{"id":34004,"date":"2021-11-30T09:34:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T22:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/?p=34004"},"modified":"2021-11-30T09:34:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T22:34:35","slug":"elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John &#038; Ed Sheeran Recreate Famous Love Actually Scene To Announce Brand New Christmas Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Singing superstars Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John have recreated a famous scene from Love Actually to announce the release of a festive song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The British singers have been teasing the highly anticipated Christmas collaboration for weeks and officially confirmed the news overnight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sir Elton shared the video on Twitter first, which showed the pair recreating the iconic scene from Love Actually featuring Keira Knightley\u2019s Juliet and Andrew Lincoln\u2019s Mark with cue cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video, Sir Elton can be seen opening the front door of a festive house to Ed holding the cue cards for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLast Christmas I received a call from my mate Elton John and he told me we should do a Christmas song, and I replied \u2018Yeah maybe in 2022\u2019, but I actually wrote the chorus that day and here we are,\u201d Ed shared dropping the cards Love Actually style. Check it out:<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just under a year ago, I called <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edsheeran?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@edsheeran<\/a> to see if he wanted to make a Christmas single with me and now it\u2019s nearly here! <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Merry Christmas\u2019 will be out Fri 3 Dec with all proceeds from this year\u2019s Christmas period going to the Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ejaf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ejaf<\/a>\ud83c\udf84\u2603\ufe0f\ud83c\udf84 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rUJyvNFs2K\">pic.twitter.com\/rUJyvNFs2K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elton John (@eltonofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eltonofficial\/status\/1465259244689760257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new single is titled &#8220;Merry Christmas&#8221; with Ed revealing the Christmas carol will be released this Friday, December 3 with all proceeds going to the Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation &amp; The Elton John Aids Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Listen via the Star 104.5 Player, download it now via the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/au\/app\/star-104-5-central-coast\/id1068731232\"><em>App Store<\/em><\/a><em> or <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=au.com.star1045\"><em>Google Play<\/em><\/a><em> and take Star 104.5 wherever you go.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Images:\u00a0Sir Elton John \/ Twitter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Bek Lougher<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEE MORE:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/get-ready-to-make-a-splash-cause-there-is-a-massive-water-park-coming-to-lake-macquarie-in-2023\/\">Get Ready To Make A Splash \u2018Cause There Is A Massive Water Park Coming To Lake Macquarie in 2023<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singing superstars Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John have recreated a famous scene from Love Actually to announce the release of a festive song. The British singers have been teasing the highly anticipated Christmas collaboration for weeks and officially confirmed the news overnight. Sir Elton shared the video on Twitter first, which showed the pair [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":34005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,12],"tags":[1592],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-34004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-home","tag-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2.1 (Yoast SEO v23.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Elton John &amp; Ed Sheeran Recreate Famous Love Actually Scene To Announce Brand New Christmas Song - Star 104.5 Central Coast<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Singing superstars Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John have recreated a famous scene from Love Actually to announce the release of a festive song.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elton John &amp; Ed Sheeran Recreate Famous Love Actually Scene To Announce Brand New Christmas Song\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Singing superstars Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John have recreated a famous scene from Love Actually to announce the release of a festive song.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Star 104.5 Central Coast\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-29T22:34:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-29T22:34:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-christmas-twitter.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bek Lougher\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bek Lougher\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/\",\"name\":\"Elton John & Ed Sheeran Recreate Famous Love Actually Scene To Announce Brand New Christmas Song - Star 104.5 Central Coast\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-christmas-twitter.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-29T22:34:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-29T22:34:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/6a5adc5c77f0323219f7987427851ae9\"},\"description\":\"Singing superstars Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John have recreated a famous scene from Love Actually to announce the release of a festive song.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-christmas-twitter.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-christmas-twitter.jpg\",\"width\":1400,\"height\":728,\"caption\":\"Singing superstars Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John have recreated a famous scene from Love Actually to announce the release of a festive song.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Elton John &#038; Ed Sheeran Recreate Famous Love Actually Scene To Announce Brand New Christmas Song\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/\",\"name\":\"Star 104.5\",\"description\":\"Central Coast\",\"alternateName\":\"Star FM\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/6a5adc5c77f0323219f7987427851ae9\",\"name\":\"Bek Lougher\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/70928880573b6e0a9410b291ea1e84c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/70928880573b6e0a9410b291ea1e84c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bek Lougher\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/author\/rlougher\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Elton John & Ed Sheeran Recreate Famous Love Actually Scene To Announce Brand New Christmas Song - Star 104.5 Central Coast","description":"Singing superstars Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John have recreated a famous scene from Love Actually to announce the release of a festive song.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Elton John & Ed Sheeran Recreate Famous Love Actually Scene To Announce Brand New Christmas Song","og_description":"Singing superstars Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John have recreated a famous scene from Love Actually to announce the release of a festive song.","og_url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/","og_site_name":"Star 104.5 Central Coast","article_published_time":"2021-11-29T22:34:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-11-29T22:34:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1400,"height":728,"url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-christmas-twitter.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bek Lougher","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bek Lougher","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/","url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/","name":"Elton John & Ed Sheeran Recreate Famous Love Actually Scene To Announce Brand New Christmas Song - Star 104.5 Central Coast","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-christmas-twitter.jpg","datePublished":"2021-11-29T22:34:31+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-29T22:34:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/6a5adc5c77f0323219f7987427851ae9"},"description":"Singing superstars Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John have recreated a famous scene from Love Actually to announce the release of a festive song.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-christmas-twitter.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-christmas-twitter.jpg","width":1400,"height":728,"caption":"Singing superstars Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John have recreated a famous scene from Love Actually to announce the release of a festive song."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-recreate-famous-love-actually-scene-to-announce-brand-new-christmas-song\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Elton John &#038; Ed Sheeran Recreate Famous Love Actually Scene To Announce Brand New Christmas Song"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/","name":"Star 104.5","description":"Central Coast","alternateName":"Star FM","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/6a5adc5c77f0323219f7987427851ae9","name":"Bek Lougher","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/70928880573b6e0a9410b291ea1e84c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/70928880573b6e0a9410b291ea1e84c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bek Lougher"},"url":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/author\/rlougher\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-christmas-twitter-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/elton-john-ed-sheeran-christmas-twitter-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Bek Lougher","author_link":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/author\/rlougher\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34004"},{"taxonomy":"geo_market","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/geo_market?post=34004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}