09-11-2005 @ 17:07
Robbie Williams announces his biggest world tour to date. The tour will open in South Africa and will continue across Europe with Robbie playing a total of 13 different countries, on 23 different dates to over 1.6 million fans worldwide. The tour will culminate with Robbie playing to a home crowd of over 140,000 fans over two nights at the new Wembley Stadium.Tickets for the tour will go on general sale from November 19th 2005. However, subscribers to the all-new Inner Sanctum of RobbieWilliams.com will have the opportunity to buy tickets online via the site from 9am GMT on Wednesday 9th November, 10 days in advance of the general sales.Dates announced:South Africa:Mon 10th AprDurban ABSA StadiumThu 13th AprCape Town Greenpoint StadiumMon 17th AprPretoria Loftus StadiumBelgium:Tue 13th JunBrussels Konig Boudewijn StadiumFrance:Sat 17th JunParis Parc des PrincesNetherlands:Wed 21st JunAmsterdam ArenaThu 22nd JunAmsterdam ArenaSweden:Sat 1st JulGothenburg UlleviDenmark:Thu 6th JulCopenhagen ParkenGermany:Mon 10th JulDresden FestwieseFri 14th JulHamburg TrabrennbahnThu 27th JulBerlin Olympic StadiumTue 1st AugMunich Olympic StadiumTue 8th AugCologne JahnwieseSat 12th AugHockenheim RingHungary:Wed 19th JulBudapest NepstadionItaly:Sat 22nd JulItaly Milan San Siro StadiumAustria:Fri 18th AugVienna Ernst Happel StadiumSwitzerland:Wed 23rd AugBerne Stadt de SuisseUK:Fri 1st SepGlasgow Hampden ParkSat 9th SepLeeds RoundhayThu 14th SepLondon Wembley StadiumFri 15th SepLondon Wembley StadiumA Dublin date will also be announced shortly.In the light of the increase of rogue tickets agencies claiming to already have Robbie Williams tickets on sale Ian Huffam, X-ray Touring - Robbie Williams official Tour Agent warned The public should watch out for unauthorised tickets and ticket agencies claiming to have tickets for these dates. If in doubt, contact the local promoter.Intensive Care released on Monday 24th October 2005, entered the album charts at No.1 in 18 countries, including the Billboard European Top 100 Albums chart. Robbies over-the-counter first week sales of Intensive Care in the UK were almost 20% higher than his previous fastest-selling album release in 2004 Greatest Hits. More than 373,000 copies of the album were sold in the UK first week, making it the second fastest selling album of the year and the fourth fastest selling album since records began. At one point Intensive Care was selling at the rate of nine copies per second in the UK. Three million copies were shipped worldwide to retail in just seven days. Robbie Williams' global solo album sales currently stand in excess of 40 million copies. Intensive Care has dominated the digital charts since its release, sitting at No.1 in the iTunes chart in 14 out of 20 territories. The album peaked at No. 4 position in the US, where the album is only released digitally. Robbie Williams has accrued an impressive 22 top ten singles in the UK alone. Seven out of eight of his albums have also reached No. 1.Robbie has amassed a record 15 Brit Awards, three Ivor Novellos, a Q Magazine Classic Songwriting Award and all manner of worldwide MTV gongs. Live at Knebworth, the commemorative album recorded over three nights in 2003, where he played to 375,000 fans (another record), holds the title of fastest selling live album the UK. For the latest news visit www.robbiewilliams.com