The Premier League hits Broadway! Fans descend on Nashville at 5am for NBC Fan Fest… as analysts (including our own Tim Howard) hop on a Party Bike and Daniel Sturridge performs his iconic dance in Music City

Premier League fans took over Broadway before the sun rose on Saturday morning as they gathered for the latest NBC Fan Fest in Nashville.

Supporters hit the iconic strip of Honky Tonk bars and clubs ahead of a bumper weekend of soccer.

The Premier League kicked off at 6.30am local time with Manchester City‘s trip to Crystal Palace. But the doors to NBC’s Fan Fest opened more than an hour earlier.

First in line for this weekend’s event – at 12.30am – were a group of Arsenal fans from Virginia and they were soon joined by thousands of others in Nashville.

NBC brought plenty of familiar faces to Tennessee, including anchor Rebecca Lowe and analysts Robbie Mustoe, Robbie Earle and DailyMail.Com columnist Tim Howard.

Robbie Mustoe, Robbie Earle and DailyMail.Com columnist Tim Howard hopped on a party bike

Howard, Earle and Mustoe got into the spirit of Music City, hopping on one of the local party bikes as it was surrounded by supporters on Broadway.

They were soon joined by former Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City striker Daniel Sturridge.

The 34-year-old, who last played for Perth Glory in Australia, performed his iconic dance for the crowd in Nashville – and revealed its origins.

‘We were at the crib, chilling out, (strumming) along on the guitar, whatever. And then a song came and – I don’t know why – I started doing that. Literally,’ Sturridge explained.

‘It became a joke between me and my cousins, then I played for Chelsea and did the dance on the weekend.

‘Then I played for Liverpool, and did the dance on my debut for them.’

The striker was then asked to perform the dance for the supporters who had gathered at the bottom of Broadway.

Former England and Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge performed his iconic dance