74: ROBBIE WILLIAMS | True Geordie Podcast

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4.8 • 6.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2017

⏱️ 168 minutes

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Robbie Williams is the best-selling British solo artist in the United Kingdom and the best selling non-Latino artist in Latin America. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the United Kingdom, and in 2006 he entered the Guinness Book of World Records for selling 1.6 million tickets of his Close Encounters Tour in a single day. Williams has received a record eighteen Brit Awards—winning Best British Male four times, and two awards for Outstanding Contribution to Music and the 2016 Brits Icon for his "lasting impact on British culture", eight German ECHO Awards, and three MTV European Music Awards. In 2004, he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame after being voted the "Greatest Artist of the 1990s". According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), Williams has been certified for 19.8 million albums and 6.4 million singles in the UK as a solo artist. He is also one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold 75 million records worldwide. Williams also topped the 2000–2010 UK airplay chart, racking up almost 50% more plays than the Sugababes at number 2. In 2014, he was awarded the freedom of his home town of Stoke-on-Trent, as well as having a tourist trail created and streets named in his honour. 📔Get Robbie's book here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reveal-Robbi... 📽 Robbie's channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Nh... 🎧 LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE for FREE on iTunes HERE - https://itun.es/gb/T5pafb.c 📨 Got a problem you need Geordie's help on? Email: truegproblems@gmail.com 🦅 Follow Laurence on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lozcast 🌅 Follow Laurence on Instagram: https://instagram.com/lozcast 📹 THE TRUE GEORDIE: https://www.youtube.com/user/footballfan533 🎥 THE TRUE GEORDIE 2: https://www.youtube.com/user/TrueGeordieGaming 👑 KING OF THE NORTH: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpLh6CawAd90bJ9tyDBovTg 💸 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TrueGeordieTG 📸 INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/TrueGeordieTG 📲 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/truegeordie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Did you know choosing the train can take up to 500 cars off the road? Just one train at a time.
0:07.0	One gig at a time, one last minute plan, one festival, one going then, why not at a time.
0:18.0	One train journey at a time can help create a greener future.
0:23.0	So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk for what's last greener.
0:30.0	This week on the True Jody Podcast.
0:33.0	The biggest selling male artist in British music history and his name is Robbie Williams.
0:40.0	I've spent the whole summer with you guys. Literally on tour. Every podcast that's come out I've watched beginning to end. I'm a huge fan.
0:53.0	I've got something to tell you and I've got something to tell you and I've like, well you first.
0:58.0	She said you're in that band.
1:03.0	You can find yourself going down and rabbit lava quickly.
1:06.0	And it's a lot of fun but if you mix that with marijuana.
1:13.0	Myism, whatever I've got that drove me to be the person I am, is an unrelenting monster that doesn't know when enough is enough.
1:24.0	Let's just say my life became in danger.
1:28.0	And it wasn't safe for me to be, I mean I'd love to say.
1:33.0	I'd love to say, I can't. No I can't. I don't know.
1:36.0	How am I? No one's going to get you in.
1:39.0	Well I used to sleep with a gun. Let's put it that way.
1:43.0	Right. What was that gun's name?
1:45.0	It was called Desi Eagle.
1:49.0	I have an ism, an alcoholism, an addiction but also my own special ism that makes me want to isolate.
1:59.0	That makes me want to keep away from people.
2:04.0	You know it's like I don't want to be him.
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