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Released
  
29 September 2003

Live at Knebworth (2003)
  
Greatest Hits (2004)

Release date
  
29 September 2003

Length
  
72:37

Artist
  
Robbie Williams

Label
  
Chrysalis Records

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Recorded
  
1–3 August 2003, Knebworth, England

Genres
  
Pop music, Pop rock, Adult contemporary music

Nominations
  
Porin Award for Best International Album Outside of Classical and Jazz Music

Similar
  
Robbie Williams albums, Pop music albums

Live at Knebworth, also known as Live Summer 2003 with different cover text, is a live album by English pop singer Robbie Williams, recorded and released in 2003. The album is his first live album, and is a compilation of songs performed during three consecutive shows at Knebworth, England on 1–3 August 2003.

Contents

The three shows attracted a total of 375,000 fans, becoming the "biggest music event in British history". It is the second fastest and biggest selling live album ever in the United Kingdom behind William's former band Take That's live album The Greatest Day. It has been certified 2x Platinum by the IFPI for sales over 2 million copies.

The DVD released of that Summer's three performances at Knebworth Park was entitled What We Did Last Summer, a reference to the film I Know What You Did Last Summer. It went on to sell 350,000 in the United Kingdom. In Australia, the DVD went on to sell 165,000 copies, 25,000 more than the actual album.

Williams' former Take That band mate Mark Owen was invited to perform "Back for Good" on stage with him at Knebworth. This was the first time the two had performed together since the band split in 1996. After performing with Williams, Owen returned to the spotlight signing a deal with Island/Universal Records.

Track listing

  1. "Let Me Entertain You" – 5:54
  2. "Let Love Be Your Energy" – 4:46
  3. "We Will Rock You" – 1:18
  4. "Monsoon" – 5:11
  5. "Come Undone" – 5:34
  6. "Me and My Monkey" – 7:20
  7. "Hot Fudge" – 5:44
  8. "Mr. Bojangles" – 5:26
  9. "She's the One" – 5:43
  10. "Kids" – 7:22
  11. "Better Man" – 2:12
  12. "Nan's Song" – 4:50
  13. "Feel" – 5:16
  14. "Angels" – 5:56

Pregaps

Between-song banter and various mini-songs can be found between some of the songs on the album in pregaps. Here is a list of the pregaps.

  • Robbie Williams talking to the audience (0:41, between tracks 4 and 5)
  • Robbie Williams talking to the audience (0:37, between tracks 5 and 6)
  • Robbie Williams introducing "Hot Fudge" (0:06, between tracks 6 and 7)
  • Robbie Williams introducing Max Beesley whilst singing a little song about him (1:35, between tracks 7 and 8)
  • Robbie Williams talking to Max Beesley whilst Beesley plays a song on piano (1:21, between tracks 8 & 9)
  • Robbie Williams talking to the audience (1:20, between tracks 9 and 10)
  • Robbie Williams singing a song about Knebworth and his mother (1:10, between tracks 10 and 11)
  • Robbie Williams introducing "Nan's Song" (0:18, between tracks 11 and 12)
  • Robbie Williams introducing "Feel" (1:31, between tracks 12 and 13)
  • Robbie Williams introducing "Angels" (0:44, between tracks 13 and 14)

    • Singles

    In Mexico and Argentina, EMI Music sent a promotional CD to radio stations featuring "Feel" and "Angels" live from the show.

    Concert track listing

    The album was recorded in three evenings in Knebworth and then cut. The set lists for the three performances were:

    Songs

    1Let Me Entertain You5:55
    2Let Love Be Your Energy4:45
    3We Will Rock You1:20

    References

    Live at Knebworth Wikipedia
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