Busker entertains crowd leaving Olly Murs cancelled Glasgow gig
The Dance With Me Tonight singer cancelled the show shortly after it started due to struggling with his voice saying he sounded "rubbish".
Fans were left disappointed with one taking to X to day they "could cry".
READ NEXT: Olly Murs cancels Hydro gig after 'five songs' due to health concerns
However, a busker in the Hydro tunnel that connects the SEC to Finnieston managed to cheer up crowds.
A video shared on TikTok shows a large crowd gathered singing Dance With Me Tonight.
It was captioned: "This is why I love Glasgow.
"When Olly Murs cancels his show five songs in, a wee Glaswegian busker puts on his best performance and everyone has a ball."
READ NEXT: TRNSMT announces new main stage act amid calls to axe Kneecap
One person commented: "Yes this was top tier."
Another said: "Brilliant."
A third person commented on Facebook: "Got to give credit to the busker in the tunnel trying to cheer everyone up.
"Wee unofficial after party."
READ NEXT: Kneecap performance at TRNSMT would need 'significant policing operation'
We previously reported Murs posted a video on Instagram saying he was "so sorry I had to walk off after six songs".
The Troublemaker singer said: "I've never done this in 15 years.
"Most of the time as singers you can kind of get through it if your voice isn't 100% but I walked out tonight thinking my voice was great.
"Yeah I maybe felt a little bit run down but I didn't think I couldn't do the show or I wouldn't have come out there otherwise so to walk off after six songs, as I said on stage I'm so sorry."
He continued: "As you can probably hear from my voice it just sounded rubbish and it's unfair for you guys that have come and seen to me spend all that money, you deserve the best show and me being at my best.
"I'm so sorry from the bottom of my heart."
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Guardian
5 hours ago
- The Guardian
Meet the members of the Dull Men's Club: ‘Some of them would bore the ears off you'
The 18th-century English writer Samuel Johnson once wrote, 'He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others'. It's a sentiment eagerly embraced by The Dull Men's Club. Several million members in a number of connected Facebook groups strive to cause dullness in others on a daily basis. In this club, they wear their dullness with pride. The duller the better. This is where the nerds of the world unite. 'Posts that contain bitmoji-avatar-things are far too exciting, and will probably get deleted,' warn the rules of the Dull Men's Club (Australian branch). Maintaining standards of dullness is paramount. Alan Goodwin in the UK recently worried that seeing a lesser spotted woodpecker in his garden might be 'a bit too exciting' for the group. In the same week, a flight tracker struggled to keep his excitement to an acceptable level when military jets suddenly appeared on his screen. This is the place for quirky hobbies, obscure interests, the examination of small, ordinary things. It is a place to celebrate the mundane, the quotidian. It is a gentle antidote to pouting influencers and the often toxic internet; a bastion of civility; a polite clarion call to reclaim the ordinary. Above all, it is whimsical, deeply ironic self-effacing and sarcastic humour. There is an art to being both dull and droll. 'It's tongue-in-cheek humour' says founder Grover Click (a pseudonym chosen for its dullness), 'a safe place to comment on daily things.' Exclamation marks, he says, 'are far too exciting.' (On his site, ridicule is against the rules, as is politics, religion, and swearing). There is, says Bt Humble, a moderator for the Australian branch, 'a level of one upmanship. It's sort of competitive dullness.' Dull people trying to out-dull each other. Are there people who are just too exciting for the club? 'There isn't actually a mandatory level of dullness,' he admits, although some of the members he has met 'would bore the ears off you.' It all started in New York in the early 1980s. Click, now 85, and his friends were sitting at the long bar of the New York Athletic club reading magazine articles about boxing, fencing, judo and wrestling. 'One of my mates said 'Dude, we don't do any of those things.'' They had to face it. They were dull. They decided to embrace their dullness. As a joke, they started The Dull Men's Club, which involved some very silly dull activities. They chartered a tour bus but didn't go anywhere. 'We toured the bus. We walked around the outside of the bus a few times. And the driver explained the tyre pressures and turned on the windscreen wipers.' In 1996, when Click moved to the UK, his nephew offered to build a website for 'that silly Dull Men's Club.' Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Today, Click's copyrighted Dull Men's Club Facebook group has 1.9 million members. There is an annual calendar featuring people with peculiar hobbies, a book – Dull Men of Great Britain – merchandise and not one but two awards: Anorak of the Year in the UK and DMC Person of the Year for the rest of the world. There are also numerous copycat Dull Men's Clubs, including one that has 1.7 million members. Click is 'very surprised' that so many people identify as dull. The Australian club has 8,000 members. Comparatively small but definitely holding its own in the dullness department. Much of the minutiae of life gets on members' nerves, as does poor workmanship. Five hundred amused comments followed a post about coat hangers inserted into hoops on rails in hotel rooms. 'That would keep me up all night,' said one person. The over or under toilet paper debate raged (politely) for two and a half weeks. Then there was the dismantling of electronic appliances. Or photographing post boxes, the ranking of every animated movie from one to 100 – 100 being 'dull and pointless'. Members judge the speed of other people's windscreen wipers against their own, or in the case of Australia's Simon Molina, stuff as many used toilet rolls as possible inside another. 