Brit Award-winning star completely ignored by fans as he gets the tube to sold out O2 gig – would you have spotted him?
DIVA demands from top stars are a dime a dozen - but not all chart-toppers are suckers for excess.
One Brit Award-winning songwriter made as low-key an arrival as it's possible to do when he took the tube to his sold out arena show at London's O2.
The star wasn't incognito, though he did wear a cap (featuring his surname in a small font) and a military jacket with the collar up, suitable for the ex-Army man, which disguised him a little.
It was enough to fool members of the public who rode with him on the tube as well as passers-by making their way into the venue, despite him posing with his own gig poster outside the arena entrance.
It is, of course, You're Beautiful singer James Blunt, 50, whose ability to blend into a crowd saves him the logistical nightmares of some of his pop peers.
He travelled to the show on the District and Jubilee lines, making his way from his West London pub, The Fox and Pheasant.
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James told fans that the journey took him just 37 minutes and was free of mobbing and selfie hunters.
One fan commented on his post on X: "Just blending in with the crowd. Everybody looks like they’re chilling, not realising there’s a superstar in their midst!"
Another said: "People walking past James Blunt, to see James Blunt... definitely a @Specsavers moment."
A third asked: "Did anyone recognise you?"
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While another saw the positives in James' anonymity, writing: "Must be so awesome to be an 'average person' faced celebrity. All of the trappings, none of the ag. Plus, your management company can't overcharge you for gig transport costs. Man's a total winner!"
James opened The Fox And Pheasant in Chelsea in 2018 after his local faced the risk of closure.
Despite a successful music career, James describes the pub, which dates back to 1846, as “the best thing I’ve ever done”.
He told The Sun: “It’s like a little country village in London. It was my local, I’ve got a little house in that street and the pub was up for sale.”
He joked he is “not allowed in the kitchen” and is “kept in the pot wash” away from the public. He also refuses to play his own music.
When he's not in the UK James can be found living in his six-bed villa in Ibiza with wife Sofia.
