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.
Wayne Rooney joins 60,000 Ed Sheeran fans at Etihad Stadium spectacular
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIt was Manchester's super Saturday of massive music gigs, and among those enjoying the stage spectacular of Ed Sheeran at the Etihad Stadium was former Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney and wife Coleen.
Wayne is known to be a big fan of Ed's, and was spotted singing and dancing away at the ground of Manchester City on Saturday night.
It was the third of four huge shows at the Etihad Stadium for guitar hero Ed - by the end of the weekend he will have played to 240,000 fans here in Manchester.
And on Saturday night it was yet again a huge spectacular for fans, with Ed's biggest hits and a firework finale. But fans were left starstruck when they spotted footballer Wayne and wife Coleen among the crowds.
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