"Bounding on stage just as the pubs are closing, a grinning Williams clearly relishes the intimate environment. I'm not doing all that stadium bravado and pointing, he vows, launching into a full, stripped-down run-through of his 1997 debut album, Life Thru a Lens, with lengthy between-song reminisces of the circumstances of its making. These are characteristically candid. His heart firmly on his brawny, tattooed arm, Williams recalls quitting Take That to find himself 300,000 in debt:"
"It was originally a launch evening for a new album, Britpop, now postponed to February. Williams makes no bones about why. It's because of Taylor Swift, he admits, in a week where her new album The Life of a Showgirl is outselling the rest of the UK Top 20 put together. I could pretend it's not, but it is. It's selfish. I want a 16th No 1 album."
Robbie Williams performed a late-night show at the 600-capacity Dingwalls, the smallest venue of his career, originally intended to launch the Britpop album now postponed to February. He attributed the postponement to Taylor Swift's dominant sales and expressed a desire for a 16th No 1. Williams embraced the intimate setting, foregoing stadium theatrics to deliver a stripped-down run-through of his 1997 debut Life Thru a Lens. He shared candid between-song reminiscences, recalling quitting Take That, owing £300,000 and heavy cocaine use, then delivered a heartfelt Angels and previewed new Britpop tracks.
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