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Known as being one of the most open and approachable artists working today, Ed Sheeran turned down a recent fan request for reasons that should hopefully be clear.
As Entertainment Weekly reports, Sheeran was meeting fans during a visit to the US when a mother approached the singer songwriter with an unusual request. "The parents are the ones that do the things that I think are odd. There was a woman in San Francisco, she wanted me to be her daughter’s first kiss—and her daughter was 9. She was like, “Well, Carrie Underwood did it for this 11-year-old boy last week!”
Sheeran quickly set her straight on why this sounded like a terrible idea. "If Carrie Underwood kisses an 11-year-old boy, he goes to school the next day and they go 'Oh, you absolute lad!' If a nine-year-old girl goes into school and goes 'I got kissed by a 24-year- old yesterday,' police are being called, you know?"
Sheeran was recently honoured at the Ivor Novello awards for 'Songwriter of the year', presented by Sir Elton John. At the ceremony he discussed with Gigwise his thoughts on his huge Wembley Stadium shows that are set to take place in July. "I think the key is that it hasn't been done before, and that will be the intriguing thing," Sheeran told Gigwise. "Even if it's totally shit, it will still be a spectacle."
"I've spent a fair bit of money on making it look good, so it's going to look good and sound good, and the show's going to work. If you're a fan of me, you'll like it. But I imagine that people who aren't fans of me who are sent to review it, probably won't."
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Ed Sheeran's Wembley Stadium dates are below. For tickets and more information, visit here.
The full line up for each show will be:
Friday 10 July
Ed Sheeran
Onerepublic
Foy Vance
Saturday 11 July
Ed Sheeran
Rudimental
Example
Sunday 12 July
Ed Sheeran
Onerepublic
Passenger
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