Watch Ed Sheeran carry out ‘Million Miles Away’ with The Offspring
Ed Sheeran made a shock look throughout The Offspring‘s set at BottleRock Napa Valley 2024 over the weekend – try the footage beneath.
The singer-songwriter joined the band onstage to sing and play electrical guitar on ‘Million Miles Away’ from their 2000 album ‘Conspiracy Of One’ on Sunday (Could 26). It marked the primary stay outing for the tune since 2016, per Setlist.FM.
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When introducing Sheeran, The Offspring frontman Dexter Holland informed the viewers (by way of Consequence): “Ed informed us that certainly one of our data was his first CD that he ever purchased when he was a child.
“That basically meant rather a lot to us, so we thought, ‘Wow, we’d like to have you ever come out to hitch us on stage’. We’re gonna play one of many songs you needed to play.”
Sheeran has since posted a video of himself rehearsing backstage with Holland and co. and performing with them at BottleRock Napa Valley in California. He’s additionally seen displaying the group his Offspring tattoo.
Within the caption, the musician wrote: “The primary album I ever purchased was the @offspring – Conspiracy of One. I used to faux to be of their band within the mirror and sing alongside to the album once I was 9, largely to their tune Million Miles Away because it was the primary tune of theirs I heard.
Previous to headlining at BottleRock tonight in Napa, Ed Sheeran joins The Offspring for “Million Miles Away” @BottleRockNapa @offspring @edsheeran pic.twitter.com/LUEytTbrBC
— Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) May 27, 2024
“I discussed it in an interview and Noodles / Dexter received in contact with me once we came upon we had been all taking part in the identical pageant, to see if I needed to get on stage and sing it. It was an prompt sure obvz.”
Sheeran continued: “Actually felt like residing out a childhood dream thanks for having me up there guys. Music is a wild experience, day-after-day I’m so grateful to be residing my dream in actuality. Hope you benefit from the vid x.”
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In the meantime, Sheeran dusted off some outdated favourites and rarities at his ‘X’ tenth anniversary present in New York final week. He additionally performed a shock stay set at a major faculty in Brighton earlier this month.
In different information, Sheeran not too long ago confirmed that he was engaged on new music however stated it’d doubtless be some time earlier than it was launched. He put out two studio albums final 12 months within the type of ‘-‘ and ‘Autumn Variations’.
On Saturday (June 1), The Offspring will have a good time the thirtieth anniversary of their 1994 full-length ‘Smash’ with a particular present in California. This month, they had been joined onstage by Queen’s Brian Could at a pageant in Slovakia.