Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire before moving to Framlingham, Suffolk. He learned guitar at a very young age. Ed began recording in 2005, which led to the release of his first EP, The Orange Room EP.  He also released 2 albums, a self-titled one in 2006 and Want Some? in 2007. He moved to London in 2008 to play gigs, starting off in very small venues, playing every day, to as little as five people.

In 2009, Sheeran played 312 gigs. He said that he read an interview with James Morrison that said that Morrison had done 200 gigs in a year, and Sheeran wanted to beat him on this number. He also released another EP in 2009 called You Need Me, just before going on tour with Just Jack. In February 2010 Sheeran posted a video through SB.TV, which led to mainstream rapper Example asking Sheeran to tour with him. In February 2010 he released his critically acclaimed Loose Change EP, which featured his later debut single “The A Team”. In April 2010, after leaving his old management company, Sheeran bought a ticket to Los Angeles, with no contacts other than one poetry night. He played open mic nights all over the city, before being spotted at ‘The Foxxhole’ by Jamie Foxx, who invited him to stay at his house and record for the rest of his stay. Throughout 2010, Sheeran began to be seen by more people over the internet through YouTube and his fan-base grew, with him also getting credit from The Independent newspaper, England football captain Rio Ferdinand and Elton John. Sheeran also self-released two other EPs in 2010; Ed Sheeran: Live at the Bedford and Songs I Wrote With Amy, which is a collection of love songs he wrote in Wales with fellow singer songwriter Amy Wadge. After playing to a capacity crowd at Wakestock 2012 he will return to headline the event in 2012 and is sure to prove to be just as popular.

Listen to Ed’s Myspace