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'''Robbie Williams''' (b. 1974) is an English pop singer and songwriter. A native of [[Stoke-on-Trent]], Williams came to public prominence in the early 1990s as a member of boy band Take That. | '''Robbie Williams''' (b. 1974) is an English pop singer and songwriter. A native of [[Stoke-on-Trent]], Williams came to public prominence in the early 1990s as a member of boy band Take That. | ||
| + | His debut solo album, ''Life Thru a Lens'', which was released in 1997 and reached #1 in his native UK, spawned "Angels", Williams' signature song and his biggest in the US reaching #53 in 2000, as well as other major hits including "Let Me Entertain You" and "Old Before I Die". | ||
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Robbie Williams, as reported on 21 March 2003 by ''Irish Examiner'', supported the decision by then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to join the US-led coalition in the [[Iraq War]].<ref>[https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30092498.html Robbie backs the troops]</ref> | Robbie Williams, as reported on 21 March 2003 by ''Irish Examiner'', supported the decision by then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to join the US-led coalition in the [[Iraq War]].<ref>[https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30092498.html Robbie backs the troops]</ref> | ||
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Robbie Williams (b. 1974) is an English pop singer and songwriter. A native of Stoke-on-Trent, Williams came to public prominence in the early 1990s as a member of boy band Take That.
His debut solo album, Life Thru a Lens, which was released in 1997 and reached #1 in his native UK, spawned "Angels", Williams' signature song and his biggest in the US reaching #53 in 2000, as well as other major hits including "Let Me Entertain You" and "Old Before I Die".
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Robbie Williams, as reported on 21 March 2003 by Irish Examiner, supported the decision by then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to join the US-led coalition in the Iraq War.[1]
In the run-up to the 2016 US presidential election, on 7 November 2016, Williams claimed he was taking showmanship tips from Republican candidate Donald Trump, the eventual winner of that election.
On 21st November 2019, Robbie Williams announced at age 45 that he was planning on voting in a UK general election for the first time. He refused to specify which party he intended to vote for.[2]
On 25 June 2020, Williams came under fire from the liberal Mainstream Media after he criticized their debunking of the PizzaGate theory. PizzaGate alleges that numerous US establishment politicians including members of the Clinton crime family use a pizza restaurant in Washington D.C. as a base for a secret child sex slave trade.[3]