Robbie Williams Rewind

Happy 50th Birthday Robbie Williams! What better way to mark Rob’s milestone birthday than by celebrating his incredible music. We asked our listeners to choose their favourite Robbie songs and in this special episode, we share the results of our Fans’ 50 For 50! We’re also joined by nearly all of our previous podcast guests who send birthday wishes for Rob. We’re even joined by Robbie for the sec...

We’re very excited to have another member of Robbie’s band join us on the podcast! Guitarist Tom Longworth tells us how he came to join the band in 2012, what was unique about his first Robbie gig, and shares some great memories of touring with Rob around the world. He also reveals a very surprising story behind the backing vocals on ‘Time For Change’, the song that he wrote with Robbie, Guy and K...

In our second Netflix documentary episode, we’re joined by Chris from Kent who helps us review the four part series, ‘Robbie Williams’. We discuss what we really thought of the series including our favourite parts and what we learnt. Chris also tells us about the extremely unique Robbie memorabilia that he owns! ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== ======...

In the first of two special Robbie Williams Netflix doc episodes, we’re thrilled to share our interview with the director, Joe Pearlman!  We asked Joe lots of questions from Robbie fans, including why certain parts of Robbie’s career weren’t covered (like Swing!) and we discover what scene was too saucy to be included! Joe explained how the documentary was made and told us some unheard stories fro...

We’re back with an album review episode and guest fan - our first for a while! Christina from Denmark returns to help us take a deep dive into the debut album from Lufthaus and Robbie Williams, Visions Volume 1. We discuss each song, track by track and hear what happened when Christina went clubbing for the first time in forever, just to see Lufthaus play a small club in Finland! #robbiewilliams #...

We’re VERY excited to welcome Robbie’s long-time musical collaborators and Lufthaus bandmates Tim Metcalfe and Flynn Francis onto the podcast! Australians Tim & Flynn have worked closely with Robbie since 2011, having written most of Take The Crown together as well as many tracks on the Under The Radar albums and The Christmas Present. Their latest project with Robbie, Lufthaus, reflects the e...

On our 2nd birthday, we’re excited to share news of our Independent Podcast Award nomination!  To celebrate, we’re listening back to some of our favourite moments from more than 50 episodes. Hear some astounding, amazing and funny stories from Robbie’s co-writers, band members, producers and fans! We also bring you all the latest Robbie news including Netflix, Spurs and Softplay, and we discuss th...

We continue our interview with Rob’s A&R man, Chris Briggs, who’s worked continuously with Robbie from the very start of his solo career. In this episode, Chris discusses Robbie’s career from 1998 to the current day. We cover the Swing albums, hear all about the fallout from the Escapology era, what happened when Robbie started writing Rudebox with Jerry Meehan before Intensive Care was even c...

Today’s extra special guest has worked with Robbie longer than anyone else in his solo career. Chris Briggs has been Robbie’s A&R man since 1996, soon after he left Take That. Chris has been by Rob’s side even longer than his management.  Chris shares never heard before stories about the launch of Rob’s solo career: how he came to work with Guy Chambers and the rest of his band, what happened...

On the 20th anniversary of Robbie’s incredible Knebworth shows, we have a special guest who was lucky enough to go backstage there!  We’re joined by Anto Carroll, an Irish fan who took part in Robbie’s Pop Idol themed Something Beautiful video. He fills us in on what it was like to take part and how reaching the final few in the selection process led to him being invited to Knebworth!  You can vie...

We’re thrilled to share our interview with award winning photographer Hamish Brown, who was Robbie’s chosen photographer from 1997 until about 2010. He was granted unique access to video shoots, tours and promotional campaigns. Hamish shot the record covers for Intensive Care, Swing When You’re Winning, Kids, Somethin’ Stupid and some versions of Angels.  We hear what it was like to work closely w...

We’re so excited that we had the chance to interview Jerry Meehan, Robbie’s bass guitarist at his recording studio. Jerry was kind enough to show us round his studio, Wendy House Productions, and tell us all about his time working with Rob. We found out how Jerry came to be a part of Rob’s band, how The 80s, The 90s, Dickhead and Love Is You were written and what it’s been like to tour with Rob si...

We’re very excited to be joined by Robbie’s first live drummer, Steve ‘Smiley’ Barnard, who was part of Rob’s band from 1997-1998 including during Rob’s first solo tour. Smiley describes what it was like to work closely with Robbie during the Life Thru A Lens era and how they spent hours playing backgammon to help Rob’s sobriety. It’s even down to Smiley, that Rob’s band has its current lineup. Sm...

