Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran opened for himself on the most recent date of his US tour, sharing that opener Khalid had been involved in a car accident.

Performing at the FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland on Saturday (June 24) for his ‘+ ā€“ = Ć· x’ (‘Mathematics’) tour, the ‘Shape Of You’ singer took to stage earlier than planned.

According to the singer, Khalid, his planned opening act, was involved in a car accident.

ā€œHe is recovering, and we wish him the best,ā€ he explained in a fan-shot video.

ā€œAnd Iā€™m going to say this after every song because if people donā€™t know who was going to be the opening act today, people are going to be walking in being like, ā€˜This show isnā€™t what I thought it was,ā€™ā€ he said. ā€œā€˜I thought there would be more fireworks.ā€™ā€

Sheeran performed a 30-minute, stripped back acoustic set of songs from his newest album ‘Subtract’.

“So again, if everyone is just walking in, I’m today’s opening act,” Sheeran told the crowd.

ā€œUsually when I start playing, itā€™s like pitch-black and now I get to see everyone. Itā€™s awesome,ā€ he added. ā€œThis is pretty fun.ā€

ā€œI kind of feel like when youā€™re the main act, thereā€™s a bunch of pressure because people have paid to see you but I feel like when youā€™re the opening act youā€™re sort of like, ā€˜Letā€™s have fun. Letā€™s play songs.ā€™ā€

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In another video, Sheeran said: “I really hope Khalid gets well soon and that heā€™ll be joining us in Boston.ā€

In a three-star review of new album ‘Subtract’, NME wrote that it was a record of Sheeran’s “troubled times laid bare”, adding: “Written with The Nationalā€™s Aaron Dessner as death and depression enveloped his life, these brutal circumstances are reflected in these lo-fi missives.”

It concluded that the album’s closing note hopefully indicated that “he has come through the worst of a rough patch that you wouldnā€™t wish on anyone”.

Elsewhere, two weekends back, Shawn Mendes appeared onstage for the first time in more than a year as he joining Sheeran for a surprise performance.

The post Ed Sheeran opens his own concert as Khalid recovers from car accident appeared first on NME.

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