Ed Sheeran: "+" review

If Ed Sheeran is leading a fightback against music industry conformity, it's hard to tell, says Alexis PetridisFrom the title down, his current hit You Need Me, I Don't Need You presents 20-year-old singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran as a very cocksure customer indeed. He pours scorn on other artists given a leg-up into the charts by songwriters-for-hire or the munificence of the BPI: "Don't need another wordsmith to make my tunes sell … my shit's cool … I didn't go to Brit School."It all seems ...

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