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Ed Sheeran stuns teenage girl with impromptu duet on stage

An Ed Sheeran fan has had the surprise of her life while singing one of the musician’s songs in a Canadian shopping centre. Aspiring singer Sydney Bourbeau, 13, was performing the 24-year-old’s hit Thinking Out Loud at the West Edmonton Mall when the man himself sauntered on stage to join her for a duet. Video shows Sheeran walking out of an HMV store and onto the stage to cheers from the audience. Sydney was almost lost for words but managed to compose herself enough to share the microphone and finish the song with the star.

I was like, should I stop? I didn’t want to stop, but I wanted to talk to him. This is, like, the best thing that’s ever happened to me.

Sydney Bourbeau, 13-year-old Ed Sheeran fan

It appears to have been pure coincidence that Sheeran was in the centre as his song was being performed. Sheeran left the stage after the performance but that was not the last Sydney heard of him. He reportedly asked his manager to text her to offer two tickets to his Sunday night concert at Rexall Place. Sheeran is currently on a US and Canadian tour and is due to play in Saskatoon on Tuesday night.