Olly Murs moved followers to tears throughout his set for Radio 2 within the Park in Chelmsford on Sunday.
The singer, 41, devoted a heartfelt efficiency to his late pal and former co-presenter Caroline Flack.
Murs, who rose to fame on The X Issue in 2009 and went on to attain chart-topping hits with Coronary heart Skips A Beat, Dance With Me Tonight and Troublemaker, returned to his dwelling county of Essex for the BBC competition.
Performing to a packed Important Stage crowd, Murs paused mid-set to introduce certainly one of his most private songs, Pricey Darlin’.
‘This subsequent track is likely one of the hardest songs for me to sing,’ he informed the viewers.
‘5 years in the past, I misplaced a extremely vital particular person in my life, Miss Caroline Flack. She took her personal life 5 years in the past, somebody I miss day-after-day, somebody that I want was right here in the present day to be on this second.’
Murs and Flack had been a well-liked on-screen duo, co-hosting The Xtra Consider 2011 and 2012, and remained shut associates past their presenting days.
Flack, who went on to entrance ITV’s Love Island, died in February 2020 on the age of 40.
Reflecting on Pricey Darlin’, Murs added: ‘Once I wrote this track, I didn’t realise the influence it could have, not simply on my life however the individuals round me and significantly a few of my followers which might be right here tonight.
‘So if there’s somebody that you just want was right here in the present day, somebody that you just miss very, very a lot, I’d love you guys to assist me sing this track.’
The tribute marked a young second in an in any other case upbeat set, with followers visibly moved as they joined in on the refrain.
It was additionally a major weekend personally for Murs, who carried out simply three days after changing into a father for the second time.
The Dance With Me Tonight hitmaker and his spouse, bodybuilder Amelia, 32, introduced the blissful information on social media with a candy picture of them leaving the hospital as a household.
Olly is pictured holding a child provider in his proper hand and their first little one, little Madison, born final yr, in his different arm.
‘Strolling out as 4. Welcome to the world, our little Albert,’ they wrote alongside the image, as followers and associates congratulated the brand new dad and mom.
Acknowledging the timing whereas on stage, he seemed into the stage cameras and addressed his spouse Amelia: ‘Spouse, I’m so sorry I’m right here at Hylands Park with all these stunning individuals. I really like you and after I’m completed I’ll be straight dwelling, I promise.’
It was a tear-jerking efficiency, to say the least.
Earlier within the day, American singer-songwriter Anastacia warmed up the Chelmsford crowd with a hit-filled set, belting out classics reminiscent of I’m Outta Love and Sick and Drained.
In a shock second, she was joined on stage by TV persona Rylan Clark for a duet of Left Outdoors Alone, sending followers wild.
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