EMILY PRESCOTT: Ed Sheeran is too busy for the King… but not to replace Katy Perry
When the line-up for tonight’s Coronation Concert was being assembled back in February, organisers were told Ed Sheeran would be too busy to be able to perform.
Instead they booked stars including Katy Perry, who’s taking a night off from her current job as a judge on TV talent show American Idol to sing at Windsor Castle. But guess who’s filling in for her on the hit US show tonight? Ed Sheeran!
The Shape Of You singer, fresh from winning his plagiarism court battle in New York last week, must have cleared some late space in his diary.
Although the 32-year-old had a gig in Arlington, Texas, last night, a private jet could have got him to Windsor in time, just about, but he has instead decided to stay in America.
When the line-up for tonight’s Coronation Concert was being assembled back in February, organisers were told Ed Sheeran would be too busy to be able to perform, so they booked Katy Perry instead
Ed Sheeran, pictured here during the Platinum Jubilee in June 2022 outside Buckingham Palace, has been booked to replace Katy as a judge on American Idol
California Gurls singer Katy, 38, has been offered an overnight stay at Windsor Castle for her troubles, and she was full of praise for her stand-in, calling Sheeran ‘the best producer, artist and life-liver’.
She’s not the only American Idol star taking time off to perform for the King tonight, as fellow judge Lionel Richie is also on the bill.
He will be replaced on the show by singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette.