About the Tour

European Summer Tour 2003 – What We Did Last Summer
 
The European Tour 2003 saw Robbie play to a massive 1.2 million people with 21 shows across Europe. A stadium tour of monumental proportions, the gigs drew in huge crowds - never had Knewborth Park, home to a string of legendary shows, played host to such a triumphant occasion.

Ticket sales for the UK dates broke all sales records, selling out in less than eight hours. The tour preceded by a warm-up gig in Paris, and then finally kicked off with two nights in Edinburgh where Robbie played to crowds of more than 60.000. And that was just the start of things to come...!

The tour had a massive impact on Robbie's fan base across the continent. France had previously been slow to embrace the Robbie Williams phenomenon but was now gripped and sales of Escapology began to soar. The latest wave of publicity and live appearances had propelled the album into the top three of the album charts.

The Knewborth gigs made their mark on music history by attracting the biggest crowds ever recorded. More than 375.000 fans rocked up to the event over a 3-day period of blazing hot sunshine.

The band line-up featured a new acquistion of Robbie's good friend Max Beesley as a guest pianist and saw the departure of Guy Chambers as musical director and guitarist Fil Eisler. In came new recruits Mark Plati as musical director on keyboards and guitar and Neil Taylor also on guitar.

But not to forget the amazing dancers, that had made the show such reflecting his glory to women. Djeneba Adouayom, Suzanne Mole, Nikki Wheeler, Kate Eloise Whitfield, Vicky Frampton and Keeley Malone were the six dancers that has put as much power into the routines as Robbie put into his talent as an entertainer. Being popular in the commercial business, the dancers knew how to encourage people.

"What we did last summer" was not just a 3-day gig in Knewborth. It was not just a tour through the european continent. It was a highlight. It was one of the most breath-taking moments Europe had ever seen.

Djeneba Adouayom, Suzanne Mole, Nikki Wheeler, Kate Eloise Whitfield, Vicky Frampton and Keeley Malone