He’s one of our favourite men in pop, and now Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has announced his return to Ireland for his first headline tour since Autumn 2012.
The Lego House singer is set to play The O2 Dublin on Monday 6 Oct 2014.
The 22-year old’s debut “+” entered the U.K. Albums Chart at #1 with the highest opening week figures for a debut male solo artist ever and is now certified 6x platinum in the UK. The singer/songwriter is also a two-time BRIT Award winner (Best Male Artist, Best Breakthrough Artist) and recipient of an Ivor Novello Award for ‘Best Song Musically and Lyrically’ for The A Team.
Sheeran’s “+” has enjoyed multi-platinum, platinum, and gold sales in different countries, including the U.S. where “The A-Team” has been certified 2x-platinum and received a prestigious “Song Of The Year” GRAMMY nomination. After hitting arenas and stadiums around the country as main support on Taylor Swift’s North American RED Tour, Sheeran played the world-famous Madison Square Garden for a trio of sell-out shows. Hand-picked by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, Sheeran wrote, produced, and recorded “I See Fire,” an original song for the New Line Cinema/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures film “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.” Sheeran capped off his amazing year with a pair of nominations for the 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards, including one for “Best New Artist’’.
All that aside though, he still looks like the kind of fella you could have the craic with down the local, and happily bring home to mammy.
Tickets for his Dublin date go on sale this Fri 10 Jan at 9am.
