‘Legend’ Stormzy stops Ibiza gig mid-show to watch England’s World Cup penalty shoot-out

The rapper celebrated the win on stage
Safeeyah Kazi4 July 2018
The Weekender

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ticket deals

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.

Stormzy stopped his Ibiza gig mid-show to watch England’s World Cup penalty shoot-out.

A video has emerged of the rapper halting the show to watch the critical moment England made history against Colombia.

The crowd can be seen watching in anticipation as Stormzy crouches down on stage as he struggles to contain his stress levels.

He watched as England then proceeded to make history by winning the shoot-out 4-3 and bagging themselves a place in the quarter final.

The Shut Up rapper can be seen jumping into the air in celebration as chants emerge of “England won!”

The show then resumed with an excited Stormzy jumping around the stage for a performance of Big for Your Boots.

Fans were seen pumping fists and belting the words to the song in the midst of confetti cannons and smoke.

Social media users were quick to hail the 24-year-old a “legend” for halting his show to watch the nail-biting match.

One fan wrote: “Mans actually a legend.”

Another posted: “This looks insane!”

England's Wives and Girlfriends at the 2018 World Cup - In pictures

1/22

A third tweeted: “I'm a fat white guy in my mid-50s and I couldn't tell you a Stormzy song if you hit me with one - butt this is F***** BRILLIANT!!!”

Stormzy joins a host of celebrities who celebrated the win including Reese Witherspoon, Sue Perkins and Ross Kemp who became an instant meme with his passionate Twitter video.

Gary Lineker and Russell Brand were left in tears while David Baddiel and Frank Skinner reunited to officially declare "football is coming home" 22 years after they penned the famous football anthem with the Lightning Seeds.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in