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 IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS Greatest Hits 1990 -2010 9th No.1 album in UK 9th No,1 album in Germany No.1 on European Chart No.1 on World Chart
REALITY KILLED THE VIDEO STAR No.1 on World Chart No.1 on European Chart
 BODIES THE SINGLE WORLDWIDE SMASH HIT No.2 on World Chart No.1 on European Chart
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 Burberry's former Design Director, Ben Dickens, has been appointed by Farrell as Head of Design and will work hand in hand with Robbie Williams, to create the collections.
 Pop star Robbie Williams is to release a solo album in 2012, following his successful reunion with Take That over the last 12 months. The new record will be released by Universal Music, marking the end of the singer's relationship with EMI. Williams famously signed an £80m deal with the record label in 2002, after scoring hits with Angels and Rock DJ. No figure has been announced for his new deal, which puts him under the same umbrella as Take That's label, Polydor. "I'm really thrilled to be joining the Universal family at what I think is the most exciting time in my career," said Williams, 37. The new album will be Williams' first studio release since 2009's Reality Killed The Radio Star. That was followed in 2010 by a greatest hits compilation, In And Out Of Consciousness, trailled by the single Shame - his first collaboration with Gary Barlow in 15 years. Having patched up his relationship with the Take That songwriter, he rejoined the band last year for an album - Progress - and a 29-date stadium tour, the largest ever in the UK and Ireland. 'Creatively inspired' During his solo career, Williams has sold 60 million albums and picked up 16 Brit awards. Amongst his best known songs are Let Me Entertain You, No Regrets and Feel. Many of his biggest hits were written in conjunction with Guy Chambers, but the pair fell out after Williams signed his record-breaking deal in 2002. No details about the new solo album have been discussed, but Universal Music chairman David Joseph said: "Having had the chance to listen to the music I've no doubt that Robbie is currently at his most creatively inspired. "We are about to witness something very special."
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 Fresh off a sell-out Take That tour, Robbie decided to turn his hand to fashion, launching his menswear label Farrell and its debut autumn/winter collection at House Of Fraser. The fashion label is named after the singer’s grandfather, Jack Farrell, and has a preppy, mod type feel, consisting of cardigans, smart dinner jackets and long winter coats. The Angels singer greeted the first 200 customers (with purchases) in person at the Oxford Street branch of House of Fraser. Rob was not alone in his fashion endeavour – both his stylist Marcus Love and his hairstylist Oliver Woods collaborated with Williams on the collection. The pieces have so far been described as for men who like a ‘bit of snap’ in their wardrobe. Stand-out items are a long blue military style coat, a £250 dinner jacket as well as various checked shirts and scarves.
THE clock is ticking on a megabucks new solo deal for Robbie Williams. Right-hand man Chris Briggs has jetted to LA to help him sift through a stack of songs he's recorded and agree a shortlist for his next album. But only Sony, who Rob has met five times recently, and Universal, who release Take That's music, could afford him now his huge £80million four-album deal with EMI is up. A&R legend Briggs first paired Rob with hitmaker Guy Chambers and they went on to create his mega-hit Angels. Rob's since shifted 57million albums and trusts Briggs' opinion above anyone else in the business. A source said: "Rob has been really productive so there's lots for him and Chris to go through. Rob will take on board any guidance Chris gives. Rob blogged: "We've an embarrassment of riches for singles... happy days."
