Dame Judi Dench gives us the energy we need for 2023 as she performs Abba duet with Sharleen Spiteri in hotel bar on New Year’s Eve

Think about strolling into the bar of your lodge and seeing Dame Judi Dench casually duetting with Sharleen Spiteri on the piano?

Nicely, company at an Aberdeenshire lodge had been handled to precisely that.

Scottish singer Sharleen, 55, and appearing royalty Dame Judi, 88, joined forces to see out 2022 in musical type, belting out a rendition of Abba’s Waterloo at The Fife Arms in Braemar.

A video, which was posted to Twitter and has amassed over 100,000 views, reveals the 2 sharing a stool, with Dame Judi enjoying the piano and singing components of the hit whereas Sharleen showcases her pipes.

The efficiency befell simply earlier than midnight fireworks welcomed in 2023, and we are able to’t consider a greater solution to finish the 12 months.

Twitter customers expressed their ideas on the clip, with one hailing them ‘two absolute legends.’

Dame Judi Dench performed the piano as Sharleen Spiteri belted out the Abba hit (Image: Twitter)

‘Love this! 2 superstars kicking again and having amusing. Isn’t Judi terrific on the previous Joanna?!’, one tweeted.

‘That is peak 2023 vitality’, declared one other.

Whether or not or not the actress really performed the piano, although, was open to hypothesis.

One tweeter wrote: ‘Did nobody else discover that this was a self-playing piano? The keys are shifting by themselves and Dame Judy is appearing splendidly properly! (Sorry to spoil the get together atmos)’.

The duo raised the roof within the Scottish lodge bar (Image: Twitter)

One other mentioned: ‘Take a look at the keys, she’s not really enjoying.’

Regardless of this, Ewan Venters, the chief government officer of Artfarm, which owns The Fife Arms, instructed BBC Scotland the rendition introduced happiness to these current.

‘Judi Dench and Sharleen Spiteri had been staying on the lodge and we had an impromptu second on the piano,’ he mentioned.

Oh Dame Judi, we do love you! (Image: Anthony Harvey/WireImage)

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‘It was a contented night with plenty of company and locals clapping.’

The proprietor added that the lodge’s New Years Eve celebrations had been crammed with pleasure, with fireworks lighting up the sky because the clock struck 12.

‘It was a traditional Scottish Hogmanay get together at The Fife Arms,’ he mentioned.

‘The lodge was totally bought out, with 4 course dinner and a ceilidh with plenty of reeling.’