Article: Close encounters with As Robbie Williams kicks off the British leg of his Close Encounters tour tonight in Glasgow, Nicola Barry and Wil Marlow take a behind- the-scenes look at what goes into putting on such a huge live show

As Robbie Williams kicks off the British leg of his Close Encounters tour tonight in Glasgow, Nicola Barry and Wil Marlow take a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into putting on such a huge live show

Crooning is about reassurance, about soothing the savage breast. Real crooners can rework old favourites or invent brand-new ones.

Robbie Williams comfortably straddles all generations. He is as happy with an old sound as he is with the new.

He can stand there, in posh white dinner jacket and impeccable gold cufflinks, in some smoke-filled nightclub and carouse with the best of them.

He can - just as easily - slip into jeans and a white shirt and rock the night away with an audience of ...

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