Capital Summertime Ball 2024

[Timsk]

And I don't reckon he was anything other than glad to be performing again (and getting a positive reaction) on the X-Factor...

[Mike]

Fantastic show tonight, really enjoying it

[JonathanEx]

"and there's only one way to get out of that.

Angels."

[Jono]

"and there's only one way to get out of that.

Angels."

You could just see where that story was going

Looking forward to seeing the 11.20pm BBC 2 coverage.

I had a Christmas twinge hearing Angels. It's blatantly going to be all over the Radio 1 playlist in December! And 'Video Killed The Radio Star' is a great cover to end on. I'm really impressed by it all tonight.

Hands up who really wishes they were there?

[Nikki]

Hands up who really wishes they were there?

*hand up high*

[KingTutsWWH]

*hand up high* too.

It's great to hear Robbie back on top form again. Excellent show. Good to see all the praise and pics on Twitter from concertgoers too. Will probably use red button to watch it tomorrow.

[JonathanEx]

Also, how good was it to have Radio 1 put a predominantly speech based programme, the interview with Mills, in such a big slot for so long?

Sure, there was a lot of songs, but a 2 hour show consisting of mainly an interview.

[Lee.]

i realy enjoyed the interview with scott and robbie there obviously good mates cause i didnt no scott was the 1st person to interview robbie after he quit take that

[Jono]

The TV coverage was a bit disappointing. Didn't convey how excited the crowd were like with the radio stuff and it was too short. I would have thought airing this late they could have done more than half an hour.

[James R]

The Guradian has picked up on Scott's interview in their weekly round up

Robbie Williams was the biggest deal, as he's not touring until 2010. So, as befits a digitally savvy broadcaster, the BBC used its commercial arm, Worldwide, to set up cinema screenings of his performance in 23 countries – and promptly won a Guinness world record for "most simultaneous screenings of a live concert". (Some people call that multi-platforming; others, milking it.) Us radio bunnies didn't need to leave the house, as the concert was broadcast live on Radio 1. It sounded great, the swooping sentiment of a full orchestra warming Robbie's cheesy exuberance – "You look beautiful tonight, Roundhouse!" – and, yes, tuneful voice.But what I really liked was the interview beforehand, Scott Mills: The Robbie Williams Warm-Up. Scott, a celeb-lover, was a bit "Ooh, me too", but he's sharp enough to know when to push with his questions and the production was exciting (lots of clips set to X Factor-style music, drop-ins of Chris Moyles's show and of Williams unexpectedly phoning Mills on air a few years ago). Williams himself proved a brilliant guest. He explained that awful "I'm rich beyond my wildest dreams" quote; he'd meant to say: "I'm going to spend spend spend!" like a 1960s pools winner, but it came out wrong. "It does haunt me," he admitted. "Every time I think about it, I throw up a little."

Then, flipping into interviewer mode himself, he kiboshed Mills on the subject of Botox. "Have you done any?" he asked Mills, who made a strangled, non-committal noise. "Hang on a minute!" continued Williams. "Frown for me! Ha ha ha!" Very funny.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/25/electric-proms-robbie-williams-sawyer

[Timsk]

Thread resurrection: The interview between Scott and Robbie repeated tonight has been great - they clearly got on brilliantly. (seems I did hear it before, oops).

[Deanthebean]

Am I the only person who really dis-likes Robbie?

[James R]

Am I the only person who really dis-likes Robbie?

No, when I was driving home from work and heard R1 replaying Robbie I changed to a CD. I refuse to listen to Robbie bloody Williams

[zuggler]

Oh come on, he's not that bad!

[Tom Greeni]

Hey, I'm new, does anyone have the audio of the special Scott Mills & Robbie Williams show that was broadcast yesterday? Thanks x