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Time Out
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Robbie Williams at London's Emirates Stadium: start time, tickets, potential setlist and what you need to know
It's nearly time for you to let Robbie Williams entertain you, in front of a crowd of 60,000 like-minded fans. After a couple of years away from the stage, you can expect big things from this ex-Take That star turned, well, chimpanzee? Following the warm reception of his uniquely anthropomorphic biopic ' Better Man ', Robbie is finally back to doing what he does best: acting up in front of thousands of people. The Britpop tour, named after his upcoming album of the same name, is set to be a romp through his greatest hits, with a bit of Sinatra thrown in for good measure. Here's everything you need to know about Robbie Williams two nights at the Emirates Stadium to ensure you leave thinking 'I Love My Life'. When is Robbie Williams playing Emirates Stadium? Robbie is doing two nights at the Arsenal ground. He'll be playing tomorrow, June 6, and Saturday, June 7. After that, he's heading up north to Manchester before finishing off the UK leg in Bath. What time do doors open? Doors for Robbie Williams' gig tonight will open at 5pm, with the first support act expected to take to the stage at 6pm. What time will Robbie Williams come on stage? It's not been officially stated when you can expect Robbie to make his grand entrance, but based on timings at Murrayfield the other night, the main show will likely begin at around 8:30pm. It's worth being seated, or standing, well before that though, in case timings change or you want to grab a drink. What's the seating plan? If you're wondering where you'll be sitting, you can see the stadium layout below. If you're wondering what your view will be like, you can use the Emirates stadium's 'virtual venue' here to get a sneak peak. Who's supporting Robbie Williams? For his shows in the capital, Robbie will be supported by Manchester band The Lottery Winners, and chart-topping baritone Rag 'n' Bone Man. It's not certain exactly when the support acts will take the stage, but based on the Edinburgh show, it's likely that the Lottery Winners will start sometime around 6pm, and then Rag 'n' Bone Man just after 7pm. Robbie Williams setlist Robbie has only played one night of the Britpop tour so far, so we have a general idea of the songs he's likely to play, but nothing is certain. There is always a chance he'll change things up every night, but don't worry; we're confident he'll always do angels. Here's what the setlist was for the Edinburgh show, including a slightly random medley. If there's one thing Robbie Williams is going to do, it's keep us on our toes. Rocket Let Me Entertain You All My Life / Song 2 / Seven Nation Army / Rim Tim Tagi Dim / I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) / Minnie the Moocher (The Ho De Ho Song) / Livin' On A Prayer (Singalong Medley) Monsoon Old Before I Die Rock DJ Love My Life Strong The Road to Mandalay Supreme Let Love Be Your Energy / Sexed Up / Candy (with The Lottery Winners) Relight My Fire Something Beautiful Play Video Main Stage Millennium Come Undone Kids She's the One My Way Encore Feel Angels Can you still get tickets? There are still a few tickets left to see Robbie Williams tomorrow and Saturday, starting from £66. The majority of the tickets left, however, are standing, which are a little pricier. General admission starts from £104, while front standing will set you back £220. If you think Robbie's worth it, you can bag your tickets from Ticketmaster here. What's Emirates Stadium's bag policy? Like most stadiums, Emirates only allows bags that are smaller than an A4 sheet of paper. Anything else will either be confiscated, or you will be turned away. In general, the venue advises against bringing a bag if at all possible, and there is no cloakroom to store them in. Banned items 'Do not bring your explosives to the Robbie Williams concert' is a sentence which probably goes without saying, but it's always good to be clear on these things. As well as the obvious (knives, weapons, fireworks and flares, and gas canisters will not be permitted), you are not allowed to bring in any of your own food or drink, except in a soft, 500ml plastic bottle. This includes flasks of hot liquid. Additionally, glass bottles of any kind, including small perfume bottles and similar, are banned. If you're unsure about an item, it's best to leave it at home. If you're unsure but really want to bring it, check here for the full list of prohibited items. Weather forecast The weather for this weekend is looking quite changeable, but showers are set to dry up by 7pm on Friday. On Saturday however, it's looking a bit wetter, so you might want to invest in a poncho. Temperatures will peak at 16 C during the gig on both days, so at least you won't be that cold.
