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Ed Sheeran teamed up with Busted in London last night (October 10) to perform ‘Who’s David’.The star made a surprise appearance at The O2 midway through the noughties boy band’s set to help out on their 2004 single.Sheeran opened the vocals to the song before the rest of the band joined in. You can view footage below.During the show Hanson, who have been supporting Busted on their 20th anniversary greatest hits tour, also joined forces with the boy band for ‘MMMBop’ and ‘Sleeping With The Light On’.Earlier this year, both acts teamed up for a new version of ‘MMMBop’ entitled ‘MMMBop 2.0’.“It’s been such an honour to sing this ’90s classic song with the band who made it 25 years on from original release!” Busted’s James Bourne said in a statement at the time.“To have them as special guests on tour with us in September will be really special too, we’re huge fans of Hanson!”Hanson’s Taylor Hanson added: “It’s been a thrill to reimagine MMMBop with Busted and to see how a song with such history comes to life in a new way.

Duff McKagan has shared his thoughts on the use of AI in songwriting, revealing that he has no plans to let the technology “affect my creativity”.The Guns N’ Roses bassist was speaking as part of an In Conversation livestream with author Dan Jones last week (October 4), when he opened up about the inspiration behind his new solo album ‘Lighthouse’, his ongoing struggle with panic attacks, and thoughts on the use of artificial intelligence in songwriting.Discussing how his personal life and long-running interest in history acted as inspiration for the upcoming LP, the musician and songwriter also shared his thoughts on the increasing use of AI in the industry, and confirmed he has no plans to be experimenting with the technology any time soon.“You’re gonna always have guys like me who [have] just got their middle finger up. They’re gonna just keep creating and not even pay attention to it, really,” he began.

Ed Sheeran opened up about his legacy and his future in a new interview with GQ.

Ed Sheeran has revealed that he has his own grave in his back garden.In a new interview with GQ, Sheeran was asked about rumours that a crypt had been built on his £4million estate.The 16-acre estate, which has been dubbed ‘Sheeranville’, is located near Framlingham, Suffolk. Over the years, the singer-songwriter has renovated the estate to include its own pub conversion, a luxury treehouse, and a heart-shaped pond.In response, Sheeran clarified: “I wouldn’t say it’s a crypt.” The interview revealed that a chapel had been built, which Sheeran uses to host friends’ weddings and mourn the loss of people in his life.

Ed Sheeran likes to be prepared. The musician revealed that he dug his own grave in his backyard and its all ready to go.“I wouldn’t say it’s a crypt,” Sheeran, 32, told GQ Hype in an interview published on Thursday.

Ed Sheeran is a lightweight when it comes to marijuana, which he related in a new interview with the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast when he revealed he once got high with Snoop Dogg after a concert — very high.

Ed Sheeran has released a live bonus version of his just-released seventh studio album, ‘Autumn Variations’.Subtitled ‘(Fan Living Room Sessions)’, the bonus project features live renditions of each song on ‘Autumn Variations’, recorded and performed live from the homes of 14 of his fans.A trailer for the bonus album shows snippets of Sheeran appearing at his listener’s homes, and is soundtracked by a live rendition of the ‘Autumn Variations’ track, ‘American Town’.A post shared by Ed Sheeran (@teddysphotos)“I wanted to record a live version of Autumn Variations, but I wanted to do it in an original way,” Sheeran wrote on social media. “We did 14 houses over 2 days and it was such a fun way to meet fans but also record an entire live album.” The singer went on to thank fans for welcoming him despite giving “zero notice”.Videos of Sheeran performing each song on ‘(Fan Living Room Sessions)’ premiered on YouTube yesterday (October 2).

Thania Garcia Ed Sheeran is donating a portion of the proceeds from sales of “Autumn Variations” — both the original release and the newly-released “Fan Living Room Sessions” — to music education non-profit Save The Music. The announcement comes on the heels of “Autumn Variations (Fan Living Room Sessions),” an extended version of the album that arrived today and features live performances from surprised fans’ homes. The takes were filmed during the North American leg of Sheeran’s “Mathematics Tour,” and each fan is commemorated in the title of the song recorded in their living room.

