Ed Sheeran

The California dad charged with helping his teen son plot what turned into the deadly armed robbery of rapper PnB Rock failed to get his murder charges dropped Friday with arguments including one that suggested the son may have fired out of “fear.” At a morning hearing in Compton, Calif., a judge said that while much of the evidence against Freddie Trone, 42, is circumstantial, she found a “reasonable basis” to conclude Trone held a position of “influence” over his 17-year-old son and knew he possessed a gun when…

The English singer also performed his 1987 classic “Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley offered a surprisingly poignant cover of Olivia Rodrigo‘s hit “Drivers License” for BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room over the weekend. Performing with the BBC Concert Orchestra and a pair of back-up singers, Astley showcased the 2021 single with some serious emotional gravity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V8luIR9zFo Astley also performed his own 1987 mega-hit “Never Gonna Give You Up,” which he and the…

A 17,000-seat arena under construction in Nagoya, Japan, will be known as IG Arena after Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment giant AEG reached a naming-rights deal with online trading and investment company IG Group, it was announced Thursday. The 10-year partnership marks one of the largest naming-rights agreements in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region, officials said. When it opens next year, the five-story IG Arena will be one of the biggest entertainment facilities in Japan. It will…

From the looks of it, 2024 is going to be another year full of memorable performances from some of the biggest artists in the industry. However, it’s following a record-breaking year for several top performers, including Taylor Swift, who embarked on the first U.S. leg and Latin America leg of her Eras Tour, as well as Beyoncé, who performed across the globe for her Renaissance World Tour. Harry Styles’ massive Love on Tour also wrapped last year, as well as tours from Karol G, Doja Cat,…

Boston Calling returns to Allston, Massachusetts, this Memorial Day weekend with headlining performances from Ed Sheeran, The Killers, and Tyler Childers. The 2024 iteration of the annual three-day festival will be hosted from May 24 through May 26. Sheeran will headline the first night of Boston Calling 2024, which will also feature appearances from Leon Bridges, Reneé Rapp, Young the Giant, Luke Hemmings, David Kushner, Cannons, Ric Wilson, Madi Diaz, and more. Tyler Childers will lead day two, closing out a…

The 2024 BottleRock Napa Valley festival, which takes place May 24 to 26 in Napa Valley, California, will feature headlining sets by Pearl Jam, Ed Sheeran, Stevie Nicks, and Maná. The lineup also includes Kali Uchis, Megan Thee Stallion, Queens of the Stone Age, The Kid LAROI, Dominic Fike, St. Vincent, Norah Jones, The Offspring, My Morning Jacket, Nelly, T-Pain, Miike Snow, Oliver Tree, Bebe Rexha, and Cold War Kids. Three-day general admission tickets go on-sale January 9 for $456 a person on the festival’s website.…

Singer's Ted Lasso song "A Beautiful Game" awarded Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics, putting Sheeran halfway to EGOT status Like “Weird Al” Yankovic, Ed Sheeran won his first-ever Primetime Emmy Award Saturday as his Ted Lasso track “A Beautiful Game” was named Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics. With the singer abroad for an upcoming tour — and thus missing the Creative Arts Emmy ceremony — Sheeran turned to social media to deliver his acceptance speech of sorts. “We won an Emmy last…

Singer, a longtime fan of the pop-metal act, also served as surprise opening act for the band Saturday Ed Sheeran was a surprise guest at the Darkness’ Saturday night show in London, serving as both an unannounced opening act before joining the pop-metal band onstage to perform their “Love Is Only a Feeling.” The British singer-songwriter has long been a fan of the Darkness, even recruiting them to be his opening act during his Divide Tour in 2019. On Saturday, during his unannounced six-song…

If you were at a 50 Cent show, and he was teasing a special guest, and the guest was behind a rising box emblazoned with the harrowing message, “There is a monster in this box,” and you thought, “There’s no way that’s gonna be Ed Sheeran” — well, you’d be wrong. The menacing maestro of pop, the Lucifer of the loop pedal, the acoustic animal himself made a surprise appearance at 50 Cent’s show in London Tuesday night, Nov. 21. It wasn’t even to perform their one collaboration together, “Remember the Name,” off…

Ten years ago, Irish singer Foy Vance released his breakthrough 2013 album Joy of Nothing, which boasted the closing track “Guiding Light” featuring Ed Sheeran. To mark a decade since the song’s arrival, Vance and Sheeran reunited with two more singers you’ve probably heard of — Elton John and Keith Urban — for the “Anniversary Edition” of “Guiding Light.” The new rendition, produced by Johnny McDaid, was also paired with a video starring actress AnnaSophia Robb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITTMaigmwaM…