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Zara Woodcock

Robbie Williams bins his dance music project after awkward first DJ stint in Ibiza

Robbie Williams binned his dance project after an incredibly 'awkward' DJ stint in Ibiza.

The former Take That star, 48, recalled the moment he turned up to his first electronic dance music gig at a place called 528.

He had a specific plan of pretending to be an audience member but then wow the crowd with his set.

"I just thought I was gonna be the Bez of this project, wander around, vibes, you know," he explained.

"What actually happened when I turned up to the first gig was 2,000 people faced the stage and just looked at me, barely any movement and it was so awkward, so awkward."

Robbie was feeling under pressure to entertain the waiting crowd and didn't know what to say, so he simply Googled 'What do garage MCs say?' while he was on stage.

Robbie tried out a dance gig in Ibiza (Getty Images)
He said it was 'so awkward' as the audience quietly stared at him (Getty Images)

"I don't know what to do!" he said to Annie Mac's podcast Changes.

"I'm like, 'Inside, this one goes out to the ladies. Wait for the drop.' .' I didn't know what I was doing so I just repeated the top 10 things several times - 'Inside!'

"I couldn't believe how awkward it is. It was a shock, a shock." Robbie, who is on course for No1 with new orchestral hits collection XXV, has now ditched the dance dream because he's not willing to start at the bottom."

His dance project story comes after he opened up about his thoughts on the realities of fame.

Robbie admitted that the perfect well-rounded celebrity "doesn't exist".

The pop sensation, who rose to fame at the age of just 16 when he first joined Take That, has had an illustrious career which has seen him win 18 Brit Awards - making him the most successful artist in the award's history.

He recently discussed the realities of fame (Getty Images)

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The father-of-four has discussed how fans' perspective of being a celebrity is completely different to how it actually works out.

He told The Sunday Times : "Everybody is intoxicated with the thought of what fame is, even though the examples all around you are of people falling down, getting tripped up, becoming mentally ill, being deeply unhappy, resentful, agoraphobic, desperate, behaving in ways they normally wouldn’t.

"There are no opposite cases you can point to besides completely inauthentic stars from America who have managed to hide behind publicists; no examples where you can go, 'there’s a well-rounded person that’s thoroughly enjoying his lot'. He doesn’t exist."

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