American R&B queen Beyonce Knowles and her boyfriend rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z had a stop over in Iceland on Sunday and stayed for the night at Hótel Keflavík. On Sunday evening they went to local pub Paddy’s to watch American football. ‘They were mostly left in peace. But it leaked out that they were here so we were a lot more busy than on a regular Sunday evening,’ Jóhann Halldórsson, a caterer at Paddy’s, told 24 Stundir.

The couple had come to watch the game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants in the finals of the American NFL league. ‘Jay-Z would not be disturbed while the game was on. He got completely caught up in the game, screamed and shouted,’ Halldórsson said, laughing.

Halldórsson asked Beyonce whether he could take a picture of her with his children. She didn’t want any pictures taken, but told him to invite his kids over and then she signed their CDs and cell phones. She also gave autographs to other guests at Paddy’s and chatted with them. Hótel Keflavík manager Steinthór Jónsson said both the star couple and their escort had been easygoing and friendly towards other guests. When they left, Jónsson gave Beyonce an artwork featuring Iceland by his sister Gudlaug Helga Jónsdóttir.