 A reunited Take That - the British boy band featuring Robbie Williams -- has stormed through the U.K., shattering gross records, including Bruce Springsteen's eight-year title as the highest grossing concert stand ever, a mark it topped twice on this tour. Take That sold out eight concerts at Wembley Stadium June 30-July 9, with a gross of £38,094,558, according to Billboard Boxscore. The U.S. dollar equivalent of that is $61.7 million, far and away the highest gross ever reported to Billboard. Attendance was 623,737, also a record. Springsteen's stand at Giants Stadium in 2003 grossed $38.6 million and drew 566,560 to 10 sellouts. Take That also captured the second highest gross ever, with eight more sellouts at City of Manchester Stadium June 3-12 taking in £27,273,546 ($44 million U.S.) with attendance of 443,223. In total, Take That's run through the U.K. grossed $185,175,360 U.S. and drew 1,806,473 fans to 29 shows. A list of the tour's shows and grosses is below, according to Billboard Boxscore: May 27, 28, 30, 31 Stadium of Light Sunderland, England $21,600,077 (£13,333,381) Attendance: 206,334 June 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 City of Manchester Stadium Manchester, England $44,183,145 (£27,273,546) Attendance: 443,223 June 14, 15 Millennium Stadium Cardiff, Wales $13,473,534 (£8,316,996) Attendance: 129,069 June 18, 19 Croke Park Dublin, Ireland $18,217,500 (€12,800,646) Attendance: 154,828 June 22, 23, 24 Hampden Park Glasgow, Scotland $16,224,812 (£10,015,316) Attendance: 154,588 June 27, 28 Villa Park Birmingham, England $9,763,108 (£6,026,610) Attendance: 94,694 June 30, July 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 Wembley Stadium London $61,713,184 (£38,094,558) Attendance: 623,737
 The singer told Esquire that his Take That bandmate has co-written and produced the album, which the pair are still working on. Robbie said: 'Gaz is great for me because he knows how I should sound. 'He wanted to make a Lennon and McCartney-type album. That was his big idea - big, standard records. 'At the minute it's just me and him finishing the album and I love it. Love my friendship with him. Love that he regards me as an equal. 'Gary is kind of unemotional about stuff. I'm emotional about stuff. He's solid. I'm fickle. He gets stuff done, I don't.' Robbie is currently in talks with all the major record labels about the album, which he hopes will be a hit. 'At the same time it's not the be-all and end-all. I'm not going to throw myself off a cliff if it's another Rudebox. 'It's exciting. There's a possibility it will have a similar impact to things I've done in the past. 'And before I wander off into the retirement home of the pop world, I'd like to have another fistful of hits to play to people. 'I believe I've got one last stab at a global success. I want to right some wrongs. Make up for how I've looked and behaved. 'There's a place I'd like to go for a bit of redemption, for myself. Just to do a good job. 'I just want a few more hits and then I'll gladly go.' The star also revealed that he would happily rejoin Take That again after their record-breaking Progress tour, which kicked off in Sunderland last week. 'Am I a member of Take That? Well, it has gone swimmingly. It has been a load of fun. 'I've enjoyed it and I'd do it again. Whether that's in three or four or five or ten years, I don't know. 'Whether the boys will be up for it, I don't know. Whether there will be a Take That after this tour, I don't know. It's all up in the air.' He added: 'I love all of them to bits. They are amazing people.'
 We've seen Robbie Williams team up with Kylie Minogue ("Kids"), Nicole Kidman ("Somethin' Stupid"), Olly Murs ("Angels" on The X Factor in 2009), and of course, Gary Barlow ("Shame"), but now the chart-topping English entertainer is venturing beyond his pop sphere to duet with one of country music's biggest superstars for the Cars 2 soundtrack. The Take That singer and Brad Paisley come together on "Collision of Worlds," an earnest tune touching upon the bond between Mater the Tow Truck (Larry the Cable Guy) and speed demon Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson). The animated family comedy, Pixar's sequel to the 2006 box office hit, speeds into U.S. theaters on June 24, while the album drops on June 14. "It's an international kind of song that's inspired very much by the film–it wouldn't exist if it weren't for the story," Williams said in a statement. "Brad turned up with his guitar and a basic understanding of what he wanted the song to sound like. He played me a few chords and we noodled and twiddled our way into forming this song. It's back and forth colloquialisms between two different countries speaking the same language and not understanding each other—until now." "The song is a rock vocal event with one of the most talented people I've ever met, Robbie Williams," Paisley added "It was John's [Lassiter, the director] idea to bring these two worlds together — combining the English and American takes on music. We're both out of our comfort zone, seeing what happens when you're forced into going new places, which is really what Cars 2 is about. It's totally parallel to the story."
