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Katie Fitzpatrick

When Stormzy met Corrie as he and Antony Cotton cheered on United to 4-1 win at Old Trafford

Stormzy caused a frenzy when he headed to Old Trafford to watch United's 4-1 victory over Newcastle, followed by a surprise appearance at Parklife.

And the London grime artist added to his most Manchester of days by meeting one of Corrie's longstanding favourites.

The Vossi Bop hitmaker was all smiles as he posed in a United shirt for a photo with Antony Cotton who plays barman and Underworld machinist Sean Tully in Coronation Street.

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"And then there was this unit…" wrote Antony, from Bury, as he shared a snap on Instagram.

Warrington Wolves rugby player Joshua Charnley asked: "When's the mixtape dropping?"

"Amazing!!!" said another follower.

"Omg me and my husband to be love you on Corrie and we also love Stormzy," gasped another.

Stormzy joined Dave the rapper on stage at Parklife (ABNM Photography)

Fans later screamed in excitement Stormzy joined fellow rapper Dave on stage during his headline performance at Parklife.

He welcome appearance during Dave's performance of Clash.

The pair hugged as fireworks were set off, marking the end to the first day of the festival.

Hundreds of festival-goers had gathered at the Parklife Stage to watch BRIT award and Mercury prize winner Dave perform.

Writing on Twitter, one fan wrote: "Stormzy just came out at Dave my life will forever be complete wow wow wow."

And festival organiser Sacha Lord shared a video of the moment with the words "To end day 1 ⁦@Parklifefest⁩, Dave has just brought out Stormzy as a surprise. 80,000 happy faces."

"My sons first festival with his mates," replied one follower.

"He don’t normally talk to us lol but sent us this …so must be absolutely loving it."

"Stormzy what a treat," said another.

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