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Simon Duke

Watch the moment The Script's Danny O'Donoghue rings fan's ex boyfriend during Newcastle gig

Danny O'Donoghue gave one the surprise of his life on Saturday night when he rang him live from the band's Newcastle gig and dedicated a song to him.

After opening the packed out show with huge hit Superheroes, before delighting fans with the likes of Rain and early smash We Cry, frontman Danny and his bandmates made their way off the Utilita Arena stage and into the crowd to the sounds of Irish anthem Paint The Town Green. They walked up to the middle of the arena to take up residence on a second stage in the middle of the crowd to perform the likes of The Man Who Can't Be Moved and Before The Worst, before making fans in one of the side blocks night by heading up the steps and into the middle of a row to continue the show.

And it was during the segment in the stands that Danny asked if anyone had an ex they'd like him to ring and perform The Script song Nothing in honour of. him. Far from being a romantic ballad, Nothing is all about a strained relationship, with lyrics like 'So I dialled her number and confessed to her I'm still in love but all I heard was nothing (nothing, nothing)."

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