GLOBAL SUPERSTAR CHRIS HEMSWORTH PERFORMED THE DRUMS FOR THE FIRST TIME LIVE WITH GRAMMY AWARD WINNER ED SHEERAN IN FRONT OF AN ESTIMATED 70,000 FANS IN ROMANIA

The Show-Stopping Surprise Performance Was Filmed Tonight for the Upcoming Second Season of National Geographic’s Disney+ Original Series

LIMITLESS WITH CHRIS HEMSWORTH

Global superstar Chris Hemsworth joins his friend, GRAMMY Award®-winning singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, performing the song “Thinking Out Loud” in front of approximately 70,000 fans in Bucharest, Romania on August 24, 2024. This brain-boosting challenge was filmed for the second season of the Disney+ Original series from National Geographic LIMITLESS WITH CHRIS HEMSWORTH, coming 2025. (Photo: National Geographic/Evan Paterakis)

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WHO / WHAT: Learning to play the drums from scratch,tonight Chris Hemsworth joined his friend, GRAMMY Award^®-winning singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, to perform the song “Thinking Out Loud” for the first time in front of approximately 70,000 fans in Bucharest, Romania. The brain-boosting challenge was filmed for the second season of the Disney+ Original series from National Geographic LIMITLESS WITH CHRIS HEMSWORTH, coming2025.

WHY: Throughout the new season of LIMITLESS, Chris physically and mentally delves into a series of universal issues that people across the world face daily: pain, fear, cognitive impairment and social connection. Guided by world-renowned experts, mentors and spiritual leaders, he will travel to the ends of the Earth to uncover the latest scientific thinking and unlock some of the world’s best-kept secrets to living a better life.

For the second season of LIMITLESS, Tom Watt-Smith and Jane Root serve as executive producers and Arif Nurmohamed serves as co-executive producer for Nutopia. Creators Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel of Protozoa Pictures return to executive produce, and Chris Hemsworth, Ben Grayson and Brandon Hill are executive producers for Wild State. For National Geographic, Bengt Anderson and Simon Raikes are executive producers, and Tom McDonald is executive vice president of Global Factual and Unscripted Content. The first season of LIMITLESS is now streaming on Disney+.

WHEN: Aug. 24, 2024

WHERE: The National Arena in Bucharest, Romania during Ed Sheeran’s latest worldwide tour, the +–=÷x tour.

MANDATORY TUNE-IN: The second season of the Disney+ Original series LIMITLESS WITH CHRIS HEMSWORTH, from National Geographic, will premiere in 2025.

VISUAL AVAILABLE: High-res image available HERE.

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