We’re rewinding back to the subject of our very first episode, Life Thru A Lens!  We’re joined by Ruben from New Zealand to discuss all the demos and unreleased tracks on the 25th Anniversary Edition of Robbie’s first album.  Ruben probably wins the award for being Robbie’s youngest ever fan! He explains how he became a fan aged 2, and what this meant for his language skills! He describes the uniq...

We continue our journey through Robbie’s latest Greatest Hits album, XXV, by reviewing CD2, including previously unreleased tracks More Than This, Disco Symphony, The World And Her Mother and Home Thoughts From Abroad.   Frenchie Helene joins us to discuss the new and reorchestrated songs and we reveal our favourite moments from Robbie’s recent UK & Ireland XXV tour, and Royal Albert Hall show...

We’re not rewinding very far this time – we’re looking at the standard edition of Robbie’s latest album XXV, discussing the new orchestrations of his greatest hits, including new song Lost!  We’re even joined by the co-writer of Lost, Oli Swan, who explains how he became friends with Rob and ended up writing music with him!  Our special guest fan is Robbie from Canada, who tells us what made him b...

We start 2023 with the best that the New Year could bring – with Robbie Williams himself on the podcast, for our biggest episode yet!  You really don’t want to miss this! It’s an interview by fans for the fans ! Robbie chatted to us for two hours!  We discussed his tattoos, writing songs for his children, Lufthaus, the XXV tour and album, when he hopes to release his new studio album as well as th...

We continue our sleigh ride through Robbie’s The Christmas Present album; this time, looking at the second CD, The Christmas Future, as well as 2020’s Can’t Stop Christmas! We also recall the amazing Robbie Williams Christmas Party shows at Wembley Arena.   We’re joined by Caroline from Austria who explains why being a Robbie fan is her husband’s fault so he can’t complain when she travels across...

Sarah from Canada is with us to rewind through the first half of Robbie’s The Christmas Present album–The Christmas Past. We review each song, track by track, and discuss some of his promotional appearances such as Winter Wonderland and Not The Robbie Williams Christmas Show.  Sarah explains how she became a Robbie fan and tells us all about when she saw him live for the very first time in Las Veg...

We’re joined by lots of special guest fans to relive the incredible Under The Radar Concert! (codename Operation Pillow Fight).  Rob invited his hardcore fans to a special one-night only performance at the Roundhouse in Camden, London on 7th October 2019.  Dress code was strictly pyjamas! Hear everyone’s favourite moments and the unusual thing that happened in the queue which Robbie himself said w...

In this very special episode, we meet Robbie’s backing vocalist of the last 10 years, Denosh Bennett, for an in-depth interview.  Denosh is a dynamic performer who has sung and danced alongside icons like Mariah Carey, Aaliyah, Alicia Keys, Demi Lovato, Drake, Justin Timberlake and Rihanna. Hear how she got her big break as a dancer, how she transitioned to becoming a backing singer, and how she e...

Jocelyn from USA is back to explain why she ended up attending ALL of Robbie’s 2019 Vegas shows and what happened when she bumped into Rob outside her hotel! Hear why the Vegas residency was such a great experience for all of us.    We also cover some collaborations from 2019-2020 like The Boy In The Dress Musical, The Band Musical, scores for Hey Tiger and Military Wives Choir, The Big Goodbye wi...

We’re joined by Sarah Cat from Italy to take a deep dive into Robbie’s Under The Radar Vol. 3 album! His 3rd in the collection of albums released direct to the fans through his website. Sarah tells us all about when she used to follow Robbie’s tour through Italy and Southern Europe in the 90s, including the time he surprised her and her friends with a water pistol! ====== If there is an advert in...

We’re rewinding back to Robbie’s Under The Radar Vol 2, the second in his series of songs released direct to fans through his website.  So many great tracks that we’re happy are no longer hidden on Rob’s computer!   Georgie from Australia helps us review the album and shares her memories of how she became a fan at a very young age, when she kissed Robbie during a show, and how she managed to meet...

Bobbie from Grimsby helps us rewind through the rest of The Heavy Entertainment Show album, from David’s Song to Marry Me. We also remember the incredible Heavy Entertainment Show WorldTour of 2017-2018 which started with the intimate dress rehearsal invitation to Robbie’s Upfront members. Bobbie also tells us what happened when she met Rob on tour in 2017. (Make sure visit the episode webpage for...