Ed Sheeran Brought His ‘Old Friend’ Macklemore Out in Seattle: ‘I Said to Him You Have to Come Out Tonight’

The rapper joined the singer-songwriter to perform his songs “Thrift Shop” and “Can’t Hold Us” on Saturday

Ed Sheeran has made a reputation of collaborating with and befriending everybody from pop mainstays to rappers — one of whom he brought out on stage on Saturday. 

At the singer-songwriter’s + – = ÷ x (Mathematics) Tour stop in Seattle on Saturday at Lumen Field, he invited Macklemore to join him for a performance. 

Fans captured footage of Sheeran, 32, and the hip-hop artist, 40, playing his hits “Thrift Shop” and “Can’t Hold Us” in the latter’s home city. 

Before the “Same Love” rapper came on stage, Sheeran gave him a heartfelt introduction. 

“I have a real great love for Seattle. I have a lot of friends here. I shot the ‘Shape of You’ music video here. I’ve spent a lot of time here,” he told the Lumen Field crowd, who broke audience attendance numbers at Lumen Field that night, according to The Seattle Times. “And there’s an artist that I really love from here. I remember hearing him for the first time when I was in Australia, and I reached out on Twitter back in the day, and we got to be friends and now we’ve been friends for about 10 years.”