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‘It was really nerve-racking’: Dundee couple on getting engaged onstage at Rita Ora gig

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Love was in the air, along with all the rain, after one couple got engaged during Rita Ora’s concert in Dundee on Saturday.

The surprise proposal, organised with the help of Ms Ora herself, took place on the Slessor Gardens stage halfway through her hit-filled set.

Liam McLean, 28, had managed to persuade his partner of seven years, Aimee Cuthbert that the pair had been chosen as competition winners to watch the concert from the side of stage.

Rita Ora at Slessor Gardens.
Liam proposing to Aimee, with Rita in the foreground.

Then, the pair were invited out front and centre, in front of thousands of screaming fans before gallant Liam got down on one knee and asked his shocked partner to marry him.

Aimee, who is a nurse at Ninewells, had “absolutely no idea” what Liam and her family had planned.

And global star Rita Ora, who almost missed the concert because of a cancelled flight, has even offered to sing at the couple’s wedding.

Liam said: “I have been planning this proposal since the start of the year.

“I contacted Rita’s tour manager and we worked together to make this happen. We made my partner think we had won a competition but that was just a cover for the real plan.

Liam McLean and Aimee Cuthbert got engaged at Rita Ora’d Dundee gig.

“It was really nerve wracking. Fortunately the manager had organised for a bottle of prosecco for where we were standing, which helped calm the nerves.”

Liam, who is a singer-songwriter performing in pubs across Dundee, said he would be adding a number of Rita Ora covers to his repertoire from now on.

“Rita did say on the night she would sing at our wedding, but we get she is very busy and that probably won’t happen.”

The whole proposal was captured on camera by city centre manager Sarah Craig.

Liam took to the stage with a microphone before popping the question.

He said: “I’m going to show to the whole of Dundee, just how much I love you babe.”

A shocked Aimee looks like she cannot believe what is happening, before she promptly answered yes and the thousands in attendance roar with delight.

An excited Rita Ora can also be seen leaping for joy in the background.