Sing like no-one’s listening: FA Cup final opens to bizarre scene of Emeli Sande performing much-loved Abide With Me to empty stadium
- Multi-million-selling pop star Emile Sande sang from the top of empty Wembley
- Performance was pre-recorded but played inside stadium on the big screen
- One viewer said ‘It showed how the pandemic has changed the world’
The FA Cup final opened to farcical scenes last night – as the coronavirus pandemic forced multi-million-selling pop star Emile Sande to sing to no-one from the top of empty Wembley Stadium
In a bizarre moment in footballing history the musician performed Abide With Me from Wembley’s rooftop ahead of the match between Arsenal and Chelsea.
One viewer said: ‘If anyone was unsure about how much the pandemic has changed the world, they certainly hadn’t by the time the game started.’
The musician was beamed out on a big screen inside the cavernous empty stadium
The empty stadium was the grounds for the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Arsenal