Melody Plant

Robbie Williams has been offered $3 million to play a half-hour concert – but is planning to turn it down. The ‘Angels’ singer has been offered $1 million a minute to headline a music festival in Norway – but he is unsure whether to accept as he has vowed to give up touring.
A friend of the star said: “It would probably be the easiest money he’ll make in his life but it’s touch and go whether he’ll say yes. We’ll have to wait and see.”

The 34-year-old recently posted a message on his personal blog saying he has no wish to return to live shows because his last tour ‘nearly killed’ him. He wrote: “The more time I’m spending away from public life, the more I like it.”

Despite the poor reception to his last album, 2006’s ‘Rudebox’ and his threats to withhold his next album due to a dispute with his record company EMI, Robbie did confirm he will be releasing new material.

He added: “There definitely won’t be a tour anytime soon. I might put the B-sides to the next album out first online. Then put an album out in 2009 which means you won’t be seeing a lot of me on stage.”

When most people have a bad day at work they treat themselves to a pint and fish and chips. Or the local equivalent anyway…

But millionairess Kylie Minogue plans to get over the disappointment of her failed bid to crack the US again by buying up a $6million country retreat.

She has expressed an interest in a riverside Tudor home in Sussex.

She looked at the country mansion last week after returning from the States – where she failed to break into the Top 100 with her album X, despite a huge publicity drive.

Her pal Robbie Williams had a house nearby and recommended the area. I’ve seen the pad and it certainly is a palace fit for a pop princess. It even includes a chapel, just in case the singer’s life wasn’t already wholesome enough.

The star is desperate to settle down as she approaches her 40th birthday next month.

In November, Kylie revealed: “I’m looking for a property in the country. I need to do things to make me feel whole.”

Robbie Williams is having a rare old time on strike from the gruelling slog of being a pop star. The beardy pop nob, in a teenage-style huff with his record label, has been filling his time with private cooking lessons.

A pal said: “He has an urge to host his own cookery show and bring out a book with it. The problem is, Robbie isn’t exactly the healthiest eater on the planet. Who needs lessons in how to cook burgers and chips?

“That’s about all he’s interested in.”

Nice. Get back to what you are good at Rob…