There were emotional scenes at Little Mix’s Manchester gig this weekend when a couple in the audience got engaged.
The beautiful moment has been captured on film, and shows the group struggling to sing their hit Secret Love Song Pt II.
In clips circulating on social media from the AO Arena, a visibly choked-up Perrie Edwards has to stop singing several times to squeal and offer her congratulations.
Later in the song, Jade Thirlwall was also unable to sing the ballad as she fought back tears, and resorted to pointing her microphone at the loud Manchester crowd to help.
Perrie and Jade, along with bandmate Leigh-Anne Pinnock, encouraged the audience to sing the love song at the newly-enagaged couple.
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The trio performed three gigs over two days at the AO Arena Manchester as part of their Confetti tour.
Jade Thirlwall spots a proposal in the audience at Little Mix’s Manchester gig. Credit: Twitter, @officialcharts
Perrie Edwards unable to sing after a proposal at Little Mix’s Manchester gig. Credit: Twitter, @officialcharts
During their Saturday night performance a mystery couple got engaged, forcing Perrie to stop singing to say: “I’m gonna cry! So cute!”
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She later stopped again and said: “Oh I can’t, I’m a sucker for love. I can’t. I’ve gone!”
At the end of the song, she beams: “Congratulations again. I wish you a world of love.”
Little Mix congratulate the couple following the proposal. Credit: @officialcharts
Other audience members were also moved by the romantic moment.
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One person shared a video of themselves wiping away actual tears, writing: “@LittleMix have you recovered from the couple getting engaged last night?? Here’s my reaction.”
And someone else quipped: “The only public proposal i will ever accept is one at a little mix concert.”
Congratulations to the happy couple!
Featured image:Twitter, @officialcharts
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Drinks prices revealed as Manchester Airport’s first-ever Wetherspoons pub opens inside T2
Emily Sergeant
It’s official… Manchester Airport’s first-ever JD Wetherspoon pub has officially opened its doors inside Terminal 2.
The 300-seater pub – which welcomed its first customers earlier this week – is named The Belle Vue after Manchester’s historic showground.
Throughout the pub, you’ll spot design features that nod to the city’s sporting heritage – including vintage event posters and memorabilia, a ‘locker wall’ hosting trophies and other sporting exhibits, and a cricket-themed design in the carpets and bar panels.
Creating around 150 jobs in the process, The Belle Vue is the final planned new eatery to open in the airport’s redeveloped Terminal 2, marking one of the final steps in the super-terminal’s decade-long, £1.5bn transformation.
Manchester Airport’s first-ever Wetherspoons pub has opened inside Terminal 2 / Credit: Supplied
According to the MEN, pints are priced from £6.20 for Carling and Coors lager, £6.45 for Budweiser, £6.60 for Guinness, and £6.70 for Poretti and 1664 Biere.
Prosecco is £9.20 for 175ml glass and £37.10 for the full bottle, while spirts and mixers are £6.80 for singles and £10.20 for doubles.
There’s also the classic Wetherspoons tea and coffee machines, where you can refill as many times as you like for just £3.60.
“It’s a proud moment to see the final new retail unit opening in our new-look Terminal 2,” commented Richard Jackson, who is the Retail Director at Manchester Airport.
“To be rounding off this 10-year programme by adding such an iconic name as Wetherspoon to the terminal is particularly special and we know that it will prove extremely popular with passengers. We think they’ll love the nods to Manchester’s heritage in the décor and design – and of course the name.”
The Belle Vue will be open from the first flight to the final flight each day, and food will be served from opening until 10pm.
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Iconic Manc movie 24 Hour Party People is set to return to cinemas for its anniversary
Emily Sergeant
One of Manchester’s most iconic movies is set to return to the big screen next month.
Remastered in 4K and returning to UK cinemas to mark 24 years since its original release, Michael Winterbottom’s 2002 biographical comedy drama film, 24 Hour Party People, tells the story of Manchester‘s popular music community from 1976 to 1992 – specifically about Factory Records‘ founder Tony Wilson.
The film begins with the punk rock era of the late 1970s, before moving through the 1980s into the rave and DJ culture, and of course, the ‘Madchester‘ scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The narrative largely follows the career of Tony Wilson, played by Middleton-born actor Steve Coogan, while also covering the careers of the major Factory Records artists – especially Joy Division and New Order, as well as A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, and Happy Mondays.
If you haven’t seen 24 Hour Party People before, it’s a dramatisation based on a combination of real events, rumours, and urban legends, as the film is sure to make clear.
Coogan is joined by a cast by a mixture of big names and, at the time, rising stars like Paddy Considine, Shirley Henderson, Lennie James, John Simm, Ralf Little, Andy Serkis, Sean Harris, John Thomson, and even Peter Kay, alongside cameos from other figures connected to the Manchester music scene.
Before it returns to cinemas, the film will first open music and media festival/conference, Beyond The Music, at MediaCity in Salford on 6 October.
The screening at the festival will also be followed by a Q&A with Coogan, Winterbottom, and producer Andrew Eaton.
24 Hour Party People will then be re-released in UK cinemas from 9 October, and you can check your local cinema for screening times and book tickets online now.
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9th May 2022 
