It must be said though that most of the crowd had no idea who her was. EMI spent ?80million pound on signing Robbie, so he’s desperately trying to make himself known in the States even if it means begging.

Robbie and Robert
What did Robbie Williams do when Robert De Niro extended him a personal invite to perform at his film festival?

Well what do you think? He’s off to sing his little heart out. I mean, you must know that you have made it when asked to star at the Tribeca Film Festival - David Bowie was the star guest there last year!

Robbie will be performing at New York’s Battery Park sharing a bill with Grammy winner Norah Jones. So what with this and a forthcoming appearance as a guest on the Jay Remo show - maybe Robbie’s bid to win over the American audience is stepping up a pace or two.

Robbie’s Smart move - 23/04/03
Robbie Williams will be featuring in a new commercial for Daimler Chrysler Geostar Smart cars.

In the advert he comes across a man busking for money to put in his parking meter.

The busker is singing Robbie’s hit Feel badly out of tune as a traffic warden closes in on him, Robbie comes to the rescue just in time giving the busker some dosh.

Geostar Smart cars are the official sponsors of Robbie’s European tour along with Microsoft Xbox.

The ad, which was filmed in Copenhagen, is only being aired at live venues where he is performing.

Robbie does it again - 21/02/03
The Brit Award for Best Male Solo Artist went to Robbie Williams for the fourth time running. Maybe they should re-name it the Robbie Award...
Since leaving Take That - Robbie has won nine Brit awards for his solo career. However, he was not at the award show in person to collect his award, as he is tryingt o break through in America.
He did record a funny acceptance video on the guise of a lonely hearts ad - : "29-year-old Aquarian, slightly chubby, chain-smoking, seeks boy or girl for fun nights of poker and AA meetings."

Happy Birthday - you’re dumped! - 18/02/03
The on / off relationship of Robbie Williams and Rachel Hunter is now off for good, as the blonde model apparently dumped Robbie the day before his 29th birthday.
Robbie allegedly has far too many mood swings, is very insecure and paranoid and Rachel has had enough. But you would have thought she would be used to pop stars mood swings by now - she was the wife of 70’s bad boy Rod Stewart after all.

Band boy - February Courtesy of Heat Magaine
Robbie Williams has revealed he nearly formed a band last year because he was tired of "being Robbie".

He says, "I thought I’d start a band and chase U2 all over the world for their crown." But he had a change of heart while recording Escapology. Lucky for us.