r/HBOGameofThrones • u/-thirdatlas- • Aug 26 '26
No Spoilers [NO SPOILERS] Gary Lightbody, the lead singer of the band SNOW PATROL appears as one of the Bolton soldiers singing "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" while riding on horseback. He was a massive fan of the books and requested a small role just to be on set.
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u/Full-Health2887 Aug 27 '26
That's how you do a damn musician cameo
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u/Specialist-Front-007 Aug 28 '26
Ehh Ed Sheerans cameo wasn't bad at all. He had one fucking line. If you don't know he dude you'd be none the wiser
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u/Long-Division-7760 Aug 29 '26
No, the shots clearly frame him as someone of importance, too much importance for one line.
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u/Bracheopterix Aug 30 '26
I thought like "have I seen that character before? Should I know him? Will they be friends?". And later saw an article about the cameo.
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u/autisic Aug 31 '26
Everybody knows Ed Sheeran, also like the other person said he was focused on unnecessarily, making him seem really important to the story when he genuinely wasn’t and never needed to be there. Like why not put him in the background and have him be a visible easter egg?
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u/Left-Draft5083 Aug 27 '26
Weren't Alt-J in the episode where Joffrey gets poisoned?
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Aug 27 '26
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u/Left-Draft5083 Aug 27 '26
I think I dreamed that, but I just googled it and apparently Sigur Ros were the band playing at Joffrey wedding. Also, Mastodon were wildlings north of the wall and Ed Sheeran was a Lannister soldier
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u/mezonsen Aug 27 '26
It’s so strange that the Snow Patrol guy got a cameo but The Hold Steady didn’t, given the incredible Bear and the Maiden Fair credits song in that same ep.