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Ed Sheeran teases collab with Dave Grohl and John Mayer
Hear a sneak peek of Ed Sheeran’s new single Drive, which features Dave Grohl on drums, John Mayer on guitar, and is taken from the F1 film soundtrack.
- Words:
- Emily Garner
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- Atlantic Records
Fresh from announcing the band’s first live date of 2025, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl is set to appear on a new song by Ed Sheeran.
Dave will be behind the kit on upcoming collab Drive, which is taken from the F1 film soundtrack and will also include John Mayer on guitar duties. Posting about the track on his Instagram stories, Ed teases: “Sneak peek of the song I did for the F1 movie. Mayer on guitar, Grohl on drums. A lot of fun making this, coming out next month with the movie.”
Hear a snippet of Drive below:
F1 The Movie is due out on June 25, and it stars Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies and Kim Bodnia.
A synopsis reads: “Dubbed ‘the greatest that never was’, Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was Formula 1’s most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling Formula 1 team that is on the verge of collapse.
“Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to Formula 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He’ll drive alongside Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), the team’s hotshot rookie intent on setting his own pace. But as the engines roar, Sonny’s past catches up with him and he finds that in Formula 1, your teammate is your fiercest competition – and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.”
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