“Hi, I’m Ed,” said Sheeran as he walked on stage, and as
fans at the O2 went wild.
The diminutive red-headed singer-songwriter clad in red
checked shirt and clutching a guitar, was a model of understatement, but
somehow his stripped back acoustic style filled the vast stadium-sized venue.
All his hits were there, plus a number of much-loved album
tracks, but it was how good he was live that really resounded around the
cavernous O2.
Sheeran’s voice was devoid of autotune or other audio
trickery, displaying just raw talent.
Lego House got a well-received airing here,
as did The A Team, I See Fire, Give Me Love and plenty more, including some
bizarre but very clever on-the-fly bootlegs.
Aside from the man in the middle there was one other,
introduced as ‘Trevor’, who supplied a steady stream of new guitars, one a song
it seemed, from the wings.
The way Ed Sheeran was building crescendo after crescendo
I’m not surprised new instruments were needed – I imagine he got through about
12 plectrums too!
It was widely reported that five people got engaged at his
gig the previous night at the same venue.
And, while I did not become betrothed at the event, I
certainly became wedded to the idea that Ed Sheeran is in the A Team of
entertainment.
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