Robbie Williams to play Croke Park gig next year

November 12, 2024
Robbie Williams to play Croke Park gig next year

Robbie Williams is gearing up to entertain Croke Park next year and has announced a gig at the iconic venue on 23 August, 2025.

The Robbie Williams Live 2025 tour will open in Edinburgh on 31 May. The tour will then take in London, Manchester and Bath, before heading across Europe with dates in Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Sweden.

Tickets for Dublin priced from €77.25 to €152.25, subject to Ticketmaster service charge, go on general sale this Friday, 15 November at 10am via Ticketmaster.ie.

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Speaking about the upcoming gigs, Williams said: "This tour is going to be my boldest yet - I can't wait to see you next year. There will be songs from the movie Better Man, and some new music too…but more on that soon".

The 50-year-old chart-topper last performed in Ireland in 2022 at Dublin's 3Arena as part of his XXV tour, which celebrated 25 years of his solo career with a mix of his biggest hits and new material.

Since his shock departure from Take That in 1995, Williams has sold over 75 million albums worldwide, with his solo albums alone accounting for over 40 million of those sales.

His solo albums, such as Life Thru a Lens (1997), Sing When You're Winning (2000), and Escapology (2002), have been successful, with Life Thru a Lens alone selling over 10 million copies worldwide.

Robbie Williams has had huge success since leaving Take That

Williams first made his name as one-fifth of the Nineties boyband, alongside Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald, and Jason Orange.

After joining the band at age 16 in 1990, Williams quickly became a fan favourite and provided lead vocals for some of Take That's earliest hits, including Could It Be Magic?.

Williams joined Take That at the age of 16 and proved to be a fan favourite

In a recent four-part Netflix documentary, Williams said it was his penchant for drinking and drug-taking which led to him leaving the popular boyband, after sternly being told that his actions were "not how you behave in a boy band".

"I was ingesting everything I could get my hands on: cocaine, drinking... I [was] literally drinking a bottle of vodka a night before going into rehearsals."

Williams continued that he was told he was "letting the side down" with his wild antics and was invited to meetings where he was urged to "behave".

"I was told this is not how you behave in a boyband. The sense that I, essentially, I wasn't ready or capable to fulfil the role that was being asked of me was palpable," he said.

Eventually, things came to a head during a band meeting, when he told the other four that he "just couldn't be there anymore".

Williams last joined the group for their sixth album in 2010, but left again in 2011.

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