England fans spark anger by watching Euros game during Kings of Leon concert at Co-op Live

Some fans at the Kings of Leon concert seemed more interested in the football result
-Credit: (Image: Manchester Family / MEN)


England fans have sparked anger by watching last night's Euros game during a concert at Co-op Live.

Kings of Leon were performing for one night only for the final UK date in the band's Can We Please Have Fun World Tour.

But the gig ended up clashing with England's blockbuster semi-final game against the Netherlands and it seemed some concert-goers were a bit more interested in that rather than the band on stage.

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A number of people could be seen watching the match live on their mobile phones, while one fan even had a laptop out and was sharing England's progress with those around him - even placing the device on his own head at one point to show it to those behind him.

One gig goer was watching the game on a laptop
One gig goer was watching the game on a laptop -Credit:Manchester Family / MEN

Not everyone was pleased that at times the football was getting a bigger reaction than the band. One fan hit out saying that Kings of Leon 'deserve better' and that if football is more important they should have perhaps 'stayed away'.

One concert goer told us: "I've never really seen anything like that a gig before. It is a bit rude when someone's performing, but you could tell everyone in there was keen to know the score."

But the band seem to take it all in their stride and were encouraging the football celebrations, with the final score even appearing on the screen behind them and frontman Caleb Followhill declaring 'it's coming home'.

As the crowd departed Sweet Caroline was played and it became one giant singalong with Kings of Leon in on it too.

If they were bothered by their fans' being somewhat distracted by the beautiful game, they certainly didn't show it.

Laptops are actually banned from the venue, with the Coop Live website stating: "We do not permit Laptops, iPads or Go Pro's (or any similar device) into the venue."

A spokesman for the venue said they'd had 'no official reports of any unauthorised laptops being used'.