Elton John and Ed Sheeran get in the festive spirit as they perform Merry Christmas hit on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Elton John and Ed Sheeran brought the holiday cheer on Thursday as they performed their hit new Christmas song on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC.
The singing legend, 74, and collaborator Ed, 30, closed out the show with an upbeat performance of their festive new track Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas was released last Friday and went straight to number one on the UK singles chart. It’s a top contender Christmas number one that will be announced on December 24.
Singing legend: Sir Elton John performed his new hit song Merry Christmas with Ed Sheeran on Thursday on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC
Sir Elton for their Hollywood performance wore a black suit and zipped up red shirt while playing a red piano along with his signature rose-colored glasses.
Ed sported a red sweater, black pants and red sneakers as he played guitar and sang along with Elton.
Jimmy Kimmel, 54, introduced Elton and Ed and said they were there to ‘benefit two very worthy causes’ – Ed’s Suffolk Music Foundation and the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
The episode also featured an interview with The Tender Bar director George Clooney, 60, and young actor Daniel Ranieri, 10, who stars in the film.
Fun song: Ed and Elton closed out the show with an upbeat performance of their festive new track Merry Christmas
Hit song: Merry Christmas was released last Friday and went straight to number one on the UK singles chart
Charity: Jimmy , 54, introduced Elton and Ed and said they were there to ‘benefit two very worthy causes’ – Ed’s Suffolk Music Foundation and the LA-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Elton previously took the Christmas crown in 1973 with his classic Step Into Christmas and Ed claimed it in 2017 with his song Perfect.
The number one this year will be the 70th official Christmas number one.
Elton and Ed gave their first ever live performance of Merry Christmas on Tuesday at The One Show studio in London.
Speaking on the show Ed said that they got as many Christmas references in the Merry Christmas video as possible: ‘We have to get mistletoe in, we have to get sleighbells in – it’s a whole thing. We didn’t get mince pies in though.’
He jokingly added: ‘We’ve got one coming next year called Pull my Christmas Cracker – You’ll Get More Than a Bang.’
English singers: Elton and Ed gave their first ever live performance of Merry Christmas on Tuesday at The One Show studio in London and it is poised to be the Christmas number one