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St Pancras International train station in London is known for its three street pianos, open for any by-passing traveler to sit down and have a quick tinkle.
And commuters were stunned on Wednesday when one traveler in particular was musician John Legend - who sat down and played a rendition of All Of Me as well as new track SureFire.
The American singer, songwriter and actor - who has ten Grammy Awards, one Golden Globe Award, and one Academy Award to his name - played his ditty in aid of National Piano Day.
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The La La Land star was fresh off the Eurostar and is currently in London promoting his European tour and couldn't resist playing one of the station pianos and treating delighted onlookers to a special show.
St Pancras' three public pianos are a hugely popular part of the station with hundreds of visitors sharing their personal performances on social media over the years.
Famous faces including Elton John, Laura Mvula and Bill Bailey have also entertained visitors with their own spontaneous showcases.
Tinkling the ivories! John Legend delights commuters at London's St Pancras station when he puts on an impromptu show at one of the street pianos on the concourse
Shock performance: John Legend - who has ten Grammy Awards, one Golden Globe Award, and one Academy Award to his name - played on one of the pianos at St Pancras International on National Piano Day
John, 38, was clearly in a great mood, despite his previous trauma at an international travel hub.
Last week, he had $31,000 worth of belongings stolen from a bag, after it was left unattended on an airport cart.
Luckily for the singer, airport police managed to track down the Louis Vuitton case after the theft was captured on camera at John F Kennedy airport in New York.
The bag contained a pair of $30,000 Cartier Panther jewel-studded cuff links, a $500 pair of eyeglasses and designer clothes, according to the New York Daily News.
Impromptu: St Pancras' three public pianos are a hugely popular part of the station with hundreds of visitors sharing their personal performances on social media over the years
Spontaneous: John, 38, was clearly in a great mood, despite his previous trauma at an international travel hub
The singer took to Twitter after erroneous reports that the suitcase was snatched from him in person.
Instead, he wrote, it was simply overlooked by an airport greeter and then appeared to have been taken by an opportunistic passer by.
'We use a trusted car service and they did not rob me. Our Delta greeter made a mistake and left a bag on the cart,' he wrote.
'The bag was taken because it was left unattended. The airport police caught the person who took it (on video) and retrieved my bag. Thanks to the airport police/security. One could say it's been "handled".'
'It's been handled': The singer thanked the police for tracing the bag
Theft: John Legend's $31k suitcase is stolen at airport... but police swiftly r eturned it to the singer, he has revealed
Revelation: John tweeted about the experience, after it was wrongly claimed the bag was taken from him in person
After it was realised that the bag was missing, Port Authority police examined security footage, with an officer identifying the man who took the bag.
District Attorney Richard Brown told ABC news that the officer contacted the man, who admitted taking the bag and said he planned to take it to lost and found. He then returned the bag to Port Authority police.
Arrested: New Yorker Agustin Hilario, 63, was charged with grand larceny, third-degree criminal possession of stolen property and third-degree attempted grand larceny
New Yorker Agustin Hilario, 63, was subsequen tly arrested, and charged with grand larceny, third-degree criminal possession of stolen property and third-degree attempted grand larceny.
It's not know if John was travelling alone or with wife Chrissy Teigen and daughter Luna at the time of the theft - which came after he arrived back in the U.S. on a flight from France.
The family of three recently returned from a trip to Morocco together.
Jet setter: John, Chrissy and Luna recently returned from a trip to Morocco together
