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The singers took us on a warts 'n' all tour of his life, including his split from Take That, the hedonistic 1990s and the "peace" he finds today with his wife Ayda and four children. His set begins with a video sequence of the superstar reading The Hyde Park Times with the headline 'Is Robbie Williams The Greatest Live Entertainer?' before putting on a boxer's dressing gown and walking backstage while autographing a fan's T-shirt. Actor Danny Dyer and Supergrass singer Gaz Coombes come into view like bodyguards flanking the star, who hugs a miniature cardboard cut out of Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher as dancers groove to the chant 'Are you ready Hyde Park?' Swapping the dressing gown for a white tuxedo, he then rises from beneath the stage to a stomping performance of .

And crikey, he most certainly did. He introduced his 1999 single saying: “I will only know if I can be vulnerable with you if you can sing along a cappella to one of my lesser-known hits." He follows this with the moving , expressing his struggles with alcohol, drugs and depression.



There's a bit of audience engagement - he tells us how glad he was England won their quarter final - before d live commentary of Take That's early video, pointing out Jason Orange's 'nipples and tassles' and his own derriere. He revisits his first lead vocal before recounting how he quit or was pushed from the boy band. Then there was a 'lost' weekend at Glastonbury where he met Oasis, which brings a salute to the Britpop era wit.

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