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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
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Lee Dalgetty

Remembering Beyoncé's last Edinburgh performance back in 2003 at Ocean Terminal

It's hard to imagine, but 20 years ago a flock of celebrities descended on Western Harbour for the MTV Europe Music Awards.

Among them was Beyoncé, and she enjoyed her time in Edinburgh so much that she's decided to come back - two decades later. Much has changed since she last performed here, her bank account has likely gained a couple of 0's and low rise jeans are definitely not in vogue anymore.

At the time, music fans lined the streets hoping to grab tickets for the event. Previously, tickets had only been available to buy over a telephone hotline (practically a vintage concept at this point) and had sold out within 14 minutes.

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