Excitement builds in rain for Robbie Williams gig
BBCRobbie Williams superfans have camped out for more than 24 hours as they eagerly await the popstar's performance in Wolverhampton.
Wrapped in blankets and waterproof overalls, the fans braced the rain and cold weather while queuing outside The Halls, ahead of the Take That singer's concert on Monday night.
Scores of people - some from as far away as Glasgow - brought their own sleeping bags and picnic baskets in a bid to be the first through the doors and up front near the stage.
"We come for concerts, we queue, we camp, we try and get the best spot possible in the gig, we make friends and see the same faces time and time again," Lucy Stanbridge said.
She was among a group of fans who have been queuing since 09:00 GMT on Sunday.
Lifelong fan Michelle Power has been waiting since 06:00 on Monday and said: "I've travelled to Las Vegas, Madrid, The Albert Hall, Sandringham, Stoke to see Robbie Williams.
"I met Robbie in Vegas, it was better than my wedding day."
First timer Scott White braced the weather with his superfan wife, Kirsty and said "everyone needs to have a fan in their life and Robbie Williams is as good as any."
Speaking of the new-found friends he met while queuing, he said: "We've become a bit of a family because we've been queuing for so long now, we have gotten to know each other and shared Robbie stories and that's how we have connected."
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Kirsty added: "I've been a fan since I was six years old. My favourite time seeing him was Hyde Park because I got to high five Robbie."
The Stoke-on-Trent singer, who has been travelling the UK with his Long 90's tour said he had chosen some smaller venues, the kind he would have played at the start of his solo stardom.
After more than three decades in showbiz, the 51-year-old's new album, Britpop, is his 16th number one, breaking the previous record set by the Beatles.
He has called it the album he wanted to make when he first left Take That.
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