Ed Sheeran review – bland everybloke brings the pub to the stadium

Etihad Stadium, ManchesterThe grinning megastar gets hands waving with no more than a guitar, some chummy bantz and his undeniably catchy hitsThere’s a video on the internet of Ed Sheeran, before he was famous, playing to bemused passers-by in London’s St Pancras station. He was more fresh-faced and less bearded, but was already purveying his now ubiquitous, one-size-fits-all mix of folk, soul, rap and bantz, urging the railway passengers to sing along and “make a circleâ€...

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