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Lee Dalgetty

Incredible moment Edinburgh Harry Styles fans cheer on girl after emotional message

A girl celebrating seven years of being cancer free got a huge reaction from the crowd at Harry Styles gig in Edinburgh on Friday.

Ruby Hall, 14, was at the concert with her family when hundreds of people around them began chanting her name. When Ruby was seven, she battled acute myeloid leukaemia but was soon given the all clear.

The Hall family, who had travelled up from Newcastle for the gig, decided they'd bring a banner with them to celebrate seven years of being cancer free for Ruby. While they hoped Harry would spot it, they knew they'd have a great time regardless.

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While the As It Was singer never game them a shoutout, Linzi says the reaction from the crowd around them was just as special. Linzi told Edinburgh Live : "It just showed the emotion of everybody and it was just amazing that people actually care about people that don't know.

"I think a couple of 100 people just started chatting Ruby.

"Ruby loves Harry, but her twin sister Molly is absolutely obsessed. We went to Glasgow last year to see him as well.

"It was my idea to make the banner though. I'm an emotional mammy, it was a big day for me.

"The kids said no one would care and it wasn't important, but I thought if we could get a thumbs up from Harry Styles that would just make everything perfect."

Linzi cracked on with making the banner, deciding if she didn't try they would never know. Sadly, they were too far away from the stage for Harry to spot their sign.

Linzi continued: "It was just amazing the reaction from the crowd regardless. The first time it happened, I hadn't even realised but they did a 'put your banners in the air' moment.

Ruby was seven years cancer free on Friday (Linzi Hall)

"People who were standing had turned round and saw our banner, and started chanting Ruby. Harry started speaking again so they turned back round, and I thought that was the end of it.

"Then the people behind us asked to see the banner, and then everyone erupted again. Next, this girl Laura asked if she could take Ruby to the front crowd surfing."

Ruby went off to attempt to get to the front, getting so far before she was told they couldn't go any further. This prompted more reactions through the crowd as others noticed her banner.

Laura told us: "At the end, we put the banner up on the way out and more people started chanting her name. She was getting high fives and cuddles.

"We're blown away by peoples kindness. We were too far away for Harry, but when she started going through the crowd I did think it was going to happen.

"It was just absolutely amazing."

Moments from Harry's two performances in Edinburgh have been flooding social media, with one clip showing him helping a pregnant fan with her gender reveal. Another video showed the singer stopping his concert to ensure a fan was okay after she took unwell.

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