Ed Sheeran

I Had So Much More Fun When I Was Broke

... track of his new album ÷. And based on his latest round of press interviews, he's taken the sentiment to heart. Sheeran has spoken about the struggle of living in a self-imposed bubble, which he claims is a necessity of his international fame. "I think there is a difference between fame and success," he said. "Success is playing Wembley Stadium and fame is not being able to go outside. I think they are two very different things. Ed Sheeran poses with a Lego version of himself for French TV Credit: Anthony Ghnassia/SIPA/REX/Shutte​rstock. "I had to move from where I was in London to somewhere else. I never really wanted to live in the fancy part of town. I never really want to be that guy. Then I quickly realised that why everyone lives there is because it's a sheltered community where you don't really get bothered.". The constant anxiety about selfies and screaming fans got so bad that he ended up spending 120 days locked away in his home, piling on weight following night after night of takeaways and doing nothing but watching movies. He subsequently hired a trainer to shift the extra three stone he had accumulated. "I couldn't just go out and ...

Ed Sheeran Reveals Harry Styles Ditched A Song They Wrote Together

... Video Loading. Click to play Tap to play. The video will start in 8 Cancel. Play now. In fact, he's just thankful that and Cold Water - the Major Lazer track he co-wrote which also featured the Believe singer - kept him in the public consciousness during his hiatus last year. He told The Sun newspaper: "A lot of people say, 'Do you wish you finished that and kept it for yourself'. But in my year off I had that song and Cold Water, and both kept me in the public eye without me being in the public eye. "So it came as a blessing. I don't think Justin owes me. I think that song did quite well. I think I'm alright.". Justin's hit Love Yourself was written by Ed (Photo: Fame Flynet). Ed is expecting his close friend Taylor Swift to release a new album this year - her first since 2014's 1989 - though doesn't think she's in a rush to get new material out because she's enjoying her own career break. He said: "I don't know the ins and outs of it but if you look at the trend of how many years are between each album then it does seem likely. "But I think she is enjoying her time ...

Drunk Ed Sheeran Hit Justin Bieber In The Head With A Golf Club

... it out of his mouth.". Stars Who've Dissed Justin Bieber. David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Wire Image. Even though Bieber was sober, it didn't seem like he was of sound mind with that recommendation! Inebriated, Sheeran really had to focus on the mission at hand. "I was like, 'F-k, I need to aim this properly,' and I swung. And you know in films when someone gets punched, and you hear that fake sound, like a slap? But in real life when someone gets punched, you hear that dull thud, a bit sickening? I heard a sound like the last one, and saw his security guard looking at me like. "I'd cracked Justin Bieber right in the cheek with a golf club. That was, one of those 'What the f-k?' moments.". Fortunately, Bieber—and his face—were just fine, but perhaps it served as a lesson not to combine alcohol and sports! Earlier this year, Sheeran got into a bit of trouble with another musician when Princess Beatrice pretended to "knight" singer James Blunt but ended up cutting Sheeran's face. Be careful, you guys. E! Is Everywhere. This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our US edition. E! ...

The One Show Viewers Left 'cringing' As Ed Sheeran 'awkwardly' Serenades Couple

... Show viewers were left 'cringing' tonight after Ed Sheeran 'awkwardly' serenaded a couple LIVE on TV. By Olivia Wheeler. Friday, March 03, 2017. Ed Sheeran was on The One Show  to talk about his new album called ÷  and sing two tracks – Castle on the Hill and Supermarket Flowers – from the record. However, while Ed charmed show watchers with his "lovely" personality and left fans in tears with his "incredible" LIVE performances, one part of the interview left viewers "awkward". Hosts Angela Scanlon and Jon Richardson were talking about the amount of people who got engaged during Ed's last tour. And as a result, invited one of the duos – Laura and Tom – who were the third couple out of five who proposed during the show into the studio as a surprise. The One Show: Ed Sheeran was on the chat show to talk about his new album [BBC]. Ed appeared to look rather awkward as the camera panned into his face and the duo shared their engagement story. However, things got even more "cringey" when the couple revealed that their first dance song at their wedding is going to be Tenerife Sea and Angela told the couple they ...

