In the tiny, 600-capacity Dingwalls, at the side of Camden Market, Britain’s most decorated pop star is having a moment. “It’s 1997 again, and normally the Robbie that plays gigs throws shapes and does all the bravado, but I’d just like to sing my album to you. I wanna perform as Robert this evening.”
The Robbie that plays gigs is, of course, Robbie Williams, and the gigs that he normally plays are roughly a hundred times the size of tonight’s. He’s here, with the 10.45pm stage time of a fittingly younger man, because at midnight, Williams was meant to be releasing his 16th album Britpop.
