This is the emotional moment a music lover proposed to his girlfriend at the government's pilot music festival - while watching their favourite band.

Jimmy Overill, 27, popped the question to his girlfriend of seven years Ria Griffiths, 26, during the opening song of Blossoms' set in Liverpool on Sunday (2 May).

More than 5,000 people packed into a tent in Sefton Park in the city to see a triple-bill music event headlined by the five-piece indie outfit from Stockport.

But the loved-up couple stole the show when Jimmy got down on one knee to ask Ria to marry him as the band struck up the first few chords of their tune Your Girlfriend.

Jimmy, a housing development manager, said: "Ria's been going on at me for more than a year, but I had been putting it off.

"I had lots of random ideas of where to propose but Ria's not into big over-the-top gestures.

"When I knew this gig was happening, it just fell into place and as soon as I got the tickets I shot down to her mum and dad's to ask for permission."