ENTERTAINMENT: Ed Sheeran and Snow Patrol wowed guests with an sensational performance at a lavish wedding ceremony in Derry over the weekend.
Wedding guests at the Beech Hill Country House Hotel, Derry were treated to ‘The A-Team’ of headline acts when Ed Sheeran joined Snow Patrol to perform live for the bride and groom’s first dance.
Derry bride Brid McDaid and Edinburgh native Sandy Statham were married in a beautiful sun-kissed ceremony in the grounds of the Co Derry hotel on Sunday.
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Brid’s bother is musician and singer-songwriter Johnny McDaid who famously collaborated with Ed Sheeran on his smash hit song ‘Photograph’.
Johnny brought his bride-to-be Courteney Cox to the wedding.
Derry Daily revealed on Sunday the pair had been spotted in Derry at the weekend after jetting in from London on Friday with teeange daughter Coco.
The couple are due to tie the knot in the USA in October before honeymooning back in Ireland.
Both singer-songwriters joined other members of Snow Patrol on stage at the wedding reception of Brid and Sandy to perform a set including Chasing Cars, Tenerife Sea, and a lively cover of Stevie Wonder’s Motown classic ‘Superstition’.
Beech Hill Country House Hotel Manager, Conor Donnelly, said: “We enjoyed a wonderful day to celebrate the beautiful garden wedding of the happy couple, Brid and Sandy.
“The sun was out in force and so were the stars who wowed the guests with their talent and crowned off what was a fantastic wedding celebration here at the Beech Hill Country House Hotel. The wedding guests were treated to very special performance which was fitting for such a great occasion.”
The wedding ceremony of Brid and Sandy took place on the Gazebo in the expansive garden grounds of the Ardmore hotel with music provided by Paul Casey and Helen West.