Talking of litigation, word has it that the contentious track from Robbie Williams new album 'Rudebox' has been pulled. As previously reported, reports suggested that the original Take That manager, Nigel Martin-Smith, was planning to sue Williams over allegations the singer makes against him in the new song 'Nineties' (Martin-Smith and Williams have been pretty much enemies since Robbie's acrimonious split from the boy band back in 1995). New reports now suggest that, following Martin-Smith's legal threats, the track in question, which appeared on promo copies of 'Rudebox', will not now appear on the final album.
A source told the Sun: "Nigel is getting really heavy with his lawyers over these allegations. He is taking it very seriously. He was furious when he found out about some of the lyrics in the song and wants it deleted from Robbie's album. Robbie's lawyers are now dealing with it and have agreed that no copies of the song will be distributed until the legal issues have been resolved. They have also agreed not to release the lyrics anywhere until it is all cleared up".
EMI, meanwhile, has said that a "final decision" is yet to be made as to whether the track will feature on the album, which is due out on 23 Oct, although they add that for the time being that "the track has been removed from the album 'Rudebox' and should not be reviewed".