Inside Lana Del Rey's love for Celtic from cover anthem to dating life

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Celtic Football Club has supporters from all over the world including a few famous faces.Billy Connolly, Rod Stewart, Snoop Dogg are all known to cheer on the Glasgow side and also surprisingly so does US singer Lana Del Rey.Lana is actually of Scottish descent and previously told of her grandfather having a "Scottish crest at home" and that her family has roots in LanarkshireThe singer is a huge football football fan and fell in love with the Hoops while dating Glasgow Kassidy rocker Barrie-James O’Neill - the pair were said to have gotten secretly engaged.During their three-year relationship, the Video Games hitmaker was spotted numerous times in Glasgow - which she once referred to as the place she feels the 'happiest'.She even famously showed her support for the Scottish club by posting a photo wearing a Celtic top on Twitter.In 2020, Lana recorded a stunning acoustic cover of Celtic anthem “You’ll Never Walk Alone” for a new football documentary.The American pop star debuted the classic track on Instagram as she shared a black-and-white video.

The song is sang prior to every home game of the Glasgow side as fans hold up their scarves and chant the lyrics.The tune is also used by Liverpool FC, who Lana also cheers on as she was introduced to the Reds by her manager Ben Mawson and Lana's cover was used in a documentary about the fortunes of Liverpool FC.Lana opened up about the couple's split in an interview in Germany at the time, she confirmed the couple are “not together”.But she said of her former lover: “He is a wonderful person but there are some things with which he must deal.“I don’t want to explain that further.