Hozier brought out Ed Sheeran during his set at Pinkpop 2024 to perform ‘Work Song’ – check it out below.
Hozier often performs the hit from his self-titled debut album with a guest during live shows, and its live airing at Pinkpop in the Netherlands was no different with Sheeran invited to take to the stage.
“For this next song, this is such a treat and I feel so, so honoured that I get to do this. This is going to be so much fun. I would like to invite to the stage one of the biggest artists on the planet. Aside from that and [being] an incredible songwriter but a wonderful person and a wonderful guy.”
Check out their performance of ‘Work Song’ below:
PinkPop turned out to be a busy weekend for Sheeran, who also joined Limp Bizkit for a cover of The Who’s ‘Behind Blue Eyes’.
Earlier this month, Hozier also shared the stage with Lucy Dacus, performing ‘I, Carrion (Icarian)’ in New York City. Last year, Dacus, Julien Baker, and Phoebe Bridgers invited Hozier on stage at a Boygenius show in Boston to perform ‘Salt in the Wound’.
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Earlier this year, he became the first Irish artist since the late Sinead O’Connor – and only the fourth ever – to top the Billboard Singles Chart in the country with ‘Too Sweet’, taken from his recent EP ‘Unheard’.
Last year, he spoke to NME about his career so far, and in particular the huge success of his debut single, 2014’s ‘Take Me to Church’.
“I think you just check out of [looking at] the numbers. I try not to quantify to myself what a song has done based on its numbers,” he said. “For me, when I wrote it, I was super-proud of it. And I’ve been incredibly proud that this song – of everything I’ve written – was the one that was a crossover hit.
“It was an unusual pop hit at the time and an unusual sort of radio success. It’s been a gift for me. But I think some internal janitorial work [is necessary] – like, stepping away from cluttering your head with ‘OK, what number is it on now?’ I’m just so grateful that it’s connected in the way that it has.”
In other news, Royal Blood have covered Hozier‘s ‘Eat Your Young’ for BBC Radio One’s Live Lounge.
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