Ed Sheeran Game of Thrones - Ed Sheeran to Appear in 'Game of Thrones' Season 7, Musician Ed Sheeran will make an appearance in season seven of Game of Thrones, creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss revealed during a packed panel for the epic television series at SXSW on Sunday.
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"For years, we tried to get Ed Sheeran on the show to surprise Maisie [Williams], and this year we finally did it," Benioff said. A spokeswoman for HBO has confirmed the appearance but did not provide details about the role that Sheeran, who just released the album Divide, will play.
Game of Thrones actresses Williams, known for her role as Arya Stark, and Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark, moderated the discussion with Benioff and Weiss.
The HBO fantasy drama, which is the premium channel's most-watched show ever, and winner of a whopping 38 Primetime Emmys, is set for two more abbreviated seasons before calling it quits on the stories of Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen and the other inhabitants of the Seven Kingdoms.
Both Benioff and Weiss have long stated their desire to stop after the series' eighth season. And while HBO programming president Casey Bloys confirmed the news at the Television Critics Association press tour in July, he also hinted that the network would be open to a prequel or spinoff of the show, although nothing is currently being developed.
It was previously announced that season seven will feature four different directors: series veterans Alan Taylor, Jeremy Podeswa and Mark Mylod, along with Thrones newcomer Matt Shankman, best known for directing 39 episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
And of course, the new season will feature some new faces, with the most notable addition so far being Jim Broadbent, who will be playing a maester of the Citadel at Oldtown. In a now-infamous Facebook live snafu - in which more than 160,000 fans were forced to literally watch ice melt during three separate broadcasts - the release date for the show's seventh season was revealed to be July 16.
