And one celeb who chose the latter is former One Direction star Louis Tomlinson, who has earned the title "the hero of Glastonbury” following his admirable dedication to watching an important soccer match while camping with his sister Lottie Tomlinson and friends.
According to the Guardian, Louis left the festival on Sunday morning and went to a nearby Argos — a popular retail chain in the UK — to buy a TV, generator, and dongle to hotspot internet data from his cellphone to screen the match.
The closest Argos to Glastonbury’s Worthy Farm venue is just an 18-minute drive away.
In pictures from the screening, the amount of effort put into making the setup work is evident. The TV has been securely taped to a stand, with the stand’s legs each placed into a bucket of rocks for stability. The entire contraption was then put into a cart with wheels.
Thankfully, the seriously tense match was totally worth the effort, with England equalizing 1–1 against Slovakia with just 86 seconds to go. This pushed the game into extra time, where England quickly scored another goal and secured their spot in Saturday’s quarter-final.
“Obsessed with the person who brought a full size telly to Glastonbury for the footie,” one popular tweet reads alongside a POV photo.
Scott then asked in a follow-up: “Sorry why are lots of people saying it was Louis from One Direction?”
Speaking to the Guardian ahead of extra time, Louis joked that he initially wasn’t planning on coming forward, saying: “I wasn’t going to take credit for it if we lost in normal time, but now that we’ve equalized I’m happy to.”
Lottie also shared a behind-the-scenes TikTok of Louis leading the charge in setting up the TV — as well as the crowd’s reaction to England’s dramatic win.
Needless to say, the whole thing has been branded “iconic” by people online, with one person tweeting: “Louis from One Direction popping to Argos to get a TV so the Glastonbury crowd could watch the Euros is exactly the type of patriotism I’m interested in."
