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Sophie Ellis Bextor ‘gatecrashes’ Irish marriage ceremony and serenades newlyweds

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Sophie Ellis Bextor was the dream gatecrasher for the newlywed couple

Popstar Sophie Ellis-Bextor delighted friends as she made a shock look at a marriage going down in a fort in Eire.

The Homicide on the Dancefloor singer, 46, belted out her best-known hit whereas rocking heart-shaped sun shades, trainers, and a cheeseburger-shaped backpack, exhibiting this was actually a spontaneous look.

Regardless of her dressed-down attire, the friends appeared like they had been having a whale of a time because the star took over on the mic and carried out alongside a stay band.

Shouting ‘Congratulations!’ mid-song, she was eager to make the efficiency in regards to the bride and groom, on their special occasion at Ashford Lodge in Mayo, Eire.

‘Greatest marriage ceremony crasher ever,’ captioned the TikTok shared on-line from a marriage visitor named Jennifer Gillespie.

Jennifer went on to elucidate how the superstar gatecrasher got here to be a spontaneous performer on the marriage ceremony.

‘She was staying within the lodge and had simply performed at one other marriage ceremony within the fort!’ she defined to 1 commenter.

‘She had additionally performed @Galway Worldwide Arts Fest throughout the week.’

She defined additional to a different commenter: ‘Sophie was taking part in at one other marriage ceremony in Ashford Citadel that evening and staying in The Lodge.

‘One of many friends noticed her within the foyer singing alongside when her track got here on and requested her to come back out and sing which she was type sufficient to do 🥰 she made the bride and groom’s evening 🤍’

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 02: Sophie Ellis-Bextor attends the Nordoff & Robbins' O2 Silver Clef Awards 2025 at JW Marriott Grosvenor House on July 02, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
The hit track was first launched in 2001 (Image: Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty Photos)
Sophie Ellis Bextor
The singer has had a tremendous 12 months as an entire new technology discovered her track (Image: Getty)

The star had a large comeback in 2024 after the launch of the ‘freaky’ erotic thriller movie, Saltburn on the finish of 2023.

Her track Homicide on the Dancefloor was used within the closing scene, the place Barry Keoghan’s Oliver triumphantly dances totally bare via the halls of stately house Saltburn to the monitor, instantly cementing the scene in cinema historical past and seeing the popstar soar again into the charts.

She spoke to the BBC about her track’s return to the charts: ‘It was over Christmas final 12 months, we had been at house, and simply seeing the numbers going loopy for individuals interacting with the track on streaming and TikTok.’

She added: ‘To be trustworthy, at the moment it was all fairly summary, and I feel this 12 months has been about turning it into an actuality.’

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