The Script pay an emotional tribute to late guitarist Mark Sheehan and dedicate a song to him during their Glastonbury set - two years after his death following a brief illness

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The Script paid an emotional tribute to late guitarist Mark Sheehan on Saturday as they took to the stage at Glastonbury.
The musician died in hospital aged 46 back in April 2023 following a brief illness, leaving his bandmates 'utterly devastated'.
And over two years on from his passing, the frontman's Danny O'Donaghue shared some sweet words for his pal before dedicating a song to him amid their performance on the Pyramid stage at Worthy Farm, Somerset.
Following a performance of their breakthrough track The Man Who Can't Be Move, Danny, 44, sat on the edge of the stage and told the audience how he wished Mark was still alive to see their success.
He shared: 'There's one person I really wish was here to see this. He was on the stage 17 years ago. We lost my best mate and the founding member of The Script Mark Sheehan, we lost him nearly a year and a half ago.
'I just want to thank every single person here for keeping us going, for all your thoughts and all your prayers, thank you so much.'
As the crowd cheered, he added: 'I know he's having a whiskey right now looking down on us. With that I'm gonna dedicate this song to him, this song is called If You Could See Me Now. '
A host of world-renowned performers are still yet to take to the stage this weekend, with Neil Young scheduled to headline the festival on Saturday and Olivia Rodrigo closing out the weekend on Sunday.
The rest of the festival will too see performances from Kaiser Chiefs, Raye, The Libertines, Noah Kahan and many others.
Mark, who was originally from Dublin, formed the successful rock band alongside frontman Danny and drummer Glen Power in 2001.
His shock passing was announced on the band's official Facebook page in April 2023, two weeks after the group's gig was announced.
The guitarist and father-of-three lived in America with his wife Rina. He died in hospital on April 14, 2023 following a brief, undisclosed illness.
Their band's statement said: 'Much loved husband, father, brother, band mate and friend Mark Sheehan passed away today in hospital after a brief illness'.
It continued: 'The family and group ask fans to respect their privacy at this tragic time.'
'I just want to thank every single person here for keeping us going, for all your thoughts and all your prayers, thank you so much'
Over two years on from his passing, the frontman's Danny O'Donaghue shared some sweet words for his pal before dedicating a song to him amid their performance on the Pyramid stage
Mark began his career as a dancer and taught Hip-Hop at Dublin's Digges Lane performing arts centre.
Mark and lead singer Danny had been best friends from the age of 12 and were previously members of a band called Mytown, which was formed in 1996.
The announcement prompted more than 2,000 comments and well-wishes from fans within minutes of it being posted.
Rushing to the comments section former Love Island host Laura Whitmore wrote: 'Thinking of you all at this time. Mark was one of the nicest and most talented men you could meet x'.
Nick Baines also took to the stage as he performed for fans
While musician LYRA said: 'So sorry to hear this, sending so much love'.
DOI's Matt Evers added: 'Sending love to you boys'.
And John Barrowman wrote: 'Oh no, so very sad. ❤️ to you and his family. Jb'.
Meanwhile devastated fans also paid their respect to the talented and much respected musician.