Robbie Williams, The Heavy Entertainment Show - 130617

Your 21st is known as one of the biggest birthdays of your life. It's known as the age you get the keys to the door, however this statement has never made any sense to me as when I lived with my parents, I got a key to the house when I went to comprehensive school and since September last year, I started to rent my own flat so the whole 'key to the door' for your 21st doesn't seem relevant to me and therefore my birthday this year didn't seem to matter all that much to me. I didn't see it as special or anything... Of course I still wanted to do something on the day but I never gave it much thought. See, I'm pretty sentimental when it comes to birthdays and holidays like Christmas or Halloween so I have to do something, even something small. However, what I didn't know was that my 21st would turn out to be one of the most exciting birthdays I've had.


12th June 2017 - 30 days until my 21st birthday.

I'm staying at my parents for the night. I found out about a week before that my parents had a surprise for me but wouldn't tell me what. I don't like surprises at the best of times but oh my god did this bug me... My mum told me it was my main birthday present and that it was special but I had no idea what. Well, the day had come to find out and I was NOT prepared for the emotions that kicked in when I did.
I opened an envelope which contained the present I'd wanted so badly for so long... Two tickets to see Robbie Williams!
A little back story to this, all my life I've loved Robbie. My mum listened to Take That since they came out so I grew up listening to them but I went off and started loving Robbie's music more.
Yes, I cried tears of happiness and for that, I'm not ashamed. I was going to see Robbie the next day and I couldn't quite believe it.

13th June 2017 - 29 days until my 21st birthday.

I get up after very little sleep but I didn't feel tired... I was far too excited for my birthday treat.
1 and a half hour car ride to Coventry with my mum, auntie and there friend and there we were... Ready for the support act.
Erasure, a very popular 80's band played first and my mum defiantly enjoyed it. They were good but I just really wanted to see Robbie on stage.
And then it happened... The national anthem of Robbie... To the tune of God Save The Queen was this:

"GOD BLESS OUR ROBBIE

HE IS KING OF SONG

HE CAN SWING LIKE A BASTARD

AND CAN ROCK ALL NIGHT LONG

YES HE WENT TO REHAB

DRUGS AND DRINK TOOK HIM LOW

BUT WOULD STILL MAKE RUDBOX

AND GAVE RAP A GO

BUT WHEN ALL IS CONSIDERED

HE STILL RULES THE THRONE

GOD BLESS OUR ROBBIE

HE CAN SWING BOTH WAYS

HE IS TOTALLY GLOBAL

EXCEPT IN U S OF A

ONE DAY HE WILL BE KNIGHTED

AND HIS WORK WILL BE DONE

HE'LL STAND PROUD AND FEARLESS

HIS FACE FOREVER YOUNG

GOD BLESS OUR ROBBIE

HE IS SO WELL HUNG"

At this point, I was already crying... Yes, crying... Again. Get use to that because throughout this entire experience I'd say I cried about 90% of the time.

The voice over asked if we were all ready... I thought I was, apparently not because then he came on stage and I felt like I couldn't breathe, tears filled my eyes more as I was stood there, seeing Robbie Williams in front of me for the first time. It was unreal... Still to this day it feels like a dream. What made it even more special was that my mum, who has never liked Robbie, was stood with me. She took me despite not having any interest in ever seeing him live on his own... I mean, she's seen him plenty of times on stage with Take That back in the day and she's even met him when she worked in a hotel that celebs would stay in here in Sheffield... But to me? This was a dream come true!

He came on to the main song off his new album, The Heavy Entertainment Show. The set list was great! A lovely mix of new music with his classics.

Set list:

Heavy Entertainment Show

Let Me Entertain You

Monsoon

Party Like A Russian

The Flood

Freedom 90

Love My Life

Livin' On A Prayer / Take On Me / Rehab / Simply The Best / Kiss / Don't You Want Me / Stayin' Alive / She's The One / Old Before I Die / Here Comes The Hotstepper / Everything Changes (Melody)

Come Undone / Never Forget

Something Stupid

Rudebox

Kids

Sweet Caroline (With Peter Williams, his dad)

Motherfucker / Hey Jude

Feel

Rock DJ

Strong (changed lyrics from the Manchester attack)

Angels (dedicated to the lives lost in the Manchester attack)

My Way

The set list was amazing... He sang my favourite song of his, Rock DJ too which made me even more happy.

We all walked out... Or should I say sang and danced out to The Time Of My Life which, seeing everybody doing the same was so awesome! Everybody was happy and even the tragic events in Manchester didn't stop us having a great time.

Over all, I don't think I could have been happier unless I actually met him or he was on longer. I cried so much throughout it but that's only because I've wanted to see him for so long now and I was so happy... I still am so happy I can actually say I've seen my favourite singer/entertainer!

I just want to thank my mum and dad for the gift of a lifetime. You guys know how much it means to me to have seen him but I can't thank you enough for the best birthday present I've ever had!

There's now 2 days until my 21st birthday and though it's almost been a month since I've seen Robbie, I still can't get over it!

So happy birthday to me! Nothing can top this for me... Ever!

Enjoy some photos taken from that day.