Eurovision star Sam Ryder delighted locals when he put on a surprise performance outside The Dome in Edinburgh’s George Street.
The chart-topping singing sensation treated residents to an acoustic set that included popular Christmas songs, his latest single ’You’re Christmas to Me’ and his signature song - Space Man.
The special performance was hosted by Deliveroo, with the on-demand delivery app organising the event as a gift to Edinburgh residents who have been revealed as being the most charitable city in the UK when it comes to using the in-app roundup function to donate to anti-poverty charity, the Trussell Trust.
The chart-topping singing sensation treated residents to an acoustic set that included popular Christmas songs, his latest single ’You’re Christmas to Me’ and his signature song - Space Man.
The special performance was hosted by Deliveroo, with the on-demand delivery app organising the event as a gift to Edinburgh residents who have been revealed as being the most charitable city in the UK when it comes to using the in-app roundup function to donate to anti-poverty charity, the Trussell Trust.
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00:00 [Music]
00:28 Right, hello everyone, how's it going? Thanks so much for standing out in this
00:32 glorious blazing sunshine with us this festive season. We hear that on the grapevine that
00:38 you guys donated the most in the Deliveroo app when you were rounding up your takeaway
00:42 orders and all that money's gone to the Trussell Trust to help the food banks this year. So
00:47 the legends at Deliveroo asked if we'd come and be a little surprise thank you, a little
00:53 gift, us singing. Hopefully you're not gutted and you weren't expecting something bigger
00:57 and more, but we are going to do our best to say thank you in our own way for being
01:02 so generous and so charitable at this time of year for a cause that is so incredibly
01:07 important. Bless you. My name's Sam Ryder, this is my pal Milky on guitar over here and
01:13 we're going to keep things festive at the beginning. We're going to do a little cover
01:16 of Jingle Bells, is that cool?
01:17 [Music]
01:27 The day I took off, I thought I'd take a ride. I thought I'd take Miss Janie Donnie,
01:41 sitting by her side. Bells on bob tails ring, making spirits bright. What fun it is to ride
01:59 and sing a sleighing song tonight.
02:03 Thank you very much, cheers.
02:07 We've got a song out ourselves this year, I don't know if anyone's heard it, called
02:11 Your Christmas to Me. Anyone heard that song? Thank God. One person at the back there. They
02:16 told us earlier that it's number two in the charts. I'm still not believing that, seeing
02:21 as I've just asked you and only one person's been out. So I don't know how the charts are
02:24 working these days, but thanks pal. Are you lying, by the way? You were thinking of another
02:30 song, weren't you? Wizards, probably.
02:33 Alright, this one's called Your Christmas to Me. Let's go.
02:37 [Music]
02:48 You're the star upon the tree, and you're the only gift I need. And I'd use up all my
02:57 wishes if it only made you see. What a special time of year, full of joy and festivity. There's
03:09 no better night for me, of course, and I believe because you're Christmas to me.
03:23 [Applause]
03:28 We wish you a Merry Christmas. We wish you a Merry Christmas. We wish you a Merry Christmas
03:43 and a Happy New Year. Good tidings we bring to you and your kin. Edinburgh, we wish you
03:59 a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
04:11 Thank you very much. Cheers.