Robbie Williams Rewind

We’re thrilled to welcome the co-writers of Morning Sun and many more incredible tracks to the podcast - Richard Scott and Scott Ralph. We’re excited that Rich has returned to the show after we interviewed him and his brothers Kelvin Andrews and Danny Spencer in 2022. This time we’re also joined by their longtime friend Scott Ralph, the final quarter of Robbie’s songwriting crew from Stoke-On-Trent. Scott shares what happened when he was invited to LA to write with Robbie alongside his friends, and recalls some hilarious (and embarrassing!) moments. Rich and Scott have penned lots of swing-style songs with Robbie such as Soda Pop and On The Fence, as well as Under The Radar classics like Super Tony and Underkill. We hear about UFO hunts and an impromptu Gollum cameo at a BRITS after-party - we didn’t stop laughing throughout and can see why Rob loves writing with his Stokie mates. ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

Does it get anymore exciting than this? It’s the interview we’ve wanted for a long time - we’re thrilled to share our chat with Guy Chambers! We joined Guy at his Sleeper Sounds Studio in London to discuss as much as we could about each album he’s written and produced with Robbie Williams, from Life Thru A Lens through to XXV. You’ll hear about the new musical Guy’s written with Rob, his thoughts on their split during Escapology in 2002 and what it was like writing together again for Swings Both Ways. He explains the writing, recording and production of LOTS of songs, gives his thoughts on the Netflix documentary and Better Man biopic, and rewinds back to Glastonbury, both Swing eras, the UTR gig and much much more! Guy’s new album Guy Chambers And The Lemon Trees - “Burst The Bubble” is out on 12th April! To see our video tour of Robbie’s solo art exhibition at the Moco Museum in Amsterdam, visit our website ! ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

Happy 50th Birthday Robbie Williams! What better way to mark Rob’s milestone birthday than by celebrating his incredible music. We asked our listeners to choose their favourite Robbie songs and in this special episode, we share the results of our Fans’ 50 For 50! We’re also joined by nearly all of our previous podcast guests who send birthday wishes for Rob. We’re even joined by Robbie for the second time on the podcast, who gives his verdict on the final results and explains what his 50th means to him. You can also watch a video all of the guest messages by visiting robbiewilliamsrewind.com ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

We’re very excited to have another member of Robbie’s band join us on the podcast! Guitarist Tom Longworth tells us how he came to join the band in 2012, what was unique about his first Robbie gig, and shares some great memories of touring with Rob around the world. He also reveals a very surprising story behind the backing vocals on ‘Time For Change’, the song that he wrote with Robbie, Guy and Karl for The Christmas Present! ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

In our second Netflix documentary episode, we’re joined by Chris from Kent who helps us review the four part series, ‘Robbie Williams’. We discuss what we really thought of the series including our favourite parts and what we learnt. Chris also tells us about the extremely unique Robbie memorabilia that he owns! ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

In the first of two special Robbie Williams Netflix doc episodes, we’re thrilled to share our interview with the director, Joe Pearlman! We asked Joe lots of questions from Robbie fans, including why certain parts of Robbie’s career weren’t covered (like Swing!) and we discover what scene was too saucy to be included! Joe explained how the documentary was made and told us some unheard stories from behind the scenes. You won't want to miss this! You can watch the interview on YouTube, or listen on all podcast platforms now. ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

We’re back with an album review episode and guest fan - our first for a while! Christina from Denmark returns to help us take a deep dive into the debut album from Lufthaus and Robbie Williams, Visions Volume 1. We discuss each song, track by track and hear what happened when Christina went clubbing for the first time in forever, just to see Lufthaus play a small club in Finland! #robbiewilliams #lufthaus #podcast #musicpodcast #musiccommentary #visionsvolume1 ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

