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Ed Sheeran joins Taylor Swift for Wembley concert duet

Updated / Friday, 16 Aug 2024 07:54
Taylor Swift: "This is someone who is like a second brother to me"
Taylor Swift: "This is someone who is like a second brother to me"

Taylor Swift surprised fans by bringing out Ed Sheeran as a special guest during the first of her five-night Eras tour run at Wembley Stadium.

The US hitmaker performed one verse of Everything Has Changed, which features Sheeran, before bringing out the Suffolk singer to rapturous applause from the crowd.

They blended the song with End Game, which they also collaborated on, and 33-year-old Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud, which appeared to mark the arrival of her 'surprise songs' set. Swift, changes the surprise songs each show during her record-breaking Eras Tour.

With her arm around Sheeran on stage, Swift said: "This is someone who is like a second brother to me."

She reflected on the time they had spent working together before, adding: "And now he plays Wembley like every week. This is like regular for him.

"And he's worked so hard and he’s probably so tired but he wanted to come and play for you, so give it up for him."

As Sheeran left the stage, Swift said: "I had such a good time, did you have a good time?"

Swift then played King Of My Heart blended with The Alchemy as the second surprise song.

The 34-year-old singer returned to the venue for five nights, and will also perform there on 16, 17, 19 and 20 August, after initially playing three dates at the stadium in June.

The concerts will bring the UK leg of her Eras Tour to a close, after three planned gigs at Austria's Ernst Happel Stadium were cancelled amid an alleged terror plot.

Before the Wembley concert got under way, London's Metropolitan Police commander Lou Puddefoot said officers are "well prepared" ahead of her string of gigs.

22 t-shirt: 'A lot going on at the moment'

Swift sported a t-shirt that read 'A lot going on at the moment' as she sang her hit 22 during her sold-old gig at Wembley Stadium.

The US singer's t-shirts often make references that are picked over by fans. During her performance of the hit track on Thursday she embraced a young blonde girl wearing a light blue jumper and gave her the iconic black hat.

Swift's t-shirts often make references that are picked over by fans

Celeb spotting

Celebrities including Idris Elba, Amelia Dimoldenberg, Project Runway star Erin Robertson, and Jameela Jamil were spotted at the gig.

Asked whether he was excited to be there, Elba said: "Oh my God, yeah. Can't you tell?"

The Luther actor said said his favourite Swift song was London Boy.

Elba exchanged friendship bracelets with Sienna Lorenz, 19, a student at Nottingham University.

Ms Lorenz said: "I gave him a London Boy bracelet and it broke as soon as he touched it so I gave him the Style one and he said thank you."

Actor Idris Elba was spotted in the VIP area at the opening night of Swift's new stint of Wembley gigs

Excited Swifties wait in line at Wembley Stadium

The first person in the queue for Taylor Swift's return to Wembley Stadium has said she has camped out at the venue since 11am on Wednesday to get "the best spot".

Coco, 19, said the experience of her first Swift concert had already been "really fun", adding that the atmosphere had been "really nice" with fans making friendship bracelets together.

Members of security stand outside the stadium before the Taylor Swift Eras

Swift played two nights at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin last June.

Speaking of her experience at Wembley over the last two days, Coco, who did not wish to give her surname, said: "We came from Surrey, it took us three hours to get here. We arrived at 11am and had a tent and food.

"We wanted to come as early as we could, we wanted to be the first ones because you get the best view and you have the most space. It’s way more relaxed. Lots of people find it uncomfortable to camp out but I think it’s really fun. You get to meet other people.

"We were the only ones there until 8pm yesterday. We were relaxing, making bracelets but once people started arriving, the atmosphere was really nice. Everyone has common interests and it was really nice speaking with everyone.

"I’ve never seen her before so it’s my first time. That’s why I wanted to be at the front, I wanted to be in the best spot I could put myself in.

"We got tickets in the midnights presale, the first official ones that came out. We signed up for that a year and a half ago."

Fans outside Wembley Stadium in London ahead of Taylor Swift's latest Eras Tour concert

Swift's billion-dollar Eras Tour takes fans through her back catalogue, including hits from albums 1989, Red and Midnights.

Additional reporting: Press Association

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