Daily News | Review: Ed Sheeran enthralls at the Met Philly in an intimate ‘sad, happy’ show, on the first of his two-night Philly stop
The career-spanning stadium trek that will bring him to the Linc is called The ‘+ -=÷ x’ Tour.was originally meant to be a 10-track acoustic collection. The death of his friend Jamal Edwards, who gave Sheeran his first big break, his wife’s cancer scare , and the strain of a“I can tell you these secrets cause we’re in this circle of trust now,” he said to the crowd.
“I came up in pubs and bars and restaurants and I played shows where people just ignored me and talked over me, and all I wanted was for people to listen,” he said at the Met. “I always wanted to play theaters and have people listen to the songs that I write and I’ve just had an hour of that, so thank you.”
Halfway through the night, the band left and Sheeran jammed out with his guitar and loop pedal. The crowd, already at the edge of their seats, remained standing for the rest of the night as the singer played hits like “The A Team” and “Bloodstream” and colored lights revealed faces of joy and awe in the sea of people — from the orchestra to the top balcony.
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