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The Lottery Winners’ Thom Rylance caught up with NME at the BRITs 2026 to talk about taking inspiration from Robbie Williams, joining forces with Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger, what to expect from their upcoming live shows, and more

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00:00Tom, welcome to the Brits. Thank you very much. What's it like to be here? It's really good. It feels
00:04right to be here.
00:06I've been waiting for this invite for too long, but here I am now. It's better to be late than
00:10never invited.
00:11It feels very exciting. It's in Manchester. What's the atmosphere like?
00:15It's all over the city. It really is. All week it's been buzzing.
00:19Manchester is an important place for music. I think it makes sense that it's in Manchester.
00:23It also makes sense that I'm here. It doesn't make sense that I'm not nominated.
00:27But next time, I'm not bitter. I don't even want to be nominated.
00:32Who's here who is nominated? Whose album you've loved this time?
00:36Oh, I think I'm really excited. Self-esteem I think is really doing amazing things.
00:41Dolce. Oh my God. I feel like there's so many people. Are they screaming for me?
00:46Probably, right? They can hear my voice and they're screaming for me.
00:49Dolce. I feel like there's so many people that are really pushing boundaries now artistically
00:54and just doing really interesting things and she's one of them.
00:58But yeah, loads. Pulp. I'm friends with one of Pulp. Not the main one. Not Jarvis.
01:06So someone who's here is Robbie Williams, who of course you've joined on stage.
01:10Is he here? Yeah, he's my mate.
01:12What was it like being on stage with Robbie?
01:14Oh yeah, Wicked. Like we're really tight now. We're really close friends.
01:18And watching him, anytime I get to see him perform, it's like a master class.
01:22Like there's nobody better at it than him. He really is the king of entertainment.
01:26And I like to think that I am the prince of entertainment.
01:30And yeah, he's a beautiful person to be around. Very inspiring.
01:34I've never been around a more creative person.
01:36He'll text me every day with a poem or a drawing or a song or something.
01:40And I'm like, I really need to stop eating this pot noodle and start doing something creative.
01:45Did he impart any words of wisdom? Because he's a showman at the highest form.
01:50Yeah. You know what? He said the loveliest thing to me last night, but I don't want to show off
01:54about it.
01:55But he basically said, he watched me play last night.
01:58And he said, you said to me that you watch me and it's like a master class.
02:01And he was like, but you are.
02:04He was like, you're as good as me, if not better.
02:07He was like, you are the best.
02:08And I was like, no, you're the best. And he's like, no, you're the best.
02:11We have that kind of relationship. It's very cute.
02:13Little bromance going on.
02:14Oh, it's not little.
02:15Oh.
02:16It's a big bromance, yeah.
02:17Yeah, we're very much in love.
02:18Can we expect to see some of that showmanship at your massive stadium show coming up?
02:23Oh, yeah. I'm going to be filling that place with charisma.
02:25Are you going to come?
02:26I would love to be there.
02:27Please come. I'll put you on the guest list. I can do that.
02:30I've got the power at this one.
02:32Can you get me on the stage?
02:34Are you charismatic?
02:36Show me.
02:41And then, so it's not just Robbie, who's got your seal of approval.
02:45We've also got Chad from Nickelback, who you worked with recently.
02:49Oh yeah, he's here.
02:50He's not here, but tell me, why did you want to join forces with him?
02:53Oh, that was the weirdest thing ever, that.
02:55It was like this whole lockdown situation where all kinds of postmen were doing sea shanties,
02:59and then we did one on TikTok, and then Chad got in touch, and then we ended up being friends.
03:04But sometimes he FaceTimes me now, and I'm in a charity shop.
03:06And I've just got Chad Kruger in a hot tub on FaceTime, and I'm like, Chad, it's a bad time,
03:11mate.
03:11I mean, we're getting in the hospice.
03:13What was his response to that?
03:14Oh, he's fine.
03:15He just wants to talk.
03:16He's a good lad.
03:16He's a nice guy, Chad.
03:18So I see you've got the Help 2 badge on.
03:20Yeah, where is it?
03:22Can you see it?
03:22Yeah.
03:23Are you excited for the album to come out?
03:24Yeah, I really am.
03:25Yeah, it would have been nice to be on it, but I'm not bothered.
03:27I still like it.
03:28I mean, it's got some big names, and it is for like a really important part.
03:31Oh yeah, it is.
03:32We did a War Child show last night, and it's a cause that we really are aligned with.
03:37So yeah, I mean, that's why I'm wearing the thing.
03:39Who are you most looking forward to hearing on that album?
03:42Me?
03:42Next time.
03:44Yeah?
03:44One more?
03:45Yeah.
03:46I don't know.
03:46I'm not bothered.
03:47Just me.
03:48I don't listen to music.
03:49I like AI music.
03:50It's the best, isn't it?
03:52It's the best.
03:53I don't really.
03:55Okay, and then finally, tell me what you've got coming up for the rest of the year.
03:58We've got the stadium show.
03:59We're going to put an album out.
04:00I'm going to be dead famous.
04:01That's my plan.
04:02I'm going to host the Brits next year.
04:04Robbie's going to ask you for advice.
04:05Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:07Yeah, he already does.
04:08Who's your next Dream collaboration?
04:10Oh, I want to do a song with Rob, obviously.
04:12I call him Rob, you can't.
04:13Robbie Williams, I want to do a song with.
04:15It'd be nice to have Johnny Marr play on a song.
04:18I did send a song to Noel Gallagher, but he said, who's this?
04:23Fair enough.
04:24It gives you something to work for.
04:26Yeah.
04:27.
04:28.
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