Robbie Tribute

An estimated TV audience of 5.5 billion are set to see the biggest live festival for 20 years this weekend as Live 8 hits the world!

Ten venues across the globe will host over 150 acts with the flagship event taking place at Hyde Park in London.

Robbie will join a staggering line up of a-list music stars including Annie Lennox, Bob Geldof, Coldplay, Dido, Elton John, Joss Stone, Keane, The Killers, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Ms. Dynamite, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Razorlight, REM, Scissor Sisters, Snoop Dogg, Snow Patrol, Stereophonics, Sting, Travis, U2, UB40 and Velvet Revolver

Tickets are completely sold out (you won’t even be allowed in the park without one!) but the show will be broadcast live on TV, Radio and the internet. Coverage begins on BBC2 and Radio 1 & 2 at 13.00h (BST).

Official live coverage can also be watched at
aolmusic.com

Giant BBC screens will also be situated in the centre of major cities across the UK including Birmingham, Hull, Liverpool, Manchester, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Belfast, Leeds and Wrexham. For more information go to:
www.live8live.com

The Aim of Live 8

The aim of the concerts is not to raise money but to raise awareness of the poverty and suffering endured in Africa and the world’s poorest countries. They will focus the whole world’s attention on the critical decisions to be made by the leaders of the world’s eight richest countries at the G8 summit four days later.

These men will be presented with a plan to drop 100% of the debts owed to the world’s richest countries by the world’s poorest countries, to double the amount of high quality aid which is spent in those countries adding an extra $50 billion, and to change the injustices of the trade laws so that those countries can build a future for themselves.

This is not a charity event as all concerts are free.

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For 50 years the Ivor Novello Awards have been celebrating the cream of songwriting and composing at their prestigious annual ceremony.

To mark this achievement, the academy approached Evening Standard readers and Radio 2 listeners to vote for their favourite songs from each of the past five decades. The votes are in and we are very proud to announce that ‘Angels’, written by Robbie & Guy Chambers, has won the award for the 1995-2004 category.

The Academy Chairman, David Ferguson, said “The 25 songs on the original shortlist were chosen because they had a profound influence of British songwriting”

Winners of the 50th Ivor Novello Awards will be officially announced at a ceremony in London on Thursday 26th May.

The ‘Songs of the Decade’ are:

1955-1964
?You Really Got Me – written by Ray Davies, ?performed by The Kinks?

1965-1974
?Space Oddity – written by David Bowie,?performed by David Bowie?

1975-1984
?Bohemian Rhapsody – written by Freddie Mercury, performed by Queen?

1985-1994
?West End Girls – written by Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe, performed by The Pet Shop Boys?

1995-2004
?Angels – written by Robbie Williams & Guy Chambers, performed by Robbie Williams?

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Every single day, 30,000 children are dying as a result of extreme poverty. Back in 2001 the government of the eight wealthiest nations on the planet said that they were going to do something about it – in what was seen as a breakthrough, they promised to halve world poverty by 2015. Four years later these targets are way off being met. With the UK hosting the G8 gathering of powerful world leaders in July, as well as holding the presidency of the European Union for the second half of the year, 2005 offers a truly exceptional set of opportunities for the UK to take a lead internationally and say that enough is enough. Make Poverty History is a growing coalition of more than 300 charities, campaigns, trade unions, faith groups and other organisations in partnership with the Global Call to Action Against Poverty with the following three aims: Trade Justice. Drop the Debt. More and Better Aid. Vote for Trade Justice is the latest and biggest stage of the campaign being run by member organisations of the Trade Justice Movement. Trade Justice is about much more than buying the right coffee at the supermarket; it’s about the world’s rich countries allowing the world’s poor countries to do business so that trading can be a way out of poverty. Vote for Trade Justice is a call on the British Government to stop the inequality currently existing in international trade. More than 150,000 people in the UK have already shown their support and today, Robbie is supporting the campaign by lending his name to an email being sent out to everyone who has signed up to the Make Poverty History website asking them to vote too. You can find out more about Make Poverty History and support the campaign by voting right now: www.makepovertyhistory.org

Published: 11th February 2005

On Friday 11th March you’ll see Robbie as you’ve never seen him before… as a ‘laydee’!

For one night only, Robbie will be losing the jeans in favour of something a little more feminine as he, sorry she, teams up with Emily and Florence for a Comic Relief special sketch!

Robbie mistakenly enters their ‘Ladies Shop’ and is immediately pounced upon by the ‘rubbish’ transvestites. In just a few minutes he is transformed into Roberta and realises his alter ego is quite liberating after all.

The one-off Robbie sketch, along with other specials starring Elton John, George Michael, Trisha and Simon Callow will feature on Comic Relief’s Little Britain Special DVD exclusively available at HMV’s 190-plus UK stores and www.hmv.co.uk Comic Relief’s online shop, www.rednoseday.com and at BBC Shops from Monday 14 February.

This year’s theme for Red Nose Day, ‘Big Hair and

Robbie Williams will be back on the silver screen next month as the UK welcomes the return of the much loved children’s classic ‘The Magic Roundabout’.

Robbie provides the voice to the long shaggy, sugar-loving Dougal alongside some great co-stars including Ian McKellen as Zebedee, Jim Broadbent as Brian and Kylie Minogue as Dougal’s big love Florence.

The premiere took place on Sunday 30th January and opens on general release around the UK and Ireland on Friday 11th February.

Check out the official Magic Roundabout website for lots of games, downloads and the official movie trailer. www.the-magic-roundabout.com

(For more Official Robbie Williams New go to www.robbiewilliams.com)