There are two issues the English can not reside with out: soccer and Glastonbury. The legendary summer season pageant that occurred over the weekend drew 200,000 to see units by headliners Dua Lipa, LCD Soundsystem, Coldplay, SZA and Burna Boy, whilst England was preventing for its life in an exciting elimination recreation towards Slovakia within the Euro 2024 soccer event.

In keeping with the Guardian, former One Course star and solo singer Louis Tomlinson livestreamed the sport in a pageant campsite on a flat display TV taped to a trolley fueled by a generator on Sunday morning, drawing tons of to the positioning to observe the match. The transfer got here after pageant officers introduced final week that the match wouldn’t be proven on Glasto grounds to keep away from clashing with fundamental stage performances.

“It’s the second display I’ve purchased,” Tomlinson instructed the Guardian when the sport went into further time after England’s Jude Bellingham knotted issues up with an exciting ninety fifth minute equalizer; Harry Kane scored throughout further time to ship England to the quarter finals.. “The primary received cracked. I wasn’t going to take credit score for it as a result of it appeared like we have been going to lose in regular time, however now that we’ve equalised I’m joyful to.”

The Guardian mentioned that Tomlinson purchased the gear earlier within the day and was initially planning to observe the sport within the VIP backstage space earlier than spotty reception compelled him to search out one other location close to the Pyramid stage. Tomlinson, wearing a classic England windbreaker mentioned, “it was somewhat touch-and-go at occasions as a result of the sign stored going out and in… fortunately we received the win and we pulled it off.”

Try the scene at Glastonbury beneath.