UK music icon to join Taylor Swift at ‘most difficult gig of her life’ in London-Laura Harman-Entertainment – Metro

A mystery singer might be joining the star (Picture: Getty)

Taylor Swift’s Era Tour dates at Wembley Stadium are set to begin tonight and it’s rumoured that she is set to welcome a surprise guest.

Taylor’s epic tour is returning to London for the second time this year as she comes to the end of the European leg of her hugely popular concert dates.

The star has been a sold-out success but three of her tour dates in Vienna were recently cancelled after a terror attack was foiled by Austrian officials.

This means her Wembley date tonight might just be the most difficult gig of her life as new security measures are put in place as she returns to the stage for the first time since this thwarted attack.

Amid this worry, the star is rumoured to be supported by a fellow artist on stage during her first date returning to London.

A source revealed that Ed Sheeran, who has been friends with the singer for decades may be set to join her on stage.

Ed and Taylor have been friends for several years and have openly supported one another.

The duo have been buddies for over a decade (Picture: Larry Busacca/BMA2015/Getty Images for dcp)

The duo are both music icons (Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

(Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management )

The pair released a song together on Taylor’s Red album titled Everything Has Changed in 2013.

In 2023, Ed detailed their friendship of over a decade and revealed that he confides in the star as they are a the same level of fame.

‘I have long, long, long conversations with Taylor about stuff just because I feel like she’s one of the only people that actually truly understands where I’m at,’ he explained,’ he told Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1. ‘Because she’s solo artist, she’s stadiums.’

‘Everything that was on our minds we talked about,’ he said. ‘I mean that in itself is kind of therapy as well because you’re actually talking to someone that genuinely gets it, that has all the things that you feel and have insecurities about and how other people treat you or how your family treats you, how your friends treat you, she’s just basically in the same sphere.’

The stars have shared a stage before (Picture: Steve Jennings/WireImage)

The pair know their way around a duet (Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)

While the source didn’t detail whether Ed might be joining her just on Thursday or for other performances, they did explain that Taylor plans to give the ‘best show of her life’.

A source told The Sun: ‘Everything Taylor does is for her fans and she will be putting on the best show of her life when she returns to Wembley.

‘Hate never wins and Taylor absolutely stands for that.

‘Her shows are about love, unity and acceptance, and this is a message she will always want to convey.’

The Love Story singer has five dates in Wembley Stadium from Thursday, August, 15 to Tuesday, August 20.

Taylor will then take a well-earned break and return to end her tour in Canada with six tour dates in Toronto in November and three dates concluding in Vancouver in December.

The Eras Tour has been a global phenomenon (Picture: Andreas Rentz/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

Previously the Cruel Summer singer surprised fans by welcoming Robbie Williams to the stage during her tour 2018 Reputation Stadium Tour.

During the Eras Tour so far she has also welcomed Marcus Mumford, Maren Morris, Jack Antonoff, Ice Spice, Phoebe Bridgers, Gracie Abrams and Sabrina Carpenter who was her support act for much of the tour.

During her London dates, she will be supported by Paramore at all five performances and is also set to be joined by Suki Waterhouse, Raye, Holly Humberstone, Sofia Isella, and Maisie Peters.

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