 British dressage rider Richard Davison will be rocking to the beat of some of Robbie Williams' classic pop songs in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics. Hit singles including Let Me Entertain You and Rock DJ have been reworked by Joost Peteers and recorded by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. GB captain Davison will unveil the music at a competition this week. The 55-year-old, who will ride Hiscox Artemis, said: "The music has got a great beat and really makes him rock." Davison, who is aiming to compete in his fourth Olympics, will first perform in the kur - a dressage test set to instrumental music - at Holland's leading indoor competition at s'Hertogenbosch this week. The event is the final qualifying opportunity for riders to gain a ticket for the World Cup Final in Leipzig in April which is the flagship series of the sports dressage to music competitions. "It will be great to have one public outing before the final but of course next year's Olympic arena is the ultimate venue for this piece," added Davison. "This has been the brainchild of Hiscox Artemis' co-owner, the Countess of Derby; she has made it all happen and how lucky am I?" Dutchman Peteers who has been responsible for creating the world's finest kurs to date - including the one used for world record breaking black stallion Totilas - was selected to pull the whole project together. "The music is the best kur dressage has ever heard - it is simply fantastic and takes the sport to another level. "The beautiful melodies and beat have a real get-up and dance effect." Williams has recorded a special introduction to the piece while songwriter Guy Chambers, who worked with Williams on the original songs, also plays on the new composition.
Robbie Williams is set to sign a new solo deal with Take That's record label, Universal, according to reports. It's only been 8 months since Robbie Williams was welcomed back into the Take That family and now, according to the News of the World, he is already planning a new solo career without Mark, Jason, Howard and Gary, once they complete this summer's 'Progress Live Tour'. A source told the paper; "Robbie has been very committed to this Take That project and can't wait to tour with the guys but he never said he wouldn't record his own music again. It's important for him to have his own solo deal because he is one of the most successful British recording artists." Universal is ahead of the pack to snap up the 'Angels' singer and it is thought that Williams is very keen to sign on the dotted line with the record label after they impressed him with how they promoted Take That's reunion. The source added; "He has every major record company chasing him to sign a new solo contract but Robbie's been very impressed with the way Universal sold and promoted 'Progress', the latest Take That album. He thinks they'd be great for his career." Tickets for the 'Progress Live Tour', which comes to Croke Park this June, broke sales records shifting 1.1million tickets and selling out completely, within hours of going on sale.
ROBBIE Williams will play a charity concert with Robin Gibb for Stoke-based Caudwell Children. The black-tie Butterfly Benefit fundraising event will be held in London later this year. Burslem star Robbie is an official ambassador for the children's charity, founded by entrepreneur John Caudwell. Robbie said: "I have known and admired John Caudwell for a long time, he’s a top man. I hugely respect his enthusiasm and commitment to the charity Caudwell Children." The gig will take place in front of 250 guests on Thursday May 12 at the Banqueting House in London, two weeks before the start of Take That’s record-breaking Progress Tour. Trudi Beswick, chief executive of Caudwell Children, said: "We are honoured to have Robbie as an ambassador for the charity and delighted that we have this opportunity for him to perform for us alongside Gary Barlow and Robin Gibb." Applications for a table at the invitation-only event can be made by contacting events@caudwellchildren.com.
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 According to a report by The Sun, Sally Greene of the Old Vic is currently working on bringing a musical based on the life and music of Robbie Williams to the stage. An unknown source told The Sun, "Robbie is bang up for the musical and thinks it will be a fun production. He loves West End shows and is honoured they will be doing one about his life." Williams is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams left the group in 1995 to launch his solo career. On 15 July 2010, it was announced he had rejoined Take That and that the group intended to release a new album in November 2010. Williams has sold more than 57 million albums worldwide. He is the best-selling British solo artist in the United Kingdom and the best selling non-Latino artist in Latin America. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the United Kingdom. He has also been honoured with fifteen BRIT Awards-more than any other artist-and seven ECHO Awards. In 2004, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame after being voted as the "Greatest Artist of the 1990s."
