Robbie Williams at Croke Park Singer feels the love on night of naked honesty and mischievous charisma
News Source : The Irish Times
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- Williams’s charisma rests on this sleight of hand: making the audience feel not that they are lucky to be there but that he is lucky they came.
- His banter is perfectly pitched: self-deprecating, needy, mischievous yet irresistibly charming.
- He understands the implicit contract of showbiz, which is why the audience never feels shortchanged.
- At the finale, singing “I just wanna feel real love in a life ever after,” he sounds less like a star than a supplicant, pleading for the ecstatic adoration only a crowd can provide.
Robbie WilliamsCroke Park, DublinOn Sunday night, Robbie Williams returned to Croke Park, standing before 80,000 people and demanding to be loved. You could say thats what every concert is, but o [+2844 chars]
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