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Lucy Marshall

Emotional moment Arctic Monkeys superfan asks girlfriend to marry him at Leeds Festival 2022

A Yorkshire couple got engaged while watching the Arctic Monkeys play their favourite song at Leeds Festival 2022.

Emily and Zak have been together for eight years. The pair have recently bought a house together and Emily was dropping hints about Zak asking her to be his wife soon as they had been talking about the next step in their relationship for a long time.

But little did she know that her now husband-to-be was already planning on getting down on one knee. Deep in the crowd listening to Artic Monkeys' performance of '505' Emily asked Zak if he could lift her on his shoulders, but instead he got down on one knee.

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A sweet clips broadcasted on BBC Look North on Wednesday (August 31) and showed the couple circled by a crowd of cheering people, before they were seen hugging and crying in each other's arms after Emily said 'yes'.

Emily and Zak had just bought a house together before Leeds Festival. Now the couple look forward to planning their wedding (BBC)

"I just felt like it was the right moment," Zak told the BBC. "Everyone around knew because I'd told them all, sort of whispered in their ears while the band were on that it was going to happen on 505.

"It was on of the last songs they played." Emily added: "He turned and I was like what are you doing? I want to get on your shoulders, you need to turn around.

"And all my friends were like 'no Emily just stop, just listen'." The couple said while the engagement was "amazing" they are going to wait a while before getting married so they can save money.

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