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Ed Sheeran offered an ovation to Pierre Garnier in front of the 66,000 spectators of the British artist’s concert in Lille, Saturday June 21, 2025.
MUSIC – A dream duo for the Lille public. Saturday, June 21, the day of many French people was punctuated by the music festival. In Lille, ED Sheeran lovers had met at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium for a new French stage of the Mathematics Tour of the British artist.
A show in front of 66,000 people, who will no doubt remember the surprise concocted by Ed Sheeran. It must be said that the interpreter of Shape of You Hope to surprise his audience by inviting local artists during his concerts abroad. And after the rapper Marseille Soprano, invited to the Stade Vélodrome de Marseille at the beginning of the month, it is a Norman artist who went on stage: Pierre Garnier, the winner of the 2023 edition of the Star Academy.
And together, the two artists resumed the title in acoustic version Those we werein French.
« The best day of my life ”
On stage, the 23 -year -old French artist seemed to have trouble achieving the moment he was living with his idol. “Really the best day of my life, it was crazy”he also commented on Instagram, starting a video extract of the moment.
For his part, Ed Sheeran entrusted his “Pleasure of having Pierre Garnier on stage”, “but also to chat with him before the show”even praising the young singer: “What a talent, what a lovely type. I would say that my French person needs to be improved, right? I missed my GCSE (a diploma generally obtained at 16 in some Anglo-Saxon countries, editor’s note) of German, I did not even take French, but we are there, my friend. Thank you Pierre, thank you Lille ».
Admiration is reciprocal between the two men. In December, Pierre Garnier had spoken of Ed Sheeran on the set of C to dess, as recalled The Parisianletting go that it was his “ idol ». A reason why he got into the habit of resuming his song Bloodstream On stage during his own concerts. “” He does everything on his own. He writes, he composes, he does his concerts too on his own. It is someone extraordinary who seems to remain simple and that is what I love ”he had said.
