Robbie Williams sings Oasis at huge homecoming gig - and says partying with Gallaghers sparked Take That split

Take That star Robbie Williams sang an Oasis classic during an epic solo homecoming at the ground of his beloved Port Vale on Saturday night. And the Stoke star told fans that it was down to his partying with Oasis 's Liam and Noel Gallagher back in the 1990s that led to his initial split from Take That.

20,000 fans packed in to Vale Park in Burslem for the eagerly-anticipated gig that had been delayed for two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. But on Saturday he was rolling back the years with a blistering two-and-a-half hour set of his huge solo anthems as well as a raft of Take That's classic tunes.

He opened the show with Let Me Entertain You and a brace of his classic solo hits like Strong and Come Undone. After belting out Take That's Do What U Like and Could it Be Magic, he then explained how Manc rockers Oasis would be play an instrumental part in his career.

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For he told fans at the gig how he was kicked out of Take That for "going to Glastonbury and hanging out with the Gallagher brothers", reports The Sentinel. He famously left the band in 1995 to the distress of fans at the time, before the band's reunion gigs in 2010 healed the old wounds.

It led in to one of the magical moments at the concert when Robbie launched into one of Oasis's biggest hits - Don't Look Back in Anger. The crowd of thousands sang along to the tune, that has become one of Oasis's best-loved anthems.

Robbie went on to dedicate one of his newer songs - Love My Life - to his children; Teddy, aged nine, Charlie, aged seven, Coco, aged three and two-year-old Beau. He melted the hearts of the crowd further with the anthems