Robbie Williams has delayed the discharge of his album Britpop to keep away from a conflict with Taylor Swift.
Robbie Williams has delayed the discharge of his album Britpop
The Angels hitmaker was on account of convey out his thirteenth solo document on October 10 – only a week after Taylor’s much-anticipated album The Lifetime of a Showgirl drops – however has now pushed the discharge again to February 2026.
Those that have pre-ordered Britpop this week acquired an e-mail that reads: “Because of scheduling modifications, Britpop will now be launched on February 6, 2026.”
Robbie will surpass The Beatles because the artist with essentially the most chart-topping albums ought to Britpop attain the summit however going up towards Taylor might scupper his ambitions.
A supply instructed The Solar newspaper’s Weird column: “Robbie will go down within the historical past books if he scores one other No1 he’s not taking any probabilities.
“Taylor is undoubtedly the largest artist on the earth proper now and her first-week gross sales are positive to eclipse another artist who has launched a document lately.
“The gross sales will nonetheless be large within the second week, so Robbie and his workforce determined it’s higher to simply transfer the discharge date.
“The brand new date in February has really opened up hundreds extra thrilling alternatives, so there will likely be rather a lot taking place within the New Yr.”
In the meantime, Robbie admitted final month that he would relish the prospect to open for Oasis.
The 51-year-old singer famously feuded with each Noel and Liam Gallagher however admits that he would leap on the alternative to share the stage with the Do not Look Again in Anger rockers on their Oasis Stay ’25 tour.
He instructed ITV Information: “I might open for Oasis.
“On this second that they’re having proper now, they’re omnipresent and they’re the height Zeitgeist.
“I can’t compete with that. So I might, I might open for Oasis. We’re not precisely buddies, however I don’t suppose we’re enemies.”
Regardless of being branded because the “fats dancer from Take That” by Noel again in 2000, Robbie has usually spoken of his love of Oasis and pays homage to the Britpop period along with his newest album.
The Rock DJ singer stated: “I got down to create the album that I wished to put in writing and launch after I left Take That in 1995. It was the height of Britpop and a golden age for British Music. I’ve labored with a few of my heroes on this album; it’s uncooked, there are extra guitars and it’s an album that’s much more upbeat and anthemic than standard. There’s some ‘Brit’ in there and there’s actually some ‘pop’ too – I’m immensely pleased with this as a physique of labor and I’m excited for followers to listen to this album. I can also’t wait to carry out a music or two from it on my upcoming Britpop tour, which I’m opening within the UK, naturally.”
