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Image: Kelly: generous guy

Stereophonics told Soccer AM about the time they played at Wayne Rooney's wedding!

Beatles cover went down a storm at Rooney's wedding

When you've had five number one albums it should come as no surprise if your mates want you to play at their wedding. But when you're mate is England and Manchester United star Wayne Rooney, you might want to start pinching yourself! Rooney married his childhood sweetheart Coleen McLoughlin back in June 2008 and Stereophonics duo Kelly Jones and Adam Zindani were there to help them enjoy their special day. The Welsh rockers - whose seventh studio album, Keep Calm and Carry On is out on Monday - admitted it was a million miles away from their usual gigs, but would happily do it again. "It was surreal and a bit weird to be honest," Jones told Soccer AM. "It was me and (Adam) just sitting on these two stools with two speakers... we had more gear when we were 14! "And (Wayne) and his brothers and all that were standing in front of us playing air guitar to bottle of Becks! "We were only told to play for 20 minutes but we ended up doing about 55 minutes. We finished up with a Beatles number because we thought the Scousers might enjoy that - and they did!"

Generous

The first track off the new album is called, She's Alright and Soccer AM viewers can download it from our website for free! All you have to do is visit the homepage for more details. Now we can't say fairer than that! "See you don't see Simon Cowell doing that!" said Kelly. "We love giving something back to the fans; we are a people's band." In another act of generosity the boys recently played a huge homecoming gig at Cardiff Castle where they only charged £12.50 for tickets - the same price as their first gig there in 1998. And Kelly revealed they would have made the tickets even cheaper if it was feasible. "We wanted to do it for free actually," he said. "But it would have meant us paying for the stage and stuff so we had to have a few quid to set it up like! But we didn't make any money off it."