Scotsman
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Who is supporting Robbie Williams at Murrayfield Stadium? The two acts who will warm up the Edinburgh crowd
It's not just headliner Robbie Williams that fans will be seeing at the upcoming Edinburgh stadium gig. Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... After a relatively quiet period Robbie Williams is very much 'back' and will be playing a huge Scottish stadium gig in May. Rag 'n' Bone Man is one of two acts supporting Robbie Williams at Murrayfield Stadium. | Getty Images Between 2009 and 2024 the singer, who has won a record 18 Brit Awards, limited his releases to a Christmas album and a greatest hits compilation. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad But the release of critically-acclaimed biopic film Better Man late last year thrust him back into the limelight, and he's now set to play Scotland for the first time since his three night stand at Glasgow's OVO Hydro in 2022. It's the latest chapter in a remarkable career that started with boyband Take That, before he found ever greater success as a solo artist with seven UK number one singles and 13 UK number one albums (all but one of his 14 studio albums have reached the top spot). Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the UK, while Progress, the album he wrote with Take That after the band reunited in 2010, is the second-fastest-selling album in UK chart history. And fans going to the show on Saturday, May 31, won't only get to see Robbie - there will be two chart-topping support acts for those who turn up early to enjoy. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Here's the acts that mean you should be at the stadium for doors opening at 4pm. Meanwhile, you can check out the expected Robbie Williams setlist here. Who will be supporting Robbie Williams at Murrayfield Stadium? There have been two support acts announced for the gig. First up will be The Lottery Winners, followed by Rag 'n' Bone Man. Who are The Lottery Winners? Formed in 2002 in Leight, Greater Manchester, The Lottery Winners are known for their energetic live performances and have previously supported the likes of Tom Jones, Paul Weller and Richard Ashcroft. They have released four studio albums to date, with two going to number one - 2023 Anxiety Replacement Therapy and this year's KOKO (Keep on Keeping on). The former saw them collaborate with stars including Frank Turner, Shaun Ryder and Boy George. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Who is Rag 'n' Bone Man? Rag 'n' Bone Man is an English singer who shot to fame with his debut single Human which hit top 10s around the world, including rising to number two in the UK. His album of the same name was released in 2017 and was fastest selling debut of the decade - leading to him being named British Breakthrough Act at the 2017 Brit Awards. A year later he took home the trophy for Best British Single. He's since released a further three studio albums, most recently last year's What Do You Believe In?. What is the likely The Lottery Winners setlist? The Lottery Winners have played a string of small gigs to promote their latesty album Koko. Expect them to play a selection of the following, along with perhaps a crowdpleasing cover. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Much Better Worry Elizabeth The Meaning of Life Superpower You Again You're Not Alone UFO Favourite Flavour Letter to Myself 21 Start Again Turn Around Burning House What is the likley Rag 'n' Bone Man setlist? Expect Rag 'n' Bone Man to play a similar set to that he played at festivals last summer, along with a couple of other added tracks from his latest album What Do You Believe In?. He'll probably play the majority of the following: All You Ever Wanted Skin What Do You Believe In? Healed Bitter End Anywhere Away From Here Be the Man Lovers in a Past Life Crossfire Human Giant Can I still get tickets to see Robbie Williams at Murrayfield Stadium? If you fancy going to see Robbie but don't have tickets yet then there's still. Both standing and seated tickets are still available here, priced from £107.50 How much are tickets to see Robbie Williams at Murrayfield Stadium? Seated tickets for Robbie's gig start at £107.50. Tickets for the rear standing area of the pitch are £107.50. If you want to get up close to the star, front standing tickets are £168 each.
BBC News
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Lottery Winners: How Robbie Williams became a 'therapist' for indie band
Thom Rylance, frontman of indie band The Lottery Winners, has experienced panic attacks since he was a child. But he'd never had one on stage... until last month."I've got this other, outgoing version of me that does the shows, and he just turns up every time," the singer explains."I don't really know him, and I think he's brilliant and quite handsome, but when we played Bournemouth, he just didn't come."The panic manifested as "a tremendous sense of overwhelming dread", he says, accompanied by sudden shortness of breath and a racing isn't sure how, but he survived the gig without anyone noticing. YouTube footage shows him goading people into singing Reef's Put Your Hands Up, and taking selfies with fans during the his head, though, it was a disaster."I came off stage and I was really apologetic. I was like, 'Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I was awful. I couldn't speak'."And everyone was like, 'What you talking about? It was absolutely fine.'"The reaction wasn't entirely unexpected. At the age of 35, Rylance has become adept at masking his a topic he addresses frequently (and movingly) on the band's new album, KOKO, whose title is an acronym for "Keep on keeping on".The singer learned the phrase from his grandmother, who used it to comfort him when he was excluded from school."I didn't want to be bad or naughty, but there was something in me [that meant] I couldn't sit through the lessons," he recalls."I was expelled and taken away from all my friends, and it made me really sad – but my gran used to say, 'Keep on keeping on, Thom', and it stuck with me." 