Robbie Williams has cancelled the last show of his world tour ‘BRITPOP’ in Turkey following public safety concerns.
The former Take That singer was due to perform at Atakoy Marina in Istanbul this Tuesday, 7 October, but has confirmed on his Instagram story that the concert has been pulled and that he was “extremely sorry”.
He wrote: “City authorities have cancelled the show, in the interests of public safety. The last thing I would ever want to do is to jeopardise the safety of my fans – their safety and security come first.”
“We were very excited to be playing Istanbul for the first time, and purposely chose the city as the final show of the Britpop tour.”
“To end this epic run of dates in front of my Turkish fans was my dream, given the close connections my family have with this wonderful country.”
Robbie Williams is married to Ayda Field Williams, who is Turkish born.
He added: “To everyone in Istanbul who wanted to join the 1.2 million people who have shared this phenomenal tour this year with us, I am deeply sorry. We were so looking forward to this show, but the decision to cancel it was beyond our control.”
He is still expected to play at Dingwalls in Camden on Thursday 9 October where he will play his upcoming album ‘BRITPOP‘ in full for the first time ever, as well as his debut solo album ‘Life Thru A Lens’.
‘BRITPOP‘ was scheduled to be released 10 October, but was rescheduled to 6 February 2026, due to “scheduling issues”.
Fans who pre-ordered the album were sent an email from Robbie Williams’ team, saying, “ue to scheduling changes ‘BRITPOP’ will now be released on February 6 2026. Your order will be dispatched in line with the new release date. Apologies for any inconvenience caused, we promise it will be worth the wait.”
No reason as to why the album got rescheduled has been shared, however some fans online have noticed how the original date of the released happened to be close to the release of another huge album – Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’.
A few months ago, Robbie Williams hosted an exclusive listening of his upcoming solo album at Groucho Club in Central London where he was interviewed by comedian Joe Lycett.
Robbie revealed that as well as Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi being a collboration on the album, the new album features “a couple of other songs” with Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes and one with Coldplay’s Chris Martin.
He also said that former Take That bandmate Gary Barlow co-wrote the new song ‘Morrissey’, which has been confirmed to be on the new album.
Fans can pre-order the new album here.
