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Ed Sheeran united his high school band, let the lead singer fly in and performed one of his absolute favorite songs ever-the durable Y2K classic “Teenage Dirtbag”- At his concert on Saturday in Hamburg.
Sheeran explains the origin of the idea at a wedding celebration
“I have a cool surprise for you, really cool, but have some patience with me,” announced Sheeran to the audience. The singer then told about his high school band and how the group-even though she had dissolved decades ago-remained good friends and even reunited itself last April to play at a friend’s wedding.
“When we played, we played a song that we played at the time at the age of 12. And I said: ‘Damn, that’s a great song. I want that live [auf einem Konzert] Play ‘”, says Sheeran about the appearance at the wedding.
Ed Sheeran brings Brendan B. Brown to the stage
Sheeran then brought a former bandmate from school time to the stage before unveiling another surprise: to play the song that had not yet been mentioned until then, he said, according to Sheeran: “I write to the lead singer an email and ask whether he wants to come and sing it. And he is extra from New York for it, and I can hardly wait, I can hardly wait. Favorite songs, I would say Top 10 of my favorite songs ever. ”
As a result, Wheatus front man Brendan B. Brown entered the stage in the Hamburg Volksparkstadion to appear together with Sheeran and his high school band. “One of my favorite moments at all on stage, thank you Brendan. What a night,” Sheeran later wrote on social media together with backstage recordings of unexpected cooperation: