--- title: Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran Sing Stay With Me in Manchester: Video description: Seriously, the ladies in the crowd can NOT contain their excitement canonical: https://time.com/3548797/sam-smith-ed-sheeran-stay-with-me-duet-video/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-30T17:01:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:13.796Z og:title: Watch Sam Smith Bring Ed Sheeran on Stage to Sing 'Stay With Me' og:description: The ladies in the crowd can NOT contain their excitement og:url: https://time.com/3548797/sam-smith-ed-sheeran-stay-with-me-duet-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Sam Smith Bring Ed Sheeran on Stage to Sing 'Stay With Me' twitter:description: The ladies in the crowd can NOT contain their excitement twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Sam Smith Surprise Everyone by Bringing Ed Sheeran on Stage to Sing 'Stay With Me' by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 30, 2014 5:01 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 30, 2014 5:01 PM UTC Prepare to get [so emotional,](http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-10/20/17/enhanced/webdr05/anigif%5Fenhanced-11227-1413840152-10.gif) because this is a video of Ed Sheeran unexpectedly strolling onstage to join Sam Smith in a duet of his hit “Stay With Me.” Smith was performing in the U.K. Wednesday night at Manchester’s Albert Hall when he launched into the popular tune. About 45 seconds in, Sheeran walked out and everyone totally lost it, which is understandable, because they were expecting _just_ Sam Smith and then they got Ed Sheeran as a bonus. The duet was, of course, lovely. Sheeran has had practice singing this song, as he recently covered it: Anyway, after the show, Smith got all lovey-dovey and posted a photo of the pair on Instagram, with the comment: “So amazing to have this KING @teddysphotos on stage with me tonight. Such a wise and true friend to have. Love ya brother x” So. [Emotional](https://33.media.tumblr.com/f059dc7f56bbd6b73c3035c7e6c57bd8/tumblr%5Fn6r060cw5n1r7ufkeo1%5F500.gif). _Read next:_ [_T-Pain Singing Without Auto-Tune Is the Most Confusing Thing You’ll Hear Today_](http://time.com/3547338/t-pain-auto-tune-video/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3548797/sam-smith-ed-sheeran-stay-with-me-duet-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3548797/sam-smith-ed-sheeran-stay-with-me-duet-video/"},"headline":"Watch Sam Smith Surprise Everyone by Bringing Ed Sheeran on Stage to Sing 'Stay With Me'","datePublished":"2014-10-30T17:01:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:13.796Z","description":"Seriously, the ladies in the crowd can NOT contain their excitement","url":"https://time.com/3548797/sam-smith-ed-sheeran-stay-with-me-duet-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","viral","ed sheeran","Sam Smith"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3548797/sam-smith-ed-sheeran-stay-with-me-duet-video/","name":"Watch Sam Smith Surprise Everyone by Bringing Ed Sheeran on Stage to Sing 'Stay With Me'"}}]}] ```