'It's extremely dull.' There was the late John Richards who founded the Apostrophe Protection Society and 94-year-old Lee Maxwell who has fully restored 1,400 antique washing machines – that no one will ever use. Australian member Andrew McKean, 85, had dullness thrust upon him. He is, dare I say it, an interesting anomaly in the Dull Men's Club, a shift in tone. Three years ago, he had a heart attack. He recovered but the hospital's social workers deemed him unable to care for his wife, Patricia, and they moved to a nursing home in NSW. There is nothing droll or amusing about being stuck in a nursing home. But he has elevated the dull institutional days into something poetic and poignant by writing about them and posting 'to you strangers' in The Dull Men's Club. Sign up to Five Great Reads Each week our editors select five of the most interesting, entertaining and thoughtful reads published by Guardian Australia and our international colleagues. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Saturday morning after newsletter promotion His life before moving into a home had been anything but dull. An electronics engineer, in 1967 he was connected to the Apollo moon mission. Then a career in the television broadcasting industry took him to the UK, Malta, West Africa and Canada. Once a traveler who lived in a sprawling house at Pittwater who spent his days in the sea, now his life is reduced to a single room, 'every trace of my existence is contained within these walls.' Sitting in his worn, frayed armchair by the window 'watching the light shift across the garden,' he writes about ageing and 'the slow unfolding of a life.' He is surrounded by the 'faint hum of machines and the shuffle of slippers … the squeak of a wheelchair, the smell of disinfectant.' With the club, McKean has found his people, his tribe, within this ironic, self-deprecating community. At 85 he has found fans. Even if they are proudly dull. He lives for the bus and a few hours of freedom in a life that has shrunk. On the bus 'something stirs in us, a flicker of youth perhaps.' He treats himself to KFC, 'the sharp tang of it a small rebellion against the home's bland meals.' He sits on a park bench, an old man with a stick, invisible and inconspicuous to the people rushing past 'watching the world's parade, its wealth and hurry.' He observes it all and reports back to the Dull Men's Club. 'Though the world may not stop for me, I will not stop for it. I am here, still breathing, still remembering. And that in itself, is something.' While he usually posts daily, other dull people get concerned if he doesn't post for a while. They miss him, his wisdom and his beautiful writing. In his introduction to the 2024 Dull Men's Club calendar Click wrote, 'What they [the dull men] are doing is referred to in Japan as ikigai. It gives a sense of purpose, a motivating force. A reason to jump out of bed in the morning.' Here is a radical thought. Dull men (and women) are actually interesting. Just don't tell them that.
Daily Mirror
6 hours ago
- Daily Mirror
James Blunt shares 'real' meaning behind most famous song lyrics after 20 years
In 2004, singer James Blunt burst onto the scene with the release of his debut album Back To Bedlam, which spawned a string of hits and catapulted him to worldwide fame and stardom James Blunt has shared a humorous insight into the meaning of the lyrics of one of his most famous songs. The acclaimed singer, 51, is just as well known for his poetic lyrics as he is his quick-witted sense of humour. He burst onto the scene in 2004 with the release of his first single, High, off his smash hit debut album, Back To Bedlam. In 2005 though, he achieved fame across the globe with the song, You're Beautiful. This track was the third single from his debut album and, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of its release, the star shared a video to thank his fans. In the clip, which was posted to his official Facebook page, James Blunt can be seen walking towards a camera set up in his home. Once he gets close to the camera, he tells viewers: '20 years ago today, I put out a song that bought me this house. 'I mean, who would have thought a song about being high as a kite on drugs, stalking someone else's girlfriend, would resonate quite so much? You guys are beautiful.' In the comments section, fans were keen to share their thoughts and experiences with the song. One person said: 'My God you crack me up. I must say though, this song was playing on the radio when I held my son in my arms for the first time (it was my favourite song at the time, he's 20 soon) and all I could hear was 'you're beautiful'. 'He really was beautiful - my husband and I have laughed hard about the actual words and stalky-ness of the song since…' A third person said: 'Lol when you put it that way a druggy stalker. Love your humour'. Another person shared: 'I got married in 2005 and the number of people who suggested it should be our wedding song. I was equal parts annoyed and smug because I knew what the lyrics were about'. While a further fan added: 'lol! Never knew I needed this explanation but apparently I did. Downloading the song now dude; buy yourself something sweet for the house'. The worldwide hit does indeed tell the story of a man who spots a woman on a train and, in his intoxicated state, believes he shares a connection with her despite her being involved with another man. He believes he's entitled to her and thinks up a plan to get her in his obsessive state. Still, the song's meaning didn't stop it resonating with millions of people who are keen on its haunting, emotive quality. Of his first song, Blunt took to Facebook in 2024 and quipped: 'The first single I ever released was 'High' in 2004. For the video, they buried me up to my neck in sand and threw cockroaches at me. 'They don't tell you that when you send the record label your demos.'
