James Blunt gives surprise Heathrow gig to launch new album

British singer James Blunt performed a surprise gig at Heathrow Airport to mark the release of his new album, Airplane Mode.

He sang and played guitar in the arrivals terminal, with a band, keyboard player and fellow guitarist.

Fans gathered to hear him perform, and some cheered while one woman was moved to tears by a song.

Blunt recently reached the final of the TV show Celebrity Traitors, where fellow Faithfuls Romesh Ranganathan and Sebastian Croft won.

He called filming a traumatic experience, describing it as an intense social experiment rather than a comfortable TV show.

He said the show’s producers played a song at the round table to unsettle the contestants, and that hearing it later made him sweat and shake.

Blunt’s new album is called Airplane Mode; the sources give no further details about what he plans to do next.