Robbie Williams, the naughty boy of British pop, comes to Galicia transformed into a giant

It was 1995 and robbie williams was about to leave Take That, the Boy band the most famous moment in England. At the festival in Glastonbury, he changed the scene with new friends. Some Oases that were at the top of the wave at that time welcomed him. With Liam and Noel Gallagher, Robbie discovered another life, brought true brilliance to his finished figure as an artist, and embarked on a path where the pupils dilated endlessly. Without knowing it, he was steadily making his way towards what would be his first solo album two years later, Life through a lens (1997). Also, the beginning one of the brightest careers of British pop at the time.

He is currently on his 25th anniversary tour, which ends tomorrow at Gozo Fest in Santiago, alongside Iván Ferreira, Hombres G and Martin Garrix. He performs live at these concerts Don’t look back in anger his former friends. Yes, things did not end well with the Manchester team. At the 2000 Brit Awards, Noel mocked him: “He’s a fat dancer from Take That.” At the end of the gala night, he almost got into a fight with Liam. Then followed several aggressive and mocking tweets between the two (“kiss my perfectly shaped ass,” Robbie told him), challenges to face each other in the boxing ring, and other displays of cockfighting in the barn while the British tabloids rubbed their hands together. Salvaging that great ballad seems to indicate that the roughs have been ironed out.

In addition to peppering the music scene with controversy and gossip, the face-to-face between Robbie Williams and Oasis serves to define the former by contrast. Because if the Gallaghers are the kind of rude and conceited stars who cause rejection, Robbie Williams is the opposite. He is the sublimation of a charming figure that everyone likes. An artist with the spirit of a dude, classic ways and an irresistible smile. A sensitive but witty singer that everyone would want at their party. A person who in many cases does what many of his followers would like to do. He euphorically celebrates the victory of his imaginary team on the cover Sing when you win (2000). Getting in the pool with Kylie Minogue children. mark the classic Something stupid with Nicole Kidman. Or you end up becoming transvestite in She is Madonna.

“I consider myself an entertainer more than anything, it’s natural for me to use anything to entertain others,” he recently said in a magazine interview. vanity fair WHO It was the friendly face of that Cool Britannia of Tony Blair and Kate Moss with the Union Jack, which fascinated the world before the turn of the millennium.or. In that interview, he also talked about his drug problems, words that his followers see as redemption for the youthful sins of that crazy goat cousin, but a good person. And he cited, nostalgically, the times when he could freely provoke without fear of dismissal. He recalled a concert in 2003 where he took a fan on stage and kissed her passionately: “Spontaneous gesture, a little sweet, a little funny, without shadows. No, you can’t be provocative anymore, go against the grain. The spark is gone, we have to be satisfied with the large mass of tasteless and colorless thoughts that attack us.

That singer, who at his peak sold more than two million records per title, There aren’t really any masterpieces in his discography. but yes a The greatest hits indisputable. It is the basis of the concerts that mark a quarter of a century. Topics such as parade there Angels, no remorse, feeling, children and Rock DJ, mandatory stops on the soundtrack of thousands and thousands of people who were young between the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. Also, as the last live performances developed, there is also the memory of Take That (Flood) and a handful of versions. But above all there is that star. The one who stripped her skin to strips in the video yesterday Rock DJ. The one who today with her silver hair shows that at the age of 49 she can look back with a smile. And that the public is eating out of his hand again.