 AND in news just to hand, disturbing reports are emerging about how the England team celebrated its victory in the fourth Test in Melbourne last week. No, not nudie runs. Not even a nude version of The Sprinkler. No appalling Facebook images circulating around cyberspace. No, of concern is the song they reportedly belted out in the MCG dressingroom after retaining the urn. It wasn't a rousing rendition of God Save the Queen with hand on heart, but an impassioned version of the Robbie Williams chart-topper Angels. Apparently, the English players did the same thing after they won by an innings in Adelaide. full article here-heraldsun.com.au
 Simon Cowell has praised his X Factor group One Direction for reaching tomorrow night's live final. Speaking to Konnie Huq on The Xtra Factor, Cowell explained that he felt that they had potential from the very beginning. He said: "I remember doing the home visit with Sinitta and when these boys came out and they sang 'Torn', I turned round to her and I said, 'These boys could win the show, they're that good!' "From the first live show, it was partly the way that they worked with us. They have been an absolute joy from start to finish, I might adopt them all." Cowell also praised the group's duet singer Robbie Williams for the time he spent with them, adding: "Robbie is such a genius guy, he really is, because he doesn't just stand there and sing. He's with them beforehand, he's with them afterwards, he's encouraging them and he made a huge difference tonight. Robbie's a real star."
 Take That who performed on The X Factor have always been a success story and now with Robbie Williams on board, the boys can do no wrong. Their new album Progress has now become the fastest selling album of the century with 235,000 copies that has already been sold. The five lads new album sold the incredible amount on its first day on sale showing the world that Take That are still the best boy band around leaving Westlife licking their wounds. Robbie Williams and the lads are said to be thrilled at the news
HITTING THE ROAD: Robbie Williams will go on tour next year as part of a reunited Take That line-up. The Tunstall-born pop star, who rejoined his old bandmates earlier this year, will take to the road with the lads starting on May 30. Their tour, called Progress Live 2011, is their biggest yet and will see the group play 14 dates across the UK before heading to Europe for another six shows. Fans have been promised Take That's biggest hits but Robbie will also perform tracks from his solo career.
 Robbie Williams has notched up his ninth UK number one album, as In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990-2010 sells more than the rest of this week's top five combined. The Take That star's compilation shifted over 120,000 copies in its first week of release, becoming the second-fastest selling album of the year after Eminem's Recovery. Williams, who has now sold a combined total of 57 million albums and 11 million singles throughout his career, commented that he was "thrilled" with his chart result. "It couldn't come at a better time for me - twenty years into my career, and just as I embark on a new adventure with Take That. Thanks to all the fans who have supported me over the years - you have been amazing."
 
 Robbie Williams relived his childhood earlier when he switched on the world famous Blackpool illuminations. The star, newly reunited with Take That, turned on the lights which will shine for 66 nights until November 7. Around 15,000 people crammed into a purpose-built arena in the resort to see Williams perform the honours, while thousands more watched on a big screen on the Promenade. Williams told the crowd that Blackpool was a familiar destination for his family when he was growing up. "I used to come here as a kid for New Years and all the way through the summer," he said. The singer arrived for the switch-on in a "battle-bus" accompanied by a police escort. Two special guests who he said he "picked up on the way up" were his father, Pete, and friend, multiple world darts champion Phil "The Power" Taylor, who both watched from the sidelines. To an adoring public, he shouted: "Blackpool in the Premiership, come on! It is great to see you, Blackpool, great to be home. Thank you Blackpool."
