(His ill-fated 2006 rap album Rudebox, then, is sadly overlooked ... few were particularly eager to make this version of a Robbie Williams biopic. Gracey had encountered pushback on his films ...

Robbie Williams has shared an open letter with Take ... In 2007, Nigel sued Robbie over a lyric on the Rudebox cut The 90s, for which the singer was forced to pay his former manager damages ...

You don’t come to a Robbie Williams gig for understatement ... a nod here (although the closest he gets to acknowledging “Rudebox” is when he later dons a sparkly tracksuit top).

Pop star Robbie Williams has equalled The Beatles’ record ... (2002), Greatest Hits (2004), Intensive Care (2005) and Rudebox (2006). There is also In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits ...