Robbie Williams hopes to emulate the ongoing success of Sir Rod Stewart.
The 50-year-old singer has enjoyed decades of success since joining Take That in 1990 when he was just 16 years old, and he hopes that continues for decades to come, pointing to the enduring success of the ‘Maggie May’ hitmaker, who is still recording and performing regularly at the age of 80.
He told the Daily Star Sunday newspaper’s Wired column: “I can only guess at what my future is. And if Rod Stewart is anything to go by, I’ve had a Rod Stewart-style career, and he still gets to be Rod Stewart.
“I hope that the general public allows me to be Robbie Williams when I am Rod Stewart’s age.”
The ‘Angels’ hitmaker has just released his biopic ‘Better Man’ in the US and he hopes it will make enough of an impact for him to finally tour in North America, where he has enjoyed little success over the years.
He said: “I want to come to North America.
“Hopefully, if the success makes an ident, I will do that. I will be touring.”
And though ‘Better Man’ has so far failed to set the global box office alight, Robbie is still “really proud” of the biopic and takes comfort in the fact it has been a hit with critics.
He said: “It’s something that I can be really proud of.
“Look at Rotten Tomates- there is 91% journalists and 98% audience reaction.
“It’s very easy to get wrapped up with the expectation train, get on that train, and be led into oblivion yet again and what that means for my psyche if I pull all the levers and the machine doesn’t work.”
Robbie recently teased his upcoming new album will feature “massive guitars” and “pop hits”.
In an interview with NME, he said of the project: “I wanted to make the album that I’d make if I’d left Take That now, knowing what I know.
“This particular song [‘Rocket’] encapsulates that perfectly. Unfortunately and fortunately for me, pop songs turned up along the way, too. I’m like: ‘Ah, f*** – a hit!’”