Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK.
The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
The Teenage Cancer Trust has announced details of its 2022 season of shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the charity’s first run of fundraising concerts since 2019, after COVID-19 caused the cancellation of its 2020 and 2021 programmes.
They will run from 21-27 Mar.On the line-up this year are Don Broco, Yungblud, Madness, Liam Gallagher and Ed Sheeran, plus there’s an acoustic show from the band who played the charity’s first ever Albert Hall fundraiser back in 2000, that being The Who.
There’ll also be the customary comedy night hosted by Joel Dommett and featuring Tom Allen, Rob Beckett, Rosie Jones, Romesh Ranganathan, Suzi Ruffell and Seann Walsh.The Who’s Roger Daltrey – the Teenage Cancer Trust’s Honorary Patron and a driving force behind the charity’s Albert Hall concerts – says: “Live music has been hit hard by the pandemic and it has been particularly frustrating for me that we haven’t been able to get artists on stage to raise money for this vitally important cause”.“But we haven’t given up”, he adds. “My wonderful team and I have pulled out all the stops to make this 20th series of shows for Teenage Cancer Trust the best ever.
I am so grateful for the loyalty and continued support given to us by the music and comedy industries. The Who will be back on stage this year at the Hall alongside some wonderful talent.
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