Oasis paid tribute to one of Scotland’s favorite daughters during the band’s final show at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on Wednesday night (Aug. 13) when lead singer Liam Gallagher shouted out Britain’s Got Talent legend Susan Boyle.
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According to NME, Oasis dedicated the 1997 Be Here Now single “Stand By Me” to Dechmont, Scotland native Boyle at the show, with Gallagher telling the crowd, “This one’s for Susan Boyle.” The singer who rose to fame in 2009 after thrilling audiences with her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” from the musical Les Misérables was blown away by the honor, thanking the band for their kind words in an Instagram post on Thursday (Aug. 14).
“Thanks so much for the dedication @liamgallagher 😎 You’ve made this old girl’s day 💖,” Boyle wrote alongside a photo of her rocking an Oasis shirt and bucket hat and giving a big double thumbs up and smile for the camera. “Hope to see you and the rest of @oasis at Wembley in September for a wee bit of poznan 🙏 Big love to you all.”
Oasis played three shows in Edinburgh on Aug. 8, 9 and 12 and will move on to Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday (Aug. 16) and Sunday (Aug. 17). The band’s first tour since 2009 will then make its way to North America on Aug. 24 for the first of two shows at Toronto’s Rogers Stadium, as well as gigs in Chicago (Aug. 28), New Jersey (Aug. 31 and Sept. 1), Pasadena (Sept. 6-7) and Mexico City (Sept. 12-13).
Boyle seems intent on teamed up with the Gallaghers when they return to London for two more shows at Wembley Stadium on Sept. 27 and 28 after earlier selling out five nights at the historic venue in late July and early August.
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