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20.09.2023 / 11:23
Ed Sheeran secretly recorded live version of new album ‘Autumn Variations’ in fans’ homes
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.