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.
āHe is recovering, and we wish him the best,ā he explained in a fan-shot video.
āAnd Iām going to say this after every song because if people donāt know who was going to be the opening act today, people are going to be walking in being like, āThis show isnāt what I thought it was,āā he said. āāI thought there would be more fireworks.āā
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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.
āUsually when I start playing, itās like pitch-black and now I get to see everyone. Itās awesome,ā he added. āThis is pretty fun.ā
āI kind of feel like when youāre the main act, thereās a bunch of pressure because people have paid to see you but I feel like when youāre the opening act youāre sort of like, āLetās have fun. Letās play songs.āā
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In another video, Sheeran said: “I really hope Khalid gets well soon and that heāll 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 Nationalās 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 wouldnāt 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.
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