Robbie Williams teases new album featuring Glenn Hughes and Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi

nme.com:

Robbie Williams has teased news of a new album, which will include collaborations with Glenn Hughes and Black Sabbath‘s Tony Iommi.Williams shared his plans for new material during a recent interview with NME, in which he promoted his new biopic, Better Man.The semi-autobiographical film, which is directed and co-written by Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman), arrived in cinemas over Christmas and tells the story of Williams’ life and career.

In the film, the singer is depicted as a CGI monkey, and the plot takes viewers from the early days in childhood to his first taste of success with boyband Take That and beyond.In a recent interview with NME, both Williams and Gracey shared insight into how the idea of a movie came to life, and why they decided to have the singer depicted as a CGI monkey.

Later in the discussion, however, their sights turned to new material and the rumours circulating that Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi would be appearing on a new track called ‘Rocket’.Speculation about the track stems back to September 2024, when Williams’ drummer and musical director Karl Brazil spoke about the currently-unreleased song on the Percussion Discussion podcast, and shared news of the collaborations.“He’s got an album to follow that we’ve been working on,” Brazil said at the time. “He’s working with various people, but I’ve been fortunate enough to do some songs with him. “We’ve done a track called ‘Rocket’ with Tony [Iommi], which is very random,” he added.

He shared that the song is “great” and “a rocker and really cool”.When asked about the rumours by NME, Williams revealed that the comments were true and that the upcoming song will be shared as part of a new album. “Glenn Hughes [is on the track too]!