We’re VERY excited to welcome Robbie’s long-time musical collaborators and Lufthaus bandmates Tim Metcalfe and Flynn Francis onto the podcast! Australians Tim & Flynn have worked closely with Robbie since 2011, having written most of Take The Crown together as well as many tracks on the Under The Radar albums and The Christmas Present. Their latest project with Robbie, Lufthaus, reflects the evolution of their friendship and musical journey, fusing electronica music with the art and structure of classic songwriting. We’re absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to chat to them about how they met Rob, what it’s been like to work with him and to discover the story behind Lufthaus. ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

On our 2nd birthday, we’re excited to share news of our Independent Podcast Award nomination! To celebrate, we’re listening back to some of our favourite moments from more than 50 episodes. Hear some astounding, amazing and funny stories from Robbie’s co-writers, band members, producers and fans! We also bring you all the latest Robbie news including Netflix, Spurs and Softplay, and we discuss the end of the European XXV tour/Sandringham. ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

We continue our interview with Rob’s A&R man, Chris Briggs, who’s worked continuously with Robbie from the very start of his solo career. In this episode, Chris discusses Robbie’s career from 1998 to the current day. We cover the Swing albums, hear all about the fallout from the Escapology era, what happened when Robbie started writing Rudebox with Jerry Meehan before Intensive Care was even completed, the background to Reality Killed The Video Star and why XXV came about. Plus, we learn the hilarious story about the night Robbie first met Tim & Flynn which led to Take The Crown! Chris offers his thoughts on why Robbie’s career has had such longevity and what it is that makes him so successful. Chris has also worked with a plethora of other artists including ABC, Blondie, Def Leppard, Dire Straits, Big Country, Olly Murs, Laura Marling, Starsailor and Geri Halliwell. He won A&R of the year at the Music Producers Guilds Awards in 2016. ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

Today’s extra special guest has worked with Robbie longer than anyone else in his solo career. Chris Briggs has been Robbie’s A&R man since 1996, soon after he left Take That. Chris has been by Rob’s side even longer than his management. Chris shares never heard before stories about the launch of Rob’s solo career: how he came to work with Guy Chambers and the rest of his band, what happened when he went to Miami to work with Desmond Child, how Life Thru A Lens was recorded, and what many record company execs really thought of Robbie ‘pre-Angels’. We also hear which songwriter Rob failed to click with prior to Guy. Chris explains what A&R actually involves, and how he ended up in that role. Chris has also worked with a plethora of other artists including ABC, Blondie, Def Leppard, Dire Straits, Big Country, Olly Murs, Laura Marling, Starsailor and Geri Halliwell. He won A&R of the year at the Music Producers Guilds Awards in 2016. You’ll be able to hear part two of this interview in our next episode. ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

On the 20th anniversary of Robbie’s incredible Knebworth shows, we have a special guest who was lucky enough to go backstage there! We’re joined by Anto Carroll, an Irish fan who took part in Robbie’s Pop Idol themed Something Beautiful video. He fills us in on what it was like to take part and how reaching the final few in the selection process led to him being invited to Knebworth! You can view all of Anto’s backstage photos on our social channels as well as our website. ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

We’re thrilled to share our interview with award winning photographer Hamish Brown, who was Robbie’s chosen photographer from 1997 until about 2010. He was granted unique access to video shoots, tours and promotional campaigns. Hamish shot the record covers for Intensive Care, Swing When You’re Winning, Kids, Somethin’ Stupid and some versions of Angels. We hear what it was like to work closely with Rob and how Hamish captured some of Rob’s most iconic photographs, such as those from the video shoots of Angels, Feel, Kids, No Regrets, Millennium, Supreme, Somethin’ Stupid, Advertising Space and more. A book was even released in 2000 “Robbie Williams: Photography by Hamish Brown” to raise money for the CancerBACUP charity, sharing the best B&W photographs from the first two years of Rob’s career. Visit the episode page to look at each photo as we cover them during the episode: robbiewilliamsrewind.com ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

