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Glasgow pub singer goes viral after hilarious 'Pigeon' song is shared by Kylie Minogue

A pub singer from Glasgow has left pop star Kylie Minogue in stitches thanks to her quick-thinking adaptation of the Australian singer's hit 'Padam Padam'.

The former Neighbours star was so delighted by the clip of Christeen MacMurdie's hilarious version that she shared the video on her official TikTok page.

Christeen was hosting Karaoke at the Waterloo Bar in the city centre when she spotted an unusual guest among the crowd, pointing above the bar to the fly bird on top of the gantry, the quick-thinking performer changed the words to 'Pigeon Pigeon' leaving the crowd delighted and the clip eventually going viral, reports the Daily Record.

The 56-year-old mum-of-one, from Uddingston, was leading the karaoke as she does every Sunday and Wednesday, and when she arrived on July 2, for her usual 3 pm slot she spotted the pigeon which had become trapped in the bar.

The pigeon seemed to enjoy being serenaded (TikTok/Kylie Minogue)

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In the video, she can be heard serenading the bemused bird: "Pigeon, pigeon, I hear it and I know. Pigeon, pigeon, I know you wanna take me home, pigeon - and get to know me close."

The video has had people in stitches and after it went viral Christeen even appeared on the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on Radio 2.

Speaking to the Record, Christeen said: "The pigeon got stuck there on the Sunday morning and we were all standing looking up at it and were trying to get the poor thing down. It wouldn't move, so I started singing.

"I've been doing the Kylie song for the last few weeks because I love it - then as I was performing I realised that it rhymes with pigeon.

"The customers thought it was funny and so they started recording it but I never thought anything of it until everyone started texting me the next day to say I had gone viral. It was such a surprise."

The video was quickly shared numerous times on social media and Zoe Ball called on her listeners to help find Christeen the following morning.

The stunned entertainment host then started getting floods of messages telling her to get in contact with Radio 2.

"I had no idea why", said Christeen. "I was like, what is going on? I got in contact with her and we had a chat live on air. I apparently then featured on Scott Mills show later on and Radio 1 too - and now Kylie has reposted it on her TikTok and Instagram pages. It's absolutely unbelievable.

"My LGBTQI+ friends from the Waterloo Bar will be so pleased - they are massive fans of hers. I never thought she would see it, never mind repost it. Wow.

"I was hoping one day I might go viral for my singing, but I never expected that to happen thanks to a pigeon."

The pigeon was reportedly stuck in the bar for almost three days before it finally wandered out the front door on Tuesday.

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