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.
Watch The Who play orchestral ‘Behind Blue Eyes’ on ‘Colbert’
nme.comThe Who are set to begin a two-part North American tour next week, and have appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform an orchestral version of ‘Behind Blue Eyes’.On Friday night (April 15), the band were the musical guests on the show and ran through a grand version of their 1971 track, backed by a full orchestra.The performance, which you can watch in full below, came in support of the Teen Cancer America organisation, and was recorded during the band’s annual Teenage Cancer Trust gigs at the Royal Albert Hall in London last month, which featured Yungblud, Liam Gallagher, Ed Sheeran, The Who themselves and more.Watch the Colbert performance of ‘Behind Blue Eyes’ below.The band’s forthcoming tour – dubbed ‘The Who Hits Back!’ – will begin next week (April 22) in Florida, with the first leg running until the end of May.The band will then return to the States in October for another run of dates, which take them through until November.Speaking of the tour, Roger Daltrey said: “Pete and I said we’d be back, but we didn’t think we’d have to wait for two years for the privilege.
This is making the chance to perform feel even more special this time around.“So many livelihoods have been impacted due to COVID, so we are thrilled to get everyone back together – the band, the crew and the fans.
We’re gearing up for a great show that hits back in the only way The Who know how. By giving it everything we got.”See the full list of The Who’s 2022 North American tour dates below.APRIL 202222 – Hollywood, Florida, Hard Rock Live24 – Jacksonville, VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena27 – Tampa, Amalie Arena30 – New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz FestivalMAY 20223 – Austin, Moody Center5 – Dallas, American Airlines Center8 – The.
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