Robbie Williams painfully admitted he had trouble on stage during his New Year’s Eve concert in Sydney on Tuesday.
The British megastar, 50, admitted she battled mental health “demons” while performing on stage in front of thousands of fans, which nearly interrupted her show.
‘I struggled with anxiety and mental health demons. Yes, the other night I was on the television set. “I was at the end of a cold,” Robbie told the Herald of the sun.
The singer added that he was taking cold medicine and, combined with his current mental health battle, he was feeling very vulnerable.
‘In addition to the cold, I had jetlag. The cold plus jet lag plus anxiety and mental illness are a very powerful combination.
‘I realized that once I went on stage in front of 11 million viewers, I felt crazy. I also had to stay calm and not let what was happening on the inside come out on the outside.’
Robbie Williams (pictured) painfully admitted he had trouble on stage during his New Year’s Eve concert in Sydney on Tuesday.
He added that his “demon” of insecurity began to play with his mind and he worried whether he would be able to perform to the best of his ability.
“The demons now say, ‘Twitter is going to think I’m on stage because of cocaine.’ Not only do I look crazy, I feel crazy.
“While I enjoy and move forward, I also experience anxiety and all the bad comments on the Internet.”
Fortunately, Robbie managed to pull himself together and gave his many fans an unforgettable show.
Elsewhere in the concert, Robbie not-so-subtly shot an audience member.
The former Take That star was the headline act at the city’s New Year celebrations, which were broadcast on ABC.
Robbie’s stellar performance was marred by an awkward exchange with an audience member.
After delighting crowds with his hit Let Me Entertain You and Wilson Pickett’s Land of 1000 Dances, Robbie and his 13-piece backing band released their 2002 track Me and My Monkey.
The British megastar, 50, admitted she battled mental health “demons” while performing on stage in front of thousands of fans, which nearly interrupted her show.
Fortunately, Robbie managed to pull himself together and gave his many fans a show to remember.
Robbie apparently invited the audience to sing along, but was evidently not very impressed with the rhythmic skill of one of the revelers.
The singer awkwardly fell silent before reprimanding the audience member for his lack of synchronization.
“You got me in the wrong place,” Robbie said.
‘Can you stop writing the lyrics to the song? So I’m not wrong.’
The camera then cut to a close-up of Robbie, who was sporting an expression that suggested he was more than a little annoyed with the audience member.
‘Now, okay?’ Robbie instructed sternly before continuing with the song.
Robbie’s eight-song set was filled with some of his biggest hits, including Feel, Better Man and Rock DJ.
He also wowed the crowd with a rousing performance of John Farnham’s classic You’re The Voice, before rounding out 2024 with his 2002 ballad Angels.
‘Aussie, Aussie, Aussie,’ Robbie sang during the song’s bridge, and the audience responded with the obligatory: ‘Oi, Oi, Oi.’
The British pop superstar spared no opportunities to promote his new documentary, Better Man, releasing a cheeky advert mid-set.
It was before his performance in Better Man that Robbie gave a glowing review of his own film of the same name.
‘Some critics call it the movie of the century! “They’re not my words, except they are because I just made them up,” he told the crowd.
Robbie then asked if anyone had seen the film yet and explained that it had been filmed in Australia.
He even changed some of Better Man’s lyrics and sang, “So go see my movie, it’s full of drugs and sex, I got my own biopic, I’m not even dead.”