Robbie Williams is to return to the charts in October with new single 'Tripping'. The song will be all over your commercial radio stations from September 5th, but won't be available to buy 'til October 3rd. The man sayeth: "It's something like a mini-gangster Opera".

The single precedes the release of his new album, Intensive Care, due out on October 24th. Recorded in Los Angeles, the record will be launched with a show at Berlin's Velodrom on October 9th. The concert will be filmed for subsequent Europe-wide cinecast and television use (expect a DVD, too). Tickets for the gig go on sale on September 5th.

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