23/02/01
Robbie attacked on stage Robbie Williams is nursing bruises after being attacked by a man who pushed him off the stage during a sell-out concert in Germany. The pop star fell more than five feet into the pit below the stage during his concert in Stuttgart after a young man, who police said was psychologically disturbed, got on to the stage and pushed him from behind.
Williams picked himself up and returned to the stage, said Frank Bender, a spokesman for EMI records. After a few jokes about the situation, he continued the concert.

07/02/01
Robbie Williams has been offered his first film role. Robbie is tipped to make his big screen debut in a reworking of the British cult classic That’ll Be the Day.
The original film, which was made in 1973, was responsible for catapulting David Essex to fame and also starred 1960s rock legends Ringo Starr, Keith Moon and Billy Fury. It was set in the early 1950s and revolved around the life of a teenager who had to choose between respectability and the wild new rock’n’roll lifestyle. The film is said to be loosely based on the life of the young John Lennon.
Industry insiders also said that Robbie was keen to take a hand in the writing of the screenplay. The offer of the role follows press speculation that the singer has been taking acting lessons and is itching to get into the film industry. Williams, who is currently undergoing treatment for drink problems in Los Angeles, is known to have a James Bond fixation - he played the secret agent in the video for his hit Millennium - and has tipped himself to take the role of 007 one day.

04/01/01
Robbie Williams has managed to stay sober throughout the party season. It was at a meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in London’s Knightsbridge on Wednesday that the Robbie, proudly announced he had been free of all mind-altering substances for 30 days. That’s no small feat for someone who battles addiction demons on a daily basis.
The determined superstar is no stranger to falling off the wagon, readily confessing that he is prone to slipping back into his bad, old ways. At his worst, soon after Take That disbanded, he admitted needing a big line of cocaine just to get out of bed in the morning. Only two months ago, he was clearly drunk at the MTV Awards.
It clearly hasn’t been easy for Robbie, 26. At Wednesday’s NA meeting he poured his heart out to a room full of ex-addicts - complaining that he had to stay vigilant every second of the day. A friend revealed: "He looked down and not very healthy, but at the same time was pleased for getting into 2001 without touching drugs."

13/12/00
Robbie Williams is replacing Freddie Mercury as Queen’s frontman. Freddie, who died from an AIDS related illness in 1991, was one of the greatest showmen ever, but when Robbie revealed that it was ultimate ambition to work with the band, Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor were immediately convinced that he was the man for the job. They have now persuaded Robbie to perform in a series of stadium concerts with them in the New Year. Robbie, who could make his debut with Queen at Brazil’s Rock In Rio concert in January, will sing old material plus new stuff the surviving members of the band have penned, and the collaboration will eventually result in an album.