Robbie Williams announces album chart battle with former bandmates
ROBBIE WILLIAMS has sparked a Christmas chart battle with his former TAKE THAT bandmates by announcing his surprise new album will be released on the same day as the grown-up boy band's III.
Williams hit social media on Friday (28Nov14) to alert fans to the fact he would be releasing his first album since last year's (13) Swings Both Ways on 1 December (14).
Under The Radar: Volume 1 will go head to head with Take That's first album as a trio, following the summer (14) departure of Jason Orange.
In a video posted online, Williams says, "I'll let you into a secret, (producer/songwriter) Guy Chambers isn't happy with me putting these songs on this album. He thinks I'm a lunatic for not putting them on an album that we've promoted with TV performances and at radio stations and a big tour. But I'm an impetuous bugger, and I want them out now, now, now!"