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.
Laundry Day say opening for Ed Sheeran “didn’t feel like it was in the realm of our possibility”
nme.comLaundry Day have spoken to NME about landing the opportunity to open for Ed Sheeran, understanding the TikTok algorithm, receiving praise from the likes of Drake and Jack Harlow and their sold-out homecoming gigs.Comprised of singers Jude Ciulla-Lipkin and Sawyer Nunes, along with bassist Henry Pearl and guitarist Henry Weingartner, Laundry Day met back during their freshman year of high school in Manhattan.
Since then, they have released five albums – the most recent being 2023’s ‘Younger Than I Was Before’ – and have gone on to open for the likes of Neon Trees, The 1975 and Clairo.The first half of 2024 has seen them achieve viral success on TikTok with videos of the band covering trending songs.
The 1975’s Matty Healy reposted a video their rendition of ‘I’m In Love With You’ on his Instagram Stories and most recently, The Kid Laroi reposted their amusing cover of one of his tracks.Drake also who co-singed them by posting their song ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ and telling them that he’s been watching their videos for a long time.
Their clips have led them to massive opportunities such as opening for Teezo Touchdown during his UK and European tour earlier this year.A post shared by @updogliveOn Easter Sunday, Laundry Day played their first headlining gig in a while at London’s Sebright Arms – a show that sold out in under an hour and had hundreds of people on the waitlist.“That was the first moment where it was something in real life where people were buying tickets,” said Ciulla-LipkinIt was technically the first of our own shows we played since a lot of stuff has happened.”He continued: “We were like ‘This is real.
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