Concert Review: Robbie Williams - Sydney - 1st March 2018

I've been a fan of Robbie Williams since I was in school. I wasn't old enough to know his music when he was in Take That so I've only ever followed his solo career. It's been an amazing solo career too, packed with hits including Angels and Kids (which was a duet with Australia's Kylie Minogue.

So when I hear he was coming to Australia I decided I would have to go. I only purchased my ticket last week so I didn't get the best seat in the house. I was in the second row from the back. I've had better seats at the Qudos Arena where he played. This seat was awful. Despite the bad seating, Robbie's voice was incredible.

He opened with a mock version of God Save our Queen, entitled, God Save our Robbie and taking the piss out of himself. He then launched into the show's title song, The Heavy Entertainment Show with great energy and backed by dancers.

There was an accoustic section during the show where he sung a couple of lines from songs such as Livin' on a prayer, Angels, She's the one and many more  During this part of the concert he got the audience involved in singing the chorus behind him.

Obviously Kylie Minogue who he dueted with on Kids couldn't come on stage, so one of his back up singers helped with Kylie's part much to the delight of the audience.

A standout moment was when he picked an 18 year old from the audience to come up on stage. he sung Something Stupid to her and kept on reiterating that he was singing it as a father.

Speaking of fathers, Robbie spoke to the audience about how when he was growing up he would hear his dad sing and command authority over an audience and that was when he decided he wanted to be a singer. Well, his father showed up in the flesh and together they sung Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline.

The end of the show was packed with his biggest hits including Better Man (which he noted only charted in Australia), She's the one, Rock DJ and Angels.

He closed before returning for the encore where he sung Land Down Under and My Way. He said he loved Australia and that although he says that everywhere Australia is one of the few places where he actually means it.

The only disappointment of the show was the poor seating (but that's not his fault) and the lack of a second video screen. There was only one screen and it didn't just show him on stage.

He oozed charisma and sex appeal on stage and there were moments in the show where you were left wondering why he's not currently in the charts. The arena was almost full but there were some seats still avalable. At an estimate I'd say there were no more than 100-200 seats (not including the sections that weren't available for purchase).

I give it a 4 out of 5 on music and a 4.5 out of 5 on audience engagement and chat. Overall I'd give the show a 4.5/5. He is well worth seeing. When he comes back I'd make sure I get a better seat.