'Always revealing too much': Robbie Williams sends fans wild with COMPLETELY nude picture with just his tell-all book covering his modesty

He had to pull out of his European tour after he was struck down with a mystery illness in September.

But Robbie Williams, 43, was back to his old tricks on Sunday as he posed completely naked in a cheeky snap for Instagram

With nothing but his autobiography 'Reveal' protecting his modesty, the star stripped off to promote the launch of the book.

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Daring: Robbie Williams, 43, put his troubles aside on Sunday as he posed completely naked in a cheeky snap on his Instagram page

Daring: Robbie Williams, 43, put his troubles aside on Sunday as he posed completely naked in a cheeky snap on his Instagram page

Captioning the post:  'Always revealing too much', Robbie teased fans with a wide-eyed shocked expression.

The Rock DJ hitmaker displayed his impressive collection of tattoos, which include a Maori tribal design on his left bicep and a lion's head on his upper arm.

Devotees will recall Robbie's famous Rock DJ music video, in which he gyrated in just a tiny pair of Tiger-printed pants. 

Fans went wild for the saucy snap, telling the singer 'gorgeous' he is.

One wrote: 'You naughty boy Robbie, such a tease.' 

Another added: ' Just choked on a bounty bar, very nice indeed and the book is not bad either.' 

Meanwhile, one superfan commented:  'Gorgeous! ROBBIE you're an absolute legend!

'You're the most special, the most handsome, the most positive, genuine, phenomenal man and artist in whole entire planet and you always will be!'

Out of action:  It is the first time Robbie has spoken out on the mystery illness that forced him to cancel his final two European tour dates 

Out of action:  It is the first time Robbie has spoken out on the mystery illness that forced him to cancel his final two European tour dates 

His light-hearted post comes nearly a month after he spoke out on the mystery illness that forced him to cancel his final two European tour dates.

Speaking through his YouTube channel, the father-of-two revealed he was struck down with a 'very worrying ailment' that forced him to be admitted to intensive care.

Addressing his fans from the garden of his Los Angeles home, he explained: 'How am I is really good. I've been recovering from an illness now for the last five weeks.'

He continued: 'Unfortunately, that illness kicked in just at the end of my tour, a tour which was going so well.

On the mend: Addressing his fans from the garden of his Los Angeles home, he explained: 'How am I is really good. I've been recovering from an illness now for the last five weeks'

On the mend: Addressing his fans from the garden of his Los Angeles home, he explained: 'How am I is really good. I've been recovering from an illness now for the last five weeks'

Recovering: The Angels hitmaker admitted he still wasn't back to full health, but claimed he was 'nearly there', adding: 'I know I'm going to be better than ever'

Recovering: The Angels hitmaker admitted he still wasn't back to full health, but claimed he was 'nearly there', adding: 'I know I'm going to be better than ever'

He added: 'The audiences were incredible, I was okay, the band was amazing, I was a soldier and I needed to finish that tour and I needed to go to Moscow and I needed to go to St. Petersburg and then I got some test results.

'They were very worrying and I ended up in ICU (Intensive Care Unit), so I couldn't go.

'I haven't pulled out of a tour for bad health since 1998 so you know if I can't do it then there's something going on that I just can't do it.'

Robbie admitted he still wasn't back to full health, but claimed he was 'nearly there' and was optimistic of his chances as he added: 'I know I'm going to be better than ever.'

Out of action: The father-of-two alarmed fans last month when he cancelled the final two shows on the European leg of his Heavy Entertainment Show tour

Out of action: The father-of-two alarmed fans last month when he cancelled the final two shows on the European leg of his Heavy Entertainment Show tour

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