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Who Will Luke Combs Bring Out to Shot-Gun a Beer at Wembley Stadium? Our Surprise Guest Predictions

July 30, 2026 10:00 am GMT

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Luke Combs concludes his My Kinda Saturday Night World Tour with three blockbuster shows at Wembley Stadium. The North Carolina native has made a habit of bringing out surprise guests to shotgun a beer on-stage during his performance of ‘1, 2 Many’.

Throughout the tour so far, Combs has done a great job of linking up with artists, sports stars and A-listers that hold a special connection with each venue he's headlining.

With his Wembley Stadium shows representing a truly monumental moment for country music as a whole and serving as the final shows on Combs’ 2026 run, we reckon the ‘Beautiful Crazy’ hitmaker will have some very special guests up his Columbia PFG sleeves.

We've broken down our shotgun guest predictions for Luke Combs’ 2026 Wembley Stadium concerts below, ranked by how likely we really think these cameos are...

Going, Going, Gone (Most Likely): Ed Sheeran

Combs and Ed Sheeran have a long history of collaborations, on-stage link-ups and personal friendship. Sheeran famously emerged during the ‘Beer Never Broke My Heart’ singer-songwriter's C2C Festival headline show in March 2022. The next year, Sheeran and Combs joined forces at the ACM Awards to perform ‘Life Goes On’, with the duo subsequently releasing a joint version of the track. More recently, Sheeran penned a heartfelt tribute to Combs for his TIME100 feature.

Combs also tells the story of how, the year before when they were meant to play but COVID-19 scuppered things, he was staying and partying with Sheeran at his home before having to catch a flight back to the US. Both artists have paid homage to one another over the years, and we'd be surprised if Combs comes to London and doesn't at least hang out with Sheeran while he's on this side of The Pond.

Given how, at the time, Sheeran joined Combs’ at C2C Festival for what felt like his first major UK milestone, it would be fitting if they reconnected at one of his colossal Wembley dates. Sheeran is our top pick to come out at at least one of these shows.

Backup Plan (Very Possible): Niall Horan

We have a sneaking suspicion that One Direction superstar Niall Horan might be in town anyway to perform ‘Old Tricks’ with Combs’ opener, Thomas Rhett. And if he's at Wembley anyway, it would be rude not to invite Horan out to shotgun a beer, right?

Horan hails from County Westmeath, Ireland, so it might have made more sense to bring him out for the Slane Castle shows earlier in the summer, and we feel like Combs will likely bring out someone from London or England for his Wembley Stadium shows.

But Horan was a part of one of the biggest boy bands the UK has ever seen, One Direction, and we think the crowd would still go wild if he decides to bring him out to shotgun a beer. At the very least, we're hoping for a Rhett x Horan link-up this weekend.

Don't Tempt Me (Fifty-Fifty Chance): Harry Kane, Dan Burn & Jason Steele

This might be a little more far-fetched, but Combs has a strong track record of bringing out local sports legends at his shows - as he showcased in Murrayfield when he brought out two members of the Scotland Rugby Team, Zander and Matt Fagerson.

After an impressive World Cup run, we'd love to see Combs join forces with some England football stars. Given the fact that Harry Kane is a loud-and-proud country music fan, regularly including the likes of Combs, Morgan Wallen and Ella Langley on his pre-match playlists, we think Kane would be a fantastic choice of shotgun partner.

Kane has been in the Caribbean enjoying some well-earned time-off after the World Cup, but we reckon he'd happily make a diversion to London for a night or two on his way back to Munich for pre-season training. Kane was joined by two team-mates, Dan Burn and Jason Steele, at a Langley show while over in the States, and Burn revealed he'd purchased a cowboy hat in Texas. We think Combs could feasibly bring out all three - if they're in town - for a crowd-pleasing shotgun.

Be Careful What You Wish For (Wild Card Pick): Andy Burnham

Okay, let's be real, this is a wild-card pick in the truest sense.

But hey, after the UK's former Prime Minister Keir Starmer caught flak for not showing his personality enough during his term, the new PM Andy Burnham is making an effort to connect with younger voters through a more light-hearted approach to social media.

It's hard to think of many more iconic moves as a Prime Minister than coming out with one of the biggest country stars on the planet to shotgun a beer at Wembley Stadium. We know Burnham loves a pint, so maybe it's not as unlikely as it sounds.

The only issue is, Combs famously likes to stay apolitical. Perhaps he could get round this and maintain a political balance by having Theresa May come out and bust some moves to Abba's ‘Dancing Queen’ from one side of the stage, while Burnham emerges from the other for an epic shotgun battle. Loser has to enter the Clacton by-election. Wait...have we just stumbled on a fun new way to elect our MPs?

Written by Maxim Mower
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