Robbie Williams on why 90s gay club tour with Take That changed his life: ‘I’m grateful’
Take That in their first official press shot (Image: RCA Records)
Robbie Williams has recalled visiting gay clubs in the 90s with boyband Take That, calling the experience “instantly life-changing.”
The ‘Rock DJ’ singer first found fame in 1991 with bandmates Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Howard Donald.
One of the band’s first interactions with the public was a tour of UK gay clubs. Thus began Robbie’s LGBTQ allyship, which would lead to the star appearing on the cover of Attitude four times – a record for a straight man.
“You learn that being a homosexual is a shameful thing” – Robbie Williams on 80s England
“I’m from a northern English town in a northern English time, the 70s and the 80s, where to grow up at school,
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