel, unfortunately i coudn't see who got out of the first one. From the others appeared his band (drummer Chris Sharrock among others) and background singers. Robbie loves Berlin and hopefully he
can have a restful few days here before his concerts.

"Welcome to Berlin Robbie!!!"
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Robbie's Drummer Chris Sharrock

According to "The People" Kylie Minogue is in secret talks to duet with Robbie Wiiliams.

They reached No.2 with Kids in 2000 and Kylie wants to team up with him again after resuming her world tour after breast cancer.

An insider said: "Robbie is also up for it."

Robbie Williams is allegedly having affairs with two models, that aren't aware of each others existence, well up till now. As "The Sun " reports he ether flies in the Slovakian blonde called Michaela,or the leggy American named Jessica

Robbie has managed up till now to keep the two apart, Michaela was with him in Amsterdam and Copenhagen (certainly a very busy man in Scandinavia then our Robbie ), while Jessica accompanied him in Germany and Budapest.

Tonight(22.07.), when Robbie performs in Milan it is Jessica's turn. Tomorrow, she is then due to leave Robbie and return to the US and within hours, Michaela is set to arrive from Slovakia.

It seems Robbie can’t follow the lines of his own hit She’s The ONE. A tour insider said: “The road crew are worried the pair will bump into each other in Italy if Robbie doesn’t get his timings exactly right.

"If they find out about each other (it's just as well they don't read the newspapers or surf the net then ), it will be like a cat fight with no holds barred"

Robbie Williams' new single was played yesterday for the first time on the Chris Moyles' Show (actually Scott Mills, as Chris Moyles is on holiday).

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Budapest 19.7.2006

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Robbie Williams is heading to the dance capital of the world to launch his new album.

The Rock DJ is set to unleash 1974, his new techno album, on unsuspecting ravers in Ibiza.

I hear Radio 1 want Robbie to be a surprise guest on their week-long broadcast from there that starts on August 6.

A source told me: “They desperately want to get Robbie to launch his new album as a guest on Pete Tong's show. But it looks like he will be heading out to Ibiza on Saturday 12 instead for the daytime shows with Vernon Kay or Colin & Edith. Rudebox — the first single — is out on September 4 so it would be ideal timing.”

Source: The Sun

Robbie Williams live on the 19.7. in Budapest

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Robbie Williams’ reported romp with a groupie is to be immortalised — as a porn film.

A woman called Noeemi, who claims she had a marathon romp with the 31-year-old singer last year, will star in One Night With Robbie. It is due to be released in October.

Noeemi, from Basle, Swizterland, said: “It’s fantastic. I have no problems with erotic scenes.” It is not known, at this time, who will play Robbie, who has totally dissociated himself with this "film".

Source: The Sun

On Saturday, 19th August, 2006 Robbie will be performing to his biggest audience ever

Millions of Robbie Williams fans are in for a real treat when his Vienna show at the Ernst Happel Stadium is simultaneously broadcast live to radio listeners across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

The full two-hour show will be beamed live around the world via satellite to 19 radio stations in the UK plus others internationally.

Find out below where you can tune in to be part of his biggest audience to date

Austria - ORF Radio
Belarus - Unistar
Belgium - Pure FM
Bosnia - Radio Starigrad
Bulgaria - FM Plus City Radio
Channel Islands - Island FM, Channel 103
Croatia - Open Radio
Czech Republic - Europa 2
Denmark - Skala FM, Radio ABC
France - NRJ, Europe 2, RTL2
Germany - NDR2, HR3, Bayern3, N-Joy, Eins Live, Jump/MDR, Fritz
Holland - Kiss, Village, Lanpse, Best Radio Deejay
Iceland - RAS2
Israel - Radio Jerusalem
Italy - RAI/RDS
Luxembourg - RTL
Macedonia - City Radio
Norway - Radio1
Poland - Radio Zet
Sweden - SR: P3
Slovakia - Radio Center
Spain - Cadena 100
South Africa - Highveld
Switzerland - Radio 24, Couleur3, NRJ
Turkey - Power FM

Source: www.robbiewilliams.com

Robbie Williams has announced details of a brand new single, entitled "Rudebox".

The long-rumoured track is taken from the pop star's currently untitled new album and is scheduled for release in September.

The single is expected to be released to radio next week and will be followed by the LP, which includes new and old tracks and collaborations with Pet Shop Boys, William Orbit and Mark Ronson.

"Rudebox" was apparently recorded with "fellow Stoke On Trent natives / compadres Soul Mekanik aka Danny Spencer & Kelvin Andrews", according to a statement released today.

It is based on a sample from the classic Sly & Robbie track "Boops (Here To Go)" and apparently sounds like Robbie on a "New York street corner in 1983".

Speaking about the track in today's statement, Robbie Williams commented: "'Rudebox' is loads of different things.

"Sometimes it could be a vibe delivered in a spaceship direct to the studio, sometimes it's a really nasty girl dancing scantily clad, or sometimes it's a giant Soundsystem. Sometimes it's actually just a box that tells you to f*ck off! too"

"They might say its "dance" or it's "electro" but it's just what I like! It started off as a busman's holiday this time around, but it's become something on which I've found myself. I was just doing my YTS up till now," said Robbie.

"Rudebox" is scheduled for release on September 4.

Source: uk.news.launch.yahoo.com