Ed Sheeran to write a song with Bring Me The Horizon

Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift look set to claim this week’s highest new entry at Number 2 with The Joker and the Queen; following Ed’s show-stopping BRIT Awards performance of the track. The single could out-peak the pair’s last collaboration Everything Has Changed, which managed Number 7 in 2012.

New Music Friday! It's every audiophile's favorite day of the week, and some of our favorite artists from all different genres have blessed us with new tunes.Mary J. Blige dropped her new album, ahead of her highly anticipated Super Bowl LVI halftime show performance.

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday — especially when it’s New Music Friday! We’re breaking down this week’s best new tracks to keep on your radar.

We Don’t Talk About Bruno from Encanto holds firm at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart.

DEALSUniversal’s Republic Records has expanded its partnership with K-pop company JYP Entertainment, they having worked together to launch girl group Twice in the US. “We are beyond delighted to move forward with Republic Records”, says JYP CEO Jimmy Jeong, so to develop a “major artist roster” together after “the successful kick-off Twice has brought”.————————————————–APPOINTMENTSUlf Zick has joined Utopia Music as Chief Marketing Officer.

Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift are collaborating again! On Thursday, the pair teamed up for a new version of «The Joker and the Queen,» a track that first appeared on Sheeran's album, =, last year.The accompanying music video — directed by Emil Nava — is a continuation of Swift's «Everything Has Changed,» which also featured Sheeran. It also includes the original actors a decade later.

Chris Willman Music WriterTaylor Swift has been generous lately about jumping on as a featured artist for duet versions of some of her BFFs’ existing tracks. She did it last year by joining a remix of Haim’s “Gasoline,” and she’s doing it now, in a higher-profile way, by lending not just her voice but some new lyrics to Ed Sheeran’s romantic ballad “The Joker and the Queen.”It may officially be his track, but the music video that accompanies it is a sequel to another duet of theirs that went out under her official imprimatur 10 years ago, 2012’s “Everything Has Changed,” and reunites Ava and Jack, the boy and girl who flirted with and befriended one another as preteens, now grown up and gone to college, with the same actors.

Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift are teaming up!

Giovanni Pernice has addressed reports he enjoyed a snog with Emily Atack at this week's Brit Awards. The Strictly Come Dancing champion, 31, was rumoured to have kissed actress Emily, 32, at a Brits afterparty on Tuesday night. However, the star appeared to downplay the rumours on his Instagram Story – with a little help from ABBA.

Bring Me The Horizon have been announced to deliver the closing performance at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.The wildest night in music will return to London’s O2 Academy Brixton on Wednesday, March 2 to celebrate the best in music and entertainment from around the globe. Tickets to the event are on sale now and available here.In a week that saw the Sheffield metal pioneers deliver a surprise appearance alongside Ed Sheeran at the BRITs, we can now confirm that BMTH will be taking to the stage for a multi-song closing set at our London ceremony next month – following on from their raucous appearance at the NME Awards in 2016 when they smashed through Coldplay’s table during their performance.“To be honest we’re surprised we’ve even been asked back at all!” said frontman Oli Sykes.

BRIT Awards 2022, Manchester rapper Aitch told NME of his plans to meet Liam Gallagher at the ceremony and talk him into a collaboration. Watch our full video interview above.While not nominated at this year’s BRITs, Aitch told NME that he was there for the purpose of “just chilling and soaking it in” – but that he was hoping to catch up with the former Oasis frontman and Ed Sheeran.“I want to catch up with Ed, I’ve not seen him for a while, but when it comes to meeting someone it’s Liam definitely,” said Aitch.Asked how he’d go about starting up a conversation with Gallagher, the 22-year-old Harrison Armstrong replied: “I’ll just say, ‘Why are not on my album yet?’ See how it goes from there.”Speaking of progress on his “sick” long-awaited debut album Aitch said: “It’s basically finished to be fair.

Ed Sheeran has revealed that he has teamed up with Taylor Swift on a new song. Speaking at Tuesday night's BRIT Awards, the hit-maker, 30, even shared that his and 32-year-old Taylor's track will be released on Friday. He told LADbible on the ceremony's red carpet: 'It comes out Friday and it's with Taylor Swift!'Close friends Ed and Taylor have previously collaborated on tracks Everything Has Changed, End Game and Run.

Disney’s Gaitán, who voices the character Pepa Madrigal in the animated film, is also shattering records after her song, «We Don't Talk About Bruno,» reached the top spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 and Global 200 charts. Plus, it’s also become a viral hit on TikTok.«It's crazy! It's absolutely unbelievable. It's surreal, it's magical realism.

Dr Ranj has issued a warning to his followers after he was robbed after leaving the Brit Awards on Tuesday night.The This Morning doctor, 42, was in attendance at the UK’s biggest night in music on at the O2 Arena and shared with his followers how he was robbed as he tried to get a taxi on his way home, after heading to Soho. In a text post shared to Instagram, Dr Ranj said: “A little word of warning… “I had the BEST night last night. Sadly, on my way home from Soho when I was walking to get a taxi, I was approached by a man who robbed me.

Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift are preparing to release their long awaited collaboration on Friday.Fans of the two artists have been speculating about the new song, with rumors suggesting it could be a reworked version of Sheeran’s song ‘The Joker And The Queen.’ Now the singer is confirming that theory after his appearance at the red carpet of the BRIT Awards.Ed was asked about his upcoming projects, revealing that his next single “comes out on Friday and it’s with Taylor Swift,” sharing his excitement, the singer said, “We’re literally announcing that in like an hour.”He went on to post a snippet of the song on social media, captioned “The Joker And The Queen featuring my good friend @taylorswift13 is out this friday.” The pair have been friends for a while now, with Ed even defending Taylor back in 2015 at the Video Music Awards.This is not the first time the two artists work together, with Sheeran collaborating on Taylor’s song ‘Run’ from her album ‘Red’ (Taylor’s Version).

The 2022 BRIT Awards took place at London’s O2 Arena on Tuesday night with Little Simz, Dave, and Adele all taking home awards. For the first time the awards removed gender categories and instead focused on genre, with Dave winning Best Hip-Hop/Rap/Grime Act and Little Simz collecting the Best New Artist prize, despite releasing her debut mixtape over a decade ago.

Spotify streams of Little Simz‘ music have soared over 350 per cent following her appearance at this year’s BRIT Awards.The rapper, who released her last album, ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’, back in September, won the award for Best New Artist at last night’s (February 8) ceremony at London’s The O2. She also performed a medley of her tracks ‘Introvert’ and ‘Woman’.Her massive night has since prompted a huge spike in Spotify streams in comparison to other BRITs winners including Adele, Silk Sonic, Ed Sheeran, Dave and Sam Fender.There was a 812 per cent increase in streams of ‘Introvert’ and a 594 per cent spike for ‘Woman’, equating to a 365 per cent jump overall.Elsewhere, Adele, who took home three BRITs last night (Artist Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year), saw a 137 per cent increase in Spotify streams following the awards, while Dave’s streams went up by 217 per cent. Fender’s music saw a 79 per cent jump.“As ever, the BRITs showed the incredible breadth of talent being fostered here in the UK, across every genre of music,” Tom Connaughton, managing director of Spotify UK and Ireland, said in a statement (via Rolling Stone UK).

Callum Beattie reckons Ed Sheeran was faking playing electric guitar live at The Brits - because he claims it wasn't even plugged in.

Ed Sheeran absolutely smashed it at the Brit Awards 2022, and did it all with his wife Cherry Seaborn by his side.The pair, who usually keep their relationship very private, posed for a rare photo together at the event, with Ed also giving Cherry a kiss before collecting his award for songwriter of the year.So cute!Going up on stage to collect the gong, he also dedicated the award to her.‘My wife Cherry, at the drop of a hat will come to a secluded studio in the middle of nowhere where we’ll just write song after song, thank you, you’re the best,’ he said.The pair, who tied the knot in 2019 and share their daughter Lyra, also posed for a very rare photo and we just love them.Ed opened the show with his hit single Bad Habits, and rock band Bring Me The Horizon joined in for a cheeky collab.Fans were surprised by the unlikely combination but quickly won over by the epic performance.The award-winning songwriter was one of the first to arrive at London’s O2 Arena and it wasn’t hard to spot Ed, with the blue velvet suit he was rocking.Anne-Marie later took to the stage, and although she tripped on her way down she carried on like the true pro that she is.Taking home the honourable album of the year was Adele with her critically-acclaimed 30.Adele was the first superstar to receive an award, as her hit single Easy On Me triumphed in the song of the year category.Brit Awards 2022 winners list: All the stars who won on the nightFans rave over 'unexpected' Ed Sheeran and Bring Me The Horizon collab at Brit Awards 2022Brit Awards 2022: Ed Sheeran, Maya Jama and Ashley Roberts lead red carpet starsAmerican singer Olivia Rodrigo accepted her award for best international song.

BRIT Award viewers shared a fun theory on Twitter last night as the ceremony scrapped male and female categories for the first time. The first gender-neutral bash saw Adele and Ed Sheeran battling it out to win the top gongs, with the Hello singer taking home an impressive three statues and Ed just the one.

Ed Sheeran packed on the PDA on Tuesday 8 February evening before accepting his Brit Award.The 30 year old, whose wife recently made a rare appearance in a Christmas music video with Elton John, was all loved-up with his other half at the ceremony as he was announced as the winner of the Songwriter Of The Year category. As Succession's Brian Cox called out his name, Ed stood up and flashed a smile before leaning down to give Cherry, 29, who he married back in 2019, a kiss on the lips.The star then made his way onto the stage, where he thanked his colleagues and loved ones during his speech, before gushing over his wife. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.