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Emotional scenes as England and France fans come together to sing Don’t Look Back In Anger at the Stade de France
Published 20:51 13 Jun 2017 BST
Updated 20:53 13 Jun 2017 BST
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In the days and weeks following the Manchester bombing, Oasis’ Don’t Look Back In Anger has become someone of an unofficial anthem for both the city and England standing together.
https://twitter.com/myoasisworld/status/874353887351676929Ahead of the friendly between France and England in Paris, a band played a cover of the song in tribute to both the Manchester and London attacks.
Both sets of fans joined in, and it was a very touching moment of unity and strength between two nations both hit by terror in recent times.
https://twitter.com/JamesOlley/status/874703192038268929 https://twitter.com/_andywalker_/status/874703346766147584Here is footage of the band practising earlier in the day.
https://twitter.com/gregmargotton/status/874660762668720129 It was a particularly poignant, as the area surrounding the Stade de France was the site of part of the Paris attacks in November 2015. At the England – France friendly at Wembley Stadium that was less than a week after those attacks, English fans sang along with the French national anthem – so to see the French fans do the same was especially touching.Explore more on these topics:
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