<p>After his highly-publicised cameo in the seventh season premiere of "Game of Thrones", musician Ed Sheeran has now joined "The Simpsons" for a special appearance.<br /><br />The 26-year-old singer will feature as a musician named Brendan in the upcoming 29th season of the Fox comedy, reported Entertainment Weekly.<br /><br />Sheeran will voice star in a musical-themed episode, titled 'Haw-Haw Land', playing a character along the lines of actor Ryan Gosling's character in the Damien Chazelle-directed film.<br /><br />Producer Mike Scully had heard "Shape of You" hitmaker was a Simpsons fan and rocks a tattoo of Blinky the three-eyed fish, was game in appearing on the show.<br /><br />Executive producer Al Jean explained, "We had a perfect part for him. So we said, 'Oh, great, we'll have him do this!' And we recorded him over the phone from England."<br /><br />Earlier, Sheeran has also appeared as himself on "Undateable" and had a recurring role on "The Bastard Executioner". The new sesaon premiers October 1, also featuring guest vocals from Norman Lear and Shaq.<br /></p>
<p>After his highly-publicised cameo in the seventh season premiere of "Game of Thrones", musician Ed Sheeran has now joined "The Simpsons" for a special appearance.<br /><br />The 26-year-old singer will feature as a musician named Brendan in the upcoming 29th season of the Fox comedy, reported Entertainment Weekly.<br /><br />Sheeran will voice star in a musical-themed episode, titled 'Haw-Haw Land', playing a character along the lines of actor Ryan Gosling's character in the Damien Chazelle-directed film.<br /><br />Producer Mike Scully had heard "Shape of You" hitmaker was a Simpsons fan and rocks a tattoo of Blinky the three-eyed fish, was game in appearing on the show.<br /><br />Executive producer Al Jean explained, "We had a perfect part for him. So we said, 'Oh, great, we'll have him do this!' And we recorded him over the phone from England."<br /><br />Earlier, Sheeran has also appeared as himself on "Undateable" and had a recurring role on "The Bastard Executioner". The new sesaon premiers October 1, also featuring guest vocals from Norman Lear and Shaq.<br /></p>