Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK.
The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
Ed Sheeran fans share outrage at ‘queue jumps’ and long waits for tickets
evoke.ieThe scramble for Ed Sheeran tickets kicked off bright and early on Saturday morning but some fans were left fuming over long waits and alleged queue jumping.
The Shape of You singer will play several dates in Ireland next year at Croke Park in Dublin, Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, Thomand Park in Limerick, and Boucher Road Playing Fields in Belfast as part of his world tour.
Despite their eagerness to get their hands on tickets, fans were put out at having to wait in a queue of tens of thousands for tickets, with some people in the virtual line for two hours.
And others hit out at the ‘not working’ ticketing system after feeling like they were skipped over when someone they knew appeared to nab tickets first despite being further back in the
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