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Michelle McManus performs on stage with Robbie Williams in front of huge 70,000 strong crowd at Murrayfield Stadium
Michelle McManus performed on stage with Robbie Williams in front of a huge 70,000 strong crowd at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium over the weekend.
The Scottish singer, 44, belted out Relight My Fire alongside the Take That star, 44, after receiving a surprise invite from him.
Sharing an Instagram update on Sunday, Michelle thanked Robbie for his 'unconditional kindness' and gave an insight into her night.
In the clip, she could be seen getting ready backstage before joining Robbie in front of the crowd wearing a bright red lace gown.
Michelle wrote: 'So about Saturday night…… It's taken me almost 24hrs to try and comprehend what happened yesterday at Murrayfield Stadium.'
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She continued: 'It was truly a moment I'll never forget, singing to a home crowd of 70,000 people with one of the world's biggest superstars performing by my side.
'To everyone in the crowd cheering me on - thank you. Your support means the world.
'To all of my beautiful friends, family and followers across my social media platforms for sending me literally thousands of messages of love and support - thank you so much and I'm so sorry I haven't managed to reply to you all individually but please know how grateful I am.
'To my incredible manager Alison Sloan and my phenomenal team who put me together on the day - thank you. You made me look and feel more beautiful than I've ever felt performing in my entire life.
'Finally I want to thank Robbie Williams for his unconditional kindness to invite me to sing with him onstage in the first place.
'To watch you perform and have the crowd in the palm of your hand for over 2hrs straight last night was jaw dropping and a master class in live vocals and stage craft. You are a beautiful soul and I'm so lucky to count you as a friend.
'It's been 22 years since I won Pop Idol and I feel so truly blessed to still be performing at this level after All This Time.'
Back in March, Michelle revealed that she had received a surprise invite from Robbie to join him on his world tour.
The singer concluded: 'Finally I want to thank Robbie Williams for his unconditional kindness... You are a beautiful soul and I'm so lucky to count you as a friend'
Robbie surprised Michelle with the unexpected invite during an interview on her BBC Radio Scotland Afternoons show.
Michelle revealed: 'We'd just got to the end of the interview and he told me he wanted to ask me something.
'I thought he wanted me to recommend some restaurants in Edinburgh or something. I couldn't believe it when he asked me to sing on stage at Murrayfield.
'I actually couldn't comprehend what he was saying.'
She confessed that she thought the gesture was 'the ultimate act of kindness' and praised his generosity.
The singer, who scored a No 1 with her debut single All This Time, said: 'Kindness is so underrated in people, and people say it to a man about Robbie, that he's just so kind.
'He has been very generous towards me over the last few years. He invited me to the Leicester Square premiere of his film Better Man and took me backstage afterwards.
'He took part in the documentary I made a couple of years back about the pop industry, and he had absolutely nothing to gain from doing that.
'So I'm really fortunate to have been on the end of some amazing acts of kindness from him. For him to do something like this is incredible. It would have been enough that he gave me an interview.
'I'm not in the same stratosphere as Robbie Williams, but he had his struggles around the period after I won Pop Idol and I think he genuinely recognised me as someone who got totally battered in the press at the same time as he did.'
She confessed that she thought the gesture was 'the ultimate act of kindness' and praised his generosity
She added: 'I as told I was overweight, wasn't good looking enough, and had no right to be anywhere near a show like Pop Idol, let along win it.
'So I think he understands and gravitates towards people who have experienced the same sort of terrible treatment as he did.'
Michelle will join a select group including superstars Kylie, Nicole Kidman and Taylor Swift as the latest female star to duet alongside Robbie.
She has performed to huge crowds before, joining Rod Stewart on stage for the Lisbon Lions 50th Anniversary party at Glasgow's Hydro in 2017.
Michelle has also sang for Pope Benedict in 2010 at the city's Bellahouston Park and now she's looking ahead to rehearsals for the summer show in the capital.
