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\u201cMy, my, my, my, oh give me love.\u201d These were the words Ed The brilliant Ed started off the night with a beautifully executed version of one of his singles, \u201cGive Me Love.\u201d\u00a0 Without a band onstage, Ed used a machine, \u201cHi, if you don\u2019t know me already, my name is Ed Sheeran and I\u2019m from England. I\u2019d appreciate it if you could numb the screaming, and do a whispered ahhh<\/em>,\u201d he told the audience humbly once again as he finished his a cappella performance. \u201cIf you know the words, then sing along. If you don\u2019t, well, then just pretend you do. You seem like pretty good singers, and there needs to be much more singing in the world, and less screaming. That\u2019s what I think.\u201d<\/p>\n After this, he then went into his famed song, \u201cA Team,\u201d and won the crowd over once again. This song was about someone he once met, named Angel, who was a drug-addict and prostitute. They were hard-hitting lyrics, but made for a catchy song.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it seemed like the song was too short, for his half-hour was almost over. The last tune he sang was a song called \u201cYou Need Me, I Don\u2019t Need You.\u201d This song Twenty minutes later, it was time for the screams to stop Finally, the time had come, and Gary made a heartfelt introduction for his opening act. Cheers erupted as Ed Sheeran stepped out on the stage once again, this time in his glasses and sweats. He looked surprised at the extremely positive and enthusiastic reaction, and humbly took a bow afterwards. \u201cNew York\u201d is a slow and sincere song about a long distance relationship with a girl living in the big apple.\u00a0 In a very Sheeran-esque style, the boys shut off the bright lights that had been piercing through the The concert concluded with a three-song encore and a fabulous version of Snow Patrol\u2019s popular song \u201cChasing Cars.\u201d About 100 other people in the crowd and myself, however, missed this finale. Instead, we waited outside the venue for a half hour, wearing thin coats in the cold, Toronto weather, to meet our favourite ginger. The award-winning Brit has been meeting all his fans outside after the show at every stop of the Snow Patrol tour. Even though a 30-second conversation, a hug, a really bad picture from your friend standing in line behind you, and a quick autograph was all anyone was able to manage, you were able to fall in love with Ed\u2019s genuine humbleness, shyness, In conclusion, this was by far one of my favourite concerts. Anonymous \u201cMy, my, my, my, oh give me love.\u201d These were the words Ed Sheeran opened his act with on April 18th, capturing the audience\u2019s attention from the moment he came out in Massey Hall, when he warmed up … Continue reading
\nSheeran opened his act with on April 18th, capturing the audience\u2019s attention
\nfrom the moment he came out in Massey Hall, when he warmed up for Snow Patrol.
\nHis pure and talented voice mesmerized the audience during the four songs he
\nperformed, and again for the duet he did with the main act, Snow Patrol. Ed, a
\n21-year-old English singer\/songwriter, has been in the music business since
\n2005 and is finally releasing his first album titled +<\/em>, which will be available in North America in June. His sweet, smooth voice has won over audiences world-wide, as they all listen to his music in awe. At the Snow Patrol concert in Toronto,
\nhe was given love by many adoring fans in the audience, as well as many Snow
\nPatrol ones who were just introduced to him.<\/p>\n
\nknown as a loop pedal, to record his voice and incredible guitar skills, which
\nthen replayed them in a loop. This way he could play the songs with perfection
\nand keep the complexity of his guitar tabs. Even though he was solo on the
\nlarge and famed stage of Massey Hall, where legends like Neil Young have
\nperformed, his presence was magical. He then went into his second song, a
\nfantastic rendition of Burl Ives\u2019 song \u201cWayfaring Stranger,\u201d which he sang a
\ncappella, beat-boxing and harmonizing with the song using the loop pedal. He also
\ngot the crowd to sing \u201cWhoa,\u201d as he split the hall down the middle and taught
\nthe right side a higher harmony and the left a lower one. At one point, he
\nhushed the audience and sang without the microphone, as the whole audience was
\nbreath-taken by his talent and projection. As the teenage girls, who came
\nsolely just to see him, screamed their lungs out, I could see many audience
\nmembers already taking out their smartphones and Googling the gifted young man.
\nThere was even one lady in the seat ahead of me that was buying his EP titled \u201cThe A-Team<\/em>\u201d on her iPhone.<\/p>\n
\nincluded lyrics about his sudden rise to fame and, like many other generic
\nindividuality songs, how he will always remain himself. The fast-sung words and
\nquick string-plucking got everyone in Massey Hall on their feet and dancing. He
\nended it with a sing-and-repeat style interaction with the audience, pointing
\nthe microphone at the crowd, or at one of the fans standing at the base of the
\nstage. He sadly departed the stage, escorted by many desperate screams for him
\nto stay for the teenage girls like myself. He told fans, \u201cI\u2019ll be back later in
\nthe show with Snow Patrol, and I hope I see some of you outside the stage door
\nlater!\u201d<\/p>\n
\ncoming from the Ed-obsessed to the older crowd who were crazy about the Irish
\nband and the main act, Snow Patrol. Their sound was rattling to hear,
\nespecially after just falling in love with the acoustic music of Ed Sheeran.
\nThe loud, muffled sound of the many instruments made it hard to hear the
\nvocals, and although we looked rude, my friend and I found it was much more
\npleasant to listen with fingers in your ears, as you could actually hear the
\nmusic. The drunken adults were having the time of their lives, dancing and
\nsinging obnoxiously to the nineteen songs that were played. At one point, the
\nlead singer, Gary, dedicated a song to his \u201cdrunken friend over there, who was
\nso close to being six months sober. What they don\u2019t tell you is that being here
\nwith me and breaking your streak is a hell of a lot more fun than drinking
\ntea.\u201d The adult audience loved their humour and songs, while the rest of the
\naudience was patiently waiting for Ed to come back on to sing his duet entitled
\n\u201cNew York\u201d with the Irishmen.<\/p>\n
\naudience and sang it with only the piano, letting the music speak for itself.<\/p>\n
\nand devotion to his adoring fans.<\/p>\n
\nI was able to experience a performer whose god given gift is so magical it brought
\nsome to tears, meet him, and listen to a well-known band that performed my
\nfavourite song of 2006. I recommend to anyone that wants to have a new musical
\nobsession to go on YouTube and spend the next five hours listening to Ed
\nSheeran, as this up-and-coming artist is sure to blow everyone away. Don\u2019t
\nworry, he is coming back in September for his own concert, and I will be seeing
\nyou there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"