Ed Sheeran Joins The Offspring for 'Million Miles Away' at BottleRock: 'Dream'

Ed Sheeran Joins The Offspring to Perform 'Million Miles Away' at BottleRock Festival: 'Living My Dream'

The Grammy winner shared a video of himself showing the punk rock band members his tattoo of their signature flaming skull logo

Jack Irvin

Published on May 28, 2024 04:55PM EDT

Special Guest Ed Sheeran performs with Dextor Holland and The Offspring on Day 3 of BottleRock Napa Valley at Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2024 in Napa, California. — Ed Sheeran and The Offspring's Dexter Holland perform in Napa, California on May 26, 2024. Photo:
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Ed Sheeran came out to play with The Offspring.

The Grammy winner, 33, joined the punk rock band during their set at BottleRock Napa Valley Festival in California on May 26 to perform "Million Miles Away" and declared the moment "really felt like living out a childhood dream" in a gracious Instagram post.

In a video shared to the social media platform, Sheeran shows off his tattoo of The Offspring's signature flaming skull logo to members Dexter Holland, Noodles, Todd Morse, Jonah Nimoy and Brandon Pertzborn while backstage before the performance.

They discussed how to execute the live "Million Miles Away" rendition before hitting the stage to play the 2001 hit, with the "Thinking Out Loud" musician singing and playing guitar. Alongside the clip, Sheeran wrote a heartfelt caption about his admiration for the band.

"The first album I ever bought was the @offspring - Conspiracy of One," revealed Sheeran. "I used to pretend to be in their band in the mirror and sing along to the album when I was 9, mostly to their song 'Million Miles Away' as it was the first song of theirs I heard."

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran (C) performs live on stage with bassist Todd Morse (L) and lead singer, songwriter and guitarist Dexter Holland of The Offspring during 2024 BottleRock at Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2024 in Napa, California. — Ed Sheeran and The Offspring perform at BottleRock in Napa in May 26, 2024.
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"I mentioned it in an interview and Noodles / Dexter got in touch with me when we found out we were all playing the same festival, to see if I wanted to get on stage and sing it," he added. "It was an instant yes obvz."

"Really felt like living out a childhood dream," continued Sheeran. "Thank you for having me up there guys. Music is a wild ride, every day I’m so grateful to be living my dream in reality."

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Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran performs live on stage with The Offspring during 2024 BottleRock at Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2024 in Napa, California. — Ed Sheeran performs with The Offspring at BottleRock in Napa on May 26, 2024.
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The Offspring appears to be having fun welcoming guest musicians on stage lately. Earlier this month, the band was joined during a show in Slovakia by Brian May to perform "Gone Away" as well as Queen's "Stone Cold Crazy."

The "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" group will continue touring throughout the year, with shows scheduled in North America, Europe and South Africa.

Meanwhile, Sheeran is touring Europe through September.