Megan Moroney Joins Ed Sheeran For Surprise Performance In New York

Usually, when fans hear about a country artist doing a pop-up show on a random weekday, it happens in Nashville. But last night, October 6, the surprise came in New York City, where Megan Moroney and Ed Sheeran treated some lucky locals to an intimate performance at Brooklyn’s KidSuper.

The moment, first shared on Sheeran’s Instagram, was held in the dimly lit home of the Brooklyn-based fashion brand, a creative hub that doubles as a retail store, art gallery, screenprinting and photo studio, and library. This week’s surprise performance with Moroney follows a string of recent solo pop-up shows from the Halifax, West Yorkshire-born artist across New York.

Throughout the show, the pair of artists took place trading off songs that followed the sole rule of the night, which Ed Sheeran later revealed on social media.

He wrote, “Played a secret show with Meg Moroney tonight at KidSuper in Brooklyn. The rule was deep cuts, song for song, until the end, where we played some of our hits. I loved it so much, thank you, Megan, for your time and being up for the idea. I’m such a fan, you rock.”

The songstress replied to Sheeran’s post, matching his excitement over an unforgettable night and sharing her thanks for being included.

“Loved every minute of tonight!!! Thank you for putting this together.”

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With their one rule in place, they dug into deep cuts from their catalog, including Moroney’s “Hair Salon,” from her early EP, Pistol Made of Roses, and Sheeran’s “Don’t,” which appears on 2014’s X album.

As the night went on, they slowly began adding in a few of their well-known hits. The Georgia native performed “Am I Okay?,” “No Caller ID,” her latest fan-favorite, “Six Months Later,” and more. In between those songs, fans got to hear Ed Sheeran sing a track from his newest Play album, “Camera,” as well as “U.N.I,” “Perfect” among others.

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This isn’t the first time Moroney and Sheeran have teamed up to perform in a more intimate setting. Back in March, they also appeared together at Nashville’s iconic Bluebird Café. Moroney previously told Audacy’s Katie Neal that their Music City show came together unexpectedly, but the chance to perform with one of her self-proclaimed dream collaborators was something she couldn’t turn down.

“I was supposed to go on vacation that weekend to the beach, but I got a call saying that Ed Sheeran wanted me to play with him at the Bluebird on a Sunday night. I was like, ‘Well, I won’t be going on vacation. You don’t tell Ed Sheeran no,’” she recalled. “His team was just going on about how he’s such a fan and he did know my songs at the Bluebird when I played them. I was like, ‘Oh, he wasn’t lying, that’s crazy!’”

She also shared that they have maintained their friendship by sending emails back and forth since Sheeran notably does not have a smartphone. The country star is also holding out hope that they will end up in the studio together in the future, as Sheeran has hinted at moving towards the country genre on several occasions.

“He’s on the list now of my dream collaborators. I think that would be really cool. I saw that he said he wanted to come to country so I was like, ‘Email me back,’” Moroney added.

So far, there is no official confirmation that a collaboration is in the books, but fans (and Moroney) can continue to hope that that day will come eventually.