On this day 13/09/1998 Robbie Williams

On this day, 13 September 1998, Rock/Pop Superstar Robbie Williams played Cooper’s Field, Cardiff, a concert broadcast live on Radio One. The line-up also included Ash, Manic Street Preachers, Republica and Divine Comedy.

Robbie Williams was in the middle of his Ego Has Landed Tour the beginning of which was a gig in Treforest at The Basement on 15 May.

Williams and songwriting partner Guy Chambers had started writing the second album, I've Been Expecting You, in Jamaica in early 1998. The first single, "Millennium", accompanied with a music video featuring Williams parodying James Bond, complete with tuxedo and references to Bond films like Thunderball and From Russia with Love, became Williams' first solo number one single in the United Kingdom.[33] It also became a top twenty hit in many European countries, Latin America and Australia.[34]

I've Been Expecting You was released in late October 1998 and debuted at number one in the UK Albums Chart

On this day 12/09/1994 Take That

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On this day, 12 September 1994, Boy band legends Take That played the first of two nights at the Cardiff International Arena. The support for the tour was Ulitmate Kaos.

August, September, October 1994. Take That took the UK by storm, with their Pops Tour. Performing to sell out venues and screaming teenage girls, up and down the country!

Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams, Howard Donald and Jason Orange were the Kings of the boy band world.

Take That themselves said, “If you’d told us in 1992, when we did our first tour, that two years later we would be doing our fourth, we wouldn’t of believed you!”

The tour kicked off on the 25th August, at Glasgow SEC. The boys also played at Manchester GMEX. Dublin- The Point. Sheffield Arena. Cardiff Arena. Wembley Arena. Birmingham NEC and Belfast Kings Hall.

They did nine shows at Wembley Arena!

Their thirty six dates tour finished on October 12th in Belfast.

1994 was one hectic year! Before the tour even started Take That had been around the world and back again!

With promotional trips, interviews, photo shoots, filming videos. Plus picking up a Brit Award too! Take That won best video, for Pray.

On this day 15/07/2001 Robbie Williams

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On this day, 15 July 2001, pop superstar Robbie Williams played Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium on his Weddings, Barmitzvahs & Stadiums Tour in support of his third studio album, Sing When You're Winning (2000). It was the second of two nights in Cardiff due to the demand, over the weekend playing to over 120,000 fans.

In the run up to the tour, Robbie performed to 400 people at an exclusive Radio 1 show at London club, Scala.

Prior to the gig Robbie revealed how the pressures of fame were taking their toll: "I do think that it doesn't stay like this forever, this amount of record sales and this notoriety. And while it is this big I really should get out of the country for a little bit. I love this country", he said, "I think it's fantastic, but life does get a bit like The Truman Show. People know when I've farted before I have. It is a bit of a mindbender."

Set list

Let Me Entertain You"

Live and Let Die"+

Old Before I Die"

Better Man"

Strong"

Wimmin"

Eternity/The Road to Mandalay"

Forever Texas"

No Regrets (Robbie Williams song)" / "Kill You"

Supreme"

Let Love Be Your Energy"

Kids"

She's the One"

Millennium"

Angels"

Rock DJ"