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Newcastle became the latest city centre brought to a standstill with a tribute to footballing brothers Yaya and Kolo Toure.

Cars were stopped in their tracks as roads were blocked by a street disco dedicated to the pair - to the fury of waiting taxi drivers.

The streets of Magaluf, Madrid and Sligo in Ireland have all been brought to a halt in recent months by the song made famous by Manchester City fans to the tune of 90's hit No Limit by 2 Unlimited.

But in the early hours of Wednesday morning the chant made its way to the North East as a number of students poured out of bars and nightclubs in the area to give their own rendition to the Manchester City skipper and his brother.

The Etihad anthem was dreamed up by supporters while the Ivory Coast pair both still played for the club.

The partnership has recently been broken up as Kolo moved to Liverpool after his contract with the Blues expired in the summer.

But the legend lives on as 20-year-old City fan Joe Friar, currently studying sports coaching at Northumbria University, explained to the Manchester Evening News.

"One of my flatmates is a Chelsea fan and he loves the Yaya/Kolo Toure chant and the actions after seeing me do it," he said. "We came out of a club and he started doing it in the middle of the road for some reason.

"I'd had a few so I joined in, being a Blue, and then loads of other people who were coming out of clubs started doing it as well and it seemed to catch on. It's pretty easy to pick up.

"It ended up going on for about 10 minutes - it was bizarre.

"I'm the only City fan on my course so it was mental to see all these people in the middle of Newcastle doing a City chant.

"The taxi drivers were furious - beeping their horns. It eventually stopped and we went off to the 24-hour McDonalds."