--- title: Ed Sheeran surprises fan on Irish television description: Ed Sheeran surprised a fan on an Irish late night show by singing karaoke with her. canonical: https://time.com/3611834/ed-sheeran-surprises-fan/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-01T18:27:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:17.329Z og:title: Watch Ed Sheeran Make a Fan’s Day by Surprising Her on Live TV og:description: Before she knew it, she was singing karaoke with the singer himself og:url: https://time.com/3611834/ed-sheeran-surprises-fan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte321a6d10005f052/69876b9f5f570f66fbb13dd1/476508565.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2919 og:image:height: 1642 og:image:alt: 22nd Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation's Oscar Viewing Party - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Ed Sheeran Make a Fan’s Day by Surprising Her on Live TV twitter:description: Before she knew it, she was singing karaoke with the singer himself twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte321a6d10005f052/69876b9f5f570f66fbb13dd1/476508565.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Ed Sheeran Make a Fan’s Day by Surprising Her on Live TV > Sponsored content. 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Karwai Tang—WireImage  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 1, 2014 6:27 PM UTC Ed Sheeran is the antithesis to the bad boy rocker. He gives his fans [free tickets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIJJ69zzCys) to see his shows. He’s [friends](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RClv2JVb6Ws#t=45) with the Muppets. He felt so bad after trashing a hotel room that _he_, an international pop star, [cleaned it up himself](http://www.eonline.com/news/555068/ed-sheeran-once-trashed-a-hotel-room-and-then-felt-so-bad-he-cleaned-it-all-up-it-s-the-time-of-being-polite). And he continued his nice guy streak by surprising a young fan this past week on Ireland’s _Late Late Toy Show_. Aimee Keogh appeared on an episode of the show dedicated to showcasing the season’s most popular toys, to demonstrate a karaoke game for Playstation 4\. While singing Ed Sheeran’s “Lego House,” she felt a tap on her shoulder and turned around to see the singer himself standing behind her. He proceeded to duet with her and offered to fly her family to London for one of his concerts next summer. Though she exhibited all of the trappings of teen fandom, she managed to keep her composure and sing along with Sheeran. In a [radio show](http://www.todayfm.com/player/podcasts/The%5FRay%5FDArcy%5FShow/Ray%5FD39Arcy%5FShow/24548/2/Aimee%5FKeogh%5Fchats%5Fto%5FRay%5Fabout%5Fmeeting%5FEd%5FSheeran) debriefing after the surprise, host Ray D’Arcy asked, “Have you come down from cloud nine yet?” Her response: “No, not yet.” ### A Photographic History of Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift Being BFFs  Ed Sheeran poses with Taylor Swift backstage before his sold-out show at Madison Square Garden Arena on November 1, 2013 in New York City. Anna Webber—Getty Images  Taylor Swift was joined on stage by Ed Sheeran as she kicked off the European leg of her blockbuster The RED Tour with the first of five sold-out shows at London's O2 Arena, playing to a capacity crowd of more than 15,500 fans, on February 1, 2014 in London, England. Gareth Cattermole—TAS/Getty Images  Taylor Swift joins Ed Sheeran on stage at his sold-out show at Madison Square Garden Arena on November 1, 2013 in New York City. Anna Webber—Getty Images  Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift attend the 56th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, Ca. Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran attend the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, Ca. Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran perform onstage at the first of 13 North American stadium dates on The RED Tour at Ford Field in front of a sold-out crowd of more than 48,000 fans on May 4, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. Christopher Polk—TAS/Getty Images  Singers Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran perform together at Z100's Jingle Ball 2012 at Madison Square Garden on Friday Dec. 7, 2012 in New York City. Evan Agostini—Invision/AP  Ed Sheeran made a special surprise appearance onstage during the finale of the North American portion of Taylor Swift's RED tour. The show played to a crowd of more than 14,000 fans on the final night of three sold-out hometown shows at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on September 21, 2013. Larry Busacca—TAS/Getty Images _Read next:_ [_Watch Sam Smith Surprise Everyone by Bringing Ed Sheeran on Stage to Sing ‘Stay With Me’_](http://time.com/3548797/sam-smith-ed-sheeran-stay-with-me-duet-video/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3611834/ed-sheeran-surprises-fan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3611834/ed-sheeran-surprises-fan/"},"headline":"Watch Ed Sheeran Make a Fan’s Day by Surprising Her on Live TV","datePublished":"2014-12-01T18:27:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:17.329Z","description":"Before she knew it, she was singing karaoke with the singer himself","url":"https://time.com/3611834/ed-sheeran-surprises-fan/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","celebrity","Late Night Television","ed sheeran"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte321a6d10005f052/69876b9f5f570f66fbb13dd1/476508565.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte321a6d10005f052/69876b9f5f570f66fbb13dd1/476508565.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"22nd Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation's Oscar Viewing Party - Arrivals","caption":"22nd Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation's Oscar Viewing Party - Arrivals","creditText":"Karwai Tang—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/3611834/ed-sheeran-surprises-fan/","name":"Watch Ed Sheeran Make a Fan’s Day by Surprising Her on Live TV"}}]}] ```