--- description: GoT star Maisie Williams is a big fan of Ed Sheeran title: Ed Sheeran Will Guest Star in 'Game of Thrones' Season 7 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebdafddaa00ed476/6988be0e8fd2ee78cd3561d2/gettyimages-652607040.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ed Sheeran Will Appear in _Game of Thrones_ Season 7 by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 13, 2017 2:53 AM CUT by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 13, 2017 2:53 AM CUT _Game of Thrones_ has cast another famous music artist in a guest star spot for the upcoming [seventh season](http://time.com/4697244/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-date-reveal-ice-fire/ "undefined") — and this could be their biggest name yet. [Ed Sheeran](http://time.com/4693746/ed-sheeran-boy-band/ "undefined") will be on the HBO hit, showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss announced at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas on Sunday. The producers said the “[Shape of You](http://time.com/4653758/shape-of-you-ed-sheeran-video/ "undefined")” singer is a favorite of star Maisie Williams\[/——f500link\]. “For years we were trying to get Ed Sheeran on the show to surprise Maisie and this year we finally did it,” Benioff said. Past seasons of _GoT_ have featured cameos by artists such as Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol, Will Champion from Coldplay, Sigur Rós, and Mastodon. “A lot of \[music artists\] say they would they would like to \[be on the show\], and then we tell them \[shooting a scene\] is so boring,” Weiss said. “‘You’re gonna hate this — you’re going to be sitting around three days for 12 hours a day.’” The producers noted the lead singer of Sigur Rós, Jónsi Birgisson, wanted to leave after his season 3 close-up during Joffrey’s wedding and didn’t realize he had to stick around as a background actor for several more days. “He was a super good sport about it,” Weiss added. Here’s [much more from the _Game of Thrones_ SXSW panel](http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/12/game-of-thrones-sxsw/ "undefined"), including how many episodes will be in the final season, which was the producers’ favorite death scene, which characters they would love to bring back, and more. _Game of Thrones_ [returns July 16.](http://time.com/4666067/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-date-july/ "undefined") _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/12/game-of-thrones-season-7-ed-sheeran/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_[ _EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4699202/ed-sheeran-game-of-thrones-season-7/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4699202/ed-sheeran-game-of-thrones-season-7/"},"headline":"Ed Sheeran Will Appear in Game of Thrones Season 7","datePublished":"2017-03-13T02:53:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:50.806Z","description":"GoT star Maisie Williams is a big fan of Ed Sheeran","url":"https://time.com/4699202/ed-sheeran-game-of-thrones-season-7/","keywords":["Television","HBO","game of thrones","ed sheeran","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebdafddaa00ed476/6988be0e8fd2ee78cd3561d2/gettyimages-652607040.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebdafddaa00ed476/6988be0e8fd2ee78cd3561d2/gettyimages-652607040.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"'Che Tempo Che Fa' Tv Show","caption":"'Che Tempo Che Fa' Tv Show","creditText":"Stefania D'Alessandro—Getty Images","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4699202/ed-sheeran-game-of-thrones-season-7/","name":"Ed Sheeran Will Appear in Game of Thrones Season 7"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"GoT star Maisie Williams is a big fan of Ed Sheeran","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4699202/ed-sheeran-game-of-thrones-season-7/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4699202/ed-sheeran-game-of-thrones-season-7/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```