Heartbroken Robbie Williams paid tribute to deceased fan Robyn Hall during his gig last night in Melbourne, Australia, admitting that he hasn’t been able to stop thinking about her.
Last Thursday, the woman, who was in her 70s, had attempted to clamber down rows of seats instead of using the stairs when it was time to leave the venue, before slipping and falling six rows to her death.
Robbie initially made no comment about the accident, but on Wednesday, he dedicated his 26-year-old classic track ‘Angels’ to Robyn, and accompanied the ballad with a passionate tribute to the fan.
“I heard the news, the tragic news this week that a fan died in an accident after the show in Sydney,” he began.
“I feel after all the years that I am you and you are me and we are each other when we come together, so when something happens like this it breaks my heart.
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“I’ve been thinking about it an awful lot, and I thought about it all the way through the show tonight,” he confessed.
“I just want to give a big shout-out and lots of love from me and my band to Robyn and Robyn’s family.
“Let’s all sing up, she was somebody just like you that came to the gig just like you did tonight. I think she deserves a big song and tonight this is for her.”
He then launched into Angels, as roars of approval rose from the crowd.
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After enduring horrific injuries to her head and face, Robyn had received treatment in hospital, including being placed in an induced coma, but she sadly died four days later.
This is Robbie’s first Australian tour in five years and has seen him sell out venues of up to 40,000 fans per night.
As well as his own solo tracks, Robbie also revived 1995 Take That belter, ‘Back For Good’, and performed a cover version of John Farnham’s ‘The Voice’.
Robbie’s tour coincides with his eye-opening and hugely popular self-titled Netflix documentary, which was released earlier this month.
The Let Me Entertain You star had headed for New Zealand prior to Australia, which was where he was based when the documentary aired.
He admitted in an emotional message to his almost three million Instagram followers that, after receiving a string of encouraging text messages about the film, he no longer felt “worthless”.
“I just burst out crying. A good cry,” he confessed, adding: “My first response was to stop [the tears, but] then I told myself, ‘Nah, fuck it. Go on, have a big blub’. So I did. I blubbed.”
“I have felt Despised. To my core, I was an embarrassment. I have felt worthless no matter what I achieved. And today I don’t,” he exclaimed triumphantly.
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