Robbie Williams releases new single 'Forbidden Road', lifted from Better Man biopic soundtrack • News • DIY Magazine

Robbie Williams has offered up a poignant new single entitled ‘Forbidden Road’, a preview of what we can expect from the soundtrack to his upcoming biopic Better Man.

Due to be released in UK cinemas on 26th December, with the soundtrack album available digitally from 27th December, Better Man will tell the story of Robbie’s rise to international stardom from his perspective - a perspective which, notably, includes him being represented by a CGI monkey.

Discussing this creative choice, Better Man’s director Michael Gracey has commented: “Robbie would say things like, ‘I’m up the back dancing like a monkey.’ After a while, I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be amazing to represent Robbie as a monkey in the film?’ Because Robbie is telling this story – and that’s how he sees himself.”

Co-written by Robbie with Freddy Wexler and Sacha Skarbek, ‘Forbidden Road’ soundtracks the end of Better Man, and has arrived accompanied by a lyric video featuring previously unseen footage of the film.

You can revisit our 2023 interview with Robbie and watch the lyric video for ‘Forbidden Road’ - featuring Robbie in all his CGI monkey glory - below.

The full tracklist for Better Man’s soundtrack album is:

1. Feel
2. I Found Heaven
3. Rock DJ
4. Relight My Fire
5. Come Undone
6. She’s the One
7. Something Beautiful
8. Land of 1000 Dances
9. Angels
10. Let Me Entertain You
11. Better Man
12. My Way
13. Forbidden Road

What’s more, Robbie has also recently announced that he’ll be hitting the road again for a huge tour of the UK and Europe in 2025 - find out where you can catch him live below.

MAY 2025
31 Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

JUNE 2025
04 Come Together Festival, Newcastle
06 Emirates Stadium, London
07 Emirates Stadium, London
10 Co-op Live, Manchester
11 Co-op Live, Manchester
13 Royal Crescent, Bath
14 Royal Crescent
19 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
22 Johan Cruyff ArenA, Amsterdam
23 Johan Cruyff ArenA, Amsterdam
25 VELTINS-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
28 Werchter TW Classic, Werchter
30 Heinz von Heiden Arena, Hanover

JULY 2025
02 La Défense Arena, Paris
05 RCDE Stadium, Barcelona
09 Red Bull Arena, Leipzig
12 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
17 Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste
21 Waldbühne, Berlin
22 Waldbühne, Berlin
26 Olympiastadion, Munich

AUGUST 2025
01 Darius and Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas
03 Mežaparks, Riga
07 Stockholm Stadion, Stockholm
10 Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt
13 Forus Travbane, Stavanger
16 Granåsen, Trondheim
23 Croke Park, Dublin

SEPTEMBER 2025
07 O2 Arena, Prague
09 TAURON Arena, Kraków, Kraków
12 MVM Dome, Budapest
20 Olympiastadion, Helsinki

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