Jason Steele enjoyed a night of live country music with a former Albion team-mate who was clad in cowboy hat and boots as his World Cup adventure continued.
The Albion goalkeeper joined the suitably attired Dan Burn and England skipper Harry Kane on a night out.
Kane is a big fan of modern country music and his ‘captain’s pick’ playlist consisted of country singers Morgan Wallen, Dylan Gossett, Zach Bryan, Luke Bryan, The Band Perry, Wyatt Flores, Kane Brown and Luke Combs.
Kane, Burn and training goalkeeper Steele went to see Ella Langley on the outskirts of Kansas City on Friday night, where the Newcastle defender was kitted out in a cowboy outfit.
Burn, the former Seagulls defender, revealed: “It was a friends and family day, so my wife flew over from Dallas and I got to spend the day with her.
“And then last night, Ella Langley was playing. I like country music, so I had a cowboy hat on and cowboy boots, and luckily, there’s no photos kicking about.
“I got kitted out. If you’re going to do it, do it properly.
“I had a good time, because Ella is an amazing country artist, so it was nice that we got to do those things.
“Steely came with us and Harry came with us too.
“Harry is (a big fan). We’ve got a record player in the hotel and he did a captain’s pick and a lot of it is country music.
“Ella was playing on West Palm Beach when we were there, but we wouldn’t have got back for the curfew, so I’m glad that we’ve got another opportunity.”
England’s attention returned to the football as they resumed training in the build-up to Tuesday’s match with Ghana in Boston.
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Assistant coach Anthony Barry will continue to do the mandatory half-time interview after his no-holds-barred dissection of the limp first-half display against Croatia.
Burn was at Wigan when Barry coached there between 2016 and 2018 and saw “something special” in him.
“I’ve not seen the half-time thing yet, but I have heard about it,” he said. “I was with Baz at Wigan and I thought that was one of his first coaching jobs.
“You knew back then there was something special about the way he went about it when he was taking drills.
“You really wanted to make whatever he was doing work because of the energy he put into it.”
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