David And Brooklyn Beckham Walk Out Of London Pub After Football Hooligan Taunts

... hooligans. Wales fans chanted at the former England captain and his son. Get celebs updates directly to your inbox. + Subscribe. Thank you for subscribing. Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email. David Beckham , his son Brooklyn and Ed Sheeran were all forced to walk out of a North London pub on Thursday after taunts from football hooligans. The crowd had just watched a special screening of a documentary about Don’t Take Me Home - Wales’ 2016 European Championship campaign. And the Wales football fans were shouting national anthem Land Of My Fathers in the direction of David. The fans in the Shepherd’s Bush pub also tried to tell David about a video tweet sent by the English FA to their Welsh counterparts showing him scoring against them. Read More. David Beckham was forced to walk out of a London pub (Photo: Getty). He was with his son Brooklyn Beckham (Photo: Getty Images Europe). But he was unaware of the tweet and the Welsh FA’s response, which showed the current FIFA rankings, with England one place below Wales. A source told The Sun : “The boys were enjoying a catch up when suddenly the pub ...

50 Things You Didn't Know About Ed Sheeran

... Big Top 40. “I couldn’t walk for a couple of months… It was disgusting when they put the skin graft on. The skin has to heal over it. It was bad.”. 12. His music is a passion-killer for his cousin. “She’s not too keen,” Sheeran told Shoboy radio. “She gets brought back and wooed by guys, they put me on to set the mood and she goes: ‘I’m not gonna get off to my cousin.’”. 13. Drum ’n’ bass icon Goldie is his financial advisor. “As soon as stuff started to go well,” Sheeran revealed, “Goldie rang me up and goes, ‘don’t be a c*t, buy a f*kin’ house!’”. 14. He once received a hair cake from a fan. Pop star rule number one: never eat the edible gifts. As Sheeran found to his cost when he cut into a cake sent to himby a fan, only to find it was full of hair. Browse Ed Sheeran merch at __link__. 15. He has a plan to escape WWIII. Sheeran claims that he’s enquired about gaining New Zealand citizenship because, “If a world war breaks out… no one is going to be bothered to come that far to invade.”. 16. He has ...

Ed Sheeran, Prince, !!! And The Art Of The Unpronounceable Album Name

... you have to have the concept in your head,” Ed Sheeran told Vibe magazine three years ago. The concept he meant, now mostly complete, was to name his albums with mathematical operations: x came out in 2011, followed by + in 2014, and ÷ is out this week. Sheeran told an interviewer that + described the way he added a number of new songs to those he had recorded in his early career, and x aimed to build on the first album exponentially. He went on to suggest that ÷ would be “between me and one other person” and, in a later interview , that -, when it arrived, might be stripped down and acoustic. “Not necessarily [to] say, ‘Oh, I’m going to take away from my fan base,’ but rather take away from the production.”. Ed Sheeran: ‘I got hammered and cracked Justin Bieber in the face with a golf club’. Read more. If the greatest band of all time can call themselves the Beatles as a punning tribute to Buddy Holly’s Crickets, then all musicians deserve clemency when it comes to names. They hardly matter anyway, if you like the music. But for Sheeran’s fans, as well as his detractors, it can still seem bloody-minded not to ...

The 6 Secrets Of Ed Sheeran's Success

... range of high-profile fans. A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on. Apr 13, 2014 at 5:38 am PDT. While supporting Just Jack led to Sheeran getting signed to Rocket Music, Elton John’s management company, the Rocket Man has never been shy in praising Sheeran’s prowess. The pair are friends, and have frequently duetted, including during Sheeran’s first Wembley show in 2015. Speaking to The Telegraph in 2016 , John said: “It seems impossible that anybody can still write a great song because so many songs have already been written but Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran is a great song, it sort of reminds me of Van Morrison at his very best. Ed's a really great writer.". Sheeran and Stormzy perform at the Brit Awards Credit:  TOBY MELVILLE. Sheeran’s friendship with Taylor Swift helped expose him to a US audience after he appeared on her 2012 pop-country crossover album Red, and appeared during legs of the subsequent tour. ...

