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Post by Admin on Jun 16, 2014 0:55:34 GMT
After Finish Ticket warmed up the crowd, and BFF Taylor Swift took her seat in the balcony, Sheeran took the stage and gave the crowd exactly what they wanted: a good time, sore throats from screaming and singing and, as if we even needed it, more reasons to love the dude. As much as I’d love to dish out every single detail from the night — from Sheeran mixing Chris Brown’s “Loyal” with his latest song “Don’t,” to the small chuckle he couldn’t help but let out as he sang “and the crowds don’t remember my name” to a sea of people during “Thinking Out Loud” — I settled on presenting the top three moments. Taylor at Ed Sheeran’s show at the Hammerstein Ballroom 6/14/14 We’re sure there’s no question that Taylor Swift and Ed are the most adorable besties in the music business, but if any one had any doubts, Saturday night should lay them to rest. Jet-lagged and fresh off her 14-month Red Tour, Swift made her way to her seat in the balcony before Sheeran hit the stage. And to say she was welcomed by Sheerios would be an understatement. Cheers, screams and “OMG!!” could be heard before and after the show as Swift waved to fans. But during the show, she was on BFF duty. We’ve all seen them: the award shows where the “Red” singer sways, leans, and hair-flips from the audience to her favorite performances, but believe me when I say, it is so much more entertaining in person! Just picture Swift gangster-leaning to the slow and beautiful “Lego House.” Go ahead, I’ll wait. You’re absolutely welcome for that entertaining visual. Although her dance moves are questionable-yet-super-freaking-adorable, the undeniable support she has for Sheeran was on full display, and I just could not help but let out an “AWWW!”
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Post by Admin on Jun 21, 2014 5:56:34 GMT
On “x” (pronounced “multiply”), which comes out Monday, Mr. Sheeran more or less tells the story of the accompanying emotional path, taking in the almost three years since the release of his debut album, “+,” which very, very slowly made him a star, which in turn very, very slowly started to remake him from the inside out, until he reversed the tide. Until now, Mr. Sheeran has been best known for “The A Team,” a melancholy dirge of a ballad that tells the story of a drug-addicted prostitute, sweetened mightily by Mr. Sheeran’s plaintive voice and his gift for effortless melody. The song was a slow burner, eventually reaching No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also helped land him a slot opening for Taylor Swift on her “Red” tour last year. That put him squarely in the cross hairs of thousands of teenage girls, and helped make his skeletal modern folk an unlikely pop phenomenon; last year, he sold out three nights at Madison Square Garden. “I don’t look like your typical pop star,” he said during an afternoon break at his hotel. “I don’t sing songs like your typical pop star.” Mr. Sheeran’s impressive new album deliberately builds on that success in only incremental aesthetic ways. The opening single is “Sing,” an up-tempo blue-eyed soul dance track produced by Pharrell Williams, a clean fit in the Timberlake-Thicke white-soul succession plan, without the burden of having to innovate the style. It gives Mr. Sheeran something he lacked last time around, and wasn’t shy about wanting this time — an obvious radio hit. He self-released a string of EPs, but his most significant early notice wasn’t for his straight-ahead folk but for a collaboration album with some of the leading lights in grime music, at the time the dominant sound of black Britain, a project that immediately set Mr. Sheeran apart. Collaborating widely has since been part of his career, writing songs for One Direction among others, but he insists that his most edgeless side — the pure singer-songwriter side — is his most natural: “I’d say that’s where I’m most comfortable.” Mr. Sheeran is a gifted singer with a tender tone and a naturalistic way with storytelling, which made him an apt choice to tour with Ms. Swift. (The two also shared a bracing duet, “ Everything Has Changed,” on her last album.) But also like Ms. Swift, he prefers in conversation not to color inside the lines he draws in his music. On teenage brushes with the law: “Both times I didn’t do anything, I was just at the wrong place at the wrong time.” On drugs: “Experimentation has been a part of my life ever since I was quite young, but it wouldn’t be something that I’d want to promote.”
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Post by Admin on Jun 22, 2014 0:44:39 GMT
Ed Sheeran‘s songs showcase his acoustic soul, heartfelt lyrics, and some pretty wicked rapping skills. Over the past few years, Sheeran has taken America by storm, starting with his 2012 mega-hit “The A Team,” which was followed by a spot on Taylor Swift‘s 2013 tour. In some ways, Sheeran’s a male version of Swift: young, talented, ambitious, supremely confident, and unafraid to leap across musical genres and write songs inspired by people in his life. The song “Afire Love,” off his new album, x (a.k.a. Multiply) [set for a June 23 release], is about his grandfather Bill. “I finished writing it on the day of his funeral,” Sheeran, 23, tells Parade contributor David Browne in the June 29 issue, “and played it for my whole family. Before it went any further, I needed to get the blessing of the people I care about.” And if you’re wondering, “Don’t,” a bitter song of romantic betrayal, is “about someone who’s well known, but not Taylor,” says Sheeran, who has denied ever dating Swift (rumor has it that fellow Brit pop sensation Ellie Goulding is the song’s subject). He’s even got a 10-year plan. “I know this isn’t going to last forever. Now is the time when I’m making my musical statements and being cool and going to parties. But I don’t think I’ll be living this life in 10 years’ time. If I am, please slap me.” Where will he be instead? “Back home, bunch of kids,” he says without hesitation. “At 33, I should be starting to settle down.” He won’t name his current girlfriend, though he says she’s a chef.
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Post by Admin on Jun 26, 2014 4:45:18 GMT
The British singer and close pal of Swift said that her personality is that of a much older person. 'She hangs out with her cat and sews things.' Don't know about Taylor Swift feeling 22, when in reality she's a "middle-aged woman." Fellow crooner Ed Sheeran, a close pal of the pop princess, divulged some truths about his friend to Time magazine on Friday. "I know she's 24, but she's sort of a middle-aged woman trapped in a 24-year-old's body," he said, adding that she's "very crafty." In fact, Swift once gifted the 23-year-old Brit with a Drake-lyric needlepoint, which was framed and hung on his wall, Sheeran revealed in the MTV documentary series, "Nine Days and Nights of Ed Sheeran," which premiered June 10. "She hangs out with her cat and sews things," he added, furthering the description of a much older woman. While the "22" singer and Sheeran have become good friends over the years and have even toured together, he hasn't exactly adopted all her traits. "My soul age differs from day to day," he said. "It can be 8 or 80. It just depends on what I'm doing.
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Post by Admin on Jun 27, 2014 1:44:53 GMT
Transforming his music from the slow and narrative to the upbeat, Ed Sheeran is projected to set up a challenge and beat Coldplay's "Ghost Stories" with his new album "X" for the fastest-selling album of 2014. Coldplay reportedly had more than 168,000 copies of the "Ghost Stories" album sold during its first week of release, but if Ed Sheeran's new album continues to top its sales, "X" is projected to beat "Ghost Stories" that was released on May 16, 2014 for the fastest-selling album of 2014. "[Ed Sheeran] mostly gets away from boring, clichéd narratives of troubled romance. He does this by turning down the schmaltz and turning up the attitude while embracing elements of R&B and rap. This is a surprising choice that, just as surprisingly, works very well for Sheeran," RedEye Chicago wrote. Official UK Albums Midweek Chart Update shows Sheeran's new album "X" currently at number (1), surpassing Lana Del Rey's "Ultraviolence" album formerly ruling the chart but now sliding down to number (3). Sam Smith's debut studio album "In The Lonely Hour," on the other hand, has climbed to number (2) from its former number (3) while Coldplay's "Ghost Stories" remains at number (4) and Kasabian's "48:13" remains at number (5). Linkin Park's "The Hunting Party," unfortunately didn't make it to the Top 5 as it slides down to number (8).
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