Richard Ashcroft says people should “stop knocking” Ed Sheeran

nme.com:

Richard Ashcroft has said people should “stop knocking” Ed Sheeran‘s success.Sheeran has enjoyed huge success in the UK and the US with his four albums +’, ‘x’, ‘÷’ and more recently ‘=’, which went to Number One in the album chart tonight (November 5).But he has often faced criticism over the years, most famously from Noel Gallagher back in 2015 when he heard he was playing three nights at Wembley Stadium.“I don’t think I can live in a world where that’s even possible.

When you hear that kind of polished pop and then there’s a ginger guy with a fucking guitar it seems subversive, but it’s fucking not,” he told NME at the time.But Ashcroft has come to his defence and said people should “celebrate” his success.“The problem is that we don’t.