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.
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Taylor Swift reportedly “reached out to families” of Southport stabbing victims before Wembley Stadium gig
nme.comTaylor Swift has “reached out to families of Southport stabbing victims” before returning to perform at Wembley Stadium last night (August 15), according to reports.It was Swift’s her first time back in the UK since the deaths of three young girls following a mass stabbing at a Swift-themed dance class in Southport last month.
A teenager has since been charged with murder. Swift spoke out about the tragedy in a statement on July 30, writing: “The horror of yesterday’s attack in Southport is washing over me continuously, and I’m just completely in shock.“The loss of life and innocence, and the horrendous trauma inflicted on everyone who was there, the families and first responders.
These were just little kids at a dance class. I am at a complete loss for how to ever convey my sympathies to these families.”While Swift didn’t acknowledge the incident on stage in London, according to Sky News, the musician “privately reached out the families” of those affected ahead of the shows.Elsewhere on her return to London last night (August 15), the pop star brought out Ed Sheeran as a special guest during the first of her five-night ‘Eras’ tour run.During the traditional ‘surprise song’ segment of the show, the pop star introduced Sheeran as “one of my best friends in the world” and came out to perform ‘Everything Has Changed’, his duet with Swift from 2012’s ‘Red‘.
They then segued into ‘End Game’ from 2017’s ‘Reputation‘, followed by Sheeran’s own song ‘Thinking Out Loud’.Last night’s show marks the first ‘Eras’ concert since Swift’s three shows were cancelled in Vienna last week following a foiled terror attack plot.Swift’s stage times in London had to be tweaked recently in the wake of the incident.
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