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Michelle McManus has revealed that she received a surprise invite from Robbie Williams to join him on his upcoming world tour.
The Scottish singer, 44, has said that she will join Robbie to sing at Murrayfield Stadium when he kicks off his world tour in Scotland this summer.
Robbie surprised Michelle with the unexpected invite during an interview on her BBC Radio Scotland Afternoons show on Wednesday.
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.’
Michelle McManus is collaborating with Robbie Williams. The Scottish singer, 44, revealed that she will join him to sing at Murrayfield Stadium when he kicks off his world tour in Scotland
Robbie surprised Michelle with the unexpected invite during an interview on her BBC Radio Scotland Afternoons show on Wednesday (pictured on Loose Women in December 2024)
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.
‘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.’
She confessed that she thought the gesture was ‘the ultimate act of kindness’ and praised his generosity
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.
She said: ‘To be in the same group of women as Kylie, Nicole Kidman and Taylor Swift who have sung with Robbie is something that makes me think, ‘Is this for real, am I being punked?’.
‘It’s such an incredible opportunity. It’ll be a lot of work, picking the right song and rehearsing. But I can’t wait. I’d sing the phone book with him if he asked me to.’
Robbie’s tour will kick off in Scotland on May, 31, at Scottish Gas Murrayfield before moving to Newcastle om June.
The performer will then move to London and will put on six dazzling shows in Emirates Stadium.
After visiting some other major cities including Manchester and Bath, Robbie will conclude his UK tour in Dublin’s Croke Park on August 23.
