{"id":104779,"date":"2023-06-29T17:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=104779"},"modified":"2023-06-21T07:01:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T05:01:52","slug":"09-00-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=104779","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m Very Grateful for You:\u2019 British Singer Robbie Williams Shares Kind Words With Israeli Fans at Tel Aviv Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>\u2018I\u2019m Very Grateful for You:\u2019 British Singer Robbie Williams Shares Kind Words With Israeli Fans at Tel Aviv Concert<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Robbie Williams performing in London at the Apple Music Festival. Photo: Drew de F Fawkes via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

At his live concert in Tel Aviv\u2019s Yarkon Park on Thursday night, British pop sensation Robbie Williams talked to thousands of his Israeli fans about how much he appreciates their support and his love of Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

While singing his 1997 single Let me Entertain You <\/em>towards the start of the concert, Williams, 49, shouted<\/a> at the audience, \u201cAllow me to reintroduce myself. My name is Robbie f__king Williams, yalla balagan<\/em>!\u201d using the Hebrew expression that means \u201clet\u2019s do this\u201d or \u201clet\u2019s go.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Williams, who last performed in Israel eight years ago, later talked to the excited crowd and told<\/a> them \u201cyou have something incredibly f__king special here. I went for a walk the other night. I noticed a peace here. There is a peace here that I don\u2019t feel in London; I don\u2019t feel in Los Angeles.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cConsidering as a people you have so much going on, there is a calm and a sincerity,\u201d he added.<\/a> \u201cJust by this walk, I felt you, I know who you are, I know how you are, and you mean an awful lot to me. It\u2019s always very special coming out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Williams additionally spoke about wanting to raise his children with Jewish values. His wife, American-Turkish actress Ayda Field, is Jewish and the couple have four children.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife is Jewish so my kids are Jewish. I like to keep some of the traditions going in the family, just out of respect to you guys and to their history,\u201d he said before showing off a wrist tattoo of the word simcha,<\/em> which means happiness in Hebrew.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs I leave you here tonight, I\u2019m very grateful for you being there over the years\u2026 and very grateful just for you as a people. God bless you,\u201d Williams said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israeli Indie rock singer Noga Erez joined Williams during the concert for the duet Kids,<\/em> which Williams originally performed with Australian singer Kylie Minogue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Days before the concert, while strolling in Tel Aviv, Williams stopped to sing with a street performer. Together they performed his hit song Angels<\/em> from his 1997 album.<\/span><\/p>\n

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