Robbie appeared before a crowd of 65,000 at Milton Keynes National Bowl the first of five nights. These concerts were supposed to have taken place at the delayed,- rebuilt stadium at Wembley. He joked and said.. It will be ready for Theo Walcott's testimonial.
There was flashing lights, and fireworks and Robbie appeared on the ego ramp soaking up the evening of screaming and shouting along to the opening number "Radio" still a quirky pop song even with Robbie swearing throughout the song
His singing was wayward, but a talented band and backing singers kept the performance on track, and as he larked around he seemed to live up to his recent description of himself as an end-of-the-pier entertainer.. he was also curiously sweaty from the start and said he was feeling like s..t but spurred on by the crowd gave a captivating performance
His friend Jonathon Wilkes sang " Me and my Shadow" with tedious banter. E.M.I. has removed a track called the 90s from his promotional copies of his new album as Martin Smith has threatened legal action but he performed some of it anyway singing about an evil man and much worse, don't know why he's upset ...Robbie said mockingly. He sang "Back For Good" and joked about them trying to get him on tour when he'd sold Three million tickets for his Summer dates.
He sang Advertising Space and by then Robbie and the audience were in strong bond.
Robbie appeared high above the stage clutching a double cone with his face smeared with ice cream and descended on a small platform to join his band for a riotous "Let Me Entertain You"
Changed into a hoodie he played his new single "Rude box" an amazing take of hip hop which was perhaps surprisingly one of the stand-out moments.
He finished with "Angels" of course and "Kids"
and then still going strong after 90 minutes ran around punching the air in triumph.
