UK pop star Robbie Williams is returning to his day job, and Australian stadiums, for a mammoth BRITPOP tour in November.
After commanding the zeigiest with his brutal, soul-baring Netflix series and then dividing opinion with the bonkers biopic Better Man, where he was depicted by a CGI monkey, Williams made an emphatic return to the charts in January with his 13th studio album BRITPOP.
The album was due to be released last October but Williams postponed it to avoid going up against Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl in the race for a No. 1 album debut.
When Williams suddenly released his record in January, it soared to the top in the UK, with the ‘Angels’ star eclipsing the Beatles for the most No. 1 albums in British chart history.
He was also tapped by Sharon Osbourne to pay tribute to her late husband Ozzy with a performance of his hit ‘No More Tears’ at the recent Brit awards.
The 52-year-old entertainer was last in Australia in February 2025 for the AACTA Awards on the Gold Coast where Better Man won the Best Film gong.
Williams, who has been commanding stadiums on Australian tours for more than two decades, has always said the country is a safe haven for him compared to the UK.
“I just think Australia is a place where my shoulders can drop,” he said from London.
“You know, like, I’m constantly scanning for danger, wherever I go. And I always have, since I was a kid; I always think that I had this inbuilt sixth sense, but actually what was happening was just I’m on high alert all the time.
“And in Australia, I get to be around what feels like are like-minded and like-spirited people. And I can just drop my shoulders. It feels like a coming home.”
Williams may be the only person in the world who gets off a long flight to Australia and actually looks forward to going through “passport control.”
But as he said, being Robbie Williams the Pop Star has its privileges.
“So I’m excited just to get off the plane and walk through passport control and feel the energy of the person on passport control and know where I am and who I’m dealing with. And know that I’m in a safe place,” he said.
“Well, normally I get off a plane and then three people from the airline walk me through and then I get to go around a line … yeah, membership does have its privilege and so it should. That’s what I was hoping for when I left school.”
The BRITPOP Tour will kick off at Adelaide Oval on November 7 and continues to Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on November 11, Sydney’s Accor Stadium on November 14, Newcastle’s McDonald Jones Stadium on November 17 and Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on November 20.
There’s three pre-sales for tour first shot at securing tickets.
The Telstra Plus Member Pre-sale opens from noon (local time) on March 20 via telstra.com.au/plus/tickets.
The Robbie Williams Fan pre-sale kicks off from 10am on March 23 via robbiewilliams.com
And the Frontier Member Pre-sale also opens on March 23, with all details at frontiertouring.com/robbiewilliams
The general public tickets go on sale from March 26 at staggered times and via different ticketing websites depending on location, so check out frontiertouring.com to confirm all timings and ticket costs.