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Orlaith Clinton

Nadine Coyle has passport thrown at her during Belfast gig

We'll never forget about that golden TV moment with Nadine Coyle and her passport.

It's been over 20 years since the Girls Aloud singer was asked to prove her age on Popstars - but she was only 16.

The Derry girl was too young at the time and was found out to be lying about her age in a clip from the show that has since gone massively viral.

Nadine, now 36, pretended that she had left her passport at home - a moment which still follows her decades later.

In an interview with Metro, Nadine said: "I did a show in Belfast last week, and you know the way people throw stuff on stage, I've been thrown an actual passport!"

She continued: "Their actual passport! And you're looking at it going 'This is someone's actual passport.' Not a pretend one, not one they've made for the night.

"But they thought it was a good idea, in that moment, to hand their real passport to me on stage.

"I just thought, 'You might need this.'"

Last week, the former Girls Aloud star unveiled a striking new installation at Antrim Castle Gardens that has been commissioned by The National Lottery to inspire change and to encourage the public to think about how they might use some of the £30million raised for good causes each week in their own communities.

The installation in Northern Ireland is the second of four pieces of artwork that The National Lottery unveiled across the UK as part of its 27th birthday celebrations.

The installation is an anamorphic piece of artwork that when viewed from a specific angle says the word ‘DREAMS’ and from another view forms a question mark. Once all four pieces have been unveiled, they will form the message ‘BUILD DREAMS, CREATE CHANGE’ to prompt the question what change could you make to improve your local community ?

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