Watch Ed Sheeran play shock set at BBC Radio 1’s Large Weekend in Liverpool

Ed Sheeran performed a shock set at BBC Radio 1’s Large Weekend this weekend – try footage beneath.

The ‘Form Of You’ singer took to the New Music Stage at 1pm on Saturday (Might 24) on the second day of the pageant, which is being held in Liverpool’s Sefton Park.

Rumours had been circulating across the web site {that a} main artist can be making a particular visitor look on the pageant and the information was confirmed at lunchtime on Saturday by Radio 1. The tent stage rapidly crammed to capability, with organisers having to pause entry to the world shortly earlier than 1pm.

Sheeran performed an 11-track set that included lots of his main hits, in addition to ‘Azizam’ and ‘Outdated Cellphone’ from his upcoming ‘Play’, which is due out in September. Take a look at a variety of clips from the set right here:

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Ed Sheeran might be performing a particular set at Radio 1’s Large Weekend at 1pm TODAY 🎉

Don’t miss it 🤩

— BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra & Asian Community Press Workplace (@BBCRadio1PR) May 24, 2025

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Simply left my home and I’m now watching Ed Sheeran. Nowhere on the earth greater this weekend than Liverpool pic.twitter.com/lxJjTJocVx

— Joshua Wilkins (@Wilkins33) May 24, 2025

Legged it to the New Music Stage as Ed Sheeran is right here!! pic.twitter.com/o4EKhz5zea

— R’M 🧸 (@Robynnnnnnnn) May 24, 2025

Ed Sheeran performed: 

‘Citadel On The Hill’ 
‘Shivers’ 
‘The A Crew’ 
‘Don’t’ 
‘Outdated Cellphone’ 
‘{Photograph}’ 
‘Good’ 
‘Bloodstream’ 
‘Azizam’ 
‘Form Of You’ 
‘Dangerous Habits’ 

Radio 1’s Large Weekend opened on Friday (Might 23), with Tom Grennan, Biffy Clyro, Confidence Man, Nia Archives and The Wombats amongst these on the invoice. Sam Fender is ready to headline on Saturday, whereas Mumford & Sons will shut out the pageant on Sunday, alongside units from HAIM, Moist Leg and Self Esteen.

Sheeran’s visitor look is simply the most recent of his shock reveals recently – he took to the streets of Sheffield for a pop-up efficiency final week (Might 18), and performed the same present at London’s King’s Cross final month.

He has additionally been taking a pop-up English pub ‘The Outdated Cellphone’ on the street with him in latest months, bringing it to his hometown namesake of Ipswich, Massachusetts and ultimately Coachella.

The performances are a part of the marketing campaign round ‘Play’, which a press launch has mentioned intends to “carry folks collectively”, with Sheeran aiming to “join on a extra intimate degree along with his supporters”. It's due out on September 12 and you can pre-order it here.

Sheeran has mentioned that ‘Play’ was made as a “direct response” to the “darkest interval” of his life. “Popping out of all of that I simply wished to create pleasure and technicolour, and discover cultures within the nations I used to be touring. I made this file everywhere in the world, completed it in Goa, India, and had a number of the most enjoyable, explorative artistic days of my life.”

As for reside reveals, Sheeran is because of play a run of European reveals from Might to September 2025, in addition to a trio of reveals at Ipswich City’s Portman Highway, earlier than ending up the yr with performances in Bhutan, India, Qatar and Bahrain. Go to here for tickets.