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| Ed Sheeran plays impromptu gig in Ipswich | Ed Sheeran plays impromptu gig in Ipswich |
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| Ed Sheeran told the crowd he had "such love" for the town | Ed Sheeran told the crowd he had "such love" for the town |
| Ed Sheeran told the crowd he had "such love" for the town | |
| Ed Sheeran has played an impromptu gig in Ipswich. | Ed Sheeran has played an impromptu gig in Ipswich. |
| Crowds gathered to watch the star as he performed his hit song The A Team outside the town hall. | Crowds gathered to watch the star as he performed his hit song The A Team outside the town hall. |
| Speaking to the crowd, he said: "I've played so many shows here and have such love for this place - I'm so happy to be back here." | Speaking to the crowd, he said: "I've played so many shows here and have such love for this place - I'm so happy to be back here." |
| The singer grew up in Framlingham in Suffolk and still has a home there, and is also an Ipswich Town fan. | The singer grew up in Framlingham in Suffolk and still has a home there, and is also an Ipswich Town fan. |
| At his latest open-air gig, on the Cornhill, he played hits including Sing, Don't and Overpass Graffiti from his latest album. | |
| Ed Sheeran told the crowd he had "such love" for the town | |
| Arthur, 10, was on his way to a guitar lesson when he heard Sheeran was playing and decided to abandon the lesson in favour of seeing the singer perform. | Arthur, 10, was on his way to a guitar lesson when he heard Sheeran was playing and decided to abandon the lesson in favour of seeing the singer perform. |
| At the end of the gig, Sheeran offered him his guitar, signing it 'Arthur keep playing!'. | At the end of the gig, Sheeran offered him his guitar, signing it 'Arthur keep playing!'. |
| Arthur, who was also given an amp, said: "It's such a nice guitar as well, the amp is a really special gift because it's so precious to me because Ed Sheeran is someone that I kind of want to be like. | Arthur, who was also given an amp, said: "It's such a nice guitar as well, the amp is a really special gift because it's so precious to me because Ed Sheeran is someone that I kind of want to be like. |
| "He plays guitar and sings, and I love singing and love playing guitar, I've got a real passion for playing guitar." | "He plays guitar and sings, and I love singing and love playing guitar, I've got a real passion for playing guitar." |
| Arthur, 10, pictured with his mother Helen, had his guitar signed by Ed Sheeran | Arthur, 10, pictured with his mother Helen, had his guitar signed by Ed Sheeran |
| He has only been playing the instrument for six months but said he was "already obsessed". | He has only been playing the instrument for six months but said he was "already obsessed". |
| The advice from Sheeran was to play every day and Arthur said it had inspired him to "keep getting better and play even more". | The advice from Sheeran was to play every day and Arthur said it had inspired him to "keep getting better and play even more". |
| Ipswich reveal Ed Sheeran-designed third kit | Ipswich reveal Ed Sheeran-designed third kit |
| Ed Sheeran guitar pays for school music centre | Ed Sheeran guitar pays for school music centre |
| Ed Sheeran announces birth of second child | Ed Sheeran announces birth of second child |
| "I'm going to improve so much from this point on, and it's going to be incredible to look back on this moment and know how lucky I was to get a guitar from Ed Sheeran," he said. | "I'm going to improve so much from this point on, and it's going to be incredible to look back on this moment and know how lucky I was to get a guitar from Ed Sheeran," he said. |
| Helen, his mother, said: "What a brilliant experience for Ipswich, what a gift from our beloved Ed to Ipswich." | Helen, his mother, said: "What a brilliant experience for Ipswich, what a gift from our beloved Ed to Ipswich." |
| Ed Sheeran signed his guitar and gave it to Arthur who was in the crowd | |
| The singer announced on Instagram he was about to do a free gig near Ipswich Town Hall after buying a guitar at local shop Music World. | |
| Holly Williamson 43, from Ipswich, was with her children when she spotted him playing. | |
| She said: "It was such a lovely atmosphere, my children have never got to see Ed Sheeran before and it made their day. | She said: "It was such a lovely atmosphere, my children have never got to see Ed Sheeran before and it made their day. |
| "He's such an amazing local celebrity who is so down to earth and a man of the people." | "He's such an amazing local celebrity who is so down to earth and a man of the people." |
| Ed Sheeran did an impromptu gig in the centre of Ipswich | |
| Sheeran told the crowd: "I haven't been back to play a show in Ipswich since I played the Chantry Park shows, but those Chantry Park shows were the first I'd probably done since 2010." | |
| The singer did play at The Swan pub in the town in 2010, but also did not mention that during a run of three shows in one day in 2014, he appeared at the Steamboat pub. | |
| And in 2021 during coronavirus restrictions, the Ipswich Town fan played a gig with no audience at the club's Portman Road stadium, which was live-streamed on TikTok. | |
| Well, that doesn’t happen every day… working from Ipswich Town Hall today and ‘bump’ into Ed Sheeran doing a gig! | Well, that doesn’t happen every day… working from Ipswich Town Hall today and ‘bump’ into Ed Sheeran doing a gig! |
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