![]() I was lucky enough to see him at a small, intimate performance with a crowd of only about 100. It is hard to really visualize how great he sounds until you see him live. One of the most salient qualities about him though, is his pure, unaltered, truly beautiful voice. Sheeran's clever wordplay and soulful lyrics are able to really captivate an audience, both when listening to him live or on a CD. His music transcends any definable genre, combining soft folk with bright pop and grime hip-hop. It is safe to say that Ed Sheeran will be one of the defining artists of our generation. TLDR it was one of the best shows I have seen. I also liked how he put on a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey during his closing song "You Need Me and I Don't Need You". Since this was the "Divide" tour he played almost every song off that album (but not all: no "Barcelona", "Bibia be ye ye", etc.) He also played a lot of his older songs, including an audience request for "Cold Coffee" (he stated it was the first time he performed it live since 2010-2011). He played nearly all the songs my wife and I were looking for ("Perfect", "A-Team", "Galway Girl", "Nancy Mulligan", "Thinking Out Loud", etc.). A few songs dipped in quality but for charming and understandable reasons like audience involvement and impressive sped-up improv (i.e. I was always aware Ed was a talented solo artist, but you really appreciate his talent on a different level when you actually hear him perform outside of a studio live with just him and a guitar. He was noticeably quieter and a bit more reserved than Blunt when addressing the audience, but quickly dove in. Than Ed came out (my wife had a pinch me I'm dreaming moment). I came in not really knowing who he was and left checking out his latest music and regretting not grabbing a beer with him. He hung out in the Captain Morgan lounge after his performance and invited anyone interested to come hang with him. "Don't Give Me Those Eyes" was a highlight. He put on a high quality emotion filled performance, and despite his music being on the sadder side still managed to pump everyone up for Ed Sheeran. He was funny, charismatic, a good showman, and a good sport. James Blunt opened, and like many people there (as he joked) I only knew one of his songs: "You're Beautiful". Everything about the production and performances (lights, audio, visuals, crew, musicians etc) went off with nary a hitch and was executed in a very timely manner. My wife had never been to the venue, and while I had been to shows at Consol Enery Center before this was the first show I saw there since it became PPG Paints Arena. Great show! I bought my wife and I tickets as a gift for her (she was a huge Ed Sheeran fan even before he was famous) and we had a great time. With these successes under his belt, Ed Sheeran’s star can only continue to rise. Licensing of his music to television shows, and collaborations with One Direction on their song “Moments” and with Taylor Swift on the song “Everything Has Changed” paved the way for Ed Sheeran’s second studio album “x” (pronounced ‘multiply’) to hit the number one position in both the UK and the US charts.ĭespite being so early in his career, Ed has already been nominated for three Grammy Awards and was the recipient of a 2012 Ivor Novello Award for “The A Team”. An opportunity to break into the US market soon came about after Ed was given the opportunity to tour with the band Snow Patrol. 5 Collaborations Project” EP.Įd Sheeran’s debut studio album “+” entered at number one in the UK charts after Ed secured four top ten singles in a row from the album. ![]() Knowing they were on to a good thing, Asylum/Atlantic Records quickly signed Ed Sheeran to their label after the release of his popular “No. Further to this, his hard work won thousands of fans, who would show up at any small gigs he was playing. ![]() These gigs and his widespread social media following caught the attention of Jamie Foxx, Elton John and Example. ![]() Prepared to graft from the very start, Ed Sheeran played 312 gigs in 2009 in addition to constantly releasing new material on his YouTube channel. It was after his move to London in 2008, though, that his music career really began to take off due to the release of his “Loose Change EP”, which featured future megahit single “The A Team”. At the tender age of 14, Ed Sheeran began recording music and independently released his first collection of songs “The Orange Room EP”. ![]()
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