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 visited the iconic strip of Honky Tonk bars and clubs ahead of a great weekend of football.

The Premier League started at 6:30 am local time with Manchester City’s visit to Crystal Palace. But the doors to NBC’s Fan Fest opened over an hour early.

First in line for this weekend’s event — at 12:30 p.m. — was a group of Arsenal fans from Virginia, and they were soon joined by thousands of others in Nashville.

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

Getting into the Music City spirit, Howard, Earle and Mustoe hopped 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 in the crib, chilling, (strumming) the guitar, whatever. And then a song came along and – I don’t know why – I started with that. Literally,” Sturridge explained.

‘It became a joke between me and my cousins, then I played for Chelsea and danced at 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 gathered at the bottom of Broadway.