Get the Robbie Williams experience when the world’s only tribute act endorsed by the man himself hits Geelong this weekend.
Starring acclaimed Welsh vocalist Mike Andrew and featuring a live band, Better Man: The Robbie Williams Experience brings all of the pop superstar’s biggest hits to the stage.
Andrew, whose looks, voice, tattoos and on-stage mannerisms are uncannily similar to Williams’ own, has drawn acclaim for the show, including from Williams and his family.
But he said the idea of doing a Robbie Williams show never occurred to him until his wife suggested it 20 years ago.
“I’d been a professional singer for some time… and people were stopping me in the street, saying ‘you look a bit like Robbie Williams, mate’,” he said.
“Then one night I set up at a show and soundchecked with a Robbie Williams song and my wife said to me, are you trying to sound like Rob?
“I went no, not in the slightest, it’s just my voice when I sing this song. And she said, well, maybe you should consider it.”
Andrew took the idea to his booking agencies and the concept took off almost overnight.
When a mutual friend took some of his live recordings to Pete Conway, Williams’ father, he immediately endorsed Andrew’s show, and Andrew has since sung onstage with Williams three times.
Andrew said it was a pleasure to pay tribute to “one of the best entertainers that’s ever lived”.
“I don’t ever try to command the stage and make out that I am Robbie Williams; I always remember who I am,” he said.
“I’m just very similar to Robbie in my normal performance… there’s always a bit of Mike in there.”
Better Man: The Robbie Williams Experience is at Geelong Arts Centre on Saturday, September 13.