We’re so excited that we had the chance to interview Jerry Meehan, Robbie’s bass guitarist at his recording studio. Jerry was kind enough to show us round his studio, Wendy House Productions, and tell us all about his time working with Rob. We found out how Jerry came to be a part of Rob’s band, how The 80s, The 90s, Dickhead and Love Is You were written and what it’s been like to tour with Rob since 2006. ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

We’re very excited to be joined by Robbie’s first live drummer, Steve ‘Smiley’ Barnard, who was part of Rob’s band from 1997-1998 including during Rob’s first solo tour. Smiley describes what it was like to work closely with Robbie during the Life Thru A Lens era and how they spent hours playing backgammon to help Rob’s sobriety. It’s even down to Smiley, that Rob’s band has its current lineup. Smiley tells us all about the fun and unforgettable moments he experienced during the inception of Robbie’s incredible solo career. You definitely don’t want to miss this! For more information on Smiley and his own music: smileysfriends.co.uk Smiley’s book ‘Clang … Smiley Drops A Few’ is available on Amazon, for even more great stories! And hear about the multitude of musicians and bands Smiley has worked with over the years. Follow him at @stevesmileybarnard on Instagram, @smileydrums on Twitter. ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

We’re rewinding back to the subject of our very first episode, Life Thru A Lens! We’re joined by Ruben from New Zealand to discuss all the demos and unreleased tracks on the 25th Anniversary Edition of Robbie’s first album. Ruben probably wins the award for being Robbie’s youngest ever fan! He explains how he became a fan aged 2, and what this meant for his language skills! He describes the unique toys he’d play with and what he’d take to kindergarten with him! Now aged 21, Ruben is looking forward to seeing Robbie live for the first time later this year. ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

We continue our journey through Robbie’s latest Greatest Hits album, XXV, by reviewing CD2, including previously unreleased tracks More Than This, Disco Symphony, The World And Her Mother and Home Thoughts From Abroad. Frenchie Helene joins us to discuss the new and reorchestrated songs and we reveal our favourite moments from Robbie’s recent UK & Ireland XXV tour, and Royal Albert Hall shows. Helene also divulges what happened when her mum took her out of school for the day to meet Robbie at her local radio station in 2012! ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

We’re not rewinding very far this time – we’re looking at the standard edition of Robbie’s latest album XXV, discussing the new orchestrations of his greatest hits, including new song Lost! We’re even joined by the co-writer of Lost, Oli Swan, who explains how he became friends with Rob and ended up writing music with him! Our special guest fan is Robbie from Canada, who tells us what made him become a Robbie fan, what Robbie’s music means to him, and how being a Robbie fan is a family affair in his house! ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

We start 2023 with the best that the New Year could bring – with Robbie Williams himself on the podcast, for our biggest episode yet! You really don’t want to miss this! It’s an interview by fans for the fans! Robbie chatted to us for two hours! We discussed his tattoos, writing songs for his children, Lufthaus, the XXV tour and album, when he hopes to release his new studio album as well as the next UTR album and what his fans mean to him. We play the Robbie World Cup to find out which of his albums is his favourite and Robbie answers some questions from listeners. We will released this as an audio version first, and you can also see the video version on our YouTube channel – we are always adding exciting content here so make sure you subscribe! ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.

We continue our sleigh ride through Robbie’s The Christmas Present album; this time, looking at the second CD, The Christmas Future, as well as 2020’s Can’t Stop Christmas! We also recall the amazing Robbie Williams Christmas Party shows at Wembley Arena. We’re joined by Caroline from Austria who explains why being a Robbie fan is her husband’s fault so he can’t complain when she travels across Europe to see him in concert! ====== If there is an advert in this episode details will appear below: ====== **About Robbie Williams Rewind** Join husband and wife Matt and Lucy, as they rewind through legendary pop star Robbie Williams’ solo career. Each episode, they have a guest fan to help us relive Robbie’s incredible music and tours. Visit: robbiewilliamsrewind.com to discover more episodes, track listings & photos! Follow: @rewindrobbie on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter & TikTok.