--- title: John Legend Surprise Concert at London Train Station description: John Legend gave an impromptu concert to fans by playing the public piano at the St. Pancras International train station on Wednesday. canonical: https://time.com/4716468/john-legend-all-of-me-concert/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-29T16:06:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:22.143Z og:title: Watch John Legend Surprise Fans With Concert In Train Station og:description: The singer performed his hit "Ordinary People" og:url: https://time.com/4716468/john-legend-all-of-me-concert/ 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 John Legend Surprise Fans With Concert In Train Station twitter:description: The singer performed his hit "Ordinary People" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch John Legend Surprise Fans With an Impromptu Concert at a Train Station > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 29, 2017 4:06 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 29, 2017 4:06 PM UTC Ahead of his upcoming European tour for [_Darkness and Light_](http://time.com/4691912/john-legend-ariana-grande-music-video/) which kicks off this fall, [John Legend](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1898067%5F1898072%5F1898297,00.html) gave fans in London a surprise treat when he performed an impromptu concert at St. Pancras International train station this morning. The [“All of Me” singer](http://time.com/4476379/john-legend-activism-fatherhood-music/) made a quick pit stop at one of the station’s public pianos after riding the Eurostar train from Paris, France. Legend had hinted at a possible surprise appearance via Twitter when he announced that he would be arriving in London at St. Pancras and queried his followers about whether or not “they still have that piano there?” > [](https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/847021288925278208) As might be expected, Legend’s performance drew a large crowd from the busy train station. One fan captured his performance of “Ordinary People.” > [](https://twitter.com/lucyj%5Fford/status/847033194998370305) While another fan wondered who was taking up precious piano time at the station. > [](https://twitter.com/shoshannastone/status/847024282031083520) Legend gave the fans what they wanted when he performed his hit “All of Me.” > [](https://twitter.com/TimeOutLondon/status/847028163834187777) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4716468/john-legend-all-of-me-concert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4716468/john-legend-all-of-me-concert/"},"headline":"Watch John Legend Surprise Fans With an Impromptu Concert at a Train Station","datePublished":"2017-03-29T16:06:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:22.143Z","description":"The singer performed his hit \"Ordinary People\"","url":"https://time.com/4716468/john-legend-all-of-me-concert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music","Culture","john legend"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"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/4716468/john-legend-all-of-me-concert/","name":"Watch John Legend Surprise Fans With an Impromptu Concert at a Train Station"}}]}] ```