Ed Sheeran makes surprise appearance with Snow Patrol at Latitude 2022

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Ed Sheeran made a surprise guest appearance during Snow Patrol‘s headline set at Latitude 2022 tonight (July 24) – check out the footage below.The Northern Irish–Scottish band – which features Sheeran’s longtime co-writer Johnny McDaid – closed the Suffolk festival with a 14-track performance on the main stage, per Setlist.FM.Towards the end of their main set, Snow Patrol surprised the crowd by bringing out Sheeran to play a joint rendition of his hit ‘=’ single ‘Bad Habits’.

The singer-songwriter then returned to assist on the final track ‘Just Say Yes’.A post shared by Kate Trethewey (@kate_trethewey_)A post shared by Jacqueline Bell (@jacquelineannbell)Sheeran has joined forces with Snow Patrol on stage several times in the past, including at his secret show at Latitude 2015.Back in April, Sheeran, McDaid and Steven McCutcheon won a copyright case at London’s High Court over claims that they had plagiarised part of a track called ‘Oh Why’ by Sami Switch while writing ‘Shape Of You’.The three collaborators were awarded over £900,000 in legal costs in June.Sheeran wrapped up the UK and Ireland leg of his ‘+ – = ÷ x Tour’ – pronounced ‘The Mathematics Tour’ earlier this month, and is due to resume his current European stint in Paris on Friday (July 29).Earlier this month, Ed Sheeran’s fourth studio effort ‘=’ was named the biggest-selling album of the year so far..