Dame Judi Dench and Sharleen Spiteri delight hotel guests with Abba’s Waterloo



Oscar-triumphing histrion observed Texas pb vocalist connected soft successful the people of impromptu Hogmanay performance

00:30Judi Dench and Sharleen Spiteri sing Abba's Waterloo – videoJane ClintonSun 1 Jan 2023 13.10 ESTLast changed connected Sun 1 Jan 2023 13.Forty 2 EST

Dame Judi Dench handled visitors to an impromptu Hogmanay show of Abba’s Waterloo astatine a edifice successful Scotland conscionable moments earlier than the timepiece struck midnight.

The Oscar-triumphing histrion accompanied Texas pb vocalist Sharleen Spiteri astatine the soft astatine immoderate signifier successful the wonderment philharmonic rendition connected the Fife Arms successful Braemar, Aberdeenshire.

While Spiteri sang the bulk of the classical Abba number, Dench, 88, chipped successful with the antithetic barroom of backing vocals.

But it go her prowess astatine the keyboard that inspired Spiteri, who, sharing a soft stool with Dench during the song, exclaimed: “What a pianist!”

Dench and Spiteri, 55, person been visitors connected the five-celebrity motel, wherein Hogmanay celebrations covered a meal and a ceilidh.

However, rapidly earlier ringing wrong the caller twelvemonth with fireworks, the celebs decided to marque contributions to the enjoyment.

This improbable gig go captured connected video via Ewan Venters, CEO of Artfarm which owns the Fife Arms. It became published connected societal media and has fixed that been watched heaps of times.

Venters told BBC Scotland that the assemblage person been greatly amazed with the assistance of the wide show and their absorption person been “completely satisfied”.

“Judi Dench and Sharleen Spiteri were staying connected the motel and we had an impromptu 2nd connected the piano,” helium stated. “It was a satisfied evening with plentifulness of guests and locals clapping.”

He said the brace burst into euphony simply earlier than the nighttime fireworks. “It go a accepted Scottish Hogmanay solemnisation astatine The Fife Arms,” helium said. “The edifice turned into wholly offered out, with 4-route meal and a ceilidh with plentifulness of reeling.”

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Dench made her appearing debut successful 1957 connected the Old Vic and acceptable up herself arsenic 1 of the astir ample British actors earlier rising to planetary repute with blockbuster movie roles, including arsenic M successful the James Bond collection. She received the satisfactory supporting histrion Oscar successful 1999 for Shakespeare successful Love and has been nominated a further 7 instances inclusive of for her portrayal of a grieving Queen Victoria successful Mrs Brown, tons of which became acceptable astatine Balmoral, simply 15 mins from the Fife Arms.

Spiteri has bought other than 40m facts arsenic frontwoman of Texas who came to prominence wrong the overdue 80s with their medium Southside.