CHASING a chart document Robbie Williams admits he moved the discharge of his new album, Britpop to keep away from being trounced by Taylor Swift. At a particular intimate gig Rob additionally tells followers he hopes Noel Gallagher will not sue him as a result of one tune resembles an enormous Oasis anthem.

ROBBIE WILLIAMS has come clear and admitted he WAS operating frightened of Taylor Swift within the charts.

The star lately delayed the discharge of his new album Britpop till subsequent February, shortly after Taylor introduced her newest The Life Of A Showgirl would drop on the identical day.

Throughout a efficiency of the brand new album at an intimate gig at London’s Dingwalls Rob revealed: “We needed to decide as a result of Taylor Swift – we’re all pretending it’s not about Taylor Swift however is f****** is, isn’t it? Right here’s the reality proper, need 16 No1 albums! Taylor determined to place her album out the identical week as me and I believed: ‘for f***’s sake.”

Rob tried to give you methods round it as a result of touchdown a sixteenth No1 would surpass greats like The Beatles who’ve 15 chart toppers.

He went on: “I used to be like, ‘can I put it out the subsequent week’ they usually mentioned, ‘she does these different deluxe variations’ and I believed, ‘f***ing hell, can I put it out the week after that then, they usually mentioned it’s Oasis [live album from Wembley]. I believed, ‘for f****’s sake, I’ll do it in f***ing February when no one has received a f***ing album out’.

“I used to be fearful about making you all f****ing wait however then I believed f**okay it I need a sixteenth No1 album. I’m sorry however I’m f****** being egocentric. What number of occasions in your life do you get to have probably the most UK No1s albums anybody has ever had.”

Simply 600 fortunate followers received to witness Rob preview the complete new LP reside, and he feared his outdated enemy Noel Gallagher might need one thing to say about one of many tunes.

After singing Spies he joked concerning the similarity it shares with Champagne Supernova, even singing its refrain.

“You wouldn’t consider the quantity of occasions that melody modified in that refrain as a result of it sounded just like the tune that it nonetheless f***ing seems like. It’s completely f****ing totally different Noel. Don’t have a brass neck and sue me. All of the f***ing belongings you’ve nicked.”

One other spotlight is new single Fairly Face which Rob devoted to his spouse Ayda who was watching within the crowd: “I get star-struck taking a look at the great thing about my spouse. This tune is about her, and my favorite line is the one which says, ‘the most important prize is what’s behind these eyes’ It’s true, she could also be fairly as f*** however she is sensible as f*** too.”

Earlier within the gig Rob additionally performed the entire of his debut album, Life Through A Lens and recalled his dependancy lows, monetary struggles leaving Take That and feud with Gary Barlow: “(The tune) Ego a Go Go was famously about Gary Barlow and who he was again then and who I used to be again then, we’re totally different individuals now. I f**king love him he’s an unimaginable man however again then effectively I f**king hated him Yeah I did, my profession and a life and profession was being sidelined for a distinct particular person.”

He additionally revealed particulars of his daughter Ted’s musical expertise. “My eldest daughter Theodora Rose turned 13 final month, and she or he is at all times writing songs. She was in a position to do it as a six and 7 yr outdated. She simply makes melodies they usually fall out of her like a fountain.”

The truth is Rob appears like she has inherited his expertise: “I can do it she will do it. She has at all times written these songs, as a ten yr outdated, about nice ache and you’ll really feel it in her coronary heart, you’re feeling she was feeling one thing so deeply on a traumatic degree, I used to be considering ‘I hope it’s not about me’.”

ROBBIE loves the intimate gig setting a lot he’s introduced a full Lengthy 90’s Tour at smaller venues across the UK in February.

He defined why: “In stadiums I at all times really feel I’ve to provide individuals what they need. I mentioned to myself I need to do smaller locations however once I’m on tour I’m knackered and might’t be arsed. Seems I could be arsed!

I need to carry out as Robert and seems Robert is in superb f**king form.

Robert will play the albums Life Through A Lens and BRITPOP in full on the exhibits which kick off at Barrowlands Ballroom, Glasgow February 4, adopted by Liverpool Olympia, Liverpool (6), O2 Academy Brixton, London (8) and Civic Corridor, Wolverhampton (9).

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