Ed Sheeran Still Thinking Out Loud, Mostly About Love

... of a lifestyle of drinking, smoking and drugs, Sheeran says: "I guess it's a stereotypical day for someone like me / Without a 9-to-5 job or a uni degree / To be caught in the trappings of the industry.". Tapping into Ireland and Ghana. On "Galway Girl" and "Nancy Mulligan," Sheeran veers into Irish traditional music, with the second song an endearing and consciously retro telling of his grandparents' love story. In the album's most unexpected turn, Sheeran sets his guitar pop to Afrobeat rhythms in a collaboration with the Ghanaian-British artist Fuse ODG on "Bibia Be Ye Ye.". Fuse ODG wrote on Facebook that Sheeran worked on the song with him in Ghana and that the chorus means "all will be well" in the Twi language. But on much of "Divide," Sheeran focuses on what he has become known for - earnest love songs, now seemingly dedicated to his girlfriend Cherry Seaborn, a friend from his childhood in Suffolk. __link__/p/BRECk CNATo D/. "Perfect" and "Hearts Don't Break Around Here" ...

Ed Sheeran’s ‘divide’ Album Aiming For No. 1 On Billboard 200 Chart With Year’s Biggest Debut

... album.). The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption , which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Sheeran’s first week performance, and ÷’s debut rank on the Billboard 200, are not scheduled to be announced until March 12, after Nielsen Music has completed the processing of its tracking data for the week ending March 9. (Before that, we still have the anticipated No. 1 debut from Future ’s HNDRXX on the chart dated March 18. That tally’s top 10 will be revealed on March 5.). You may wonder how one can forecast the first-week performance of an album (like ÷) after it has been out for less than a day. Initial forecasts are based on a range of indicators, which include pre-order sales of the album, first-week performance of comparable albums, streaming activity of an album’s lead single (or singles), radio trends for the set’s songs, media exposure of the artist and so forth. In general, you can best guess an album’s debut-week sum once it has had a couple of days of availability. The last ...

Why Is Ed Sheeran So Popular

... "divide"), out Friday, the prolific 26-year-old could reach new heights. Judging solely by its singles, "I think (this album will) take him to the next level," says Billboard senior editor Jem Aswad. "He's already selling out stadiums. You can't get much bigger than he is, but from all indications, it seems like this album could do that.". It helps that "his music is multi-generational," Aswad says. "His inoffensiveness is something that puts people off, but at the same time, it opens him up to acceptance from a much wider demographic." Already, Sheeran has a combined 41.4 million followers across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, where he'll regularly garner more than 500,000 likes for his casual, cheekily captioned photos of cats , snacks  and his shirtless, tattooed body. "In the age of seeing things play out in real time and very calculated images being scrutinized, I think him being him has played into his success," says Anne T. Donahue, a columnist at MTV who has written about Sheeran. "He's never tried to learn to dance or (sing) harmony with a boy band. He's a very white young man with red hair from England, so he's not facing a huge uphill battle or ...

How Ed Sheeran Became Master Of The Humblebrag

... up with any music until Divide, which dropped Friday. Additionally, Sheeran quit social media for a full year while he traveled the world. For all intents and purposes, Sheeran was off the grid. Fans didn't see him or hear from him until he decided to come back to music and tease his new album. But when any star has a new project, they know they have to promote it, which means there are plenty of interviews and performances to go around for everyone. But while Sheeran was away traveling the world, it seems he picked up a new talent: the art of humblebragging. Musicians Performing Live on Stage. Neil Mockford/GC Images. The "Castle on the Hill" crooner has been promoting his new album, which probably didn't need that much promotion, to be honest, and in a couples of interviews the British musician has let his confidence shine. We can't say we blame him because the first two singles, "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill," were instant hits, but it's clear Sheeran knows it. "I think this year is going to be the high point. I have a feeling about it," Sheeran told BBC News. "Seventeen is my lucky number, and everyone I was scared of releasing of albums around me released them ...