Robbie Williams!

[Wooderson]

Hey-ho to the 120+ RW lurkers!

Welcome back to a thread you thought was about RW but is now about the freedom of signs and signifiers. And cancer.

YAY!

[AbsolutelyNo]

Oh christ, please no.

He's utterly crap. Utterly utterly completely 100% crap.

EDIT: Kneejerk reactions are okay on the internet, right??

Edited February 19, 2010 by AbsolutelyNo

[Mr Ploppy]

Ah give it a rest with the pontificating and moralising.

Most people have had their lives touched by cancer in one way or another.

My wife's brother died from it when he was 19. It haunts her to this day.

My aunt died of a skin cancer from sunburn she received riding a pedalo when she was 28. It put my own mother into a depression she has barely recovered from over 20 years later.

Russy's comments are no different to the shock-tactics other people use. Tactics that include hundreds of diseases. The hand-wringing thats been going on here is pathetic. Its Russy for chrissakes. The man who says "You should not have been born with ears." to someone who didnt like Stevie Wonder. Get over yourselves.

[Mardy]

Two, unconnected thoughts:

Wooderson is bang on the bollocks right

Robbie Williams is a f**king c**t, a fraudulant, insincere shitehawk. He'd w*nk off puppies for coins if it would get him on telly.

[strudders]

Two, unconnected thoughts:

Wooderson is bang on the bollocks right

Robbie Williams is a f**king c**t, a fraudulant, insincere shitehawk. He'd w*nk off puppies for coins if it would get him on telly.

[The Nal]

Thats as maybe

However.............. that makes for a bad show?????

[geztival_09]

Ah give it a rest with the pontificating and moralising.

Most people have had their lives touched by cancer in one way or another.

My wife's brother died from it when he was 19. It haunts her to this day.

My aunt died of a skin cancer from sunburn she received riding a pedalo when she was 28. It put my own mother into a depression she has barely recovered from over 20 years later.

Russy's comments are no different to the shock-tactics other people use. Tactics that include hundreds of diseases. The hand-wringing thats been going on here is pathetic. Its Russy for chrissakes. The man who says "You should not have been born with ears." to someone who didnt like Stevie Wonder. Get over yourselves.

[The Nal]

At the end of the day he became the centre of attention again, which is probably what he was after in the first place so more fool us for playing along with it.

[Wooderson]

Good point, but you can't blame people for being offended or upset by what he said. At the end of the day he became the centre of attention again, which is probably what he was after in the first place so more fool us for playing along with it.

[Mr Ploppy]

so you didn't like the joke..??

[sammysundae]

surprised he's getting such a bad reception. i would absolutely love this. always wanted to see him live, i agree he's a bit over the hill now, but i think it would be a major coup for the festival if he played.

bring it on.

[MEGABOWL]

Oh really, well that speaks volumes too.

What is up with certain people on here, just because you aint got the right credentials to be part of the human race doesnt give you the right to go onto internet forums and say nasty, harmful and negative things about very serious issues.

In fact - sorry, I was wrong there.... you have whatever rights you want to free speech, just dont be surprised when people judge you because of the things you say.

I SUGGEST EVERYONE READS WHAT SIFIMASTER HAS WROTE ON THIS THREAD AND JUST THINK ABOUT IT!

[Mardy]

Right, so you pick the first line of my post and off you go. I'm not saying what he put is right, and that's very clear from my post. What I am saying, as someone very closely affected by cancer, is someone posting something about Robbie Williams getting cancer on a thread on a music festival-related internet forum does not make my pain, or that of my family, any worse. It doesn't because it is irrelevant.

Of course you have the right to be offended. I have the right to be offended at you deciding I don't have "the right credentials to be part of the human race" based, it seems, on one line of one post on the same forum but I'm not offended because I don't care. I don't know you, whatever you're basing your judgement on is so little it's impossible for me to care, you're a line of text on a screen.

If you think yours, or anyone elses post, is any more than that you're placing far too much importance on it. I'm not condoning anything, but it's comical to see you and a couple of others jumping down my throat now for that one inoffensive line.

[MilkyJoe]

Right, I've heard back.

Word I'm getting - which I trust as being true - is that it's 100% bullshit. Robbie is not doing any live shows this year.

[go_nads_go]

Was Excited!!

Now Gutted!!

got excited about RW playing Glasto, what a letdown after reading through 11 pages now to find out it was all rubbish.

[geztival_09]

The high and mighty reaction to the line about Kylie's cancer is as sickening to me as the bad taste the joke itself left in my mouth.

[beamends]

I'm more than happy to admit that I fell for YumYum's little joke - nice one, plausible enough to work well. It's interesting to note who reacted, and how. The "Usual Suspects" I call them, about half a dozen people who will argue the toss about anything, and are usually quite rude about it, just like all forums/newsgroups. Some things never change I suppose.

[YumYum]

Serously dudes, we met him, and thats what he told me don't be shooting the messenger.

My friend got pictures with him if people would like to see them?

[beamends]

Serously dudes, we met him, and thats what he told me don't be shooting the messenger.

My friend got pictures with him if people would like to see them?

[jamseyboy]

I can add some weight to this thread. I was also at the Brits after show party and I also had a word with Mr Williams.....who was not drunk but smacked out his mind with red Smarties ( its the colouring!). I quizzed him on a Glastonbury appearence and he assured me that he would be playing.....especially as the Pyramid is seen as a beacon for Alien actvity and Michael Eavis is really a giant lizard that rules the Earth. I considered his words as several of his special friends manoevered him to the doors ( its amazing how small cattle prods are these days), waving goodbye as they placed him the van. I did have my photograph taken with him but unfortunatley my old box brownie let in the light...sorry.

Can he please be but back on the rumours board because its pissing my wife off?

Edited February 19, 2010 by jamseyboy

[Wooderson]

We are not really sure are we - too busy telling those of us that were upset by russys comment to stop pontificating and moralising.

(holds breathe for the splash of petrol to be poured on the fire).

[scudetto_boy]

Robbie!?! Not again.

He would however be a crowd pleaser for many....i suppose

[Zacko]

Serously dudes, we met him, and thats what he told me don't be shooting the messenger.

My friend got pictures with him if people would like to see them?

[just-spence]

Serously dudes, we met him, and thats what he told me don't be shooting the messenger.

My friend got pictures with him if people would like to see them?

[Mr Ploppy]

Right, so you pick the first line of my post and off you go. I'm not saying what he put is right, and that's very clear from my post. What I am saying, as someone very closely affected by cancer, is someone posting something about Robbie Williams getting cancer on a thread on a music festival-related internet forum does not make my pain, or that of my family, any worse. It doesn't because it is irrelevant.

Of course you have the right to be offended. I have the right to be offended at you deciding I don't have "the right credentials to be part of the human race" based, it seems, on one line of one post on the same forum but I'm not offended because I don't care. I don't know you, whatever you're basing your judgement on is so little it's impossible for me to care, you're a line of text on a screen.

If you think yours, or anyone elses post, is any more than that you're placing far too much importance on it. I'm not condoning anything, but it's comical to see you and a couple of others jumping down my throat now for that one inoffensive line.