The singer-songwriter appeared as the musical guest on last night’s episode of the ABC talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Wednesday January 14). He delivered the debut live rendition of his collaborative song from the F1 film soundtrack.
Sheeran was joined on stage by Foo Fighters frontman Grohl on drums and the band’s Rami Jaffee on keys. The ‘Play’ artist took on electric guitar duties on ‘Drive’, which he previously described as “a proper rock song”.
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The live band was completed by Mayer (guitar), Blake Slatkin (guitar) and Pino Palladino (bass). Slatkin and Mayer are credited as co-writers and co-producers on the single.
To mark the release of his latest album, Play, Ed Sheeran returned to TikTok Live with a dazzling performance at Domino Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The intimate waterfront show was attended by hundreds of Sheeran’s superfans and was broadcast globally to millions via TikTok Live.
To celebrate the launch of Play, TikTok has launched the Play Album Experience in-app hub on the platform, where fans can unlock exclusive content, get behind-the-scenes access, earn digital rewards, and undertake community challenges tied to the album.
Ed Sheeran has released a new track titled ‘Drive’, and it features Dave Grohl on drums and John Mayer on guitar.
Taken from the soundtrack of F1, Sheeran said he co-wrote the song with Mayer and songwriter Blake Slatkin in the caption of an Instagram post. Grohl and Pino Palladino, a session bassist, were “the final jigsaw pieces of the song.”
“i knew that i wanted to make a proper rock song for [the movie], a proper driving song. something you’d wanna turn up to the fullest amount whilst driving,” the post read.
“pure dream team for the genre of rock, and i really feel what we created fits the scene in the movie so well,” he continues. “i LOVE making songs for movies, ever since i did ‘I See Fire’ for The Hobbit. it really lets me as a movie fan, behind the curtain, help create the perfect song for a scene in a movie.”
