Ian Broudie is on stage, crooning his way through the classics in front of an estimated 40,000 football fans, but there's not an England shirt in sight and the Lightning Seeds frontman isn't telling us It's Coming Home.
Broudie may be responsible for penning arguably the most famous football-themed song ever released in the United Kingdom back in 1996 with Three Lions - a tune that enjoyed a summer-long renaissance last year as Gareth Southgate's England went all the way to the European Championship final - but here in the Parisien sunshine, as the afternoon temperature soars into the 20s, the Liverpool-born singer is performing only to a sea of red.
But it's not just supporters who are enjoying the live acts on stage at the fan park a few hours before the Champions League final. This jubilation extends to club officials too.