Robbie Williams is to release a new book called You Know Me later this month, which documents his 20-years in music. Robbie himself co-wrote the publication with author Chris Heath and besides recalling his career, the book will also include 250 photos of the Bodies singer. Due to hit shelves on September 20, Williams says the book features "my observations and my memories". Robbie is also releasing a new best of album next month, called In And Out Of Consciousness – The Greatest Hits 1990 – 2010. The 39-song collection includes his new Gary Barlow duet Shame. Source: omgmusic.com
 Singer Robbie Williams is male drivers' guilty pleasure when they are at the wheel, according to a new poll. In a new poll men were asked what artist they like to secretly sing along to when they are driving on their own. Williams, 36, came top of the new poll, which was carried out by Spanish car company Seat, with Abba coming in second place. Almost 3,000 drivers were surveyed in the poll with 14 per cent of men and 11 per cent of women saying they have a music collection they only listen to alone. The men also admitted to listening to Kylie Minogue, Shirley Bassey and Cyndi Lauper when they are alone. source Monstersandcritics.com
 Robbie Williams says he is "honoured" to be performing in a special one-off concert held to raise money for the Help for Heroes charity. The British singer, who recently rejoined Take That, will be fronting the event, which will take place at Twickenham Stadium on September 12 and is being aired by the BBC.
Other acts helping to raise funds for wounded servicemen and women include Alexandra Burke, Plan B, The Saturdays and James Blunt. And it's not just top musicians taking part; comics including Jack Dee, Michael McIntyre, Jason Manford and Bruce Forsyth will also be making an appearance. Some 60,000 fans and troops are expected to attend.
 
The game attracted a sell out crowd and raised over 2 million. It's not too late to donate, please visit UNICEF UK Soccer Aid website SoccerAid 2010.
TV Charity football match Soccer Aid 2010 pulled in over 5million on Sunday night. The programme, which was organised by Robbie Williams and featured an England team of celebrities and sportsmen taking on a Rest-Of-The-World side.
Robbie Williams and Russell Brand have teamed up to sing on a re-tuning of the catchy football anthem Three Lions ahead of the World Cup next month. Fans will hear the voices of Robbie Williams and Russell Brand on the track. The football fans have joined the song's original team of David Baddiel, Frank Skinner and the Lightning Seeds. Three Lions is often credited as being the greatest football anthem of all time and reached number one in 1996 and 1998. This version also features vocals by a choir, soprano and the commentator John Motson. The song, which has been recorded under the name The Squad, is likely to once again be the favoured choice for fans on the terraces in South Africa and at home. And Robbie Williams said he could not resist taking part in this version. He added: "I've always been approached to write football songs but have always declined as I thought Three Lions could never be beaten - so I am really happy to be part of this record. "I am counting down the days until the start of the World Cup."
In the run up to Soccer Aid 2010 – ITV’s celebrity football match raising money for UNICEF – Robbie Williams is setting a challenge which will inspire people from all walks of life to help the word’s poorest children and 'Keep it up for Soccer Aid'. He is calling on people across the UK to find a football and get sponsored to do as many keepy uppys as they can. All of the money raised through sponsorship will help UNICEF’s work for children around the world. Register for Keep it Up for Soccer Aid Returning from a visit to Haiti with UNICEF, where he made an appeal film which will be shown in full during Soccer Aid 2010 on 6 June on ITV1, he said: "Everyone knows I'm a massive football fan, and now I'm asking everyone to join me and 'Keep it Up for Soccer Aid'. It’s really simple: do as many sponsored keepy uppys as you can and raise bucket loads of money to help make a real difference to the lives of kids all over the world, including the fantastic young people that I met in Haiti." courtsey of unicef.org.uk
Robbie has beaten legends including Queen, Elton John and Elvis Presley to be crowned the third most played artist of the last decade in the UK. The list, compiled by music licensing body PPL, is based on the number of plays per artist on TV, radio or in public since 2000 and places Robbie just behind Madonna, who tops the list, and The Beatles. Robbie is the youngest male solo artist in the chart, revealed on BBC Radio 2 show, People's Artist Chart, presented by Patrick Kielty. Take a look of the top ten most played artists of the decade below
1. Madonna courtsey of RobbieWilliams.com
Robbie Williams’ official Sport Relief single ‘Morning Sun’ is released on download on Monday 8th March, with the money raised from the single being spent helping vulnerable people living tough lives in the UK and across the world.
