MUSIC
Why was Chris Hemsworth playing drums with Ed Sheeran in Bucharest?
The Hollywood star took to the stage at the National Stadium in Bucharest to play drums.
70,000 fans attended Ed Sheeran’s concert at the National Stadium in Bucharest (Romania), one of the final stops on the current leg of the Mathematics Tour and were treated to a musical first as Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth took to the stage to play the drums for a version of Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud.
The British singer-songwriter himself revealed in a post on his Instagram profile about how the Thor actor came to pick up the drum-sticks: “He came to visit me, learned to play the drums as part of a documentary on cognitive health and he’s coming to join me in front of 70,000 people”.
The Hollywood star initially contacted Ed Sheeran via email with details on the documentary about health and the benefits of learning to play an instrument as Sheeran boasted jokingly: “I got him to learn how to play drums for my stadium show.”
This Bucharest gig will form part of the second season of National Geographic’s Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, although we will have to wait until 2025, according to reports of a proposed release date according to Variety.
Sofia (Bulgaria), Larnaca (Cyprus), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) are the next destinations for the famous Ipswich Town fan before the tour cranks up again next year in 2025 with shows in Madrid (Spain), Marseille, Lille (France) and Rome (Italy) as part of an extensive European tour.