Taylor Swift brings out Ed Sheeran for mash-up at night one of ‘Eras’ Wembley residency

15 August, 2024

Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran

Taylor Swift brought out Ed Sheeran as a special guest during the first of her five-night ‘Eras’ tour run at Wembley Stadium tonight (August 15) – check out their performance below.

During the traditional ‘surprise song’ segment of the show, the pop star introduced Sheeran as “one of my best friends in the world” and came out to perform ‘Everything Has Changed’, his duet with Swift from 2012’s ‘Red‘. They then segued into ‘End Game’ from 2017’s ‘Reputation‘, followed by Sheeran’s own song ‘Thinking Out Loud’.

Check out footage of their duet below:

Tonight’s show marks the first ‘Eras’ concert since Swift’s three shows were cancelled in Vienna last week following a foiled terror attack plot.

Swift’s stage times in London had to be tweaked recently in the wake of the incident. Wembley Stadium also issued a statement warning ticketless fans that they cannot stand outside the venue while the concert is taking place – a trend known as ‘Tay-gating’.

For the remaining shows, it is expected that the first support act will take to the stage at approximately 5pm BST, with Paramore’s set following at around 6pm. Swift’s estimated start time is 7pm, and she’ll play for over three-and-a-quarter hours. The following support acts will appear at the remaining shows – Holly Humberstone (16), Suki Waterhouse (17), Maisie Peters (19) and Raye (20). The first opener tonight was Sofia Isella.

In a five-star review of Swift’s UK ‘Eras Tour’ opener in Edinburgh, NME wrote: “Despite being an arena show, in a huge, cavernous venue, Swift and her fans have managed to cultivate a community.

“Strangers swap friendship bracelets, laugh and cry together, and embrace the tour’s in-jokes and lore (for example shouting “one, two, three, let’s go bitch” during ‘Delicate’). It’s the power of Swift, an artist who’s inspired not only the renaming of a Scottish Loch, but also countless fans to come out and embrace being a part of the Eras family.

Taylor Swift performs onstage during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Wembley Stadium on August 15, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management )
Taylor Swift performs onstage during “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour” at Wembley Stadium on August 15, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management )

“With the ‘Eras Tour’, then, Swift’s managed to craft a marvel of a show that comes with a beating heart.”

Following this month’s London shows, Swift will head back to North America this autumn and end her mammoth ‘Eras Tour’ in Vancouver, Canada in early December.

“This has definitely been the most exhausting, all-encompassing but most joyful, most rewarding, most wonderful thing that has ever wondered in my life, this tour,” Swift told the crowd as she marked her 100th ‘Eras Tour’ show in Liverpool in June.

In other news, the lawyer representing the main suspect in the alleged Vienna concert terror plot has claimed that the accusations against their client have been exaggerated.

A third suspect was arrested by police last week after allegedly being in contact with the main suspect. Swift has not yet commented on the incident.

In other news, Sheeran recently revealed he has written and recorded a new song, ‘Under The Tree’, for an upcoming Christmas movie, That Christmas, directed by Simon Otto and written and produced by Richard Curtis.

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