Scottish Sun
7 hours ago
- Scottish Sun
I transformed my garden patio into summer haven for less than £100 with cheap B&M buys including gadget to keep bugs out
SUMMER LOVING I transformed my garden patio into summer haven for less than £100 with cheap B&M buys including gadget to keep bugs out Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A SUPER saver decorated her patio for an alfresco lunch gathering for £100 from B&M. From dinner plates to bug-repelling candles, Aimee shared her impressive haul with her 29.6k Instagram followers. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 5 Aimee treated herself to a selection of faux flowers to add a splash of colour Credit: Instagram / @bm_stores 5 She used her bargain finds to decorate her patio space Credit: Instagram / @bm_stores The lifestyle influencer, who lives in Wiltshire with her partner Sean, said she wanted to create the perfect space for entertaining guests. Sharing a video of her summery accessories on @thecountryreno, she wrote: "This year is the year of our garden, after 18 months living here we are now ready to start making her ready for guests and entertaining, BBQs and sundowners. "Our table was a Facebook marketplace bargain last year for £100 too, and now I'm headed to B&M with £100 to see if I could make something beautiful." She bagged herself an adorable lemon jug for just £3 after it was on sale from £5 and pretty farmhouse-style plant pots from £3. "£100 feels like a lot of money but these days would barely get you a seat cushion in some shops but I knew that B&M would have some bargains and they did not disappoint!! "I was surprised to see so many things on offer too - especially that lemon jug." To keep pesky insects away for those late-night tipples, she found citronella torches on bamboo spikes to give a feeling of being on a tropical island. The candle and holders are just £4. Aimee also jumped on the faux flower trend, which she joked meant she couldn't kill them. They vary in price, but range from £2 to £8. B&M launches their children's outdoor range which is perfect for summer - there's a £2 bargain that'll easily keep the kids entertained She found hanging baskets filled with colourful and realistic plastic flowers, which she added to an outhouse wall. Followers flocked to praise her haul, with one writing: "Such good finds! That lemon jug! "You did a brilliant job finding this all and styling it beautifully together." "Great bargains and looks lovely," echoed a second. "Impressive job the wall hanging baskets look lovely in that position too x" said a third. Remember that some products are limited to selected stores, so always check with your local shop before wasting a trip. How to save money at B&M Shoppers have saved hundreds of pounds a year by using B&M's scanner app. The scanner lets you see if an item's price is cheaper than advertised on the shop floor label. Products that are typically discounted are seasonal items and old stock that B&M is trying to shift. The app is free to download off the B&M Stores mobile app via Google Play or the Apple App Store. According to one ex-B&M manager, you'll want to visit your local branch at 10am on a Wednesday too. Here's how you can join the B&M bargain hunt: Download the B&M app for free on any smartphone with an App Store or Google Play. Once you've installed it on your device, click on the option labelled "more" on the bottom, right-hand side of the app home page. You'll then find an option that says "barcode scanner". Click on this and you'll open a camera screen. Use the camera to hover over the barcode of the product you wish to check. If the price comes up as lower, take it to the cash desk and it will automatically scan at the lower price. You don't need to sign up to the B&M app to use the barcode scanner. If, like Aimee, you want to transform your garden space as the weather warms up, B&M has you covered. One product guaranteed to make your backyard the envy of your neighbours is the Stained Glass Hanging Decoration. The purse-friendly buy comes in a wide variety of colours and patterns from stunning floral designs to captivating mandala patterns. Priced at just £4 each, these beautiful hanging decorations will revamp your garden, without you having to break the bank. Plus, when the sunlight catches on the stained glass, it will create a spectacular glow which will transform your garden into a paradise. B&M said: "This unique Stained Glass Hanging Decoration will add a touch of colour and beauty to your garden. "Perfect for hanging in your garden and adding to your outdoor decor." Another product guaranteed to give your garden a glow-up, is the Flower Solar Light. The bargain buy comes in a variety of different colours, including yellow and pink, so is guaranteed to inject your garden with a stunning splash of colour. It features an adorable flower design, with a sweet bee perched on top of it, which is bound to make you smile every time you sit in the garden. 5 Heritage Gardening Hook Plant Pot is just £3 Credit: B&M 5 This lemon Jug is on sale for just £3 Credit: BM
