You can almost guarantee that at least 75% of people discovered this artist courtesy of SB.TV's A64 sessions. Since then, Ed Sheeran has gone from strength to strength. Having previously put out several EP's, January saw him release his "No.5 Collaborations Project" featuring tracks with grime scene heavyweights such as Wiley, Ghetts, P. Money, Devlin, Wretch 32 & JME. This independant release gained so much support that it topped the iTunes download charts, holding off the likes of Rihanna. Since then, he has signed a major label deal with Atlantic and according to the man himself last Friday, he's recorded his first album proper and already working on the follow up! Having released "The A-Team" as the first single and it's addition to the A-list at Radio 1, surely the second half of 2011 will see Ed Sheeran become the household name he deserves to be.
As for the gig itself, Sheeran is a natural entertainer. Equipped with just his guitar, two microphones and a loop pedal; his hour and a half set ran through his old material, some new tracks off of his forthcoming album and a couple of covers, culminating with the track that drew everyone's attention to him in the first place; the epic "You Need Me, I Don't Need You". As for the encore, Sheeran ditched the stage and his amplification and clambered into the audience for a few acoustic and acapella numbers. This man is a truly gifted musician and engaged the crowd from the second he stepped on to the stage, hanging around at the end to take pictures and sign things for the audience. He seemed a very humble individual and obviously passionate about what he does and this will no doubt be the motivation for what appears will be a very successful career.
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