Glasgow's Michelle McManus on her Robbie Williams duet look
Michelle revealed the look was a tribute to fellow Glasgow pop icon Lulu, who wore a similar outfit during her iconic performance of Relight My Fire with Take That.
She captioned the video: "My stylist Holly and I had a dream to pay homage to Queen Lulu during her performance of Relight My Fire—and I think Holly nailed the brief."
The outfit was fitting, as Michelle took the stage with Robbie Williams delivering a duet of Relight My Fire to an astonished crowd of 70,000 fans on the opening night of his Britpop tour.
Ahead of the big night, Michelle admitted she felt more nervous performing with Robbie than she had been singing for the Pope.
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She said: 'My happy place is when I sing, so the singing part is not the problem. The nervous part is singing to Robbie Williams in front of 70,000 people.
'When we did the Pope's visit in Bellahouston, it was 80,000—but singing for a bunch of cardinals and a Pope was slightly different from singing for Robbie Williams.'
The memorable duet came about after an emotional on-air moment in March.
READ MORE: Robbie Williams invites Glasgow singer to join him on stage
The Glasgow Times reported that Robbie surprised Michelle with the invitation during an interview on her BBC Scotland radio show.
As the interview wrapped up, Robbie asked unexpectedly: 'Would you like to come and sing with me in Edinburgh?'
A clearly shocked Michelle responded: 'Sorry… What? What was that?' before emotionally accepting: 'Yes, I'm saying yes—I would love that. You are amazing. And you are an incredible human being. I meant every word I said before this even came up.'
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