For his eighth studio album, Autumn Variations, Ed Sheeran decided to shake things up. Rather than utilizing the power of a major label (his previous albums were released on Atlantic), he’s released his latest LP independently on his own label, Gingerbread Man Records.

Ed Sheeran has confirmed that there will be no singles or music videos for his new album ‘Autumn Variations’.The project is Sheeran’s second new album this year and was released yesterday (September 29), arriving just a few months after his comeback album ‘Subtract’. As with ‘Subtract’, it was produced by The National‘s Aaron Dessner and marks his first independent release on his own label, Gingerbread Man Records.Sheeran has now explained why ‘Autumn Variations’ hasn’t had a traditional album rollout. “Each record before I’ve done, like, all the big going in and doing all these radio interviews, and going on the late-night shows, and doing, doing all this stuff.

Ed Sheeran has celebrated the release of his new album ‘Autumn Variations‘ by buying strangers drinks on a bar crawl around New York City.The pop star posted a video on his Instagram yesterday (September 29) explaining that he was out to mark the release with a boozy knees-up.“Right, to celebrate my album release I’m gonna pub crawl, go in random bars and drinks are on me for the next six hours…let’s… GO!” he said in the video.He added later: “We’re in the first bar, I’m on the first drink. I have got everyone a drink in the bar…but we’re not there yet.”A post shared by Ed Sheeran (@teddysphotos)Sheeran was then seen getting onto a subway train before being in a much livelier bar where people were playing beer pong.

Hilary Duff received an unforgettable birthday card from her daughter.

When it comes to being a friend, Ed Sheeran is the type who’ll be there for you.

Ed Sheeran has performed a snippet of a new song, ‘American Town’, serenading Friends star Courtney Cox in the process – watch the clip below.Yesterday (September 21), the singer-songwriter shared a video of himself performing a new song ‘American Town’ for Courtney Cox, telling her that the song was inspired by her hit TV sitcom Friends.“We ate Chinese food in small white boxes/Live the life we saw in Friends,” Sheeran sings during the song’s pre-chorus.Watch a snippet of Ed Sheeran singing ‘American Town’ below.American Town with @CourteneyCox

Continuing his oddball promotional tour for his new album, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran performed his new song American Town for Courtney Cox in an unlikely setting – her kitchen.

J Balvin has confirmed that he and Ed Sheeran will be releasing a joint album soon.In a recent cover story with Nylon, Balvin spoke about a new EDM-inspired record as well as his collaborative album with Sheeran.“It came about in an organic, natural way. We met; we had coffee, we’d run into each other at the same gym, at the hotel,” he told the publication.

Ed Sheeran has revealed that he has recorded a live version of his upcoming album ‘Autumn Variations’ by surprising fans and performing in their houses.The singer-songwriter announced the live variation of the upcoming album on his social media channels, confirming that each song from the new LP was performed and recorded “in a different fan’s living room”, but all of them came as a “total surprise”.The footage, shared on his Instagram page, saw him perform one of his older tracks in a fan’s home, sitting by a piano in her room and breaking into a rendition of ‘Wake Me Up’ – taken from his 2011 album ‘+’.“We got to @kariconaway‘s house at the end of the day, and I instantly knew it was gonna be a fun one,” he wrote in the caption. “They had cats, friendship bracelets and some fruit drinks to start, but once I’d played the Autumn song I said take me on a tour, and when I went into her room I saw a piano.“She asked if I could play and I said ‘not really but I kinda play on wake me up’,” he added.

Olivia Rodrigo has picked up her second UK Number One album, with ‘Guts’ outselling the rest of the Top 10 combined.The album racked up over 60,000 chart units in its first week, with debut album ‘Sour’ also re-entering the Top 10 following the second album’s release.‘Guts’ has had the fourth biggest opening week for an album in 2023, following records by Lewis Capaldi, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift.Number Two in this week’s chart was Travis Scott‘s ‘Utopia’ while The Coral‘s new LP ‘Sea Of Mirrors’ is at Three.

On the heels of Colombian singer Camilo’s latest collaboration with Punjabi singer-songwriter Diljit Dosanjh for “Palpita”, the musician reveals his dream collab.

Ed Sheeran and Courteney Cox got in some quality bonding time during an outing on Thursday night (September 14).