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 secures injunction against Viagogo over touted tickets in Germany
completemusicupdate.comA court in Hamburg has basically banned often controversial secondary ticketing website Viagogo from selling tickets to Ed Sheeran’s 2022 tour dates.
In Germany, at least.The injunction against Viagogo has been secured by promoter FKP Scorpio. It is using digital ticketing for the Sheeran shows it is promoting, which means tickets are personalised for each buyer and are therefore non-transferable.
To that end, under the court order, Viagogo is obliged to tell people buying touted Sheeran tickets via its website that said tickets will not grant them entry into the musician’s shows.Sheeran, of course, has been particularly vocal in his criticism of ticket touting and the secondary ticketing platforms, and he and promoter Kilimanjaro went to.
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