Tom Meighan admires Robbie Williams' belief in aliens

The Kasabian frontman thinks the 'Angels' hitmaker deserved to win the Outstanding Contribution to Music accolade at last week's BRIT Awards because of his interest in life on other planets, as well as the way he dealt with his much-publicised drink and drug addictions.

Tom – whose group scooped the Best British Band award at the London ceremony - said: "Robbie deserves it. He deserves everything he gets. He's been in the game a while and he's lost his brain and come back again all of a sudden, so it's good. I admire him because he believes in UFOs - I think that's incredible."

Tom also admitted to having his own interest in aliens, but insists he would never go out looking for other-worldly beings himself.

He added to BANG Showbiz: "The only thing I definitely believe in is E.T., because I've got one that lives in my house, a movie replica. There might be something out there, but I'm not going to go around Roswell and hang around there for a while, smoking dope and looking at the stars 'Close Encounters' style. "