Robbie Williams cancels his tour due to ‘mystery illness’ after saying his career was going to ‘kill him’
ROBBIE Williams has cancelled the remaining dates of his European tour because of a mystery illness.
The 43-year-old pulled out of dates in St Petersburg and Moscow and has cancelled a planned appearance at the New Wave event.
His spokesman said all three Russian gigs had been cancelled “due to illness”.
He confessed fame was fuelling his mental health problems — and said he had barely been leaving his dressing room while on tour because of chronic agoraphobia.
Insiders said Robbie had also pulled out of a BBC1 appearance this month on The Graham Norton Show.
The health scare comes after the singer said at the weekend: "This job is really bad for my health. It’s going to kill me.” He said his only hope was to try to look at his stardom “in a different way”.
Williams, who has also been battling arthritis that gives him crippling back pain, added: “The more cocky and arrogant I look onstage, the more terrified I am.”
And the multi-award-winning pop star said he doesn’t think he would be as mentally unstable as he is if he wasn’t famous.
He explained: “[Depression] sprints through my family. I don’t know if I’d be this mentally ill without fame.
“I don’t think it would be as gross or as powerful if it hadn’t have been for fame.
"You get a magnifying glass in the shape of the world’s attention and your defects will obviously magnify too.”
The singer has said wife Ayda Field saved him from a life of ruin, which saw him previously battle alcoholism and substance abuse.
He said: “She has the smarts to know how to not sink the ship, and I just want to sink the ship to see what it looks like.”
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But their marriage isn't just one-sided as Robbie has had his sperm cryogenically frozen to please his partner in case she wants to expand their brood in the future, although he doesn’t want a third child at the moment.
The couiple have a five-year-old daughter Teddy and two-year-old son Charlie.
Robbie and Ayda were set up on a blind date by mutual friends in 2006.
They got engaged at Christmas in 2009 and were married at his Los Angeles home in 2010.
In September 2012, they had their first child, daughter Theodora, and a son called Charlton followed in October 2014.
Robbie recently admitted how anti-depressants helped him to get through a "troublesome and sad" time.
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