Manchester Utd star forced to apologise for rowdiness

On Monday night, The Spoiler was lucky enough to attend a Stereophonics Fan Club show at Camden’s intimate Electric Ballroom. The sound mix was perfect, the boyos resisted the urge to play too much new crap, and the new crap they did play was rather good (see video above).

Little did we know it, but we were also in the company of Wayne Rooney, who came down to foggy London town with his brother Graham and some friends to check out his favourite band. Those standing near the handsome Manchester Utd striker, however, were treated to some fabulously obnoxious behaviour. The Sun reports:

“Graham and the friend were bouncing around, knocking into people and spilling their pints.

“At one point a minor scuffle broke out. Wayne was taking people aside to excuse their antics.”

After apologising profusely for the conduct of his party, Rooney left the north London venue with a huge beer stain down his hoodie.

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Last month, we told you how Coleen organised a surprise appearance by the Stereophonics for the Rooney wedding reception, as they are Wayne’s favourite band. During their Vegas honeymoon, it appears that Wayne got out of the pool just long enough to have a tattoo etched onto his arm paying tribute to the Welsh rockers:

The unsightly forearm inking says ‘Just Enough Education to Perform,’ the name of the third ‘Phonics long player. The album, whose hits include the anti-media anthem ‘Mr Writer‘ and ‘Vegas Two Times‘, was titled in reference to a term applied to soldiers who are barely capable dressing themselves, let alone firing a weapon. Having left school without a single GCSE, Wayne obviously felt this was a fitting message to have imprinted on his skin for the rest of his life.

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Traditionally, wedding receptions are a time of dancing with elderly relatives, drinking too much cheap champers and watching young children ease their boredom by setting fire to decorations.

They are not usually a place where the groom will make career altering decisions, but Stereophonics singer Kelly Jones forced Wayne Rooney into a corner on his big day last week:

WAYNE ROONEY had to promise to change his nationality to WELSH before his favourite rocker would sing at his wedding reception. KELLY JONES of the STEREOPHONICS also got him to pledge to play for Leeds next season.

The Have A Nice Day singer said: “My opening line was, ‘So Wayne, your missus rang and asked us to do this’. I said, ‘On one condition - as long as he plays for Leeds next season and changes his nationality to Welsh. Can I