Famous musicians you might spot in the streets

These celebrities went out and about and gave the public some fantastic surprise performances.

Published 26th Jan 2016

You can't beat hearing your favourite musicians perform live, but what's better is when it's totally unexpected and completely free. These celebrities decided to get out and treat the public to a surprise performance, they do spoil us sometimes...

1. Ed Sheeran: Imagine stepping outside your front door and finding Ed Sheeran playing one of his hits, that’s what happened to the lucky people on this street. ** **

2. Michael Buble: Mr Buble certainly turned a few heads when he started crooning in the middle of the busy New York City subway. ** **

3. Kodaline: The people of Paris had a treat on this day when the Kodaline boys decided to give them a song or two in the street. The Irish four piece are frequently giving surprise performances and have even provided the soundtrack to a marriage proposal or two, so keep your eyes peeled. ** **

4. Avril Lavigne: How do you spend those long train journeys? Some people play games, some read books, some people get to enjoy a live performance from Avril Lavigne! We know which we’d choose… ** **

6. Passenger: No matter how bad a day you're having, hearing the sweet sound of Passenger as you go about your daily routine has got to be enough to put a smile on your face.

7. Steven Tyler: This busker can’t have possibly imagined that his day would lead to a duet with Steven Tyler from Aerosmith. ** **

8. Jamie Lawson: Jamie gave the people at this train station a nice surprise when he stopped by for a jam, well they wasn’t expecting that…

9. Paul McCartney: Paul hit the streets in disguise and covered 'Yesterday' for the 1984 film Give My Regards To Broad Street.

10. Tom Jones: It's not everday you pop out for a carton of milk and bump into Tom Jones doing a spot of busking, if only it was...