 Robbie said “I’m absolutely delighted that ‘Morning Sun’ will be this year’s official Sport Relief single. I’ve seen first-hand the sort of good work that the money raised will fund so it’s an honour to be involved and donate the profits to them”. Robbie has also been photographed in the one-off Sport Relief T-shirts which have been exclusively designed by the whole Beckham family and are available exclusively in store and online at Sainsbury’s and TK Maxx and www.sportrelief.com TV viewers can also look forward to Robbie giving a special performance of ‘Morning Sun’ as part of the fantastic line up of TV entertainment on BBC One on Friday 19th March. Other highlights include a new ‘Smithy’ sketch from James Corden, an Ashes to Ashes special featuring sporting and entertainment legends from the 80s, plus special editions of MasterChef and A Question of Sport Relief. For more news and information about this year’s campaign log on to sportrelief.com
 
 Robbie Williams is on a roll. After scooping the outstanding contribution honour at the Brits, the Angels crooner picked up another gong at Germany's biggest music prize giving, the Echo Awards. The 36-year-old took the best international male crown. Accepting the prize he said: "Ich bin ein very, very happy." It takes his collection of Echos throughout his career to seven.
 We're thrilled to tell you all that Robbie's incredible album, Reality Killed The Video Star, has gone multi-platinum in the UK, with nearly one million copies sold since its launch last November! The album, which includes the singles Bodies, You Know Me and Robbie's official Sport Relief single, Morning Sun, is also certified multi-platinum in Germany, platinum in France, Italy, Switzerland and Austria and gold in Australia, Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark… phew! If you haven't bought your copy of Robbie's super-selling album yet grab it now.
 Robbie Williams is organising the third Soccer Aid event to take place later this year, say reports. The X Factor's Dermot O'Leary will host the event rather than regular presenters Ant & Dec, who are busy filming Britain's Got Talent and new gameshow Push The Button. According to The Sun, Soccer Aid will take place at Manchester United's Old Trafford ground in June. Former footballers Alan Shearer and Zinedine Zidane are rumoured to be taking part. The event, which airs on ITV1, previously took place in 2006 and 2008. Celebrities including Angus Deayton, Jamie Theakston, Gordon Ramsay and Danny Jones played in the England vs Rest Of The World matches.
 ROBBIE Williams showed just why he is the most decorated singer at the Brits with a show-stopping live medley of hits to end the show last night. The cheeky singer gave a slick, showman’s performance to celebrate his outstanding contribution to music award. The gong is his 16th Brit after previously winning 11 Brits as a solo artist and four with Take That. Williams, 36, dressed in a sharp black suit, appeared genuinely overwhelmed by his achievement, jokingly singing into his statue, before telling the crowd: “I feel really good up here Brits, thank you so much, have a great evening. He later added: “Thank you so much for this award. God bless you, thank you.”
Robbie Williams Triumphantly Returns to pick up the ‘Outstanding Contribution to Music’ Award At the 30th BRITs Ceremony. Robbie has won more BRITs than any other artist, will be awarded with the coveted trophy at The BRIT Awards 2010 with MasterCard on Tuesday 16 February.
When he came swaggering out through those X Factor doors to sing Bodies, we realised just how much we’d missed him. His Reality Killed The Video Star comeback album may have been pipped to number one by JLS, but a string of hugely entertaining shows and media appearances confirmed that Robert Peter Williams remains our most maverick and fascinating home-grown pop star.
 POP icon Robbie Williams has added his vocal to The Sun's Haiti charity single - which is now complete. Angels singer Robbie, 35, recorded his lines for the cover of REM ballad Everybody Hurts in LA on Wednesday. Single mastermind Simon Cowell said the track, due out on February 7, was "an absolute priority for us all". Money from the single will be split between The Sun's Helping Haiti fund, which now stands at more than £1million, and the Disaster Emergency Committee.
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