Guy Chambers: Last News

Guy Chambers is calling on the music industry to stop putting minors in boybands following the death of Liam Payne earlier this week.The solo artist and former One Direction member died at age 31 on Wednesday (October 16), following a fatal fall from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Since his death, figures from across the music industry have spoken out about the impact fame has on young stars. Payne was 14 when he first auditioned for the X Factor, and 16 when he became a member of One Direction during the show’s 10th season.Robbie Williams was among those paying tribute, saying Payne’s “trials and tribulations were very similar to mine” as a former boyband member.

Robbie Williams’ former songwriting partner Guy Chambers has opened up about his relationship with Williams in a new interview, where he described the pop star as having “a self-destructive side”.In a new interview with The Times, Chambers spoke about struggling with Williams’ addictions in the ’90s saying “he was the first person I worked with long-term who was in full-blown addiction, and I wasn’t prepared for that. It was very difficult.”He claimed: “We’d wait three days for him to turn up at a studio.

Robbie Williams has recalled his time dating Spice Girls’ Geri Halliwell, and shed insight on the reasons behind their split.The discussion comes ahead of a new four-part Netflix documentary, which is set to explore the highs and lows he has experienced throughout both his career and personal life.One part is set to see the pop singer and former Take That member recall his past relationships, including his short-lived romance with Halliwell. According to Williams, he began his relationship with the Spice Girl while he was receiving help from Alcoholics Anonymous.“We got on really well, it was fun, and we were just a little gang that were sharing a very magical moment, in a magical place,” Williams explained in the documentary (via The Independent).He also recalled the two spending a long time abroad together, visiting the south of France with Williams’ songwriting partner, Guy Chambers, and his wife Emma.“That was a very important holiday for me because I was happy… I wasn’t before and I wasn’t really for a long time after,” he told The Sun of that period together.

Robbie Williams gets brutally honest about what happened when he left Take That in his latest documentary, admitting that he spent a lot of time taking class A drugs in a London members club after he quit the band. The singer, now 49, was just 16 years old when he joined the group alongside Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Howard Donald.

He’s lived his Life Thru A Lens and now Robbie Williams is opening his heart - and his bedroom - to the cameras of Netflix. Sitting at home in his underpants, the most successful UK solo artist of all time reminisces about his extraordinary life, revealing that joining Take That aged 16 was a “complete dunking into the grown up world that I wasn’t ready for”. As well as featuring a surprising amount of Robbie’s thighs, the show also makes use of unseen footage of the the nineties era that made him, broke him, and made him again.

DEALSFormer BMG UK President Alexi Cory-Smith has formally launched her new business, Bella Figura Music, and confirmed a number of deals that are already in the bag. Backed by private equity fund Freshstream, the firm has acquired a stack of rights over the last year from the likes of Guy Chambers, David Gray and Darrell Brown.

Robbie Williams has said that he doesn’t have anywhere to live currently after selling all of his properties.The former Take That singer turned solo star reportedly sold his mansion in Los Angeles, California to Drake for £35million in a private deal, though it has not been confirmed (via the Mirror).Williams is also said to have sold his house in Wiltshire for £6.75million in January, and is now looking for a new family home.“We’re actually nowhere,” he told Australian DJs Kyle and Jackie O. “We’ve pretty much sold everywhere.”Williams, who splits his time between the UK and US, added: “We don’t live anywhere and we’re trying to figure it out.”The singer lived at his previous home with his wife Ayda Field and their four children: Theodora, Charlton, Colette and Beau.“The four kids are constantly a Rubix Cube puzzle that we’re trying to sort out because if they are schooled, then they don’t see me because I’m all over the place,” Williams explained.“And if they are home-schooled then they have another set of things that are a problem.”He also addressed the reports that Drake was the new owner of his former LA home, saying: “If it was true I would have signed a non-disclosure agreement with any Canadians that it happened with.”Williams is currently in Australia shooting a biopic of his life called Better Man.

The fight for the iconic UK Christmas Number 1 takes to the big screen this year, in Sky's new festive film A Christmas Number 1 (see, we told you).

Robbie Williams biopic will “reimagine” the pop icon’s seminal hits, his songwriter and close friend Guy Chambers has said.Better Man is being helmed by The Greatest Showman director Michael Gracey and will tell the story of Williams’ rise to global fame.Speaking exclusively to NME, Chambers explained that the new project will see Williams’ hits undergo a dramatic reinvention – similar to the big-screen treatment received by Elton John‘s music in 2019 biopic Rocketman.“I know Michael Gracey who is directing it, and he’s a bit of a genius,” said Chambers.“The only thing I know about it so far is that the songs will be reimagined in the film, I do know that.

Robbie Williams is hoping to single-handedly rescue Christmas after dropping a track mocking festive social distancing.In Can’t Stop Christmas, the dad-of-four sings: ‘Santa’s on his sleigh, but now he’s two metres away.’The cheeky tune is on Robbie’s alternative seasonal album The Christmas Present, for which he teamed up with long-time songwriting partner Guy Chambers.‘Oh what a miserable year, but what a time to be alive, sadly some friends disappeared, it’s never been like this before,’ sings the 46-year-old.

Robbie Williams has unveiled new single ‘Can’t Stop Christmas’ – and it’s a timely look at the festive season during the time of COVID-19.The new single sees Robbie tackling what is likely to be the strangest of Christmases for many of us, with nods to Facetimes, zooms and receiving hand sanitiser as a gift.And in a nod to social distancing, he sings: “Santa’s on his sleigh, but now he’s two metres away.”A collaboration with long-time producers Guy Chambers and Richard Flack, the single is taken from Robbie’s new double album ‘The Christmas Present’ – which features guest appearances from the likes of Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams, Jamie Cullum and Tyson Fury.Originally released last Christmas, the album gave Robbie his 13th Number 1 solo album