'Where was my support?' The singer was belatedly diagnosed with ADHD two years ago, and the sense of relief hit him like a tidal wave."It was like a release of guilt," he says. "Like, nothing I've ever done has ever been my fault!"But it also came with a mourning period, where I was looking back and going, 'Where was my support? I didn't have to be a sad child'."I literally remember a teacher saying, 'If you don't do well in your GCSEs then your life is over.' That sent me spiralling because I was like, 'I don't want to be a junkie', you know?"So, I've been going into schools recently and talking to kids with ADHD, just to show them that someone who did terribly in education can wake up every day excited and happy and ready for work." Rylance is speaking from Paris, where The Lottery Winners are wrapping up their latest band, completed by Robert Lally, Katie Lloyd and Joe Singleton, have been working tirelessly since they formed in Leigh, Greater Manchester, in 2008 – but success has been a slow signed their first record contract with Sire Records in 2016 after boss Seymour Stein (the man responsible for discovering Madonna) called them "the best band since The Smiths".But when he left the label the following year, the group went with him, delaying their debut album by finally arrived on British indie label Morning Sky in 2020, a week before the country went into lockdown, making promotion impossible. Even so, the band's buoyant indie pop songs and engaging online presence (Rylance is one of the funniest and likeable musicians on social media) helped them build a dedicated 2023, that support was support enough to send their third album, Anxiety Replacement Therapy, to number one, beating releases by The National and Jessie Rylance, who spent his childhood "feeling like an alien", it was a huge deal."It's literally a trophy with a number one on it," he laughs. "What bigger symbol of affirmation is there than that?"How about being personally invited on tour by Robbie Williams? That's what happened last October. Robbie heard the band's single You Again on BBC Radio 2 and instantly booked them as his support act this summer."It was a really huge moment for me," says Rylance, who made his first public performance singing Williams' song Stronger on a school trip."Robbie's been a huge part of my life, so when he told me, 'I've listened to all of your albums', I was just like, 'What do you mean, Robbie Williams? Why are you saying that to me?'"The pair subsequently struck up a firm friendship, and talk almost daily."Robbie's like my therapist," says Rylance. "He's got ADHD as well, so he can relate to the things that overwhelm me."And I can literally ask him anything. I'll be like, 'Robert, how long do I put this pizza in the oven?'"But Williams isn't the only famous name in his contacts. The Lottery Winners have recorded singles with Shaun Ryder, Nickelback and Boy George ("a mild hit in Greece," laughs Rylance), while Noel Gallagher struck up a friendship with Rylance after playing with him last year."These people have always seemed so unreachable," he marvels. "Noel Gallagher is not even... He's barely even a human being!"So to have him right there in my phone... I've texted him for advice loads of times." That guiding hand proved crucial last November, when Rylance published an ill-advised tweet criticising musician Kate Nash's campaign to save the live music accused Nash of posing as a working class musician, pointing out she'd attended the Brit School - which he mistakenly thought was a private, fee-paying establishment."I wasn't very proud of that, and it ended up in the NME," says Rylance. "They kept contacting me, asking me for a statement, and so I texted Noel, 'What should I do about this, mate?'"He was like, 'Just tell them to speak to your new PR officer: Me."'I'll tell them you're too busy being mega to talk to the press.'"In the end, Rylance took a different approach, apologising for his comments and offering to work with Nash, external, but Gallagher's support helped him keep a level head in a tricky moment. Today, he's still passionate about highlighting the issues around working class access to the recalls The Lottery Winners' first gig, at the Collier's Rest Pub in Leigh, 16 years ago. The venue was so packed that it ran out of beer, but the band were only paid £30, which they immediately spent on a demo tape."I don't know how we did it," Rylance says. "We were really, really poor for a long time."We kept going because we believed in it, but that's not a realistic prospect for a lot of people."If you don't have any money, you can't afford to make mistakes."Even now, the band need help funding their European tour. Last month, they accepted a grant from the UK's Music Export Growth Fund to help pay for visas and transport costs."I wouldn't be in Paris right now without that," Rylance admits. "They match what we spend, and we're willing to invest as much as we can."That's where ADHD can come in handy. Rylance is relentlessly creative, always on the look-out for ways to promote the band. On the album, he even calls ADHD a "neurospice" that helps him "see solutions before problems even arise".To that end, he's got a plan to secure a second number one album this week. Since Friday, Lottery Winners have been hosting a pop-up shop in Leigh, with free live music every day and copies of KOKO for sale. "I can promise you this, there isn't a single band who'll work harder than us," he paraphrase his gran, they're keen on keeping on.
