Robbie Williams rolled back the years with a grandstand entrance at Come Together on Newcastle’s Town Moor
21:56, 20 Aug 2025Updated 21:56, 20 Aug 2025
Headlining the Come Together festival on Newcastle’s Town Moor, Robbie Williams made a stunning theatrical entrance – complete with an artificial intelligence-created Elvis Pressley singing is praises. The pop legend wowed fans by appearing in red following the incredible hype-building video.
Robbie had donned a stunning red outfit as he walked out with a swagger in his step – and fans were going wild for the Rock DJ singer. As he arrived on stage, the opening bars to one of his most recognisable tracks began to play – and fans knew they were about to be entertained.
The video introduction Robbie employed referenced TikTok and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) as the popstar used the technology light-heartedly – even getting Elvis to say: “If I was alive today I would pay a lot of money to see Robbie Williams live.”
Robbie Williams arrived on stage at Come Together in a stunning red outfit(Image: Simon Greener/Newcastle Chronicle)
A booming voiceover discussed the role of social media and AI – which would “profoundly change” the music industry. Other snippets of video saw famous faces explain – through the power of generative AI – that Robbie is “born to rule a stadium” and that: “He’s not a man, he’s a signal. You don’t watch Robbie, you tune into him.” And after that bombastic intro – recalling the pop legend at his pomp – Robbie appeared and the crowd went wild.
Robbie’s performance was the final attraction on a Wednesday schedule that had already seen North East pop princess Perrie play a stunning set that ChronicleLive felt showed she was “every inch the popstar”. Kaiser Chiefs and Gateshead native Andrew Cushin also starred.
On Friday, acts including headliners Kings of Leon will be looking to pack out the Town Moor and get the August Bank Holiday off to a bang. These stellar Wednesday line-up came after huge anticipation.
By Tuesday evening, the Town Moor had been transformed into a huge festival site ready to welcome some of music’s brightest stars and, well ahead of gates opening at 1.30pm on Wednesday, a queue had begun started to form, with more than a few Robbie Williams t-shirts spotted among the fans who got there early.
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