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30th Apr 2016

VIDEO: Nathan Carter’s tribute to Hillsborough on the Late Late went down very well

Alan Loughnane

People were suitably impressed…

As usual the Late Late Show took centre stage on Irish television last night and love it or hate it, there were undeniably some good moments mixed in with some not-so-good ones.

One of the brighter moments was the beautiful opening to show provided by country music star Nathan Carter, whom our own Carl Kinsella had the pleasure of meeting recently.

Carter, a native from Merseyside, performed a song called ‘Liverpool’ to pay tribute to the 96 victims who lost their lives in the Hillsborough disaster.

Video via The Late Late Show

The performance and subsequent talk with Ryan Tubridy meant that Nathan Carter began trending in Ireland, here’s a little snapshot of what people were saying.

There was those who enjoyed it immensely…

https://twitter.com/HatchardDan/status/726185499929485313

https://twitter.com/GaryTraynor1/status/726168167232446464

https://twitter.com/SMA_Kelly/status/726168808159907840

There were those who weren’t so keen…

There were those who didn’t care about the music and just got lost in those eyes…

Then there was this…

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