Oh wow! Ed Sheeran to appear in Game of Thrones
Musician Ed Sheeran will appear in the forthcoming season of Game of Thrones, accrding to the show's creators.
David Benioff and Dan Weiss confirmed at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin Texas, that the series has cast another famous music artist in a guest star spot.
The producers say they have been struggling for years to get Sheeran on the show after featuring artists like Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol, Will Champion from Coldplay, Sigur Rós, and Mastodon, in past season.
ALSO READ: Ed Sheeran smashes UK chart records
Sheeran smashed a host of British pop records on Friday, taking the top five places in the singles charts and all 16 songs from his new album in the top 20.
Only Adele's "25" (800,000) and "Be Here Now" by Oasis (696,000) sold more copies across their first seven days of release.
Some 62 percent of copies sold were physical sales, while 26 percent were from downloads and 12 percent from streaming equivalent sales -- the highest first-week streaming sales for an album ever (79,000).